St Johns Town of Dalry Community Council has engaged Creetown Initiative to carry out a community-wide health and wellbeing consultation in Dalry and surrounding community council area. The purpose of the consultation is to address health and wellbeing issues and, in particular, identification of recovery and priorities taking into account the effects of Covid-19...
Creetown Initiative staff are delighted to be working with Cairnryan community to produce a community action plan for the village. Cairnryan is a small village, 6 miles north of Stranraer, in Dumfries and Galloway. The community of Cairnryan is in benefit of two annual wind farm funds. The Cairnryan Community Council established the Cairnryan...
It is with a heavy heart that we write of the very sad passing of Creetown Initiative’s Senior Projects Manager, Andrew Ward. For well over over two decades Andrew dedicated his time to providing his support, knowledge and expertise to community development projects in Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway and across Scotland. His passion for...
Our Ferry Friends project has received some fantastic feedback for project work and services carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic. The world continues to be a strange place but we are getting back to something more normal. The last fifteen months have been difficult for everyone but for those older members of the community,...
Creetown Initiative has been engaged by the Royal Burgh of Sanquhar Community Council to produce a Community Action and Development Plan for the village and surrounding area. The Sanquhar community council area has a population of 2,370 and is located in the northern section of Upper Nithsdale, Dumfries and Galloway. Sanquhar had a Community...
SENScot (Social Enterprise Network Scotland) and Creetown Initiative will be providing direct support to the communities of Brechin, in Angus, and Girvan, in South Ayrshire, to develop their tourism offer and put community at the heart of the decision making process. 2020 has been a catastrophic year for the Scottish tourism industry and, with...
Creetown Initiative is pleased to be delivering a Strategic Town Plan for Castle Douglas. The project has been commissioned by Castle Douglas Development Forum, a registered Scottish Charity incorporating various local community organisations under one body. The first stage involves in-depth consultation with members of the community. This has started and will continue over...
After 2 years, Creetown Initiative’s contract working with Barrhill Community Interest Company and Barrhill Development Trust has come to an end. We have had a fantastic couple of years working with the community of Barrhill and hope that the community are pleased with progress made. Creetown Initiative provided Project Officer support and one staff...
Creetown Initiative was engaged by Sanquhar Enterprise Company to carry out a Feasibility Study on Sanquhar Post Office, to establish whether it would be a viable option for the community to purchase and take on this essential community asset. The current Sanquhar Post Office owners want to retire and, unless a new owner can...
Ferry Friends, our community project for over 60s in our parish, has been shortlisted as finalists in the running to receive funding from Dumfries and Galloway Council fund, “Your Community, Your Money, You Decide”. It now all comes down to a community vote to determine the winner of the funding. How to Vote You...
We are pleased to announce that a senior project officer from Creetown Initiative will be carrying out community development work in the small, rural village of Barr in South Ayrshire, working with Barr Community SCIO, a registered Scottish charity. One of the key tasks of our work in Barr will be to take the...
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...
