Bothwell Road Action Group - Brag

Improving the life chances of children, young people by utilising the resources of Bothwell Road Park Hamilton to enhance the confidence, social skills, independence and resilience of children and young people by enabling them to broaden their learning

Bothwell Road action group was established in 2014 after many years of neglect to Bothwell road public park the local community wished to maximise committed investment by South Lanarkshire council for the facility.

Throw the group’s efforts and working closely with council officers and local elected members £160, 000 of new play equipment was installed in the park this was celebrated by the local community at an official open day in October 2016.

The group continued to care for the park organising family events and community clean ups resulting in the 2017 south Lanarkshire voluntary sector award for Community indicative of the year.

In 2018 /19 the group was became well established and was being asked to provide more services and projects for the community in partnership with other organisation.

The group took the decision to expand its service explore setting up as an independent charity to deliver 4 core principles around Play, Environment, Heritage and the protection and promotion of the park.

Our ethos is “growing our own” this is the heart of BRAG and reflects community’s taking up the challenge to change and reach individual and collective potential as well as the organisation investing time training and resources to its dedicated team of volunteers as part of continued personal development.