VOTE NOW – Action Plan needs your input

Cowdenbeath’s local residents are being encouraged to grab the opportunity to vote on a number of proposed improvements and potential community projects. Development group, My Cowdenbeath, are leading the creation of a new Community Action Plan for 2025-30 and are encouraging locals to take part before the vote closes on 31st October. The vote canContinueContinue reading “VOTE NOW – Action Plan needs your input”

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”

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”

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”

SPARKLE IN COWDENBEATH THIS CHRISTMAS

Plans for a spectacular Christmas in Cowdenbeath and now in place to help locals and visitors celebrate this festive season! Local groups are working together to ensure Cowdenbeath has a festive season to remember, with several events happening across the community in late November. Cowdenbeath Primary School are set to have a Santa’s Grotto andContinueContinue reading “SPARKLE IN COWDENBEATH THIS CHRISTMAS”

COMMUNITY VOICE STRONG AND RESILIENT IN COWDENBEATH

More than 1,100 people have taken part in a widespread community consultation in Cowdenbeath on how the town should develop in the future. Coordinated by the local development group, My Cowdenbeath, the exercise asked residents for their views on what works well and how the town can improve, with the results set to be publishedContinueContinue reading “COMMUNITY VOICE STRONG AND RESILIENT IN COWDENBEATH”

GALA HERITAGE HONOURED IN NEW ARCHIVE PROJECT

A new history project will share the story of Cowdenbeath’s Gala through the decades with the world for the first time! Thanks to just under £10,000 of funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland, old photos and home videos will be brought together as the town takes a walk down memory lane, creating aContinueContinue reading “GALA HERITAGE HONOURED IN NEW ARCHIVE PROJECT”

LAUNCH: MY COWDENBEATH

Cowdenbeath is set to benefit from an ambitious new development body set-up by local residents to push forward improvements to the town. ‘My Cowdenbeath CIC’ has been launched to help tackle poverty, improve the town centre and local neighbourhoods, create new green projects, celebrate the town’s rich history and to share why Cowdenbeath is suchContinueContinue reading “LAUNCH: MY COWDENBEATH”