Glenkens Community Spaces Network Annual Report 2024

Executive Summary

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The Glenkens Community Spaces Network (GCSN) is a Glenkens Community and Arts Trust (GCAT) project. It was directly inspired by the Glenkens Community Action Plan (CAP) and started in January 2023 with a 0.2 FTE Facilitator, Becca Nelson. The Network is supported by funding from the Glenkens and District Community Fund though Foundation Scotland.

The Network’s purpose is to bring together the voluntary committees running our community spaces, to encourage partnership working across the Glenkens and to amplify their efforts by further work by the Facilitator. By doing this over the last two years, the Network has proved foundational to delivery of many aspects of the Glenkens Community Action Plan, and has also added significant unforeseen value in community resilience, Net Zero upgrades and Local Place Planning.

Over the first two years of the project, thirteen meetings have been held, attended by members of 14 Town Hall, Village Hall and other community space committees across the Glenkens. Those who have been unable to attend have been kept up to date by email and invited to join in with projects and share updates.

Significant added value has been realised within the Glenkens by the strengthening of these partnerships and by the networks and relationships that the GCSN Facilitator has brought to bear on community resilience, Net Zero upgrades and Local Place Planning.

This report summarises the work of the GCSN through 2024, and sets out plans for delivery through 2025.