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Carradale Community Trust (CCT)

We are a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) created in December 2016 as a result of the conversion of a charitable company known as Network Carradale Ltd, which was formed in January 1996.

Scottish Charities No: SC024417

Carradale Community Trust (CCT) has been formed to benefit the communities within the area defined by East Kintyre Community Council – that is an area bounded by Peninver, approximately 11 miles to the south of Carradale, and by Cour, approximately eight miles to the north of Carradale.

Our aim is to achieve sustainable development that meets the needs of present and future generations, as follows:

To advance community development and rural regeneration through the establishment and operation of schemes of a charitable nature.
To provide facilities for persons suffering from physical disability, illness or impairment through provision of recreational and other activities.
To provide facilities for recreation and other leisure time activity available to the public at large with a view to improving their conditions of life.
The advancements of the arts, heritage and culture.
To provide relief for those in need by reason of age.
The Trustees are all local residents and either represent one of the other community organisations or are individuals with a range of relevant skills and interests. Our logo, the Loch Fyne Skiff, pays homage to Carradale’s fishing heritage, to a time when these vessels filled the harbour and when the majority of the population were engaged in fishing, farming or forestry in one capacity or another.

What does CCT do?

We undertake practical projects for the benefit of the community. CCT has been very successful in delivering projects and is currently working towards producing a sustainable plan for the future of East Kintyre. Details of our current activities are noted below.

Who can join CCT?

Anyone can join for a one-off £5 membership fee, however only those resident in the Carradale Community area have voting rights. To join and support the work of Carradale Community Trust, please complete the Membership Form.

Ordinary Members: individuals aged 16 and over who:

(a) are resident in the Community; and

(b) are entitled to vote at a local government election in a polling district that includes the Community or part of it;

and

Associate Members: individuals who:

(a ) are not resident in the Community and those groups wherever located

and

(b ) support the purposes.

Associate Members are neither eligible to stand for election to the Board nor to vote at any General Meeting.

Junior Members: those individuals who:

(a ) are aged between 12 and 15 and

(b ) who support the Purposes.