Creetown Initiative was asked by the Holywood Trust to take over the management of Newton Stewart Youth Club in 2013, after the former Newton Stewart Initiative folded. We ran the youth club in Newton Stewart for 5 years, providing a weekly junior club for young people aged 10 – 12 and a senior club...
Our Wheels2Work scheme was a moped leasing scheme aimed at helping people overcome the initial problem of getting to work or training where no suitable alternative transport existed within Dumfries and Galloway. Our scheme was a whole new way of helping people make the most of opportunities in work, training or education. We had...
Creetown Initiative’s Youth Work Team runs Creetown Senior Youth Club on Thursday nights at the Creetown Youth and Leisure Hall. The youth club is for young people in S1 – S6/age 17/college and is open 7pm – 9pm. The team is comprised of Amy, Jody, Stacey and June. Each session costs £1 per young...
Creetown Initiative has created some design work for Ballantrae Trust, to promote their youth Easter programme of activities and events. Ballantrae Trust, in association with Adventure Carrick, Girvan Community Sport Hub, Ayrshire Rural Touring Network and Elizabeth Tindal Freelance Ranger, is co-ordinating and promoting an exciting programme of events for young people aged 3...
Creetown Initiative was engaged by the Wild Film Festival Scotland to develop and run a series of film making workshops for young people from the west of Dumfries and Galloway. The result was ‘Galloway Winter’ – a magazine style wildlife documentary made by 14 – 18 year olds. Celebrating the Natural World Captured Through...
TGB Gatehouse is a church based organisation in Gatehouse of Fleet, which provides activity groups, including the arts, for primary aged children. The group now proposes to extend the scope of their activities and promote social justice through volunteering and intergenerational contacts and have engaged the services of Creetown Initiative. We are delighted to...
