About Craignish Community Company (C3)
All the photos on our site have been taken and shared by members of our community. Thank you to everyone for sharing them. If you have pictures you’d like to feature on our site, we’d love to see them. Just email them over and we’ll use them here and on our Facebook page.
How we began
We were established in 2004 with the following objectives.
To promote rural regeneration following principles of sustainable development in areas of social and economic deprivation within the community of Craignish by:
To advance the education of the local community about its environment, culture, and/or history.
To promote, establish, operate or support other projects & initiatives of a similar nature for the benefit of the community of Craignish.
To promote rural regeneration following principles of sustainable development in areas of social and economic deprivation within the community of Craignish by:
- The relief of poverty;
- The provision or improvement of housing (but not by relieving local authorities of their responsibilities);
- The provision of recreational facilities;
- The protection or conservation of the environment.
To advance the education of the local community about its environment, culture, and/or history.
To promote, establish, operate or support other projects & initiatives of a similar nature for the benefit of the community of Craignish.
How do we differ from Craignish Community Council?
The community company is here to raise and spend funds for the community’s benefit.
The community council is the statutory elected body, established to link local government (services, development, planning) and other authorities (NHS, Police, Environment) with the community.
The two bodies work closely together – as seen in the COVID Response Group which has representatives from both bodies.
What’s missing?
We want this site to record the whole story of Craignish Community Company. If you have stories, pictures and/or information you would like to see here, such as past events, how we’ve developed or projects we have supported, please drop us an email of speak to one one of the Directors and we can add them here.
Who are we?
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C3 is run by the community, for the community. The Board of Directors are all local residents and we welcome new members at any time – although formal elections to the Board take place at our AGM.
The current Directors tell us a little about themselves here. |
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Jamie Murray – Chair |
Ken Taggart - Treasurer
Jane Smee – Secretary
If you see some nutcase swimming in the Lagoon in the middle of winter that’s probably me. Niall and I have enjoyed sailing the west coast for many years and when we decided to settle there permanently we were lucky enough to land in this community.
Laura Leslie Sherwood
Virginia Bird
Heather Craig
Contact US [email protected]
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