About Largo Communities Together
Working Together for Largo: The Role of Structures In The Largo Area
Have you considered the role of local voices in shaping the future of The Largo's Area? The organisational chart shows the various groups collaborating to enhance our community. We also acknowledge the contributions of businesses, community groups, charities, individuals, and religious institutions in enriching our landscape. We want to clarify the common question: what is the difference between Largo Communities Together and the Largo Area Community Council?
The UK Government, the Scottish Government, and Fife Council are the main governing bodies. These elected groups are accountable to the public through voting. Locally, we have Largo Communities Together (LCT), a charity and voluntary organisation formed by residents of the Largo Area, which is defined by the Community Council boundary. LCT is accountable to the community through open monthly meetings, where everyone can share ideas, raise concerns, and participate in decision-making.
LCT Trustees are elected every three years by our 350 members. Anyone who lives here full time can be a member for £1.
LCT works with other charities, regional and national organisations, local groups, and residents to deliver on community initiatives and respond to local needs and interests when appropriate.
Making a Difference: LCT's Subgroups in Action
LCT oversees several subgroups focused on specific areas of community life; here are just some of them:
- Assets and Access: This group is dedicated to improving accessibility in the Largo Area, enhancing pathways and active travel to ensure everyone can enjoy public spaces and amenities.
- Friends of Largo Bay: This group organises beach cleanups, art projects, and educational outreach while advocating for marine conservation and responsible coastal use.
- The Resilience Group: This group helps the Largo Area prepare for emergencies and build community resilience, fostering connections through initiatives like Warm Spaces and Dementia-Friendly Community learning sessions for locals and businesses.
LCT also support many other projects and develops other subgroups as required.
The Largo Area Community Council
The Largo Area Community Council represents residents as the "Voice of the Local Community," conveying their views to Fife Council and other authorities as appropriate. Open monthly meetings welcome anyone with questions or concerns. The Community Council and LCT often collaborate and communicate, recently working on the "Local Place Plan," which reflects residents' aspirations for housing, transport, paths, green spaces, and amenities in the Largo Area. Both organisations are committed to advocating for this plan.
Get Involved!
Want to contribute to making the Largo Area an even better place to live? Join LCT or the Community Council or participate in one of the many local initiatives, groups, or community services.
Contact information for both organisations can be found on their websites: Largo Communities Together: www.LargoCT.org.uk and Largo Area Community Council: www.largoareacc.org.uk/.
We hope this overview clarifies how these organisations collaborate in the Largo Area and their connections to regional and national structures.
Our Purpose & Mission
To enable people of Largo, Lundin Links, Woodside, New Gilston, Newburn and Drumeldrie to enhance community life by supporting and developing sustainable initiatives, communicating with community groups and individuals.
Largo Communities Together(LCT) is a registered charity established by the community to be responsive to its needs. The LCT committee and office bearers are appointed by its membership of over 300 people and is committed to be answerable to the whole community. Membership is open to all interested people. Public consultation exercises are an important element in the way LCT formulates its plans. These projects will thus enhance the fabric of our community through the support and subsequent development of people and community groups.
Because
THE PAST
Fabric deterioration, inaccessible areas, and wasted potential is the story of so many of our historical assets giving missed opportunity and community frustration.
THE PRESENT
LCT provides a focus that enables the hopes and aspirations of the community to become a real plans. The community “have your say” has provided information to us all of your views, and we will continue to seek and act on them where possible.
THE FUTURE
LCT aims to facilitate projects which help develop the assets of the community, its people and its organisations. It takes particular interest in projects such as the restoration of heritage, in buildings, historical archives, folk culture with an emphasis on making our heritage accessible to everyone, finding new uses which benefit the community. Our communities have a number of disparate groups that could be supported with some collective input – a community where separate organisations can thrive but also have the ability to come together through LCT, when the whole is greater than the sum of parts.
Examples of how
COMMUNITY COORDINATION AND INFORMATION
This website is the primary means of communication for LCT backed up by news letters.
FABRIC DETERIORATION
- Largo Pier
- Largo House & Grounds
SOCIAL INTERACTION
Examples of purposeful and social interaction are the Largo Library and Community Hub, Big Picnic, Children’s Gala, Largo Arts Week, Choirs, Sports Groups, Historical Societies and Clubs and Social Groups.
SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
LCT aims to facilitate opportunities for small food producers, tourism and local enterprises.
