Trust improvements and projects

Village square improvements

Extensive plans had been drawn up by Gartmore Community Trust to make quite elaborate changes to the village square but when funding wasn’t forthcoming, residents decided they should do what they could themselves.  The Village Square Group was formed and they started with the War Memorial site.  Stirling Council removed the overgrown trees and shrubs and the group got together one sunny weekend in June to turf and plant the area.

 This led on to a general tidying up of the area and funds were raised by the Community Council, Community Trust and Stirling Council to re-tarmac the driveway into the Village Hall. 

 The main focus then turned to the properties around the square.  The Community Shop, which is owned by shareholders in the village, was already going through a refurbishment but the outside of the gable walls still needed painting and funds had run out.  The Village Club, which houses a grand snooker table and one of the last remaining Summer Ice tables in Scotland, was in a dreadful state of disrepair.

The Village Shop



Although plans are underway to refurbish the Village Club, this important building in the heritage of Gartmore village was needing some immediate care and attention. Saturday 20th October saw a small group of volunteers turn out to give it a well-needed ‘lick of paint’. 

 Before paint

and after


The Village Square group were successful in their bid to Colouring the Community and received free paint and materials from Dulux Decorator Centres to do the job.  There was also enough paint to donate some to the Community Shop for their share of the gable end.