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Kincardine Community Action Plan 2014 - 2019 Contents KINCARDINE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN 2014 - 2019 CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 3 OUR COMMUNITY NOW 5 LIKES 6 DISLIKES 7 OUR VISION FOR THE FUTURE 8 MAIN STRATEGIES AND PRIORITIES 10 ACTION 14 MAKING IT HAPPEN 2 INTRODUCTION USES. 00 HO R 10 OU UPS, OM L GRO FR OCA D H L NE IT . R W ONS U LD TI ET E ISA R H N E E GA ER ER R NT. W O E S W RT EV M S O ES FOR EW P R Y VI UP U The plan will 4 RVE ER S UT 00 C S SU T D F OMMUNITY VIEW IN N Y ND , A T be our guide for 20 GS A S NI STAKEHO MEETIN SSE U LDER INE M what we BUS OM E C - as a community - TH ED ARO END try to make happen UND 550 PEOPLE ATT over the next KINCARDINE 5 years. COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN This Community Action Plan summarises community views & information about: • Kincardine – our community now • Our Vision for the future of Kincardine • Main strategies & priorities - the issues that matter most to the community • Our plan for priority projects and actions THANKS TO KINCARDINE COMMUNITY FUTURES STEERING GROUP EVERYONE WHO The preparation of the Community Action Plan has been guided by a local TOOK PART steering group which brings together representatives of the Kincardine – It’s a really good Community Council, Kincardine Community Association, Kincardine Tenants response and gives weight & Residents, Gala Committee, Bridge to Youth Project, Scouts & Guides, Action for Change, Tulliallan Primary School, Tulliallan Family Council, local to the priorities identified Councillors and many other interested local residents. in this community action plan LOCAL PEOPLE HAVE THEIR SAY We welcome The Community Action Plan has been informed by extensive community engagement continued carried out over a five month period from September 2013 to January 2014. involvement from the whole community The process involved: • a community views survey, which was delivered to all houses in Kincardine; in taking forward • stakeholder interviews and meetings with different groups and individuals this Community representing all aspects of the community; Action Plan • preparing a community profile detailing facts and figures about the community; • a Community Futures Event held on 25 January 2014; • Young people were represented on the Steering Group and very much involved in the whole planning process. 3 OUR COMMUNITY NOW We have summarised below some of the main facts and figures from the Community Profile - a report produced by the Steering Group to give a picture of Kincardine as it is now. ITY PRO COMMUN FILE SUM DINE MARY CAR KIN LOCATION HOUSING Kincardine is a small town located on the north There is an eclectic mix of housing in Kincardine, shore of the Firth of Forth, in Fife, 6 miles east of including a conservation area with old terraced Alloa and 11 miles west of Dunfermline. The town fishing cottages, housing estates built over the was given the status of a Burgh in 1663. last 50 years, and modern affordable flats and houses. Three distinctive blocks of “high flats” used POPULATION to stand out above the skyline, built in the 1960’s to house workers at the Kincardine & Longannet The population is currently around 3,000 and has Power stations. The last of the high flats was dropped slightly in the last 10 years. 27% of the demolished recently, and attractive new houses now population is of pensionable age, compared to 21% accommodate residents. for Fife as a whole. In contrast the percentage of children dropped from over 18% to 14.5% between LOCAL ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT 2001 and 2011. Kincardine was a successful trading port in the 17th century, the second largest in Scotland. As a result, shipbuilding, sailmaking and ropemaking became key industries along with coal mining. Kincardine Power station was built in the 1950s and a few years later, Longannet Power station. Kincardine Power Station was demolished in 2001. Most employees at Longannet Power Station are now contract workers. The Scottish Police College is now a main local employer. Kincardine is very well situated for road links and many people commute to Alloa, Dunfermline, Stirling, Falkirk, Glasgow and Edinburgh. 4 SCHOOLS & CHILDCARE HEALTH & CARE • Tulliallan Primary School - The present school Kincardine Health Centre provides: building opened in 1975, with two classes at each • Various clinics – asthma, diabetic, CHD level. The school roll now stands at approx. 200 /Hypertension, smoking cessation (including 50 nursery children) • Nurse services – district nurse, practice nurse, • Out of school care - Fife Council runs an out of cardiovascular, travel immunisations school club for Primary 1 – 7 pupils. The breakfast • Children’s services – baby clinic, child hearing, club meets in the Community Centre and the after child immunisations, child assessment school club session is held in the Gym/Dinner Hall • Podiatry, Physiotherapy, Health visitors, at the school. Phlebotomist • Childcare – there are currently 4 childminders in the village There is a dental practice and a dispensing chemist • Kincardine Parent & Toddler Group Nearest hospital emergency services are at Larbert • Secondary education – for secondary education – Forth Valley Royal Hospital children travel by bus to Dunfermline ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY FACILITIES & ACTIVITIES There is access from Kincardine to Devilla Forest, • Library & Fife Council local office the grounds at Tulliallan Castle, and the start of the • Post Office Fife Coastal path. • Community Centre – Breakfast Club, “Cafe Connect”, Parent & Toddlers, Beavers, Cubs, Within the Kincardine Community Council area lie Scouts, Art Class, Line Dancing, Elderobics, Dance 2 Sites of Special Scientific Interest and 3 Wildlife class, slimming class, Tulliallan Pipes and Drums, Sites. Part of the area is within the Inner Forth Target Sports club, SGI-UK Buddhist Group Landscape Partnership Heritage Lottery funded • Old Peoples Welfare Hall – Carpet bowling, dance project. class, Darby & Joan, Krav Maga self defence • Bowling Club - Wednesday night bingo, music A community garden has recently been developed in nights the grounds of Tulliallan Castle. • Church Hall – Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Boys Brigade, Anchor Boys, Women’s Guild, Men’s Club, HERITAGE Scottish Country Dancing • Police office - unstaffed Many points of historic interest include: • The Bordie Standing Stone SPORTS & RECREATION FACILITIES • Blackadder Castle, built in the 13th century • Tulliallan Castle • Tulliallan Golf club • The Mercat Cross • Bowling Club • The Old Kirk and Graveyard • Tulliallan Football Field & pavilion • The Village Green • Scottish Police College – has sports hall, football • Scotlands Inn – used by drovers waiting for the pitches, gym, swimming pool – not generally ferry across to Falkirk Tryst Market available to the public • Ye Auld Hoose – used by the seafarers • The High Pier & the sloping Ferry Pier • Carved marriage lintel and fire insurance number stones on older houses 5 OUR COMMUNITY NOW LIKES COMMUNITY VIEWS SURVEY Community spirit & friendly people 48.3% Location 38% Nature & feel of the community 28.4% Services 25.6% Environment and outdoor recreation 19.7% Community groups, activities and events 13.4% Shops & amenities 13.2% History 10.4% Housing 5.6% e s a W h a t p e o p l i d : 400 responses I like our close knit community especially when we seem to need it the most. were made by Sense of community. Everybody knows everybody. We moved here last year and local residents in have been made to feel very welcome. our Community Well located, good road links if you are a car user. Views Survey. Where it’s positioned, right in the middle of Scotland, easy access to everywhere. Here is what It has good communications to the west, particularly Glasgow, and Falkirk. It people said they permits a rural way of life in an otherwise busy Central Belt. like about the “ Feels like a very safe village to raise a family. community now… That it is a small community but has a lot of potential. I like that we have a school nearby that has good facilities. Convenient health centre, library & post office. Nice scenery and walks about in the area. Attractive and accessible surrounding countryside for walking, cycling etc. Ready access to police college grounds. The range of community activities e.g. scouts, guides, Boys Brigade, country dancing, bowling, old folks, local history. Good programme of activities and support available for the elderly. I like that the community comes together for large events namely the Gala day and Christmas Eve celebrations. I like Kincardine’s assortment of shops and takeaways. Many of the little alleys and streets have retained their old fishing village style and charm. I live in the new houses and like what they have done where” the flats had been. 6 DISLIKES COMMUNITY VIEWS SURVEY Village appearance 48.9% Traffic, Roads & Parking 33.9% Lack of Community Facilities & Activities 28.3% Anti Social Behaviour 22% Shops & Services 19.5% ... and what they were Public Transport 14.7% not so keen on! Environmental Surroundings 8.6% W h a t p e o p l e s a i d : HATE the boarded up nursing home when you first come into the village and the boarded up bank, they both look terrible and give a bad impression. The Mercat Cross in the High Street is an eyesore. There has been railings round it now for about two years. Too many traffic lights that can easily be misread - bring back the round-about, now that we have less through traffic. The roads are also in a dreadful state being full of potholes. “Lack of enforcing of no parking rules and disregard of 20mph speed limit. Lack of leisure / sports facilities other than golf club or bowling club. The lack of facilities for classes such as badminton, keep fit, tennis and that the comunity has no opportunity to access the swimming pool at the police college now.
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