The My Place Awards celebrate community-led built environment projects that have transformed their locality. Learn more about the 2023 entries below!
2023 winners were honoured at a ceremony on 24th April 2023. Watch short films about the commended and winning projects!
My Place Awards: 2023
Catherine Street Inclusive ParkWinner
Include Us
Dumfries & Galloway
Frustrated that their children didn’t have accessible space to play and socialise, a working group led by parents of disabled children formed to campaign for an inclusive play space in Dumfries. Their belief was that no child should have to sit on the sidelines to watch others play. With the dream of redeveloping a run-down local ...
Iona Village HallCommended
Iona Village Hall Community Trust
Argyll & Bute
Since 1928, Iona Village Hall has been at the heart of the local community and forms part of the lives and memories of local residents and visitors alike. It is our ‘everything’ community space; the place where our children grow up, have birthday parties, perform their school plays, dance, and get married. It forms the backdrop to ...
Castledykes Park DumfriesShortlisted
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Dumfries & Galloway
The People’s Project Dumfries is a group of volunteers who have recently become a charity. Our objectives include transforming neglected areas around the town, promoting advancement of education, community development and environmental protection and improved biodiversity. From 2019 our biggest project has been the upgrading and development of Castledykes Park which had become neglected, underused ...
Glenluce Village SquareShortlisted
Old Luce Development Trust
Dumfries & Galloway
Old Luce Development Trust was formed to implement the action plan from a community consultation undertaken in 2015 on behalf of Old Luce Community Council. Triggered by new windfarm funding coming in to the area, the consultation aimed to engage the whole community to identify ways to improve the social and economic outcomes within the ...
Stow Station HouseShortlisted
Stow Community Trust
Scottish Borders
Stow Station House was built in 1848 by the North British Railway. The station closed in 1969 and the station house buildings were converted into two dwellings. Although the railway station reopened in 2015, it had first been proposed to demolish the station building as it was not required for the reopened station. However, the ...
The Rockfield Centre, ObanShortlisted
Oban Communities Trust
Argyll & Bute
The announcement in 2014 that the former Rockfield Primary School would be demolished sparked a wave of reaction in Oban and surrounding area and launched a huge community campaign to save the building. Although the heart played its part – driven by nostalgia for their old school and their formative days – the community also ...
Alyth Burnside Accessibility Project
Airlie Estates
Perth & Kinross
The Burn of Alyth flows through the heart of the town and flows past historical structures of cultural importance including the 16th Century Packhorse bridge and the ruins of a 13th Church. The previous planting scheme along the Burnside comprised of invasive bamboo which not only prevented pedestrian access along the Burnside but was also ...
Cambuslang Community Gateway Project
Cambuslang Community Council
South Lanarkshire
The project originated during the Covid lockdowns in 2020-2021 when local people were spending time working from home and walking locally. Residents became more aware of some drab aspects of the built environment and approached Cambuslang Community Council with suggestions for improving the town. One major outcome was the Cambuslang Gateway Project. This was inspired by ...
Campbeltown Cross
Argyll and Bute Council
Argyll & Bute
Campbeltown Cross was carved on Iona in the 14th Century.It is an outstanding work of art and the town’s greatest archaeological asset. It commemorates a priest named Ivor McEachern and his son, Andrew who commissioned the monument. It stood originally in Kilkivan churchyard, Machrihanish and as with many mediaeval monuments, the Cross was mutilated during ...
Douglas Community Park
Douglas Community Spaces Group
Dundee
Douglas Community Park is the site of a primary school which closed and subsequently burned down in 2008. The land survived as a grassy field with a clay-heavy soil that becomes boggy in wet conditions. Across Dundee, these sites have become more housing, something that residents of Douglas felt they did not need. The Douglas Community ...