Develop your skills and your community with What's On Dunoon

We are really proud of What’s On Dunoon and how this local event’s platform is helping people to discover all the great things that are happening in and around our community. The website is powered by an amazing team of volunteers, who make a point of getting out and about in the community to identify events, venues, clubs and groups to share through What’s On Dunoon. 

Thanks to funding secured through Development Trust Association Scotland, we are developing a new pilot project that will use What’s On Dunoon as a tool for wider community engagement.

Develop events and market them in your community using What's On Dunoon

Focused on the geographic area of Valrose and Cowal Place, the Trailblazers project aims to recruit four people from this area of Dunoon and train them as What's On Dunoon Community Connectors.

Working with the Dunoon Community Development Trust team, and partners POP shop enterprises CIC, we will support Community Connectors to develop a series of community events in and around the area, and promote these events using What’s On Dunoon. 

“What’s On Dunoon has been an amazing success to date”, says Ann Campbell, Partnership Manager at DCDT.

“But we know that to keep the website busy and relevant to people living in Dunoon, we need to find creative ways to engage people with the site so that they can benefit from events that bring our community together. This project is all about connecting people to What’s On Dunoon, as a place-based brand and locally owned resource, to help build community connections.”  

Enjoy the garden, watch the film

POP shop enterprises CIC will be supporting the project, building on the work they did last year at the Top Shop garden. Through creative workshops that took place in the car park at Valrose, a team of local residents made a short film about their hopes and aspirations for Valrose.

You can watch that film here>  

Find out more about the Top Shop’s drinks garden here> 

Flexible Community Connector Roles for people living in Valrose / Cowal Place

From spring until September 2026, we want to work with people from the Valrose / Cowal Place area to put on a series of small, local events promoted using the What’s On Dunoon site.  

We are recruiting 4 paid Community Connectors (18 years and above) to help us with this project.  

• Community Connectors are paid at Living Wage level, £13.45 per hour  

• 16 hours of paid time over 4 months to take part in some training and support the project.  

• Payments can be made directly to your bank or via a Dunoon Gift card.  

• Community Connector roles are flexible and can work around your availability and needs. 

• You don't need any previous experience, just a willingness to try things and learn new skills.

What could you get out of being a Community Connector?

• Meet new people who care about their community and want to create positive change.

• Learn digital and marketing skills.

• Learn about events management and green skills.

• Find out more about the work of Dunoon Community Development Trust and useful resources like What's On Dunoon.

• Inform the work of Dunoon Community Development Trust

  
  

Express your interest

If becoming a Community Connector sounds interesting to you, then complete this short online form and we will be in touch. Go to the online form>

Talk to us

If you would like to speak to someone about the role, or just want more information please contact Hannah – hannah@dunooncdt.org or drop into the POP shop, 28 Hillfoot Street, Dunoon, PA23 7DS.