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South Rhins Community Development Trust (SRCDT)

SRCDT is a Scottish Charitable Trust, formed in November 1998 following various committee meetings in the Kirkmaiden and Stoneykirk communities over a period of one and a half years.

 The aims of the Trust are:

• to support agricultural development and diversification

• development of tourism which builds on the environment, heritage, culture and location

• increase opportunities for women and young people

• improve access to social and community facilities

• to promote, establish and operate/support other schemes and projects of a charitable nature for the benefit of the South Rhins community.

Our vision for the future of the South Rhins is of a community with a healthy economy, based on agriculture and tourism, with a healthy, thriving and enterprising population.  The area will have created a strong identity for itself – building on its produce, heritage, culture, environment and location – and its already strong community spirit.

The development of tourism for the South Rhins has been a major interest.  Here the aim is to increase awareness of the area as a tourist destination, increase numbers of visitors and their length of stay.  This will support local businesses, help sustain local tourism jobs, encourage development of new tourist enterprises and help generate further jobs in existing and new enterprises.

We have provided a Welcome Pack, with brochures and leaflets and information about our area.  This will be found on all Caravan/Camp sites, in all Hotels and Guest Houses.  Visitor Survey forms should be available to you along with the Welcome Pack and we hope you will take the time to complete one to enable us to improve local facilities and services.

We hope our new road signs, directing you to the area and to the Visitor Centre at the Mull of Galloway will help you to find us.  The Visitor Centre was completed and opened in 2000 and has proved to be a great attraction.  More information about the area can be obtained from our voluntarily run Kirkmaiden Information Centre in Drummore.

We hope to include as much information as possible, for you, on our website which is still very young – we would welcome your comments.

We hope you enjoy your stay.

Funding has come from the European Regional Fund, Scottish National Heritage, Dumfries & Galloway Council and Scottish Enterprise Dumfries & Galloway.