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BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN 2025-30

My Cowdenbeath are seeking input from the community to help them create the new Cowdenbeath Community Action Plan for 2025-30. The development group are hoping local residents and organisations will drop-in to events being held at the Maxwell Centre in September, sharing ideas and suggestions for improvements to the town over the next 5 years.ContinueContinue reading “BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN 2025-30”

GALA HISTORY ON SHOW AS NEW ARCHIVE LAUNCHES

A new archive on the history of Cowdenbeath’s Gala and Civic Week has been launched, pulling together more than 3,000 images, videos and articles covering more than a century! My Cowdenbeath, with funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland, have launched the site in the lead up to the 2024 Cowdenbeath Gala, which is availableContinueContinue reading “GALA HISTORY ON SHOW AS NEW ARCHIVE LAUNCHES”

COMMUNITY RESEARCH DELIVERS FOR COWDENBEATH

A survey of local people in Cowdenbeath has delivered more than 3,000 comments and suggestions for the new development body in the town. My Cowdenbeath ran a large-scale community engagement exercise between July and October 2023 and local people stepped-up to have their say, with 1,124 taking part in a community survey, leaving 3,066 commentsContinueContinue reading “COMMUNITY RESEARCH DELIVERS FOR COWDENBEATH”

ACTION ON DERELICT BUILDINGS URGENTLY NEEDED

Local Councillors in Cowdenbeath have been urged to take action on empty and derelict buildings in Cowdenbeath Town Centre. The state of several buildings have been highlighted to Fife Council’s Area Convener, Cllr Alex Campbell, after concerns were raised at the recent community council meeting in the town. Cllr Campbell has committed to raise theContinueContinue reading “ACTION ON DERELICT BUILDINGS URGENTLY NEEDED”

GOOD CAUSES LAUNCH JOINT APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Community groups in Cowdenbeath are joining forces to recruit much-needed new volunteers for a range of services in the town. Locals are being encouraged to attend a volunteering open day, organised by the My Cowdenbeath development group, this Saturday at the Maxwell Centre to sign-up to give just a few hours for their community andContinueContinue reading “GOOD CAUSES LAUNCH JOINT APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS”

NEW LUMPHINNANS HOMES PAUSED INDEFINITELY

A new housing development of 97 homes for social rent in Lumphinnans has been paused indefinitely, meaning potentially months of waiting for locals hoping to move in. It’s understood the developer, First Endeavour LLP, and Fife Council are in a contractual dispute, with the local authority taking action to end the contract, local councillors updatedContinueContinue reading “NEW LUMPHINNANS HOMES PAUSED INDEFINITELY”

BIG BEATH RAFFLE TO RAISE VITAL COMMUNITY FUNDS LAUNCHED

My Cowdenbeath have launched a fundraising raffle with some star-studded prizes on offer, all in aid of their vital community work in the local area. Raffle tickets cost just £10 and prizes on offer include a pair of tickets for P!NK at Hampden Park, the Girls Aloud come back tour at The Hydro and popularContinueContinue reading “BIG BEATH RAFFLE TO RAISE VITAL COMMUNITY FUNDS LAUNCHED”

NEW CHARITY TO CREATE EVENTS WITH SOCIAL BENEFIT IN COWDENBEATH

A newly formed charity will create community events which boost the local economy and fundraise for improvements in their local area, it’s been announced. Cowdenbeath Events Crew is a registered charity and has the ‘gold standard’ in accountability and oversight, being regulated by the Scottish charity regulator OSCR. The charity aim to launch events inContinueContinue reading “NEW CHARITY TO CREATE EVENTS WITH SOCIAL BENEFIT IN COWDENBEATH”

COWDENBEATH VOLUNTEERING DAY 2024

My Cowdenbeath CIC are to host an open-day dedicated to volunteering this spring to help connect local people to good causes in the town. The ‘Connecting Cowdenbeath’ volunteering open day will take place at the Maxwell Centre from 12.30pm til 3pm on Saturday 9th March. A previous event held in October 2023 attracted more thanContinueContinue reading “COWDENBEATH VOLUNTEERING DAY 2024”

HELP US DEVELOP THE COWDENBEATH LOCAL PLACE PLAN

Locals are being invited to take part in a community mapping exercise to help protect land and spaces which residents feel are important to them. My Cowdenbeath are developing a Local Place Plan (LPP) for Cowdenbeath, which will also take in the villages of Lumphinnans and Hill of Beath. Residents are being asked to attendContinueContinue reading “HELP US DEVELOP THE COWDENBEATH LOCAL PLACE PLAN”