Growing in Lochgelly

A resident-led environmental group

Caring for our environment

Supporting local bio-diversity

Street Planting

Small projects that make a big difference!

Community Garden

Developing a community social and environmental space.

Education

Supporting local primary schools with extra curricular activities.

Volunteering

Providing a space for individuals to come together.

About us

Growing in Lochgelly is a voluntary environmental action group that seeks to develop environmental projects that help improve our local ecology and visually improve the town.

We are a small team of dedicated volunteers that came together in 2016 in response to the Lochgelly Community Action Plan which identified a need for the environmental improvement of our public spaces.

With an initial funding of £1500 from the Lochgelly C.A.P. participatory budget, Growing in Lochgelly has managed to develop a range of local initiatives that enhance the local environment.

Introducing Growing in Lochgelly

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volunteering

What we do

Street Planting

Growing in Lochgelly custom build planters and benches that are distributed throughout public areas in Lochgelly for everyone to enjoy!

Community Garden

Growing in Lochgelly is currently engaging with Fife Council to take ownership of land at Brucefield Allotments.

Informal Outdoor Education

As part of our Street Planting project, we engage with local primary schools and nurseries, to provide extra curricular activities in outdoor education through informal workshops.

our values

Social Objectives

Objectives: To identify open and green spaces within Lochgelly area and adjacent countryside, including the Gelly Loch, with the aim to enhance the local area, encourage and improve access to green spaces and core pathways, develop areas to better support the local ecosystem and develop/encourage greater biodiversity within the locality.
Additional Aims: Carry out and promote both environmental improvement and practical conservation. Promote the health and well-being of the community by working together to increase community spirit and community participation. Organise meetings, training courses and events.
Powers: To raise and hold money and other resources, including grant funding, to continue the activities of the group. To assist and co-operate with other community groups within the area. To do all such other lawful things as are necessary for the achievement of the objectives.
Membership: Membership of the group shall be open to those in sympathy with and supporting the OBJECT of the group regardless of age, ethnic origin, ability, sex, religious or political beliefs.

Get in touch

T: 01592 781 316

M: 07751 639 711

A: 6 Ballingry Road, Lochgelly, Fife, KY5 9NW