Christmas Raffle 2016 – Winners

We held our Christmas Raffle draw on Friday the 9th at the Chestnuts Hotel in Ayr. We would like to thank John Scott MSP for drawing the winning tickets and the Hotel for allowing us to host the draw. We would also like to thank all of those who donated prizes for the...

Charity Dinner

As per previous posts, we held our charity fundraising dinner on Friday the 18th of November. The event was attended by around 100 people and helped raise some valuable funds for the Trust. Altogether we managed to raise a very respectable £2302 Unfortunately the...

Loch Doon tributary pH monitoring

Following recent rain I was back up at Loch Doon today to continue our pH monitoring on a number of the tributaries that enter the loch. A couple of our monitoring sites require a walk out across some rough, tussocky hills. Everyone else in the office suddenly had...

Rivers and lochs in the classroom

The ‘Rivers and lochs in the classroom’ project is a four year project which will be delivered to primary schools across the regions surrounding the Clyde Estuary. The project will be delivered by Ayrshire Rivers Trust, the Clyde River Foundation and Loch...

Carrick Education Project

We have now completed the first part of the Carrick Education Project which was delivered to ten primary schools across the Carrick area. The project focuses on introducing primary school pupils to their local stretch of river. Funded by Carrick Futures, Hadyard Hill...