OUR THANKS GO TO THE BELOW ORGANISATIONS/BUSINESSES WHO HAVE AND ARE SUPPORTING OUR VOLUNTARY EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE CULMORE COMMUNITY:

Derry City Council for acknowledging the need and funding us to carry out a Community Audit (2004), Erecting street signs in Templeard, Ardanlee & Spruce Meadows at our request during 2007.  Inclusion in a Rural Village Enhancement Programme 2007 - and which they cancelled in 2008!!. 

The International Fund for Ireland - Community Leadership Award (2004)

Western Education & Library Board Youth Service - youth intervention programmes (2004 & 2005) and Youth Personal Development Programme for cross border youth participants in late 2008-early 2009.

nCompass - cross border and cross community youth programme between Culmore, Caw and Muff (2005)

The Nerve Centre and its media students for providing us with a dvd of our village area in 2006

Peter Hughes of Quayside Dental Practice & Eamonn Lynch of Cross Quays Engineering for providing us with a Forum Notice Board during 2006 which has been mounted on the wall between the shop and the chemist and which provides villagers with news space.

Our Christmas Raffle 2007 Sponsors:

Culmore Shop (Hamper), Magnet Bar (Meal x 2) & William Grant Bacon Curers (Ham)

The University of Ulster's Science Shop and undergraduate students who carried out a survey of Public Transport during the first half of 2007, Residents Views of Road Safety issues and an Udate on our Community Audit during the first half of 2008 and who have agreed to carry out additional research projects during the academic year 2008-9. A Presentation is being planned during April 2009. If you would like to attend this event then Contact Us at the Contact Us page on this website.

Foyleside Consulting for sponsoring the costs of youth insurance cover for 2008 with Perkins Slade Insurance Company

Border Action (www.borderaction.ie) for funding our cross border project with Muff, Quigleys Point and Redcastle villages along the River Foyle - Foyle West Villages Network - begun in mid 2007 and completed with the Launch of the Report on 14 December 2008. (Copy of the Report can be downloaded on this website at 'Bulletin Board Downloads')

We commissioned, with funding raised locally through the Christmas Raffle 2007, a local information systems company, Iconebusiness, to upgrade our website into what we hope meets your needs. 

OUR THANKS go to 3 local business owners who covered the Iconebusiness maintenance bill, sponsoring our online commuication tool for 2007-8:  Pat McCafferty of McCafferty & McGroarty Accountants, Francis Callaghan of Digifone and James Gilmartin of Specialist Beverages. 

Our Easter Raffle 2009 Sponsors:

Dermot McCauley of McCauley Limousines (Hamper)

Local Florist (anon) (Bouquet)

Liam Sharkey of LMS Signs (Beauty Treatment Voucher). 

Culmore Area Forum is asking our village community to continue to support this website.   We are also offering advertising space to local businesses.

We commissioned the North West Volunteer Centre, with funding raised locally through the Christmas Raffle 2007, to provide child protection training and Access checks for two cohorts of Culmore local adult volunteers (15) in late 2008 and early 2009.  The Presentation of Certificates to the first cohort was held on 14 January 2009 in the Magnet and we are currently awaiting a date for the Presentation of Certificates to the second cohort.  Our Target is 50 volunteers so an additional 25 volunteers are needed to establish a local bank/register of volunteers in order to ensure sufficient numbers are available at events.  PLEASE SIGN UP TO 3 Hrs MAX PER MONTH!  OUR COMMUNITY - OUR YOUTH AND VULNERABLE ADULTS!