Delighted to welcome members of The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights & Civil Justice Committee to Blairgowrie and to talk to them about work we're doing locally to address some of the issues around food poverty and fuel poverty. Thanks to Third Sector PK for organising.
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – volunteers are the lifeblood of any community and we're very lucky in Blairgowrie and Rattray to have literally 1000s of volunteers who make this town a wonderful place to live, work and visit. Last weekend we hosted an afternoon tea to say thank you 🙌

5000 copies of the latest edition of our Hub magazine are being delivered to households in Blairgowrie and Rattray by volunteers – and thanks to the team at Nest Creative Spaces who made 30 delivery bags for them, their job has been made a bit easier and more sustainable!
📷@craicncomms.bsky.social

We’ve had a really interesting and informative day at the 2025 @dtascotland.bsky.social conference today – lots of really good sessions that will help us with the work we do to support our town and community. Looking forward to Day 2 tomorrow!

#dtas25

It's Wednesday Lunch Club day! These social get-togethers in local supported accommodation are part of our BaRI Food Project that aims to reach people through food, reduce food waste and costs, and encourage growing more food locally. We’re not sure if it’s the cakes or the chat that's more popular!

The forum meeting for #community groups and organisations in Blairgowrie and Rattray is on Monday, July 14, at 7pm. Join us in the BaRI Building or online, share your news and events and find out what other local #volunteers are doing. Email admin@discoverblairgowrie.co.uk for the link / more info!

We held two wonderful community events in June - the Town Event for community groups and organisations and the grand opening of Rattray Community Garden.

Find out more on our website here -
brdt.org.uk/brdt/news

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Just a reminder that our Town Event is back for a third year!
Join us and a range of local community groups and organisations to find out what’s going on in Blairgowrie and Rattray – and how you can get involved!
📅 Saturday, June 14
⏰ Noon to 2pm
📍Blairgowrie Town Hall

📣📣 SAVE THE DATE!!!
The Town Event is back for a third year!
Join us and a range of local community groups and organisations to find out what’s going on in Blairgowrie and Rattray – and how you can get involved!
📅 Saturday, June 14
⏰ Noon to 2pm
📍Blairgowrie Town Hall

A new monthly veg growing course got under way at the weekend. The BaRI Growing Group is a collaboration between BiodiversityBlair, Rattray Community Garden and the BARI Food & Refill store and offers residents in Blairgowrie and Rattray a chance to get together and learn to grow veg from seed

BRDT’s @theheatproject.bsky.social provides a free, professional energy advice service to households, private landlords and tenants in Perthshire to help them reduce energy bills and meet energy efficiency targets? Speak to one of the team at the BARI Food & Refill store every Wednesday from 4pm.

A consultation period on the Blairgowrie and Rattray Local Place Plan has begun. The plan has been compiled by BRDT and provides a vision of what the future of the town could look like. Residents should provide feedback by 5pm on Friday, 28 March. Find out more here: discoverblairgowrie.co.uk/lpp

Volunteers are so important to communities everywhere.

Our community bookshop Booklore is run entirely by a team of dedicated volunteers with any surplus income generated by the sale of the donated second-hand books set aside to fund community projects in the town.

Open 10am-3.30pm, Mon-Sat

Good meeting with Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust, artist and stone mason David F Wilson and Perth & Kinross Council’s greenspace team this week as we continue to look at ideas for the possible development of a riverside trail in Blairgowrie. Lots of exciting ideas but lots to put in place!

Did you know our BaRI Food & Refill Store also stocks #eco-friendly cleaning products and toiletries that can be refilled at the store, saving on the number of plastic bottles that end up in #landfill. The store is open Mondays 2-3pm, Wednesdays 4-5pm, Thursdays 10-11am and Saturdays 10.30am-12pm

It's here! The latest edition of our town magazine is out now and being delivered to some 5000 homes in Blairgowrie and Rattray by our team of fab volunteers. You can also read it online if you can't wait for it to arrive or if you live elsewhere. Put the kettle on, put your feet up and enjoy!

BRDT’s work is led by the #community for the community.

One example of this is our Saturday Lunch Club which is part of efforts to reduce social isolation, food costs and food waste.

Every Saturday a team of #volunteer drivers deliver soup and a cake to people in our community

Have you tried the BaRI Food Store yet?

Part of efforts to reduce food waste and food costs in the local community and encourage growing more food locally, the BRDT-run store sells in-date food and food which is at its best-before-date that the supermarkets cannot sell anymore.

Pop in and say hi

Thank you to everyone who has followed us! BRDT exists to help our town continue to thrive and support improvements for those who live, work and visit here.

We have several core projects that we look after - a community garden, food project, Biodiversity Blair, Hub magazine, and a preloved bookshop