Ashbourne Community'S CIC

The Company carries out activities that benefit the communities of Ashbourne and the surrounding area through the protection and enhancement of their social, environmental and economic wellbeing. The Company has played an active role in the Ashbourne Reborn project seeking to ensure the implementation of the Shrovetide Walk renovation as originally conceived by the Company before being subsumed into this major Project funded by the government's Levelling Up Funds. In parallel the company continued to develop the weekly market on Shrovetide Walk and, having established a sustainable enterprise for the benefit of the community and economy of the town, it has been working with locally based market traders to take on the market. This was implemented in December 2024. The company has also continued developing the project on the Henmore Walk to enhance the visual aspect of the town, the environmental setting and health of the river and thus visitor experience and is grateful to Ashbourne Town Council and Trent River Trust for their support in enabling this work. At the year end the Company held £9,363 of grant funds consisting of £3,798 received from Ashbourne Town Council solely to be invested in the Shrovetide Walk and Henmore Walk projects, £2,871 from Trent River Trust solely to be invested in the Henmore Walk and Riverfly project, £1,500 received from Ashbourne Partnership Trust for a bench on the Shrovetide Walk and a further £1,194 of unrestricted grant funds.