Community Clean Up

On Saturday I joined members of the Petersburn Development Trust during a community park clean up on Saturday. The event, which had been publicised in last week’s advertiser, was well attended by local people, young and old and the frosty morning was spent litter picking. It was great to see so many local people out [...]

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Funding sucess for local groups

I was delighted to learn that three local groups have been successful in the recent round of funding granted by Awards for All.  Between them, Petersburn Development Trust, Shotts YMCA and the Lanarkshire Football Club will gain funding of over £10,500 to help improve the lives of the people within their communities. Awards for All [...]

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Petersburn Fun day

On Saturday I attended the Petersburn Fun Day.  The event was run by a local community organisation, the Petersburn Development Trust (PDT), along with North Lanarkshire Council’s Department of Community Learning and Development. Over the last ten years PDT has raised over £1million to regenerate a park in the middle of Petersburn.  The Trust’s directors [...]

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