Who is Troon Development Trust (TDT)?�(SC053162)�

Troon Development Trust is a community owned and community led organisation with registered charity status.

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Purpose

The TDT purposes are to benefit principally the community of Troon/Loans which comprises the KA10 area (“the Community”) with the following objectives:

• the advancement of citizenship or community development
• the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
• the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
• the advancement of environmental protection or improvement

But only to the extent that the above purposes are consistent with furthering the achievement of sustainable development.

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TDT - Powers

TDT has power to do anything which is calculated to further its purposes or is conducive or incidental to doing so.

In particular, (but without limiting the range of powers available under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005) the SCIO has power:

• to register any interest in land and to exercise any right to buy under Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003;
• to exercise any right to buy under Part 3A of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003;
• to exercise any right to buy under Part 5 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016; and
• to make any participation request under Part 3 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 and/or any asset transfer request under Part 5 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, and to take any appropriate steps following upon the making of any such request.

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Main Aim of TDT

The aim of Troon Development Trust is to create social, economic and environmental renewal in the KA10 area, creating wealth within that area and keeping it there.

Preserving all that’s good and improving all that needs improved.

Troon Together Town Plan

Back in 2019 TDT applied for funding for a public consultation. We got £20,000 and SAC match funded this. Troon Together was formed as a steering group of various organisations across the town. Consultants were hired to carry out a public consultation. The resultant Troon Together Troon Town Plan came into being.

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Population of Troon 2016 was 20,400��Demographics�

Some Public Consultation Highlights�

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• Community Hub
• Heritage/museum Centre
• Seniors Centre
• Green space improvements
• Pop-up Cinema
• Youth Centre suitable for ALL teenagers
• Kids Club
• Soft Play area
• Music/theatre/drama venue

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Community Opportunity

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TDT first presented the opportunity of this Church becoming community owned 2023 within the Council Chambers at our public meeting.

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A building that if it came into the community ownership would serve all residents from the very young to the very old.

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It would also be a go to place for visitors to the town.

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Troon Old Parish Church – As A Community Hub

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History of the Church

Need to preserve the history of the Church.

• Neo-Gothic building in red sandstone by Hippolyte Blanc and dedicated in 1895. Not only is this one of Troon's most significant landmarks, it is also one of Hippolyte Blanc's last and potentially best designs.
• The stained glass of the Ascension window is by the Morris Studio; other windows by Gordon Webster.
• Alabaster reredos depicting Moses, St Paul and the Last Supper has a finely carved canopy and stands above a mosaic pavement of the Paschal Lamb.
• Richly carved pulpit, communion table and font.
• Various memorials including the Troon Old Parish Church WW2 Brass Plaque dedicated to the men of the church who fell in the second world war.

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Important to Preserve the Sanctuary

The Sanctuary

The acoustics within the Sanctuary are amazing and we would want to utilize them to the full potential. Possible uses could be.

• Use by orchestras, choirs,

school bands

• Music gigs/workshops
• Theatre/drama productions
• Music lessons for all
• Floor space utilised for musical

events – dinner/dance etc

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Church Halls

• Already used by organisations. such at the Boys Brigade Pipe Band and food bank and this should continue.
• Provision of
• Senior Centre
• Youth Centre
• Kids club
• Health and wellbeing events and regular wellness hub encouraging self care and health accountability.
• Pop up cinema nights
• Study/homework groups,
• Arts and crafts, sewing, knitting, crochet, cooking classes.
• Intergenerational activities to develop opportunities for older and younger people to work together and share experiences

Incorporating A Troon Heritage Centre/Museum

Troon has a rich history that isn’t showcased.

• Ailsa Shipbuilding
• The Kilmarnock to Troon Railway was an early railway line in Ayrshire/Duke of Portland
• Golf
• Rugby
• Charles Marr

And the list goes on……………………………..

Other Possible Uses

Where better to raise awareness of our local talent than our own Community Hub with the provision of artist/craft studios.

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Learning centre.

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Renting space to other organisations that don’t have a base of their own.

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Community Café/Public Living Room

• Room with sofa’s where you can pop in for a cuppa , maybe some music, board games.
• Welcoming safe space for all age and abililties.
• Could be used by other organisations within the community as a meeting place for vulnerable members of the community to tackle lonliness and address mental health issues across the community.

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Mobile climbing wall and soft play area.�

Church Gardens

• The use of the Church garden space could be put to good use as a community garden. Teaching kids to grow their own vegetables and using the grown produce for cookery workshops.

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• Room for a lovely big shed for the Mens Shed ☺

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• Use of gardens for a market like they have in Ayr or Kilmarnock

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Also, we are working on another initiative that would benefit from community ownership of the Church as a base.

Cycling without age

Serving the old and disabled of all ages.

Show casing the initiative

Come along to Troon prom on the 15^th June and 19^th June 2024 and see what this is all about.

Can you imagine what this will do for the elderly and disabled within the community.

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This Church would make a great base for the bikes and volunteers. These bikes could be used to ferry people from around the town to events being held in the Hub.

Going Forward

Let’s get back to the 2019 Community Action plan. Hopefully you’ve had a taste of what could be achieved by the community for the community.

Troon Development Trust does not intend to work in isolation. We would hope to work alongside various organisations such as but not limited to:-

• Troon Community Council with a shared vision.
• South Ayrshire Council.
• Watersports Centre and the new Skatepark users
• Outdoor partnership
• Friends of Fullerton Woods and Friends of Troon Beach
• kitescotland
• Troons men shed
• Business community
• Various other organisations within the Town.

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We Have A Dream

Troon Development Trust

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We have a dream,

If dreams come true,

Then Troon Old Parish Church,

Will belong to you!

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The residents of KA10.

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