What is Our Place?
Our Place is an initiative from the Big Lottery Fund that aims to build stronger connections and relationships in communities, empowering local people and organisations to bring about positive and lasting changes in their neighbourhood.  It has seen more than £1.5million invested in projects across the Lochside and Lincluden.
The communities of Lochside and Lincluden in North West Dumfries have been selected as one of seven areas in Scotland to receive Our Place investment from the Big Lottery Fund.

​To learn more about each of the projects being funded, please click here. 
Our Place Outcomes
  • Communities have more influence on decisions taken locally
  • Communities have more sustainable services and facilities that reflect their local priority
  • People say their community is a better place to live

To find out more about how we are achieving these outcomes take a look at the process page.

Our Place Lochside & Lincluden Films

We commissioned a local filmmaker to speak to Community Connectors and Project Leads now the five year 'community building' phase has come to an end.
Now, look back. We commissioned a local filmmaker to capture interviews with people in Lochside and Lincluden at the start of the project.

Our Vision

We have also now published Our Vision on the website which is a set of priorities which identifies the aspirations of local people for the future of their community.  You can also download a PDF of the vision here.

Our Assets

This website was originally set up to provide a map of all the assets currently in the area and share some of the information we have gathered. In mapping the assets we are included the skills, passions, gifts & talents of the local people, the organisations working in the area, funding available in the area and the voices of young people.

Research

Since 2014 we've been talking to lots of people in lots of different ways which helps us find out what people think is good and what still, what could be better and how we could make it better. We do a Listening Survey every year and also attend community events and meetings.