What’s been happening in Montrose?

The launch of a new Montrose business; The Funky Teapot

The Funky Tea Pot opened its doors just this June! The ceramic centre is located in the centre of Montrose, just off the high street.

The Funky Tea Pot welcome walk in’s so there’s no need to book ahead. Upon visiting, you will have a wide choice of ceramics to decorate and  each painting session tends to last 1hour and 45. You can get as creative and wild as you like with your decorating choices, and with no skill needed this activity is fun for all the family!

Looking for place to party?

The Funky Tea Pot take bookings for any group event you desire, and they are very popular as a birthday party destination! If your group is larger than 8, then you can book the space out solely for your party or group, and you’ll be given 2 hours in the studio.

The Re-brand of a Montrose favourite!

The Central Stop, formally known as the Corner Stop, is now fully operational. This local favourite has rebranded and moved. Located on John Street, this shop is back offering  a range of food options.

Montrose Playhouse- Kids Club

Montrose playhouse has launched a kids club scheme, which will see them showcasing child friendly films over the coming weeks. They launched the scheme with ‘The Pirates in an Adventure with Scientists’ which showed on the 25^th&26^th of June. With tickets only costing £3, it’s a great way to introduce your little ones to the cinema, in a kid friendly setting!

Charleton Farm’s Famous Fruit Picking is Back!

Nothing says summer like fresh berry season!

Charleton Farm is back with its annual ‘pick your own fruit’, running from July. Well known for their huge strawberries and super strawberry tarts, this farm outside Montrose provides fresh fruit and vegetables throughout the seasons.

Currently you can pick strawberries, gooseberries, and peas, with tayberries joining the available list around mid of July. This fun family friendly activity always goes down a treat, particularly when followed up with some ice-cream on a sunny day !

There is plenty to do at Charleton too! Their huge play park, go kart track and trampolines keep the kids busy all day long. You can bring a picnic or enjoy their tasty treats inside their restaurant. They also have the option for grab and go items so you can take your coffee, cake or ice cream to sit and watch the children play in the park.

End the day with a trip to the farm shop where they have organic and unique food items, toys and art for sale too.

 Summer Fun Days = The perfect family activity!

New Solutions are hosting summer fun days over the school holidays. These free sessions will include fun activities that anyone can get involved with such as family bingo, treasure hunts and ball games.

For adventurous kids (and young at heart adults) there are water games, fort making sessions and obstacle courses too!

For those who might want to develop new skills there will be a nature garden, Lego building, as well as junk model making and much more!

These varied sessions are designed to be inclusive as well as exciting and different to keep your kids entertained all summer long. The sessions run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and are spilt into two-time groups 10-12 or 1-3.

The sessions take place at South Esk Primary School from 4^th of July for 5 weeks and at Maisondieu Primary School for week 6. Everyone is welcome as long as your child is accompanied by a parent/carer.

For further enquires email : summmerfun@newsoloutions.co.uk

Montrose Tesco and the new food voucher scheme inspired by a Firefighter.

If you’ve visited Tesco, Montrose over the last couple of days you may have noticed the addition of a pinboard on entering the store. This board is part of an initiative dreamt up by a local firefighter, Michael Cassie.

Watch Commander Michael Cassie explained he was inspired by a family in front of him in the supermarket who were struggling to cover the cost of their shopping. After offering to help cover their bill, he began to think about the stigma and barriers stopping people using the local foodbanks. He realised families often can’t fit their ‘shopping time’ to the foodbank hours and there could be a better way to help.

The voucher scheme is now being supported by the community together partnership and funded by Angus Council. The scheme is there to support food banks, which currently struggle to meet local demand with their limited opening hours.

The voucher gives people the freedom to do their own shop and pick their own items, rather than getting given items they might not necessarily use.

The scheme works by shoppers in Tesco picking up the vouchers from the board, paying for them with their shopping and then the store distributes these vouchers to verified charities helping the scheme. These charities then re-distribute the vouchers to those in need, along with healthy recipe cards to help inspire how the vouchers can be used to create meal options.

With the cost of living continuously on the rise, this scheme is a great step towards helping the local people.