The Kincardine and Mearns Local Community Planning Group brings together representatives from the Community Planning Partners to identify and address the needs and concerns of the Kincardine and Mearns area.

What's New?

• Comic Relief UK Grant Programme - Application deadline 17th September
• Equal Adventure Festival - Inclusive Multi-sports 27th-29th August
• Laurencekirk Children's Services - Partnership in Action Event Sept 8th
• CVSA Taining Initiative - latest dates Sept-December 2010
• Funding Tracker Update July 2010 - latest funding brought into K&M
• Funding for Better Broadband - DEADLINE AUGUST 27th 2010
• Aberdeenshire Council Consultation Database - find out about the consultations that affect you!
• K&M e-bulletin for June 2010 - view and subscribe.
• New Kincardine and Mearns Community Plan 2010 -2014 - view it here!
• National Trust for Scotland art competition - enter by 16 August 2010 to win £1000 and exhibit your work
• Training Opportunities in volunteer Management - various opportunites 2010-11
• Young Driver Roadshow - in Stonehaven 29th July
• Beechgrove Garden - support available for Community Gardens 
• Free Engagement Training - for Community Food Initiatives, August 2010
• Street Football in Stonehaven - Free sessions July/August 2010, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
• Tree Planting - Portlethen Woodlands project gets underway
• CVS Aberdeenshire, Central & South - May 2010 Newsletter
• Latest Minutes - K & M Community Planning Group

Previous News

• Newsletter Event
• Anti-Litter and Environment Meeting
• Dynamic Drop In 2007 - Full event results
• K&D Voice Newsletter - Jan / Feb 2009 
• Stonehaven Horizon Project - good practice example
• Portlethen Community Profile now published 
• Living and Working in Kincardine and Mearns - English version
• Living and Working in Kincardine and Mearns - Polish version

Shell Funding
The 2008/09 Shell Small Grants Scheme was open to Community Groups in Aberdeenshire.

Three bids were put forward from the Kincardine and Mearns area with the full support of the Local Community Planning Group.  Two were successful in gaining funds from Shell:

• Portlethen Moss Conservation Group were awarded £859
• Friends of the Grassic Gibbon Centre were awarded £2000

Community Planning Funding 
Five projects were successful in receiving Local Community Planning Group funding in 2008/09. Kincardine and Mearns Groups were successful in receiving funding for their projects.

• Grampian Police - to support additional policing in Laurencekirk according to identified public need
• Mearns Community Council - for funding training for all K & M Community Councils, as need identified
• Johnshaven School Breakfast Club
• Portlethen Community Woodland Project
• Kincardine and Mearns Youth Information Pocket Guide

An update on the projects receiving awards in 2009/10 will follow shortly.