Following our AGM which took place on Sunday 29 January, we’re very happy to publish our report for the year 2021-22. To read, click on the link below!
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Following our AGM which took place on Sunday 29 January, we’re very happy to publish our report for the year 2021-22. To read, click on the link below!
Continue readingProjects officer Alan explains what it’s taken to look after some of our key features over the past year. A lot of work goes into maintaining parts of the grounds used for our learning development with children, and 2022 saw the biggest changes for some time. At the start of
Continue readingAs we step into spring 2022, we reflect on the past and look to the future. Our friends will recall bidding farewell to Jonny Sutherland last summer, as he relocated with his family including Wiston character Barney the dog; and as autumn turned into winter, we welcomed Fiona Hird as
Continue readingWe’re pleased to release our latest annual report and accounts for financial year 2020-21. Like other businesses in March 2020, Wiston Lodge had no idea what would lie ahead for us during the pandemic. Work had just begun on the new-build Russell Hub facility, which promptly came to a halt.
Continue readingOur two new Community Jobs Scotland Programme grounds staff, Daniel and Struan, have spent the past month settling in. They are gaining new skills all the time, from using leaf blowers to learning how to work the biomass heating system. Grounds co-ordinator Colin Aitken and his son Shaw, who has
Continue readingWe are delighted to be able to show off our new-build, on the site of the Little Lodge. The new lodge creates an outdoor education hub, complete with classroom, and self-contained showering and changing facilities. Demolition of the Little Lodge was on 3 December 2019 and the foundations were laid
Continue readingWith a weather-proof house so important for Wiston Lodge’s work, the roof repairs are vital. Thanks to Bill’s efforts the first phase of work can begin. He has previously raised money for charities by cycling the length of the country. This time Bill was joined by two friends, Trevor Bailey
Continue readingIn December 2016, we successfully received a grant from BBC Children in Need that has allowed us to create the magical interpretative trail, Path of the Little People.
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