Blue alert! Bluebells on their way – and earlier than last year…

The Woodland Trust is calling for the public to find their nearest wood and record the first appearance of native bluebells, as it tracks the arrival: http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/map/current.htm?rsid=164&reid=3&ry=2012&rs=S of the flowers across the country this spring. The conservation [...]

Homemade Dandelion Cordial

If your looking at trying something new and cheap this week why not make the most of the abundance of Dandelions growing about us in Lochgelly. Here is a really easy recipe to try and it makes for an amazing alternative to squash. Ingredients: As many Dandelion heads as you can get, [...]

Corporate Hospitality from Mossmorran

It emerged at the Lochgelly Community Council meeting for March, that Mossmorran has been offering and providing gifts and events, to community representatives that serve on the Mossmorran Community Liaison Group. This may also extend to local representatives that serve on other Mossmorran [...]

Share your local News & Views

We are making a call to members of the local community who would like to create and share their local news and views about Lochgelly and the surrounding areas. There are many local issues within the Lochgelly area, and many positive and negative developments and news, but due to time [...]

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News and information from the Lochgelly Community Development Forum

Local group under threat of closure

3 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 439

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 [...]

Lochgelly Charity Calendar 2012

5 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 445

Admin Note: This article is no longer current, an update will be published shortly.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

9 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 1425

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

9 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 477

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

1 year ago

by Lochgelly | Views 674

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

1 year ago

by lcdf | Views 577

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

by Robert Macmillan | Views 11705

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

by Lochgelly | Views 2607

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

by Lochgelly | Views 2391

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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