Dunoon Community Development Trust supports local people to activate change in Dunoon

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Events

Meet people, learn new things and discover all the great activities that are happening in the Dunoon area.

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Mend and Make Do
Sat, 14 Sept
Dunoon Burgh Hall
14 Sept 2024, 13:00 – 15:00
Dunoon Burgh Hall, 195 Argyll St, Dunoon PA23 7DD, UK
14 Sept 2024, 13:00 – 15:00
Dunoon Burgh Hall, 195 Argyll St, Dunoon PA23 7DD, UK
Learn the basics of using a sewing machine and how to make alterations to reuse clothing and fabric. Extend the life of an item of clothing by mending or reusing it with Dani Halligan.
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Tip Talk by Renewi
Wed, 18 Sept
Queen's Hall
18 Sept 2024, 18:30 – 20:00
Queen's Hall, 9 Argyll St, Dunoon PA23 7HH, UK
18 Sept 2024, 18:30 – 20:00
Queen's Hall, 9 Argyll St, Dunoon PA23 7HH, UK
Learn about how our local recycling centre is managed and where the materials go
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Fashion Show, Second Hand September
Wed, 25 Sept
Dunoon
25 Sept 2024, 18:00 – 21:00
Dunoon, 9 Argyll St, Dunoon PA23 7HH, UK
25 Sept 2024, 18:00 – 21:00
Dunoon, 9 Argyll St, Dunoon PA23 7HH, UK
Come along to Dunoon’s community-led Fashion Show, a sustainable fashion event for Second Hand September 2024.
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Positive Enterprise Progamme, Dunoon
Thu, 17 Oct
Queen's Hall, Meeting room 1
17 Oct 2024, 09:30 – 24 Oct 2024, 15:00
Queen's Hall, Meeting room 1, 9 Argyll St, Dunoon PA23 7HH, UK
17 Oct 2024, 09:30 – 24 Oct 2024, 15:00
Queen's Hall, Meeting room 1, 9 Argyll St, Dunoon PA23 7HH, UK
Learn how to develop new products, services and income streams that have a positive impact on the environment and your community
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News

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Aug 20
2 min

We’re looking for teams of local people to create a new look from secondhand materials sourced in Dunoon. The final look will take a walk do

Aug 20
4 min

Second Hand September programme

This four-week programme of activities, culminating in a community-led fashion show at the Queen’s Hall, celebrates the people, charity shop

Aug 20
4 min

Second Hand September comes to Dunoon

Second Hand September Dunoon is a partnership project led by Dunoon Community Development Trust. It is designed to spark ideas and inform th

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Projects

Discover how local people are leading positive change in Dunoon through developing projects with us.

Grow Food, Grow Dunoon

#CommunityFood #Collaboration #Health&Wellbeing

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Dunoon cycling and walking Bothy

#ActiveTravel #NetZero #WellBeing

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What's On Dunoon

#Culture

#Collaboration #Digital

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Resources

Useful information and links to reports, websites and resouces relating to our work

DCDT Annual report presentation 2022/23

Find out more about our work and achievements.

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Think Dunoon Charette, 2017

End report from 2017 community consultation led by SURF, Scotland’s Regeneration Network. Featuring ideas, visuals and information about the regeneration of Dunoon compiled by Austin-Smith: Lord

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Creating a climate of change, Dunoon

Find out how Dunoon Community Development Trust will be working with partners in the community to create a Local Place Plan for the town.

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Wellbeing services, Dunoon

A list of local resources with a Wellbeing focus compiled by Barbara Henderson, DCDT's Volunteering for wellbeing coordinator

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Dunoon map of reuse, repair and care

A Green Map featuring charity shops, businesses and community groups providing reuse and repair solutions in Dunoon.

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