CALL FOR LOCAL GROUPS TO PARADE WITH BANDS FOR STIRLING 900 FINALE

Written By Kevin Harrison

DEADLINE - TUESDAY 18TH

Piping from Stirling Castle

Finale - Saturday 29th of March, 2025

To round off our celebratory year of 900th Anniversary events, the Stirling 900 organisers would like to invite organisations to take part in the Stirling 900 parade on Saturday 29th of March, 2025.

The Parade will step off the esplanade at 12 – following a short beating of the retreat ceremony on the Castle esplanade. (Please note – arrival time will be from approx. 10.30am.)

Organisations will go in between each pipe band. The parade will weave through the city centre, over Stirling Bridge and out to Stirling Rugby Club. We will have some hot drinks and food available at the Rugby Club for all those taking part in the procession and we are hoping that we will get some great photos too.

To take part, follow this link to express interest:

Kevin Harrison
Kevin Harrison is the Director of Artlink Central, a charity and social enterprise designing creative experiences in conjunction with artists, public bodies and led by disadvantaged or marginalised people particularly in health, social care or criminal justice contexts. . Kevin joined the organisation five years ago and was previously Arts and Wellbeing Manager with Sense Scotland since 2006, supporting a Scotland-wide participation in the arts for disabled people with communication needs. Kevin managed the development of a range of arts projects including Threads and Found in Translation, projects exploring cultural diversity and disability, and Leaving New Craigs, a life history project in Inverness for people leaving the last long stay hospital in Scotland. He managed a national arts and wellbeing team and supported the establishment of a strong creative programme in the TouchBase, a new inclusive base for people and communities supported by Sense Scotland in the south side of Glasgow. Kevin who has a degree in theatre and film from Roehampton University and who undertook postgraduate studies in Arts Management and Policy at Birkbeck University of London is also a trustee for Scottish Prison Arts Network, chair of Dementia Friendly Forth Valley as part of a Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) programme. Previous posts include freelance editor and administration roles with key national disability arts organisation, Shape Arts and public sector roles in Arts Development and as Business Manager, Creative Academy, Slough Borough Council, supporting a multi-million pound EQUAL creative industries inclusion programme . He also has experience of managing Music 4 Slough, a Youth Music Action Zone.
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