Summerhill Community Centre, Dumfries
Summerhill Community Centre is a registered charity in Dumfries with a community learning and development commitment to improve conditions of life and relieve poverty for all ages in the wider community. Opportunities include personal development in education, recreation, sport, health and wellbeing; social gatherings and environmental activities.
We first met the centre through our It's Your Neighbourhood initiative which is part of our Climate Nature Friendly Communities Network. Volunteers had been busy transforming land adjacent to the centre into a community garden. With a strong ethos of 'love the area you live in', they then turned their focus to celebrating their heritage in Dumfries by joining forces with the Our Heritage, Our Future team.
During summer 2025, we hosted workshops to explore the built, cultural and natural heritage in Dumfries. It was a great opportunity for members of the public and community groups to let us know what Dumfries heritage is important to them and how we can provide future support to highlight all that Dumfries has to offer. We were delighted to work alongside existing heritage groups including The People's Project, Dumfries Museum, The Medieval Bruce Heritage Trust, Shambellie House, and SCAMP - Landscape Connections.
We began working with Summerhill Community Centre in 2025 on a Community Heritage Climate Action Plan, which was completed in 2026. Our Heritage, Our Future facilitated discussions using the Place Standard Tool - Your Historic Place Lens, and action planning activity to generate the contents of the plan.
We are continuing to work with Summerhill Community Centre with future plans being to deliver Cultural Heritage Skills Training to their groups and volunteers.
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