Forth & District Initiative Group History

Group History

Set up as part of the Millenium Celebrations the group was launched, The Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II was the international celebration held in 2002 marking the 50th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II to the throne.

To mark this occasion the group arranged for a celebration at the White House.
The local children at school received commemerative medals.

In June 2015 the Initiative Group applied for and was successful in becoming part of the Coalfields Community Futures Programme this involved other Community Groups and together we formed a Steering Group. This has now resulted in the completion of a community wide consultation and development of a village plan to be used as a guide to where our community wants to develop over the years. As part of this we worked to create a Forth and District Development Trust to support the outcomes of the plan. Within Forth there are several good local groups working for the benefit of the community. They are all represented on the Development Trust Steering Group.
Through a lot of hard work by the community, Forth have been lucky enough to win several awards over the years

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Latest News

The Caley
We had a wonderful time at the The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society - The Caley awards on 25th March 2026. We were very honoured to receive a Certificate of Merit in recognition of our contribution to horticulture and gardening in Scotland. Thank you to those who nominated us and everyone who has been involved with The Eco Site over the years.

Keep Scotland Beautiful - 2025 an Amazing Year

Flourishing Forth are delighted to have won an outstanding award for sustainable gardening in the RHS Britain in Bloom UK wide awards. This follows on from winning the RHS community award for sustainable gardening in Scotland at 14th October's Keep Scotland Beautiful online ceremony. We have also won Silver Gilt in this years Keep Scotland Beautiful awards, Level 5 - outstanding and certificate of distinction in the It's your neighbourhood award and the RHS Scotland Award for Resilience and Overcoming Adversity. These awards celebrate all the hard work and efforts put in by Forth Initiative and the wider community who help make Forth look as good as possible throughout the year. Thanks to everyone who helps, doing jobs big and small, everyones efforts add up to make our village a great place to live. A massive Thank You to you all.

Christmas Lights

The lights were switched on by Christine Fraser on Sunday 16th November 2025,thank you Christine.
Ten new lights were added in 2022, our 20th Anniversary year as these needed to be replaced.

Volunteering

We work with residents of all ages for the benefit of our community.The group have a wider remit which includes restoration of our parks and regeneration of our village, participating in Beautiful Scotland and other award schemes.
If you have some spare time & could help with weeding at the eco site or around the village, planting our barrels & hanging baskets in the summer or if you could water the ones near where you live, please get in touch.