Today, we’ve heard from what can be considered ‘reliable sources’ that the Misty Heaven shop, located next to our Community Spirit building, is set to close. It was in May of last year that we first became aware of the activities of this shop – selling so-called legal highs and various bits of drug paraphernalia. We considered this to be problematic enough for our community; the fact that the shop was side by side with the building from which we run our addiction service, Havilah, seemed to us indefensible… (more…)

Our Community Spirit building was the setting for our evening with singer songwriter, Steph Macleod – and what a fantastic night it was! Steph is an excellent singer and guitarist but his music comes alive through the telling of stories about his life. With three albums now under his belt – together with breakthrough appearances on national favourite programme, ‘Songs of Praise’ – there’s no doubt that his career is on the up and up. In days to come, those of us who were there will be able to say, ‘We saw him first!!’

The great news is that, yesterday, 8th January 2014, our container arrived at Namisu Village, Malawi!! A journey of thousands of miles, across land and sea, is over. You’ll be able to gauge from the pictures the level of excitement among the people there – especially the children! (more…)