Welcome to Crieff Community Trust - Crieff Community Trust

Crieff Community Trust was established in 2013 as a group of volunteers working together to bring about improvements in the physical, economic and social environment of Crieff. We are a membership organisation and a charitable company limited by guarantee.

We work in partnership with other community groups, local and national government and other organisations on a number of projects identified through consulting our community on a continual basis.

Our Vision: A proud, united community working together to achieve its potential.

Our Mission:

to work together to bring about improvements to the physical, economic and social environment of Crieff
to listen and respond effectively to the needs of the community
to enrich and contribute to the prosperity of people’s lives
to enhance and develop a network of local organisations
to put the unity back into community

Our Values:

For the Love of Crieff: We love our town and care about its future. All that we do is driven by our desire to make Crieff an even better place for all.
Tenacious and Resilient: We will not give up on our goals just because they are sometimes hard to reach. We will keep going and we will make sure that the Trust is robust and able to withstand the hard knocks.
Making a Difference: We want our efforts to make an obvious and real difference to the people of Crieff.
Transparent: We will be an open, inclusive and transparent organisation and we will be accountable to the people of Crieff for the work that we do.
Collaborative: We will not work in isolation, but in the spirit of partnership, seeking opportunities to collaborate with individuals and groups for the betterment of Crieff wherever possible.

Latest news from CCT

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———————————————————————————Drummond Arms Regeneration Ltd (DARL) – Artists Commission

‘DARL’ is looking for artists or designers to create temporary artwork designs for the four boarded-up windows of the Drummond Arms on Hill Street, Crieff (indicated in red on photos below). The windows will add vibrancy and colour to the town centre as we welcome the public back onto our streets. Artworks should be bold and designed to celebrate Crieff. Any aspect of Crieff’s life can be used – celebrating your community, using the colours, people, landmarks, landscapes, shapes, heritage or feel of the town centre are all possible inspirations. Due to planning restrictions you cannot use any text or numbers. Each of the four chosen artists/designers will be awarded £250 as a design fee for their successful design.

The artwork can be made in any materials but must be on a format (20×36.6 cm or 40×73.2 cm) in size and scannable to at least 600dpi. It would be possible to photograph submissions that are more textured. It is our intention to have the artworks copied, enlarged and printed to the full size of the windows on PVC or backlight-able fabric

This will be a great opportunity to have your work on display for many years to come in a public place.

These windows will be a part of a larger scheme which will transform the facade of the current dilapidated Drummond Arms, while major works continue behind the scenes.

Completed artworks should be delivered to Millar Street Studios, Millar Street, Crieff PH7 3AH between 10am and 1pm Wednesday 21 October or 1pm and 4pm Thursday 22 October 2021.

NB Implementation will be subject to planning consent from Perth & Kinross Council.

Press contact:

David Campbell Mob: 07889 145 899 Email: davidartscrieff@gmail.com

Project Contact:

Stephen Oswald Mob:: 07856441300 Email: stephen.oswald@drummondarms@gmail.com

CCT AGM Wednesday 18 August 2021

The Annual General Meeting of Crieff Community Trust will be held at 18.30 on Wednesday 18 August.

The meeting will be held online. For more information on how to take part in the AGM please click here .

Join the Club!

From September there is an exciting new opportunity for anyone starting a business or developing their existing business in Strathearn ……The Business Club. Can Do Crieff is partnering with Strathearn Strategic Consulting to offer a 6 month programme with a host of benefits to help you turn your business idea into a reality or to support you as you grow and develop your business. The programme will be fully funded and so all you need to invest is your time, energy and commitment. Watch the video for more info.

If this sounds like an opportunity you would like to take up, register your interest and fill in this short form by Monday 30 August. The programme will start on Monday 6 September. If you have any questions or would like to find out a bit more, Trystan can be contacted on trystan@strathearnstrategicconsulting.co.uk.

CCT backs Crieff Succeeds BID

As Crieff’s development trust, we are encouraging everyone to get behind Crieff’s business association,

our partner in improving the physical, economic and social environment of Crieff.

Read more here.

Crieff Community Action Plan

Please click on the links below to read the finished plan and the consultation documents which informed it.

Crieff Community Action Plan 2021 – 2026 pdf or view the interactive action plan here.

Consultation Process Reports:

Community Survey Views Report

Stakeholder Views Report

Mentimeter Voting Report

Uniting Crieff

We are delighted to share details of a new online database resource called Uniting Crieff which will be launched soon! We are now at the stage where we are inviting registrations for listings from the tremendous range of community groups and organisations working in Crieff.

The concept of the database was developed in response to a need that has been consistently identified as a gap for the local community. Crieff Community Trust were successful in securing funding from Perth & Kinross Council and practical support from the Scottish Tech Army to bring this concept to life using the local expertise of digital media services, Fidgety Lizard. We believe the database will be beneficial to both residents and visitors when they are looking for activities, volunteering opportunities or support in the community.

The site has been developed with 6 different categories for listing and groups can be listed under as many as is relevant for them. You can register using the Uniting Crieff Registration Form – you will receive a receipt once you have submitted your entry and this will have a link embedded within it to allow you to edit your entry at any time. We will advise everyone who registers in advance when the site goes live and would encourage you to promote your entry across your own networks! For anyone who registers after the launch, your entry will normally be listed within 5 days.

The second phase of the Uniting Crieff site will also host a planning section (to be launched once our Community Action Planning process is complete). This section will have all of the action planning documents available to use as evidence e.g. when submitting funding applications with other information e.g. progress on actions, available for you to view too.

Uniting Crieff has its own domain name and once launched you will be able to go directly to the site using the URL. Alternatively, you will also be able to find the resource on a Uniting Crieff menu of the Crieff Community Trust website.

Don’t miss Can Do Crieff’s Biz Chat with local business owner Jamie Landale

Coworking space ‘Can Do Crieff’ is relaunching it series of ‘Biz Chats’. Held online, the Biz Chats are for anyone interested in business – be that starting a business, growing their business or adapting to the changes that COVID has made to their business. You are also welcome to come along if you are interested in hearing more about a local business in the heart of Strathearn.

Join in as Susan Grandfield, one of Can Do Crieff’s founders and owner of SG Development Solutions, interviews a local business owner about how they got to be where they are today.

The series begins with Jamie Landale of The Crieff Food Co on Wednesday evening, 27 January. From event catering, to farm shop to ready meals – find out more about Jamie’s journey to The Crieff Food Company and beyond.

CCT Chair Ailsa Campbell explains “we created Can Do Crieff to be a supportive place for people who are wanting to start a business as well as people working on their existing businesses. We hope these Biz Chats will inspire people and give them a boost in these challenging times.”

Interested? Book for your free place here.

New Year’s news from CCT!

We have exciting news to share about progress with the Drummond Arms, the Crieff Community Action Plan and a virtual series of Biz Chats being run by our co-working space, Can Do Crieff.

You can read about these in full in our newsletter here.

If you would like to complete the survey about how we can improve life in Crieff, you can access it here.

To register for free for the Biz Chats you can go to http://www.candocrieff.com

or go directly to the relevant Eventbrite pages:

Jamie Landale – The Crieff Food Co – Wednesday 27 January 7-8pm

Andrew Donaldson – Comrie Croft – Wednesday 24 February 7-8pm

Beverley Wainwright – The Scottish Tea Factory – Wednesday 24 March 7-8pm

Sascha Grierson – Hugh Grierson Organic – Wednesday 21 April 7-8pm