CP Fund Award Winners 2009
Community Green Initiative, Dunipace, Falkirk £250.00
The Day We Cleaned Up our Park DVD & Green Dog Walkers
Contribution to a wider community initiative and project which aims to clean up the local park. CSFT's contribution will enable the production of additional DVDs and armbands for children to discourage dog-fouling and littering.
Firpark School, Motherwell £250.00
Environmentally Friendly Greenhouse
Purchase of materials for the construction of a recycled greenhouse using 2 litre plastic bottles collected by schoolchildren.
Friends of Burngreen Park and Recreation Ground, Kilsyth £250.00
The Drying Green Community Garden
Community project to develop a disused area behind a community hall into a kitchen and wildlife garden. The whole community will be involved in creating, maintaining and using the garden.
The Germinators Gardening Club, St Margaret's Primary, Falkirk £250.00
Garden Club
Purchase of bulbs, shrubs, scented plants and wildflower seed to increase seasonal interest and provide food for wildlife throughout the year.
Greenhead Moss Community Trust, Wishaw £250.00
Greenhead Orchard Project
Purchase of fruit trees of local origin to create an orchard near the new earthship visitor centre in a community park. Harvesting and using the fruit will form the basis of community events.
Kinnaird Primary School, Larbert £250.00
Kinnaird Primary Garden Project
Purchase of native hedgerow plants and wildflower seeds to create a wilderness garden in a newly built school.
Nethermains Primary School, Denny £250.00
Wildflower Garden & Hibernation Hotel
Purchase of wildflower seeds to create a meadow and wildlife garden to attract a wide variety of insects and improve the school grounds for bio-diversity. The grant will also be used to create a log pile and a ‘hibernation hotel' by installing boxes for bats, bees, lacewings, butterflies and hedgehogs.
Redburn Primary, Cumbernauld £250.00
Redburn Allotments
Purchase of a greenhouse to give pupils the experience of planting, growing and harvesting food.
SAGES - South Airdrie Group for Environment & Sport £250.00
Cycle Track Upgrade, by Ayr Drive
Purchase of native trees and tree guards to improve the landscape and bio-diversity value of a cycle corridor by filling in gaps in a hedgerow.
St Lucy's Primary School, Cumbernauld £250.00
St Lucy's Garden Project
Purchase of tools, a polytunnel, vegetable seeds and plants to create an allotment to provide vegetables for use in the school cookery club and canteen to encourage healthy eating.
West Lothian Scouts (Camping and Training Centre) £250.00
Extension of Tree Trail
Contribution towards the management and improvement of woodland including shrub clearance and tree planting to increase the diversity of species. The project also includes the creation and installation of signs and a site guide for educational purpose.
Friends of Cumbernauld House Park (FCHP) £245.00
FCHP Biodiversity and Wildflower Project
Purchase of wildflowers to increase the floristic diversity of grass areas in this historic park
Little Boghead Nature Park Group, Bathgate £220.00
Maintenance of Wildflower Meadow
To fund grass cutting and the purchase of wildflower seeds to increase the diversity of plant species in the meadow.
Forth & District Community Activities Group £200.00
Wonderful Wild Plants
Art project to raise awareness of plants and conservation issues in the surrounding countryside. The project includes a number of walks around the village to provide inspiration for a series of flower-arranging courses.
Westfield Primary School £200.00
Westfield Primary School Green Team Tree Awareness
Purchase of native tree saplings to create a small woodland area and improve the bio-diversity in the school grounds. The project also includes the purchase of willow roods to produce material for craft projects.
Allandale Residents Association £150.00
Allandale's Amazing!
Purchase of plant plugs to create a ribbon of scent and wildflowers along the verges and at the entrances to the village. Grant also includes the purchase of native trees and bat and bat boxes.
Braehead Lunch & Leisure Club £150.00
Braehead Benches Project
Purchase of trees to create shade and shelter at seating areas throughout the village. Wildflowers will also be planted for colour and to attract wildlife.
Carnbroe Primary School, Coatbridge £150.00
Woodland Arboretum
Purchase of native trees to create a small woodland in the school grounds.
Dunipace Primary School £150.00
Seasonal Fruit and Vegetable Garden
Grant for materials, tools, plants and seeds to create a vegetable patch in the school grounds.
Larbert Village Primary School £150.00
Outdoor Classroom
Purchase of educational equipment and wildlife guides to promote outdoor learning in a nearby woodland.
Alexander Peden Primary & Nursery, Harthill £100.00
Apps Pond
Contribution to support the regeneration of an overgrown pond including the purchase of native wetland plants to improve bio-diversity
Auchengray Church Centre £100.00
Wonderful Wildlife
Contribution towards the purchase of wildflower bulbs and birdseed to improve a wildlife area adjacent to the village hall.
Caldervale High School, Airdrie £100.00
The Outdoor Classroom / Nature Garden
Contribution towards an art and environmental project to create a nature garden in the school grounds.
Kirkton Primary School, Carluke £100.00
Green Zone (for school playground)
Contribution towards a wider project which aims to turn an unsightly and uninviting playground into an allotment, wildlife and sensory garden.
Linlithgow Bridge Primary School £100.00
Wildlife Wonderland
Contribution towards a project to increase the number of habitats for ‘mini-beasts'.
Our Lady & St Joseph's Primary School, Glenboig £100.00
Urban Wildlife Garden
Contribution towards a project which aims to improve the bio-diversity of the newly build school grounds. Project includes the purchase of wildlife friendly plants and feeding stations.
Sacred Heart Primary School, Bellshill £100.00
Liberty Road Community Allotment "Lets Grow"
Contribution towards a project to create an allotment in the school grounds. The allotment will provide vegetables for the school's ‘Healthy Soups' project.
Knightsridge Church, Livingston £40.00
Knightsridge Breathing Space & Butterfly Garden
Purchase of bulbs and plants for window boxes and the woodland section of the ‘Place of Peace' garden to brighten up the community centre.
