2005
Forty local people attend a presentation from the Westray Development Trust. The Comrie Development Group is formed that same evening. By October, 200 community members set priorities for action.
Comrie Development Trust
A community trust run by people who live in Comrie, accountable to local members, and focused on what people can build together.
CDT exists to help people in Comrie take part in the decisions, projects, places, and practical work that shape local life.
Cultybraggan is one major responsibility, but the Trust's wider purpose is community benefit: local participation, volunteer action, heritage, environment, enterprise, and long-term stewardship.
What the Trust is about
The Trust is at its best when local people are enjoying, caring for, and shaping community life in Comrie.
Forty local people attend a presentation from the Westray Development Trust. The Comrie Development Group is formed that same evening. By October, 200 community members set priorities for action.
CDT officially launched at the Comrie Alive festival — attended by over a quarter of the village. Membership grows to over 700, making CDT one of Scotland’s best-represented development trusts.
Community ballot: 72% turnout, 97% in favour — the most conclusive result of its kind under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. CDT purchases Cultybraggan Camp for £350,000 on 20 September, funded by the Tudor Trust and the Big Lottery via HIE.
National exemplar for the Climate Challenge Fund — over £475,000 secured for Comrie’s carbon reduction programme.
CDT begins administering the Steinmeyer Legacy — a bequest left to the people of Comrie by Heinrich Steinmeyer, a former camp internee who never forgot the kindness shown to him here.
Cultybraggan Camp Museum opens in April in the Grade A listed Jail Block. Tree planting completes on the 46-acre community woodland, backed by a Scottish Forestry grant of nearly £74,000.
CDT manages the camp estate, runs volunteer working groups across heritage, renewables, orchard, and woodland, and invests surplus income in the future of Comrie.
Trustees provide governance and direction. Employees handle day-to-day delivery, administration, finance, estate management, and community support.
Trustees
Chair
Vice-Chair
Treasurer
Trustee
Trustee
Trustee
Employees
Admin Team
Admin Team
Admin Team
Finance Officer
Working group-led initiatives across energy, environment, heritage, and local enterprise.
Camp History
The story of Cultybraggan Camp is told through objects, photographs, and documents in the Museum.
Read the camp's history in depth →Annual accounts, board minutes, policies, and reports.
Open to anyone in Comrie. Free to join. You get a vote at the AGM and a say in what the Trust does.
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