Glentrool Park Development – Community Event
A community event is being held at Lochside Community Centre on Thursday 27th April, 6:30pm – 8:30pm. This open event is to let you view plans and drawings for what could go in to Glentrool Park and for you to have your say on these.
Please do come along, everyone welcome – it will be great to see you there!
Glentrool and Popeye’s Parks
Things are now progressing with the development of Glentrool and Popeye’s Parks in Lochside and Lincluden. The development of Popeye’s Park will be led by Lincluden Community Centre with the support of the Parks Steering Group which meets monthly at Lincluden Community Centre. We are currently working with Lincluden Community Centre to help them put together their application to the Big Lottery. The development of Glentrool Park will be led by the YMCA with the support of the “Friends of Glentrool Park” steering group who meet regularly at Lochside Community Centre. The YMCA are also in the process of putting together their application to the Big Lottery. Any local community groups or members of the community who have an interest in seeing these two parks developed and would like to be part of these groups please email us HERE or call Judith McVinnie on 07469 392404 or Amanda Hannah on 07943 745941.
Brighter Futures – Lincluden Community Centre
Over the last few months Our Place staff had been helping Lincluden Community Centre complete a Big Lottery application to develop the Centre. In the last couple of weeks the Community Centre received the exciting news that their application to the Big Lottery for £127K to update the Centre had been successful. This will mean that three community rooms can now be transformed and toilets and windows can be replaced offering better services and facilities for groups using the Centre.
Maxwelltown Memories
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?…
Maxwelltown Memories is a collaborative project co-produced by Maxwelltown North TARA (Tenants & Residents Association) and Creative Futures Lincluden & Lochside.
Maxwelltown Memories project will look at life Past & Present in Maxwelltown area of Dumfries, Scotland. We aim to share, record and reconnect people through personal stories of Family Life, Schooldays, Games and Play, Work, local Myths/Legend, and special memories.
There will be two Get Together events taking place next week Tuesday 28th March @ Lincluden Community Centre 10am – 12 noon and Wednesday 29th March @ Lochside Community Centre 6.30pm – 8.30pm and these will be part of the launch events for the project.
Come along to the Get Together events, look through old photos / newspaper clippings etc, meet friends old & new, and share your stories.
Feel free to bring along family, friends, your old photos, film, memories – enjoy a trip down memory lane and enjoy some sticky buns!
Thanks go to DGHP & Our Place for their kind sponsorship.
Creative Futures Lincluden and Lochside
The artists-led Stove Network’s application to the Big Lottery for £250K was successful at the end of 2016. This was to appoint a Creative Futures Development Worker to be based in Lincluden Community Centre whose task would be to bring creative activities including arts, drama, history and culture for all ages to both Lochside and Lincluden. We are pleased to announce that Lee McQueen started in this role in February. If you would like to make contact with Lee or have any ideas for what creative activities you would like to see happen in Lochside and Lincluden please email Lee HERE or call him on 07715 214556.
