<![CDATA[Mountain Aid: the hillwalkers' charity - News]]>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:42:57 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[Skills for the Hills 2026 dedicated to the memory of Davy McLellan and Annie Bell]]>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:03:50 GMThttps://www.mountainaid.org.uk/news/skills-for-the-hills-2026-dedicated-to-the-memory-of-davy-mclellan-and-annie-bellWe've got some exciting news about our forthcoming Skills for the Hills 2026 event.

After discussion with the relevant families we are delighted to be able to tell you that we are dedicating the event to the memories of David (Davy) McLellan and Annie Bell. Davy and Annie were both former trustees / volunteers with Mountain Aid but sadly passed away a few years ago. Mountain Aid received donations from both of the families. Rather than the donations being swallowed up in general funds, how much better is it that we can use them to help with the cost of this event and honour Davy and Annie's memory at the same time.


]]><![CDATA[Winter Skills Courses]]>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:28:58 GMThttps://www.mountainaid.org.uk/news/winter-skills-courses
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Now available for booking:
2-day beginner's First Steps in Winter: 31st January / 1st February
1-day beginner's First Steps in Winter: 14th March
1-day beginner's First Steps in Winter: 15th March
Depending upon snow conditions we may add extra dates during the season.

All courses take place in the Cairngorms and are delivered by a qualified instructor on behalf of Mountain Aid.

https://www.mountainaid.org.uk/winterskills.html
]]><![CDATA[Dundee Mountain Film Festival 2025]]>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 17:06:35 GMThttps://www.mountainaid.org.uk/news/dundee-mountain-film-festival-2025What a busy weekend we had at the Dundee Mountain Film Festival. 
We had our usual Mountain Aid stand selling buffs (a bargain for £5) and free pens and chocolates. This year we introduced some quiz cards to enable festival attendees to test their hill knowledge (or lack of...). These proved popular and many people went away having learned a new totally useless piece of trivia!!
But the big thing this year was promoting Skills for the Hills 2026. Wow. What a response. So much positivity and interest from people. We also had the chance to speak to some of the organisations and individuals who are going to be supporting us at Skills for Hills. Oh, and we twisted some arms to get a few more organisations involved. To quote myself "we achieved more for Skills for the Hills in 24 hours than we did in the last 24 weeks". Well, at least it felt that way.
Finally, we also opened up booking for our winter skills courses and advertised these at the event.

And there were also some good films being screened at the event including Kevin Wood's "Lorraine's Ups n Doons" featuring Lorraine McCall who is going to be our keynote speaker at Skills for the Hills.
]]><![CDATA[Annual Report]]>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:35:56 GMThttps://www.mountainaid.org.uk/news/annual-reportWith all the excitement around planning for Skills for the Hills 2026 and attending the forthcoming Dundee Mountain Film Festival, we forgot to tell you that we have uploaded our latest annual report and accounts to our website. This is the formal document that we submit to OSCR the charity regulator each year.

PS We are also busy working out dates for our Winter Skills courses - more on that later.

Report and Accounts
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]]><![CDATA[Skills for the Hills - Financial Support]]>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:30:39 GMThttps://www.mountainaid.org.uk/news/skills-for-the-hills-financial-supportMountain Aid wishes to thank both the Scottish Mountaineering Trust and The Munro Society for grants and donations towards the costs of hosting our Skills for the Hills 2026 event.
]]><![CDATA[Skills for the Hills - Presentations]]>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:17:06 GMThttps://www.mountainaid.org.uk/news/skills-for-the-hills-presentationsWe're delighted to be able to tell you that we have the following presentations lined up for Skills for the Hills (in no particular order) ​All these presentations will be taking place in the indoor Pathfoot Lecture Theatre at the University of Stirling. 

We will bring you news of other activities at Skills for the Hills very soon.

​Save the date - Saturday 7th March 2026
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