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Cairngorms 2030
Schools out
The Cairngorms 2030 team has
been working with four of the
National Park’s secondary schools.
Transforming
transport
Cairngorms 2030 aims to
make it easier to get around
the National Park without
a vehicle.
A funding application was recently
submitted to Sustrans which, if
successful, will allow us to take
forward major improvements with
the communities of Aviemore and
a number of villages in Badenoch
and Strathspey.
In the meantime, the team continues
to support local organisations with
active travel and placemaking
developments, such as the Centenary
Garden project in Newtonmore and
creating a new path from Dulnain
Bridge to Grantown. The team is also
working with Aberdeenshire Council
and will soon begin work with
Deeside communities, 昀椀nding ways to
get around local villages more easily.
Pupils from Grantown Grammar took
residents from Parklands Care Home
out on e-trike rides to enjoy the great
outdoors, while Speyside High and
Kingussie High took part in Mock COP28,
a student-led summit in Inverness that
explored ways of tackling the climate
crisis. Over in the east, 130 S2s from
Aboyne Academy took on the role of
project managers in order to tackle
real-life challenges emerging from the
Cairngorms 2030 programme. And
at Alford Academy, pupils have been
working with the local ‘Men’s Shed’
group to regenerate a community
garden, improving the space for people
and boosting biodiversity.
Dementia centre
One of the Cairngorms 2030
projects, the UK’s 昀椀rst outdoor
dementia resource centre opened
in April 2023 at Badaguish.
The centre enables people with dementia,
their families and carers to experience
the bene昀椀ts of green health activities.
The Alzheimer Scotland team are
preparing to launch a summer
programme of activities that will take
place at the centre at Badaguish and
in a number of villages throughout
the National Park. Find out more by
scanning the QR code.
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