Creetown Initiative is working with Pinwherry and Pinmore Community Development Trust (PPCDT) to carry out community development work for an initial year. The rural communities of Pinwherry and Pinmore are located in South Ayrshire, approximately 2 miles apart and the combined population of both hamlets is approximately 300. The main objectives of PPCDT is...
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...
In 2010, Kirkmabreck Community Council invited Creetown Initiative to undertake a community consultation to decide what regeneration work the community would like to have done in Creetown’s King George V Playing Field. Community Consultation Every household in the parish was contacted to ask for their views, community groups were approached, an open day was...
We secured funds of £95,000 to build a new pavilion for Creetown FC, which is located adjacent to the southern entrance to the village....
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 recently been engaged by Let’s Get Sporty, a not-for-profit social enterprise based in Dumfries and Galloway, who provide sports and coaching mentoring, training and employment for young people. We will be working with Let’s Get Sporty to develop a new sport and community facility in Dumfries....
The builders are in and the refurbishment of the Waverley Hall is well underway now! Thanks to our successful applications for funding from the Scottish Government’s Town Centre Communities Capital Fund, Trusthouse Foundation, Dumfries and Galloway Council and a few other generous trusts, our community will soon have a brand new facility to use....
A short film has been made at Creetown Initiative about the future redevelopments of the Barholm Arms, with a little help from some of the Creetown Senior Youth Club members. The film charts the future redevelopment plans of the building, which has been made possible thanks to a substantial grant of £730,000 from the...
