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BIRKS CINEMA CAMPAIGN HITS THE TARGET
Local community group Friends of the Birks Cinema can today confirm that a major award has been made by the Big Lottery Fund to help create a modern state-of-the-art cinema in Aberfeldy in the heart of Highland Perthshire. The award is hugely significant because it not only achieves the group's fundraising target, but will also provide some revenue support over the first five years to give the project a substantial 'jump start'.
The award was made under the Big Lottery Fund's Growing Community Assets programme, and totals £539,950...more>
Campaign target for birks cinema is a photofinish
As the deadline for the campaign to restore and modernise the Birks cinema reaches its conclusion the local group, Friends of the Birks Cinema, makes the following statement. Further statements and interviews will be available when a more formal announcement is made within the next two weeks...more>
Dewars whisky steps up to help Birks Cinema Campaign - campaign group appeals to other businesses to follow.
Internationally renowned whisky distiller Dewar's, which operates the Aberfeldy Distillery, has donated over £10,000 to the Birks Cinema Group by sponsoring a whole row of seats...more>
BIRKS CINEMA CONFIRMS ANOTHER 100K FUNDRAISING SUCCESS
- but project still 'hangs in the balance' as end of January deadline approaches
Arts body Creative Scotland has today confirmed that it is to award the Friends of the Birks Cinema group £100,000 towards rebuilding and modernising the cinema in Aberfeldy...more>
Birks cinema gets £100,000 lift from Scottish Hydro Griffin community fund.
As the end of January deadline for completing the marathon fundraising effort to revive the Birks cinema in Aberfeldy approaches, the Friends of the Birks campaign has received a hugely significant boost of £100,000 from the Scottish Hydro Griffin wind farm community fund ...more
Birks cinema campaign update: good progress but long way to go... and not much time left!
Following the launch in early August of the concerted 6 month campaign to raise the remaining funds for the rebuild and modernisation of the Birks cinema in Aberfeldy, the charity ‘Friends of the Birks Cinema’ reports ‘good progress’, but with still a’long way to go’ to meet the £1.8m target by the end of January ...more.
Murray Grigor to speak at Birks Cinema AGM
All welcome to event on 30th August 2011, 7.30pm, Aberfeldy Town Hall Scottish film maker ...more
Media Release for issue Saturday 13th August
EMBARGOED TILL 1100HRS, SATURDAY 13TH AUGUST
Birks cinema campaign stepped up - 6 months left to 'complete the arts and culture triangle of Highland Perthshire' ...more