We as residents of Carstairs Junction got fed up of hearing people telling us the issues of the village, of having nothing to do, poor transport links, no-where to meet people, few activities and events take place. A community hall that is hardly in use due the financial costs involved.

A group of us have got together with the aim of tackling some of these issues in our rural community.

The way we plan to do this is to start a hub a few days a week where everyone is made to feel special where we can all come together for a chat / coffee and find out more about what is happening in our community. We want our community to thrive and feel empowered to make the changes that will regenerate our village and sister villages. For the people by the people. We have the support of many 3rd party organisations who will visit our drop- in hub for sessions. We will hold workshops and activities for leisure time.

For us to start making changes the challenges we face are covering hall hire costs and legal fees, we are applying for various funding however many restrictions are in place and we feel that the sooner we can get up and running the sooner the community will start to feel the benefits.

We believe that this is something exciting for the villages and we are starting to see people becoming enthusiastic about what we can blossom into.