The Coalburn Miners Welfare
Charitable Society
The Coalburn Miners' Charitable Society has been at the heart of the local community for many years, with many of the town's population registered as members. We aim to improve the facilities and services available to this former mining community by working in partnership with others to achieve common goals. Given that the voluntary sector in this area generally lacks resources and the support infrastructure due to funding constraints, the Charitable Society has an important role to play in providing resources and leadership to the community and voluntary sector locally.
The Objectives of the Coalburn Miners' Charitable Society is to provide facilities for such forms of recreation and other leisure time occupation as are conducive to the improvement of the conditions of living of the inhabitants of Coalburn and neighbourhood thereof within the Society's sphere of operations as defined from time to time and in particular (but not exclusively) such of the inhabitants as are members of the Mining Community provided that nothing herein contained shall authorise the application of the property to purposes which are not in law charitable. The Society will not be identified with any party or sect.
The Charitable Society's trading arm is called the Coalburn Miners' Welfare Society and Social Club, which through income generation helps to support the fantastic facilities and activities here for the members and wider community. Our Lounge and Function rooms are extremely well used, particularly at weekends. Our Lounge area can be hired for community events such as Weddings and Parties or for business events like conferences or seminars. We have WiFi internet access throughout the building and a hearing loop in the main hall. Remember, all profits generated by the social club will be utilised by the charitable society to maintain and develop facilities and usage for the community we serve.
Development Worker
In March 2019, the Coalburn One Stop Shop received funding from the Big Lottery Fund to employ a brand new development worker in a three year post. This purpose of this role is to develop the issues that have been identified in the Community Action Plan and to review if these are the right options for the community. The Development worker will work closely with the community, engaging with groups and individuals to discuss what they want and how to fulfil the community needs to make Coalburn, and surrounding areas, a better place to live whilst also using the Coalburn One Stop shop as a community hub. If you have any ideas or constructive criticism that you feel will help better the community, please do not hesitate to get in touch via email or Facebook.
