Parking in the village
As part of our community consultations and CAP, the community identified lack of parking spaces as a problem in the village. New Luce Community Trust have been working on trying…
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2025
Electric vehicle charging points
2 EV charging stations have been installed in the car park area at Memorial Hall in New Luce. These chargers are now fully operational, charges are 45p per KW/hour, per customer.…
2024
Broadband grants for satellite systems
Due to there still be some areas out with the village who cannot receive a good broadband signal, New Luce Community Trust have opened a grant scheme where eligible households can…
2022
Curling Pond Project update, August 2022
A lot of work has now been completed at the Curling Pond, thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The pond has been excavated and cleaned and is looking amazing, with a…
Curling Pond Project: work starts
Work has started on the Curling Pond Project over the last few weeks. The pond has been cleared and trees and bushes felled as approriate. The pathway and car park space has also…
2021
History and heritage talk
New Luce Community Trust in Partnership with the PLACE project are hosting a ‘Heritage & History’ talk in the Memorial Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 22nd June. Guest Speakers are Nic…
Curling Pond development: £57,500 awarded
We are delighted to have been awarded a grant of £57,500 by The Heritage Lottery Fund to redevelop the former curling pond site into a wildlife and nature area. There will be a…
Mobile phone mast: EE now live
We are delighted to be able to advise that the mobile network provider EE is now operational and working from the mast at Mains Of Larg. The mast now has 2 mobile providers that…
2020
4G mobile mast: the Connectivity Minister visits
At the end of August members of the Community Council and The Trust, along with invited guests welcomed The Scottish Government’s Connectivity Minister Paul Wheelhouse to New…
4G mobile mast goes live
The 4G mobile mast that was erected to allow a 4G mobile signal in the New Luce area has went LIVE today. At present the mast has a Vodafone connection, with EE joining later this…
2019
Curling Pond Project
The Trust have been looking at options to reinstate the curling pond and develop the area into a wildlife and nature area. Working closely with the PLACE project and the local…
Green spaces: work at the school woods
Work will start at the school woods ( wooded area as you come into the village from Glenluce side) next week ( Wk 10th June) Works will include tidying up the area, including…
Transport project
The trust run and administer a taxi card scheme where households are invited to apply for a pre-paid taxi card on an annual basis, with an allocation of £150 per qualifying…
Mobile phone mast for Mains of Larg
A mobile phone mast which will produce a 4G mobile signal is to be erected at Mains of Larg by WHP Telecoms. The schedule of works indicates that granted all permissions are given…
Greenspaces
This project is looking at the green spaces in and around the village, and how we can maximise these to benefit everyone in the community and beyond. Work has been carried out on…
Broadband
The Trust are actively engaging with Digital Scotland and Broadband providers to try and access better quality broadband services in and around the village.
2018
Survey on underused buildings
The Trust is currently looking at the potential of the underused buildings and assets in New Luce Village. It has already held a community consultation event earlier this month…
Community buildings consultation
New Luce Community Trust has commissioned Community Enterprise to carry out an exercise to look at how best we can use the Memorial Hall, the church, the shop and the pub to best…
Community transport survey
The New Luce Community Action Plan identified Community Transport as a potential project. First of all, we need to ascertain what you would like a community transport project to…