| AdminHistory | In 1966 Craigsfarm was scheduled for demolition after the completion of the construction Craigshill area of Livingston but a group of tenants, led by a Church of Scotland Youth Worker, conducted a community campaign to save the building.
In 1967 the building was use in as a cafe and provided space for a community activities. The project was originally known as The Craigshill Community Development Project, but in 1972 the name was changed to the Craigsfarm Community Development Project Ltd to allow the project to run community businesses - such as a Nearly New shop and a furniture restoration workshop. The farm came under control of the community by its representative body - The Craigsfarm Council.
By 1993 the Development Corporation and MSC community programme had invested £250,000 in the renovation and extension of the building. Urban Aid Grants allowed the purchase of equipment to develop a community arts programme.
By the 1990s, the Centre was located in the centre of an area that had mutiple indicators of social deprivation. It articulated its main aims in 1993: to provide access to arts for the community, relieve poverty, provide youth work and education, and to provide community work and family support
The Corporation owned the building but, by the windup of the Corporation, the majority of the project's funding came from Lothian Regional Council Community Education. The Craigsfarm Council was in close contact with the Community Development department of the Livingston Development Corporation. |
| ScopeandContent | 12 Files comprising:
1. General housing department file on Craigsfarm, 1964-1992.
2-6. Minutes and papers of the Craigsfarm management committee, 1983-1988.
7. Urban aid application, 1987-1990.
8. Memorandum of association, 1988.
9-10. Annual reports, 1988 and 1992.
11. Five year development plan, 1993.
12. Promotional brochures, 1990. |