Inverness Creative Academy, which opened its doors in February 2022, brought a disused school building back to life as the Highlandsâ first creative hub. The project, which took four years, revived the redundant former Inverness Royal Academy buildings on Midmills Road in the heart of the city, sensitively restoring the Grade B listed Victorian…
The Inverclyde Shed was established in 2019, and in 2020 a few members expressed an interest in starting a community garden with the aim of offering different activities, growing their own food and being outdoors more. Shed members met with local councillors and the local authority representative, who helped them identify a space just off…
A charitable trust incorporated in 2009, the Nith Valley Leaf Trust (NVLT) was set up to develop sustainable community development projects, and is based in Closeburn, Dumfries & Galloway. To address concerns in the area around the lack of affordable family-sized houses for rent and fuel poverty in the area, NVLT worked with South of…
The Linwood Community Development Trust was formed by a local group of volunteers who shared a vision of investing time in the community to better serve its residents. The residentsâ main concerns were the reduction of social inequality, improving health and wellbeing, and building âsocial capitalâ within Linwood; this meaning there was an interest in…
