Live Borders session at Victoria Halls 13 Aug re: Sports & Culture venues

Added by Community Council at 09:48 on 03 July 2025

Live Borders and SBC have announced a series of public events around the Borders, to elicit opinions on the future of Live Borders venues, and Selkirk's will be on Wednesday 13th August, between 2 and 7pm as a drop-in session at the Victoria Halls. This is in the wake of independent consulatnts Inte...

Knowepark Primary Seeks Crossing Patroller - apply before 24 July

Added by Community Council at 10:22 on 01 July 2025

Knwowepark Primary Scholl is advertsing for a new Crossing Patroller, and the application has been extended till 24 July. For full details please see below https://myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/scottish-borders-council/jobs/school-crossing-patroller-knowepark-primary-school-429477

Caroline Cochrane's Suggestions for Selkirk Live Borders venues

Added by Community Council at 18:09 on 29 June 2025

An independent report on proposed savings on the annual Live Borders budget has provoked concern in Selkirk, because of the report’s suggestion to close Live Borders assets in Selkirk including the Leisure Centre and Sir Walter Scott's Courtroom. Although Scottish Borders Councillors have stre...

Bannerfield Survey launched

Added by Community Council at 16:38 on 05 June 2025

Scottish Borders Council has launched the Bannerfield Locality Plan survey, open until 31 July.The survey is being created to prompt more undestanding of the issues affecting Bannerfield residents, and is designed to help organisations such as the Council and the NHS identify what needs to be improv...

SBC Celebrates 50 Years of Community Councils

Added at 15:44 on 25 May 2025

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the estbalishment of Community Councils in Scotland by the Scottish Government, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. There are currently over 1,200 active Community Councils across Scotland, 67 of whic are in the Scottich Borders. They engage in a wide r...

More High Street Closes & Gates Painted

Added by Community Council at 12:58 on 22 May 2025

The 'BIDS' (Business Improvement District) scheme of recent years enabled the improvement of Selkirk's High Street, including funds for repainting some of the shopfronts. Part of that scheme was a plan to repaint many of the High Street Closes, as well as some of the historic gates. Painting started...

Market Place Bus Shelters Painted - finally

Added by Community Council at 09:38 on 21 May 2025

Selkirk & District Community Council have been lobbying for a while for the renovation and painting of the bus shelters on the Market Place, whose rusty condtion was a poor advertisement for the town. They have now been freshly painted, so many thanks to the elected SBC Councillors for enabling ...

SBC Announces Twice Monthly Dropin Service Centre

Added by Community Council at 15:27 on 18 May 2025

Scottish Borders Council has annonced a new series of Customer Services Drop in sessions at Philiphaugh Community Centre, Selkirk on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of every month. Sessions will last for 2 hours,from 10am to 12noon, and start on Thursday 22 May 2025. Council representatives will assist wit...

Live Borders New CEO starts in late July

Added by Community Council at 11:45 on 08 May 2025

[From The Border Telegraph]: LIVE Borders has announced its new chief executive, Catriona McAllister, who is returning to Scotland after eight years in Jersey, where she is currently head of regulatory improvement for the Government of Jersey. The news comes amid a major shake-up of Live Borders, fo...

Silver Band Launches '50/50' Monthly Draw Club

Added by Community Council at 11:09 on 29 March 2025

The Selkirk Silver Band have launched an innovative way to raise finds, while allowting regular contributors to be entered into a monthly cash prize draw. Starting in April 2025, this new initiative gives an opportunity to win a prize, while supporting the band with much needed funding. The draw wil...

15th Century Cappercleuch Coin hoard

Added by Community Council at 19:21 on 19 February 2025

15th Century Cappercleuch Coin hoard In a story posted by BBC News, it has been revealed that 30 gold and silver coins have been discovered in close proximity by detectorists Keith Young and Lisa Stephenson in Cappercleuch, St. Mary's Loch. The coins are a mix of Scottish and English coins, comprisi...

Market Place Post Office closed 21 January 2025 / SBHA Branch open

Added by Community Council at 14:05 on 09 December 2024

The Post Office has advised that, following the resignation of the postmaster and thewithdrawal of the premises for Post Office use, the Selkirk Market Place branch closed on Tuesday 21 January2025 at 14:30.This doesn't mean that no-one has proposed taking over the business and Post office, only tha...