Culbokie Community Trust

The Culbokie Community Trust Limited (CCT) was established in June 2014 as a company limited by guarantee and achieved charitable status in July 2015.

The principal concern of CCT was to improve services in the village following a rapid increase in the number of houses over the past 50 years taking the population from around 80 in 1961 to over 800 in 2011. However, it does not have a recognisable centre and has very poor access to services compared to other villages in the area. In addition there are a further 130 more houses still in the planning pipeline.

In early 2015, CCT was successful in purchasing 0.5ha of land in the centre of the village under the Community Right to Buy Scheme with funding from the Scottish Land Fund. CCT established a partnership with Tulloch Homes to develop the site and plans were drawn up for a new Community Hub. This was to include a café and outdoor gathering area, space for business rental and a health room. The buildings would be set within a new village green, to include a community orchard, herb garden, community shelter, and a natural play area with a potting shed to provide a base for volunteer growing projects.  As of August 2026 the Trust has completed the village green, maintained by weekly Green Team volunteers, and the potting shed and toilets building.  Major funding has been secured for The Space, the multi-purpose health and business building with work on its construction to start shortly.  Funding has also allowed for the recruitment of a Business Development Officer for a three year period.  The final phase for the Hub, finance permitting, will be the Café.

CCT also: runs the monthly Culbokie Community Market; operates a Sharing Shed offering food, books, games and toys and other items; researches and promotes the history of the village; organises a volunteer work force to keep the village clean and tidy and the woodland paths open; and organises the Culbokie Cycling Club.  CCT is active in fundraising and organises several community fundraising events each year.