Bo'net

  • Get set for Volunteers’ Week

    The annual Volunteers’ Week – at the start of June each year – is a great opportunity to celebrate local volunteers. You could: organise meet-ups stage award ceremonies highlight your wonderful volunteers on social media get stories in the local press. The Volunteers’ Week website has lots of great resources to help. The 2025 Volunteers’…

  • Media training podcast

    Artificial intelligence (AI) was on the agenda when Bo’net co-hosted a media training day in association with Bo’ness Car 4U. We asked the Google NotebookLM tool to create a podcast about the day, using our slide notes. The life-like discussion has been entirely created by AI. It gives a good impression of what was raised…

  • February newsletter

    Check out the latest newsletter from Bo’net – including details of our free media training event on 8 March 2025 … and a forthcoming free Funders’ Fayre. https://mailchi.mp/97bc67f83a8a/bonetupdate-feb2025

  • All set for Funders’ Fayre

    A free event for local community groups and charities to meet potential funders is being held next month. The Falkirk Funders’ Fayre is being held on Tuesday 11 March 2025 in the Dobbie Hall in Larbert. It will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Laura Jamieson from organisers CVS Falkirk and District said: “Each…

  • Free media training

    Community groups in Bo’ness and Blackness are being invited to a FREE media training day. The event will take place upstairs in Bo’ness Library on Saturday 8 March 2025 from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. Attendees will get top tips to raise their profile in the local media and online. This will include information on using free…