Creetown Initiative is excited to announce that we WON the Social Enterprise Award at Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway VOscars Awards Ceremony last night, 6th June 2019. Creative, Forward Thinking and Sustainable The Social Enterprise category award celebrates groups that involve and support volunteers and is enterprising by generating income for its community or...
Creetown Initiative is delighted to have secured the contract to deliver a Community Action Plan for a number of communities across East Dumfriesshire. Dumfriesshire East Community Benefit Group is comprised of 5 local groups in East Dumfriesshire, which came together to form a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) in order to receive and distribute...
Creetown Initiative are delighted to announce that we have now secured the total funds of £2.6m to complete the redevelopment of Johnston School in Kirkcudbright. The £2.6m secured will be used to create a Dark Skies Visitor Centre and Planetarium, there will be a youth work venue for Kirkcudbright Youth Project, a store and...
Friday night is Sport Night! Creetown Initiative’s youth work team run youth sports sessions on Friday evenings, term time, from the Waverley Hall. The junior session is for children aged 5 – 9 and runs 6pm – 7pm, and the senior session is for young people aged 10 – 17, 7pm – 8pm. The...
Creetown Initiative’s Ferry Friends is delighted to announce the official launch of our new project for the older generation of Creetown and surrounding area. We will be holding a Coffee Morning on Tuesday 20th November 2018 in the Waverley Hall, Creetown, 11am – 1pm. This event is open to older people, those who work...
Ferry Friends is our exciting new three year project for the older generations in the Kirkmabreck Parish, which includes Creetown and neighbouring hamlets Carsluith and Palnure. We have been successful in securing funding from the BIG Lottery Improving Lives fund, Dumfries and Galloway Council, SSE Sustainable Development Fund and the Robertson Trust, to assist...
Creetown Initiative is delighted to announce that £90,000 from the BIG Lottery Improving Lives fund has been secured, to provide support and develop activities for senior citizens in our community. Senior Project Officer, Chris Hanna, who is responsible for securing this funding, is pleased that the older people in our community will benefit directly...
We are pleased to reveal our brand new logo for Creetown Initiative! The design provides a sense of place to our wee village, whilst also having a fresh modern feel. It echos our Barholm Centre logo with its loose style, blue border and layered look. We feel it represents Creetown Initiative perfectly; a thriving,...
Creetown Initiative has been engaged by Kirkcudbright Development Trust to manage the development and fundraising of the Kirkcudbright Festival of Light. The Festival will be held on 5 – 14 October 2018, celebrating the opening of the new Kirkcudbright Art Gallery; a £3.1m publicly-funded, public art gallery, which will house internationally significant collections in the...
Creetown Initiative is pleased to be working with the newly formed Ballantrae Trust as their Project Officer, for the next 9 months. Ballantrae is a lovely coastal town located in South Ayrshire, with views across to the Ailsa Craig, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Arran. Exciting Portfolio of Projects The Ballantrae Trust was...
Creetown Initiative has been engaged by Beechgrove Sports Partnership to fundraise for a new sports pavilion at the Moffat Beechgrove Sports Pavilion site. There is a larger sports hall behind the pavilion with badminton courts, small gym and an indoor bowling facility. Next to the pavilion there is an outdoor bowling green and outdoor...
Creetown Initiative has successfully secured £180,000 from The Robertson Trust on behalf of Kirkcudbright Development Trust for the redevelopment of Johnston School in Kirkcudbright, taking the current funding total up to £1.44million! Other funders for this community-centred project include The Big Lottery, Heritage Lottery Fund, The Holywood Trust, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Historic...
