As 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
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Bookings are now open for our childrens’ holiday programme! We’ll be running day activities from Monday to Thursday 4-7 and 11-14 April, 9.30am-3.30pm. We often get asked to give programmes a distinct creative flavour and this Easter we’ve decided to get things rolling with a day aimed at all things
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Our 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
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After so long without people here at Wiston, It was great for all of us and in particular me and Alan to re-engage with the various groups during the October break: Seeing in practice all the new Covid safety measures; Hearing the excited voices and cheers as folk achieved great heights on the ropes
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In the new climate of working from home it can be difficult not to feel isolated and not part of the team that you only see through a screen on a video-call. Gathering in person indoors even for work can be difficult too. How do you keep on top workforce
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