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History of the Drovers’ Tryst
"Michaelmas Market though shorn of its former glory is still considered the principal one in Crieff. At one time the crowd attending it extended from what is now the Crown Hotel to Comrie Street and from James Square down to the Market Park. To a great extent it held its former reputation as a cattle market, the cattle being gathered together in the Market Park. All sorts of goods were for sale including boots, shoes, cloth, tin ware, pails and tubs while apple and pear carts and sweetie stands abounded. In addition, at this, as well as at other markets, there were shows of different kinds, exhibiting giants or dwarfs or other freaks which were usually well patronized as were also merry go rounds, jugglers and cheap jacks."
Porteous written in 1912.
Read more of the Tryst here: Introduction
Equal Opportunity Policy
The Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst is committed to equality of opportunity both as a service provider and as voluntary group. The Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst values the diversity of the communities in the Crieff & Strathearn area and works towards providing services that are inclusive and accessible. The Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst recognises that social inclusion and promoting equality of opportunity and good relations between different groups can only be achieved by incorporating equalities into the planning and implementation
processes for walking and outdoors festival.
We recognise that discrimination, victimisation and harassment is unlawful and unacceptable and we will take action to prevent this occurring and if this does occur we will take the agreed and appropriate action to deal with those who seek to undermine our positive approach to promoting equality of opportunity.
This Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst also recognises that, when used appropriately, positive action strategies can help to counteract the adverse impact of past discrimination or other causes of disadvantage. We will therefore
ensure that opportunities continue to be identified to enable us to implement positive action strategies to make our services more inclusive
EQUALITIES POLICY AIMS
The main aim of the policy is to state and publicise the Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst’s commitment to equality of opportunity and create a foundation for the management of equality of opportunity at a service level. Specifically this includes:
To promote equality of opportunity, social inclusion and good relations between different racial groups
To implement strategies and procedures to enable the Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst to identify barriers to equality of opportunity and social inclusion in
service delivery, access to services and information.
To enable recommendations and solutions to be identified to ensure compliance with legislation
To develop information systems to enable the Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst to identify community profiles and indicators of any adverse impact
To develop performance indicators and procedures to enable outcomes to be identified and progress to be measured
To identify examples of good practice in this and other organisations and share this with our services and partners
To enable partners, contractors and suppliers of goods and services to identify and adopt the Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst’s stated approach to equality in the work they carry out for or on behalf of this Crieff & Strathearn Drovers’ Tryst
To identify positive actions to increase levels of representation of underrepresented groups at all levels
To promote partnership working in relation to equality of opportunity
To identify their roles and responsibilities for elected members and employees in relation to the implementation of the Corporate Equalities Policy
Environmental Policy
At the Drovers' Tryst, the organisers are committed to combining our environmental beliefs with the provision of a well run festival. By encouraging sustainable practices, we will ensure that the environment of Scotland can be enjoyed by generations to come.
Our full policy can be viewed here: Environmental Code
Press
Much of the writing for the Drovers’ Tryst has been written by Fiona Murchie, a freelance copywriter based in Crieff. Further details of her work, and contact information can be found at www.fionamurchie.com
Further acknowledgement has to go to Johanna & Gilbert Summers of Extra Miles Scotland www.extramilescotland.co.uk (Tel: 01764 655385)
For our press releases: View Press releases
Contact Us
Drovers' Tryst walking Festival
Tel 01764 652578 Fax 01764 655422 Email: info@droverstryst.co.uk
Crieff Walking Festival, Perthshire Scotland.
www.droverstryst.co.uk © 2004 - 2009
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