From Tiny Acorns Great Oaks Grow

 Following two years of hard work included
 public meetings, public exhibitions plus
 extensive consultations with the Community
 of Law, especially Primary Six and Seven
 School Children at Law Primary School.

 Law Community Trust are pleased to
 announce that they have been successful in
 obtaining funding from Forward Scotland
 £30,000. The Renewable Energy Foundation
 £30,000 and South Lanarkshire Council,
 £17,500 (in kind) for the total replacement of
 the Play Park Equipment in Law Play Park,
 Lawhill Road.

  £60,000 of the funding is for New Play Park
 Equipment; the rest is for the upgrading and
 enlargement of the existing car park plus the
 removal of existing equipment and the
 reinstatement of the Play Park Land.

 South Lanarkshire Council Community
 Resources will be project managers,
 reporting to the Committee of Law
 Community Trust.

 Once complete, the Play Park will be
 Managed and maintained by South
 Lanarkshire Council’s Community
 Resources.

 Tendering for the equipment will
 Commence almost immediately and it
 may be possible the installation of the
 first pieces of New Play Park
 Equipment will begin by the end
 August or September 2009.

 Law Community Trust will continue to
 Seek additional funding for another
 two/three Play Equipment Units for the
 Play Park.

 First of all a big thank you goes to:
 Forward Scotland and to the Renewable
 Energy Foundation organisers for
 believing in and supporting our project.

 Law Community Trust would also like to
 thank the Community and Business’s of Law
 for their continued support in campaigning for
 the New Law Play Park improvements,
 including the Mothers and Toddlers Group,
 Law Parent and Teachers Association.

 We would also like to thank South
 Lanarkshire Council’s Funding Advisory Team
 especially Mr Kenny Lean for his efforts on
 our behalf, also the Community Resources
 Team for all their efforts and co-operation in
 the design and development of the
 proposals.

 Finally, we will be eternally grateful to
 PMR Leisure Ltd, Jupiter Play and Leisure Ltd
 (Simon Kelly) without their help and expertise
 the New Law Play Park Project would never
 have got off the ground.

 A small group of people in Law decided to take the old saying at its word
 by setting up Law Community Trust in April 1999

 The Aim behind the “Trust” is

 To bring the Community together, to work for more employment to
 increase social opportunities and to encourage visitors to Law.

 Membership is open to
 All residents, organisation’s and businesses based within Law.

We need your help! Volunteers are required to learn about landscaping, dry-stone walling and planting. Do you fancy giving a couple of hours of your time to learn a new skill? and enhance your village at the same time?

If you are aged 16 or over and are able to work in the great outdoors for a few hours a week, we want to speak to you.

Please contact Joanne Glennie on 01698 355534 or Email glenniej@northlan.gov.uk or contact Law Community Trust

Law Community Trust has recently been given funding for carrying out a series of environmental improvement works around the village. This work will be carried out by Lanark based Clydesdale Community Initiatives.

They will be starting in the village by the 22nd June 2009. The works they will be undertaking include planting beds and walling at the entry to Muir Street, enhancement of the Law Primary School frontage, wooden planters to the front of the Tom Craig Centre and bulb planting to the entries of the village.

Clydesdale Community Initiatives, was set-up in 2002 to enable young people who are at risk and adults with mental health issue’s, to develop a derelict site in Lanark, South Lanarkshire.

This project was so successful, with both groups benefiting hugely from their involvement, that it was decided to undertake further projects. With their dedicated staff of experienced trainers they helped local Communities  create attractive areas in the places they live. http://www.cciweb.co.uk/index.php