Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust

TGDT is focused on providing opportunities for employment, enterprise, and cultural regeneration through the delivery of development projects and ongoing initiatives - with emphasis on the importance of involving the community in the decision-making process.  

In October 2021, TGDT received a tailored financial package as part of the SIS Growth Challenge. The SIS Growth Challenge was created for social enterprises with growth aspirations which required funding of £100,000 or more. TGDT received funding of £507,000, including a £157,250 grant.  

This funding has been used to support the development of 12 new homes in the Tomintoul area - a targeted approach to improving the local housing market. The lack of affordable housing was highlighted by 82% of those asked in the community as a high or very high priority area to address. These results also highlighted some of the issues surrounding short-term holiday lets preventing a healthy local housing market, and the resulting lack of affordable homes.