About the Community Partnership

The Community Partnership was established in 2003, by the National Park Authority with Directors from the Association of Community Councils, the National Park Authority, Local Councils and Forestry Commission Scotland.

Since November 2009, the Community Partnership has become a membership organisation run by and for the benefit of all communities in and around the National Park.  Any Community Trust, Community Council, Community Group or other community and voluntary organisations can apply for membership.

Our vision for the future of Communities in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park is that its Communities will be built by:

·         encouraging communities to be pro-active partners in their own social, economic and environmental and cultural development with strong community councils, community development trusts and community groups working for their mutual benefit;

·         communities working together to develop a strong connected network within and around the National Park; and

·         communities driving the development of strategies, policies and programmes that embrace the special qualities and aims of the National Park.

To inspire, encourage, support and enable local communities to be enterprising, and create together a vibrant National Park Community for Loch Lomond and the Trossachs.

The Community Partnership Board is made up of two types of Director. ‘Elected Directors’ which are nominated and elected by Full Members of the Community Partnership and Co-Opted Directors which can be co-opted on the basis that he/she has special skills or experience which would be of assistance to the Community Partnership Board.

The Community Partnership Board currently has 11 Directors nominated/voted into office via those Communities holding Full Membership status and 2 Co-opted Directors drawn from Associate Membership organisations.

It is the role of the Directors to generally control and supervise the activities of the organisation, hold regular meetings during the period between annual general meetings and monitor the financial position of the company.