Adam's Community Trust (ACT) was established in 2007, in memory of Adam Law who died in 2006.

Adam was Mr Strathaven, from the voice of the duck race to everyone's Santa, Adam was known througout the community that he worked so tirelessly to improve.

ACT has been established by the people of Strathaven and its surrounding communities for the benefit of those communities. It is a community organisation run by local people to support and develop projects that benefit the Strathaven area.

ACT has been established because there are so many good things about these communities and so much more we would like to see. ACT believes in working with local authorities, bodies and community groups to make the changes and improvements happen - we can make these changes ourselves, we will ACT.

ACT became a Registered Charity and Company by Guarantee in August 2008.

What is ACT doing?
ACT completed its first project - lighting up the trees in Allison Green in April 2008.

The second project was agreed to be the toddler play area - throughout the early part of 2009 a cross-section of primary and nursery children were involved in the choice of play equipment to be installed. We then made applications to REF and Veridor Grant for substantial funding in March 2009.

ACT is delighted to announce that the Toddler Play Park project has been successful in raising substantial grants and matched funding to enable this project to be implemented later in 2009.

During 2010 ACT plans to replace the main play park with a new and exciting adventure playground that will benefit all our children and families for years to come.

What will ACT do next?
Beyond these initial priorities ACT are considering further improvements to Allison Green and will be looking to engage widely with the community to understand what other projects it can help raise and gain funding for. ACT is for all of us.

AS ACT moves forward it will be up to the people of Strathaven what ACT will do. ACT wants the involvement of everyone - individuals and community-based organisations.

How can you help?
The answer is simple - support ACT! You may have time, skills and desire to join the committee and help organise fund-raising events, run or co-ordinate a whole or part project or be able to offer invaluable advice. You may be able to invest a lot of time or just a few hours. Every bit helps.

The more people that get involved the more ACT will represent all our interests.

ACT for Strathaven.

For more details email: adamscommunitytrust@googlemail.com