About Us...

Raydale Community Partnership (RCP) is a community anchor organisation, established as a company limited by guarantee on 8 December 2008.

Our delivery partner in this project is Gretna FC 2008 who are the community Club established after the demise of the former Gretna FC 11 years ago. As well as re-establishing a Senior Team in the Scottish Lowland League, Gretna FC 2008 have created a flourishing Youth Team network, innovative Walking Football and healthy activity programmes for children are also in place.

The Mission established for the Raydale Community Sports Hub is “To enrich the lives of the people within the wider Gretna community by providing high quality, affordable, sustainable facilities and activities that promote participation and inclusion in sport, active lifestyles and health and well-being”.

RCP’s Objectives are:

* To maintain, manage and develop Raydale Park to advance public participation in sport, leisure and social activities for the purpose of physical recreation, growth and well-being, social and moral development for the benefit of the community.

* The provision and organisation of recreational facilities with the object of improving the conditions of life for members of the public at large and for whom the facilities and activities are primarily intended.

The members of RCP are Gretna FC 2008 Football Club, Gretna Social and Athletic Club and the Gretna & Rigg Community Council, ensuring widespread community involvement in the organisation.