Cushendun
and District Development Association
Background
Cushendun and District Development
Association was formed in February 1993 as a result of local people
expressing a desire to be actively involved in the process of rural
development in the area. The Association was envisaged as a vehicle
whereby Cushendun and District community could play a leading role
in matters affecting their lives and the environment in which they
live.
Cushendun is an area of outstanding
natural beauty and part of it falls within a Conservation area. There
is no industrial base and the potential for development as a tourist
resource is as yet untapped. The economy of the area is based primarily
on livestock farming and there is a general lack of employment prospects
although in the last few years , people are going in to bed and breakfast/self-catering
business. The needs of young people in terms of employment, housing
and recreation require serious attention.
Aims of The Development Association
-To address the housing needs of the community
-To encourage social, recreational and cultural
activities
-To work for increased employment
-To promote tourism
-To address environmental issues
-To liase between organisations in the area
-To conserve local traditions and heritage of the
area
Cushendun River
Recent Initiatives
• Creation of a website for the middle glens
which promotes the area and takes bookings for accommodation
• Erection of a work of Art to commemorate the tragedy of the
Foot and Mouth disease
• Publication of booklet for tourists
• Publication of local newsletters
• Environmental projects include a loft insulation scheme, collecting
of aluminium cans, planting of bulbs in the road-side verges and providing
window boxes etc in the village. Organisation of litter lifts. Raising
awareness in the community about the overuse of plastic bags by running
art competitions in the school and encouraging the local shop to provide
shopping bags. Provided bins for farmers to dispose of black silage
plastic. Negotiating with the council re closing of Barrard dump organising
recycling of tools for the third world.
goat statue at the bay
Current initiatives
• Provision of playground
• Creation of riverside walks
• Maintenance of website
• Supporting youth club
• Negotiating with council to provide recycling centre for bottles
paper clothes
• Working with neighbouring areas to secure funding for waste
management programme for the area..
• Refurbishing local historical sites
Committee
Chairman Hugo McCormick
Treasurer Fred McCormick
Secretary Monica Morgan
Office staff : HelenMcDonnell
Committee members:
DennisMcKay, Mary McFadden, Pearl McQuillan
Jo McFadden, Harriet McKay, Kelly McKay, Cassie McNeill, Breige Convery,
Dennis McKenna,
Siobhan Morgan
Office Tel 028 21761382
e-mail:
The committee meets on the 2nd Wed of the month.
For more information
about Cushendun please visit the following sites:
