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Come along and support our great wee school at their Rural School Open Day on Saturday 2nd May.
Thereโs a full day of fun activities planned, with plenty to enjoy while discovering what makes learning at Glenbarr Primary School so special.
Free admission for all - everyone welcome.
On Saturday 14th March, a small Glenbarr group continued our Community Hub learning exchange with visits to Dunaverty Village Hall, Gigha Hotel (IGHT) and Gigha Village Hall.
These were brilliant visits closer to home - not just to have a look round, but to hear straight from the people involved about what makes these places work (and what can be harder than it looks). We talked through how theyโre run, how they balance community use with keeping the doors open, and the kinds of practical decisions that make day-to-day life easier.
What weโve picked up will help shape the next stage of work on Glenbarrโs Community Hub as we move further into development through 2026.
Huge thanks to our hosts for the welcome, openness and time: Dunaverty Hall, Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust and Isle of Gigha Village Hall.
Our Community Hub learning exchange visits continued last Saturday with visits to Craignish Village Hall (Adfern) and Ardrishaig Public Hall.
These trips are about learning from places that are already doing it well - how theyโve developed, how they operate day to day, whatโs been worth investing in, and what theyโd do differently. The detail we pick up on these visits will help shape the early scoping and planning work for Glenbarrโs Community Hub as the project moves into development through 2026.
A huge thank you to our hosts for the warm welcome, openness and time: Craignish Village Hall, Ardfern and @Ardrishaig Public Hall, @Ardrishaig Community Trust as well as those from Glenbarr's community who also gave their time.
Access to the Community Woodlands at Dal an Duie is restricted today (20th February 2026), and on any day our felling contractor is on site.
This is non-negotiable and is in place for public safety while works are underway.
๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ชง ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐
โ ๏ธ ๐
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ
Thank you for respecting this boundary so the work can be completed safely and without disruption.
Last week a small community group from Glenbarr took part in a learning exchange, visiting community hubs in Oban, Mull and Coll and hearing - direct from the people running them - what it really takes to deliver and sustain a hub that works in a rural setting.
Glenbarrโs Community Hub is a long-term GCDA project to create a multi-use space that can support local activity, services and new opportunities in Glenbarr - providing benefit for Glenbarr, west coast communities, the wider Kintyre community and visitors alike. With the project expected to move into active development during 2026, these visits are helping us make better decisions early and avoid expensive mistakes later.
The visits were a real success and will directly inform early project scoping and the Phase 1 brief, business planning, and community options appraisal. Three themes came through clearly: keep community access affordable, build a mix of reliable income streams to keep the doors open, and design around the day-to-day reality so the place stays busy without becoming an operational burden.
In the coming weeks, Glenbarr will be holding further learning exchange visits to locations around mid-Argyll and Kintyre to further our learning of what works and what doesn't in areas closer to home.
A huge thank you to our hosts for the welcome, honesty and time: Oban Communities Trust - The Rockfield Centre, Mull and Iona Community Trust, and Development Coll - An Cridhe
๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐: ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐จ๐ญ โ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
Back in November, the Glenbarr Doocot became a hive of activity as urgent remedial works got underway - bringing together skilled conservation professionals, volunteers, and the wider community.
Scottish Historic Buildings Trust have now released a short film capturing those works on site: the careful repairs, the teamwork, and the incredible community effort that helped stabilise this historic structure and secure its future.
From hands-on volunteering to behind-the-scenes conservation, the video reflects whatโs possible when local people and specialist partners work together to protect Glenbarrโs heritage.