Livingston boss David Martindale has issued a defence of the club - and fourth official Scott Lambie - after the club’s league clash with Dundee United was postponed just 75 minutes before kick-off on Wednesday night.
05.01.2023 - 21:23 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A much-loved Stirling animal charity has launched a desperate appeal to find new premises before time runs out on their current site.
Reanimate, which helps young people with additional support needs and those recovering from trauma work with animals, has been based at its current site at Parkhead Farm in Bridge of Allan since the charity’s inception back in 2012.
However, with the growing number of animals and users on the site, they have been looking for alternative land to pop up for several years.
But that search has now been kicked into a high gear after a planned move to a new site in Dollar – deemed to be perfect for their needs – fell through at the eleventh hour in early December and the lease set to run out at their Bridge of Allan base in March.
John McErlane is a trustee of the charity and came on board after it helped his daughter, who has autism.
He said: “We’re trying to find a place to help the charity grow – for example we’ve wanted to run open days for a while, but we have to abide with the wishes of landlords and neighbours so that can sometimes limit things.
“We were offered a place out in Dollar which was ideal for us, it had a massive barn where we could stable all of the animals and space where we could apply for planning permission for a house for the workers.
“It was also a flatter piece of land so it was more manageable. The plans were underway and we had set up a JustGiving to fund the move. We had got to the stage of beginning to dismantle our operations here when we got the unfortunate news that the move was off as Clackmannanshire Council had condemned the barn and horse arena on the site.
“The land has since been sold which is understandable, so we are reaching out to anyone we know – landowners,
Livingston boss David Martindale has issued a defence of the club - and fourth official Scott Lambie - after the club’s league clash with Dundee United was postponed just 75 minutes before kick-off on Wednesday night.
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