Skirling Community Development Trust

SKIRLING COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN

After consultations with Skirling community members during May to September 2023, our 5-year Community Action Plan (2024–2029) was launched at the end of March 2024 with groups working under 5 Themes:

Safe Skirling – traffic, pavements and roads.
Well-connected Skirling – improving access
Skirling community life
Environment and heritage
Sustainable and resilient Skirling

The plan will be our guide for what we – as a community – try to make happen over the next 5 years. Download a copy of the CAP by clicking here and sign up to help with the Themes here.

Skirling Community Action Plan – Annual Review

Click here for the first annual review of the Skirling Community Action Plan.

Skirling Community Development Trust

The Skirling Community Development Trust has been set up to support the Skirling Community Action Plan and is made up of a Board of Trustees supported by Members of the Trust to ensure project delivery based on the 5 Themes outlined above.

For the latest SCDT updates (September 2025), please click here.

To join the Trust as a Member, please sign up here.

COMMUNITY GROUPS

There are several community groups within the village, which include Skirling Community Council, the Village Hall Committee, Resilient Skirling and Skirling Kirk.

All of these groups are keen to welcome involvement from villagers and more information and contact details can be found below.

Skirling Community Council

Skirling Community Council is here to help – to advise, petition, influence and advocate village matters on behalf of the community. It provides a link between our community, our councillors and Scottish Borders Council officers.

The council meets five times a year to discuss village matters including village maintenance, local planning and funds available for the community and is linked to other community councils within the Tweeddale Area Partnership, meeting regularly to discuss matters of common interest. Click here to read about Community Councils in the Scottish Borders.

Meetings are held in the village hall on the last Thursday in the months of January, March, May, September and November – they start at 7.30pm and all residents are more than welcome to attend.

Following the latest elections in 2025, your community councillors are:
Paul Barlow, Andrew Clark, Isobel Hunter, Ross McIntyre, and Robert Laird. Co-opted members include Katy Miller and Sara van der Vat. Acting as Minutes Secretary is Alison Leite.

For the latest approved minutes for the community council, please click here (March 2025).

Previous Minutes:

Police Reports

For the latest police reports in our area, please click here (April 2025).

Contact Details

To have your say and tell us about any village maintenance issues, local planning or other issues you wish to bring to our attention – contact us via email at secretaryskirlingcc@gmail.com.