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Funding gives green light for Lumphinnans community garden

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Lumphinnans Tenants’ and Residents’ Association (TRA) has secured funding to begin transforming a disused garage site into a community garden thanks to a donation of land by Fife Housing Group.Coalfields Community Futures Programme, which supports community-led regeneration within ex-mining villages by encouraging active citizenship and building local democracy, has awarded the group £3,000 towards the redevelopment of a vacant lot at the end of Ochilview.The land itself has been donated by Fife Housing Group and housing officer, Audrey Cameron, has been involved with the TRA since its inception in February last year.