Questions concerning Little Raith Wind Farm

We had a meeting with the developer of Little Raith Wind Farm (Kennedy Renewables) and their PR/Political Lobbying group (Invicta PA) back in October. Unfortunately, most of our questions couldn’t be answered at the time, but the developer took note of the issues and concerns raised, and notified [...]

Local group under threat of closure

With the ongoing ‘austerity’ measures enforced on local authorities we have seen reduction in public services and quality of service as the local authorities try to juggle services to fit into tight budget limitations. The austerity measures have also had an impact on many local charity groups as [...]

Industrial Wind Farm for Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Lumphinnans and Lochgelly

Attending the Lochgelly Community Council meeting, last night (08/02/12), we heard a presentation from Banks Renewables who are seeking to build 6 x 125 metre turbines in close proximity to the Lochore Meadows, Kelty, Cowdenbeath, Lumphinnans and Lochgelly communities. The developers stated that [...]

Lochgelly Galleries

Lochgelly (Gaelic: Loch Gheallaidh) is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly [1] to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the town has a population of [...]

Mossmorran, will the incident on June 2011 be repeated?

On the 11th June 2011 at 3:10am, Mossmorran suffered an incident which resulted in excessive noise pollution, vibration and light pollution which caused one local to write a darkly comic doric poem, titled; ‘Dawn Chorus O Mossmorran‘. This article was the most commented article to ever appear on [...]

Lochgelly North School to improve the local environment

In celebration of the Queens Diamond Jubilee, the Lochgelly North Special School in partnership with the Woodland Trust have committed themselves to planting 61 trees in a bid to help regenerate and improve the local environment. Other groups committed to planting trees includes Foulford Primary [...]

Lochgelly Centre – Official Reopening (images)

The Lochgelly Centre was officially reopened on the 14th February 2012. As part of the celebration Lochgelly High School Brass Band and Choir were on hand to provide music throughout the ceremony. Councillor Brian Goodall cut the ribbon to mark the opening, and then an acrobatic performance was [...]

Is Wind The Answer?

Experts to debate in St Andrews Public information event organized by Cameron Community Council St Andrews Town Hall, 7.15pm 1st March 2012 Love them or loathe them, wind turbines are coming to Fife. From industrial-scale wind farms to back-garden turbines, Fife is facing a torrent of [...]

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Local group under threat of closure

4 weeks ago

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Lochgelly Charity Calendar 2012

2 months ago

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Admin Note: This article is no longer current, an update will be published shortly. The Lochgelly Calendar 2012 is for sale at the Lochgelly Development Forum for £1.50. All the money is used to help pay for the Lochgelly Christmas Lights. The calendar was designed by us and printed by Fife [...]

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Lochgelly Gala 2011

6 months ago

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The Lochgelly Gala was another success for the Lochgelly Community Development Forum who worked hard to bring together many groups, individuals and businesses for a fantastic day. At one point it looked set to rain but luckily the weather held out, and it got sunnier and warmer as the day went on, [...]

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Lochgelly Gala 2011

6 months ago

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With the success of the Lochgelly Gala in 2010, the Lochgelly Community Development Forum, have been hard at work to create another lively and fun packed event for the Lochgelly community to enjoy. The LCDF have been busy, raising and securing funds, working with local groups, business and [...]

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Lochgelly Gala 2011

9 months ago

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The Lochgelly Community Development Forum are once again organising this years Gala for August the 21st, at the Public Park. Planning has been underway for a couple of months, and the LCDF have managed to secure funds for this years Gala. We have made a small video snapshot of last years Gala which [...]

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LCDF – Latest News

10 months ago

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We have updated our website at www.lcdf.org.uk to include all our latest news and provide access to our latest newsletter which should be arriving through your doorway very soon. Funding We have received funding from the Fairer Scotland Fund Award. This will allow us to continue our services for [...]

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Lochgelly High School – Community Engagement

1 year ago

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I am currently working on a number of strategies to improve the extent to which the school is engaged with its communities – as well as improve the effectiveness of what we currently do. In essence, I would like the school to reach out to its communities much more – in order to make sure that the [...]

Christmas Lights Appeal

1 year ago

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The Community Council has been collecting donations and partially funding the Christmas Lights in Lochgelly, every year. This year they are working in partnership with the Lochgelly Community Development Forum to try and raise £4000.00 pounds so Lochgelly can have their Christmas lights switched [...]

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LCDF embracing Open Source

1 year ago

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The Lochgelly Community Development Forum (LCDF) this week has just launched their own website using Open Source technologies in the form of WordPress, which also powers the Lochgelly site. The site is still in the early stages of development, but will provide the members and the volunteers of the [...]

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The Voice – October Issue

1 year ago

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The Voice started as a magazine which was produced by the Lochgelly Community Development Forum, and delivered to every home in Lochgelly. The magazine eventually folded due to lack of funding. However during the past year the Lochgelly Community Development Forum has started producing a quarterly [...]

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