Inverbervie and Gourdon Community Learning Project

Images of Local Area of Inverbervie and Gourdon

With a range of local partners, the Community Learning and Development (CLD) team is working together to better understand the community learning needs of community residents in our coastal villages in Kincardine and Mearns.

Having completed a Knowing Your Community exercise in Johnshaven in 2021, two communities were identified as villages for our attention on the coastal strip: Inverbervie and Gourdon.

Community Learning and Development (CLD) with Public Health, Community Planning, Kincardine Development Partnership (KDP) and the local Community Link Worker have co-designed a survey to gain insight into what it is like to live, learn and be healthy and connected in the community.

Partners will be hosting focus groups with community members on the survey. The survey will open on 30th May 2024 and will close the 30th October 2024 for analysis and review. Findings from the engagement and the final report will be shared in November 2024.

Images of Local Area of Inverbervie and Gourdon

Having completed a Knowing Your Community exercise in Johnshaven in 2021, two communities were identified as villages for our attention on the coastal strip: Inverbervie and Gourdon.

Community Reports for Inverbervie and Gourdon available

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This project has enabled partners to gain insight into the communities of Gourdon and Inverbervie using Aberdeenshire Council data, the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) data and Community Insights data provided through Development Trusts Association for Scotland (DTAS).

Significantly conversations and engagement with local people about their local community highlighted the things that matter most to them. Using both community data and engagement findings with local people in the coastal villages of Inverbervie and Gourdon, the partnership has been able to provide summary reports for both communities.

Please find summary reports for Gourdon and Inverbervie uploaded in the documents section of this webpage.
Now Available: Community Engagement in Inverbervie and Gourdon Findings

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Over the summer and autumn months, the project partners have used a range of methods to engage with residents in the coastal villages of Inverbervie and Gourdon:
- An online engagement survey using Engage Aberdeenshire and a QR code providing direct access to the project page.
- Face to face community engagement, through engagement at the Wellbeing Festival event at Inverbervie Leisure, both primary schools, the Library, the Bervie Community Café, the Church gardening group, the Harbour Inn and on the streets.
A good sample of people, ranging from 3.4% to 8% of the populations living in the two communities engaged in the process and responded to the survey, providing insight into what their communities are like to live, learn and be active in.
- 78 respondents were from Inverbervie (3.4% of the community population).
- 68 respondents were from Gourdon (8% of the community population).
In both communities, the project engaged with a diverse age range of local people, young people, adults, parents and older adults from a range of backgrounds. Residents identified the big issues for their communities and suggested new opportunities to promote health and wellbeing in the community.
Read both Inverbervie and Gourdon community engagement findings in the documents section of this page.
Community Insight Reports and Data Slides published for Inverbervie and Gourdon

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This project has enabled partners to gain insight into each community using Aberdeenshire Council data, the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) data and Community Insights data provided through Development Trusts Association for Scotland (DTAS).
This data helps us to better understand Inverbervie and Gourdon in relation to:
- Population demographics, ethnicity, language.
- Deprivation in relation to vulnerable groups: children, pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, people out of work.
- Economic Activity: qualification at working age, local employers, employment, Types of Jobs.
- Debt: mortgage, small to medium-sized enterprises debt.
- Housing: affordability, tenure, heating, energy-efficiency, overcrowding.
- Health / Hospital Admissions
- Education: school pupil attainment.
Please find slides summarising key community data for Gourdon and Inverbervie and the Community Insight Reports for both communities from Development Trusts Association for Scotland (DTAS) uploaded in the documents section of this webpage.
Engagement in the Inverbervie and Gourdon Communities – Friday the 18th October

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On Friday the 18th October, Dawn Tuckwood and Freya Burnett from Grampian Health & Social Care and Clare Taylor-Brown from Community Learning & Development will be in Gourdon to discuss the ‘your community, your views and your priorities’ survey and engagement.
Clare, Dawn and Freya are some of the project partners and they are keen to hear about your concerns and hopes for your community.

If you would like us to meet with you or a group from the community, please get in touch, email Clare.Taylor-Brown@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Inverbervie Primary School Visit

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Clare and Graeme will be visiting Inverbervie Primary School on Wednesday after sports activities day to consult parents, guardians and young people on the community learning needs assessment in Inverbervie.
They will be outside the grounds from 3 pm and hope you will give them a few minutes of your time to share your thoughts.
Come along and speak to us at the Inverbervie Community Event on 30th May 2024

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Community Learning and Development staff will be attending the Inverbervie Community Event on Thursday 30th May, from 2 pm until 5 pm, at Inverbervie Sports Centre.
As part of the Grampian Wellbeing event, we will be there with a wide range of groups and organisations promoting learning and positive wellbeing opportunities.
Some staff will be engaging with you on our survey about living, learning and being connected and healthy in your community.
We hope to see as many of you there as possible!
And we hope that the sun shines on Inverbervie on the day!
If you can't make the event, please complete our survey here.