Welcome to the Stanley Development Trust

Stanley Development Trust is now on  Facebook

 

Community Fun Day on 23 June 2012 a Communiyt Fun day is planned to be held in Stanley Primary School from 12@00 to 15:30 with all the local organisations taking part.

Stanley Development Trust achievements in 2011 include:

  • Creating a village walk at Shielhill Path
  • Developing a website to share information on local activities and events
  • Forming a Community and Sports Centre Working Group
  • Promoting youth activities, training volunteers and supporting the development of Stanley“Socca” Football Club
  • Establishing the Garden Share Project and Community Food Growing Group
  • Maintaining the Oil Buying Collective, saving members money on heating oil

 

In 2012 we plan to:

  • Create community allotments/community orchard
  • Set up a Winter Watch scheme
  • Run talks and workshops on food growing and community orchards
  • Develop local cycle path in 5 mile wood
  • Explore the potential for a community café
  • Set up a Time Banking scheme
  • Hold a technology day
  • Start up regular youth activities (we have just secured funding to help us do this)
  • Work with other community groups to run a village wide community fun day

 

Why not join the Trust.  We need your help.  All ages welcome.  Membership is free.

Stanley Development Trust was formed in 2008 to improve the quality of life and environment of the village of Stanley and its surrounding area.

The Strategic Aim of the Trust is:

‘To Develop a Vibrant and Sustainable Community’

The themes supporting this Aim are:

‘Improve Activities and Facilities, Especially for Young People’

‘Conserve and Enhance the Environment and Heritage’

Stanley is a village on the right bank of the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. The section of River Tay nearby is a popular location for canoeing and fishing.

Inverbervie Castle became a mansion by the 1600s and was renamed Stanley House in 1659 to mark the wedding of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl, to Lady Amelia Stanley, the only daughter of James Stanley, the 7th Earl of Derby.

130 years later John Murray, the 4th Duke of Atholl decided to make use of the vast power of the River Tay to operate a cotton mill he called Stanley Mill.

The village of Stanley was created to house the workers of the mill.

The mill mostly produced cotton but also cigarette ribbon. The Dempster & Co company was established in 1787 by seven men including Richard Arkwright (the inventor in Derbyshire of cotton-spinning machinery), George Dempster (the local MP) and William Sandeman to build the mill on land feued from the Duke of Atholl to provide employment to Highlanders affected by the clearances.[1]

The mill extracted gas from coal to run lighting, this was replaced in 1921 when a hydroelectric power plant was built which supplied electricity to the village as well as the mill. The power station was closed in 1965 but was reopened in 2003 by npower (UK). The mill has now been turned into a museum depicting life in the 19th century with two of the buildings converted into private flats.