Cullybackey
Environmental Improvement Association
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Background
Cullybackey Environmental Improvement Association was formed in September
1990 and currently has approximately 20 members with an 8-member management
committee. The Association has an office in Cullybackey and employs
a Development Officer shared jointly with Glenravel EIA.
Mission Statement
To promote through self help and common effort, the improvement of
the physical environment of Cullybackey in order to maximize on its
natural attributes and make the village more attractive to locals
and visitors alike. Also to motivate the local community to a heightened
commitment to civic pride, and collectively accepting the challenge
of addressing key social, economic and environmental needs in the
village.
Achievements
Since its inception the Association has been involved in a wide range
of activities including environmental improvements, recreation provision,
capacity building and can claim the following achievements:
- Preparation of a Village Development Plan
by Mentor
- 5 year Environmental Improvement Plan - GM Design Associates
- Millennium Riverside Walk Phase I, acquiring over £100 000
funding
- Old Mill Redevelopment
- Shellinghill Road Memorial Park
- Annual Street Festival
- Youth 2000 Initiative, in association with Cullybackey Residents
Association, employing a full time youth worker
- Christmas lighting
- Bi-monthly Community Newsletter - "The Village Voice"
- Hanging baskets, planter tubs and floral displays
- Best Kept garden competition
- Annual Dinner
- Fundraising events
Picture: Cuningham Memorial Church, Cullybackey
Future Plans
CEIA are continuing to work towards implementing some of the major
recommendations in the Village Development Plan, and to identify and
initiate a viable community project that will contribute in some way
towards self-sustainability in the longer term.
The association also aims to develop and strengthen
links both within the local community and further a field.
Work is nearing completion on the final stage of
the Riverside Walk, which leads from the village into an existing
oak and beech woodland, opening up the natural environment to locals
and visitors alike. The walk features a number of elements incorporating
the river with its wildlife, flora and fauna, the woodland and the
history of the old mill and waterways.
We have had numerous enquiries in the past from
people investigating their family history. While resources are limited,
we will do all we can to help and can make enquiries in the local
community through our bi-monthly newsletter, "The Village Voice"
and other local sources.
The Association can be contacted at:
78b Main Street, Cullybackey. Ballymena BT42 1BW
Tel/Fax: 028 25 882128
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