Group of children and young people enjoying playing football outdoors on a football pitch

About Langlees

Work began alongside the community of Langlees in June 2017, and has involved:

Connections

Building relationships within the community and providing space for community ideas and activity to develop.

Community asset transfer 

Supporting the Dawson Development Group to take ownership of and manage a local football pitch.

Community asset transfer

Supporting the Bainsford Hall Committee to take forward management of the Bainsford Hall as a partial community asset transfer.

New activities

Linking with partners to bring in new activities based on the aspirations of the comunity such as cooking classes and upskilling volunteers to set up a community food initiative.

Community map

Langlees by Corra Foundation

In this interactive map, you can explore the area of Langlees and some of the areas important to the community.

Bainsford Community Hall

Dawson Centre

Dawson Park

Community Woodland

Football pitch

What’s been happening?

Langlees

Annual Update 2022 Snapshot

Bringing Community Together – Creating informal opportunities for the community to come together, build relationships and connect with local services and activities.

Community Football – Partnership working between Corra, Dawson Sports Development Association and local police to deliver diversionary football activities on Friday nights.

Community Activities – Engaging with the community and understanding priorities for the area.

Storytelling Project – Partnership working between Corra and the Village Storytelling Centre to gather stories of life in the community.

Community Garden – Partnership working between Corra, People’s Parish and the local school to understand the history and connections within the area and its links to farming and growing.

Get involved

Community Co-ordinator:    Angela Smith

Sharing and learning new skills and making new friendships between community members and local organisations has been valuable. Building on the relationships with community organisations will be a focus going forward supporting local partners that wish to have a presence in the community. 

Creating a community portfolio, with guides & tools on how to run large events, setting up new spaces and resources to support people at the early stages of starting a community group, combined with templates and key contacts will provide a valuable resource going forward. 

Further reading and related content

child playing football with the text  'Langlees annual update 2022'

Langlees Annual Updates 2018-2022