A MUCH-loved Highland Games will return for another year as event organisers secured last-minute funding despite a Labour-led council “ripping…
The Stirling Highland Games will return as event orgainsers have secured funding after a charitable trust which Stirling Council is the sole member of, terminated a 10-year-long partnershipThe Stirling Highland Games will return on August 17 as event organisers have secured funding after Active Stirling, a sports and leisure charitable trust of which Stirling Council is the sole member, terminated a 10-year-long partnership.
He said: “I was certainly disappointed to be told that the Active Stirling Board and senior managers at Stirling Council decided this was the right approach. “Decisions will need to be made at some point soon about this year’s scheduling, so I can’t thank our current supporters and friends enough for seeing the vision we have for the event and getting behind it, but we do need more support.”
“This level of support provides the backbone of event funding and through this collaboration, it will allow us to continue delivering these competitions and the many benefits the event brings to the city.” “Over the next few years of our partnership, we hope to increase the number of competitors and attract more spectators to the event so the games committee can continue to provide the same level of competition and prizes as athletes without a disability.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories.
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