Great News for the Gardens
Regular visitors to the Kirk will have seen the major changes in the gardens, with new garden areas, seating, paths and the clearance of Rhododendrons and more. Many of these improvements have involved local schools participating in the gardening or willing volunteers. At the end of October we received great news that the Baillie Gifford Community Awards Programme has […]
Bruce Effigy Conservation Completed
In August the conservation of the Robert the Bruce effigy at St Conan’s Kirk was completed. Three weeks of professional conservation work has returned him to his original glory with the cracked wood, decades of dirt and his alabaster face and hands restored. The work was carried out by the team from Graciella Ainsworth Stature […]
Dalrymple Donaldson Funding Award
We are very happy to announce that the Dalrymple Donaldson Fund has awarded the Kirk £5,000 towards the costs of repairs to the leaking gutters above the Apse and also towards the conservation and repair of the rainwater downpipes. Both these items contribute to the water leaks inside the Kirk and the repair to these are vital […]
Crypt Funding
We are delighted to announce that the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation has awarded a grant to the Friends of St Conan’s Kirk, SCIO, to help with the costs of opening the Crypt to the public and developing it as a small performance space / children’s exhibition area. We are currently finalising how we will best use this […]
Vital Roof Repairs One Step Closer
In June 2018 the National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund and Historic Environment Scotland award St Conan’s Kirk £100,000 towards the Phase 2 Repair Program. With an overall project cost of £133,500 we had to raise the balance of the costs. We applied to a number of charitable Trusts are incredibly grateful that a number of trusts […]
Bruce Conservation
We are delighted to announce that the River Lochy Hydro Scheme Community Benefit which distributes fund from the River Lochy Hydro project near Dalmally has supported the Friends of St Conan’s Kirk with our plans to repair, restore and conserve the Robert the Bruce effigy which is in the Bruce Chapel. This grant will cover the majority […]
