Press release JUNE 2019
Vivarium Trust and Inverkeithing Community Development Group
Inverkeithing community launches study on the town’s old Primary School
The Phoenix Project
Fife Council and the Architectural Heritage Fund are supporting community plans to redevelop the derelict site of the former Primary School in Inverkeithing, which was badly damaged by fire last year. Conservation architects and engineers working on the technical study will investigate whether it can be saved alongside the other listed building on the site.
The Inverkeithing Community Development Group (ICDG) is working in partnership with cohousing charity, Vivarium Trust, to undertake the feasibility study for a community-led redevelopment of the site. The study will take around a year to complete.
Rosie Gibson of ICDG said: “87% of local people who completed a recent survey about the school backed community use and community housing for the site and we will be investigating how to make this happen. Some of the ideas emerging from the survey for the playground and the old school gardens include green/growing spaces, along with modular, low impact buildings that can be used by the young and the not so young for creative and social activities.”
Paul Short of Fife Council said: “Fife Council Housing Service are happy to support Vivarium in considering how social rented housing can be built into the model of cohousing and have provided part funding for this. We are supportive of this being investigated at the site of the former Primary School in Inverkeithing. We will consider the outcomes of the feasibility study with interest once these are available.”
Gordon Barr from the Architectural Heritage Fund said: “We are pleased to be able to support the community’s ambitions to take ownership of this important building and site in the heart of Inverkeithing for the benefit of all. This funding towards producing a viability study will help the group establish the best combination of new uses and how much it would cost to deliver, and is a positive first step in the journey to regenerate and bring the site back to life.”
Carol Morton of the Vivarium Trust said: “There is a huge and growing need in Scotland for innovative housing for older people, such as senior cohousing. This works best in a community context like Inverkeithing and integrates well alongside other things that benefit the whole community, like green space and things for young people. This sort of development is emerging as a way of delivering on a range of key government priorities and sits alongside other progressive initiatives in the town.”
Release date: 24/6/2019
Contact details: [email protected]
Vivarium Trust and Inverkeithing Community Development Group
Inverkeithing community launches study on the town’s old Primary School
The Phoenix Project
Fife Council and the Architectural Heritage Fund are supporting community plans to redevelop the derelict site of the former Primary School in Inverkeithing, which was badly damaged by fire last year. Conservation architects and engineers working on the technical study will investigate whether it can be saved alongside the other listed building on the site.
The Inverkeithing Community Development Group (ICDG) is working in partnership with cohousing charity, Vivarium Trust, to undertake the feasibility study for a community-led redevelopment of the site. The study will take around a year to complete.
Rosie Gibson of ICDG said: “87% of local people who completed a recent survey about the school backed community use and community housing for the site and we will be investigating how to make this happen. Some of the ideas emerging from the survey for the playground and the old school gardens include green/growing spaces, along with modular, low impact buildings that can be used by the young and the not so young for creative and social activities.”
Paul Short of Fife Council said: “Fife Council Housing Service are happy to support Vivarium in considering how social rented housing can be built into the model of cohousing and have provided part funding for this. We are supportive of this being investigated at the site of the former Primary School in Inverkeithing. We will consider the outcomes of the feasibility study with interest once these are available.”
Gordon Barr from the Architectural Heritage Fund said: “We are pleased to be able to support the community’s ambitions to take ownership of this important building and site in the heart of Inverkeithing for the benefit of all. This funding towards producing a viability study will help the group establish the best combination of new uses and how much it would cost to deliver, and is a positive first step in the journey to regenerate and bring the site back to life.”
Carol Morton of the Vivarium Trust said: “There is a huge and growing need in Scotland for innovative housing for older people, such as senior cohousing. This works best in a community context like Inverkeithing and integrates well alongside other things that benefit the whole community, like green space and things for young people. This sort of development is emerging as a way of delivering on a range of key government priorities and sits alongside other progressive initiatives in the town.”
Release date: 24/6/2019
Contact details: [email protected]