Songs and Plays of Noel Coward

Red Wine Productions Present
Summer Revue - A Talent to AmuseA fantastic first night.  If you missed it you can still get tickets for Wednesday!
A very fun way to raise funds for the institute.

Heritage Lottery Fund awards £1.2m Funding for Cambo Stables Project

Cambo Institute in Fife has been awarded £1.2m by Heritage Lottery Fund towards the creation of an education and training centre at Cambo Estate. The centre will be based at the restored Georgian Stables, and the Glasshouses in the walled garden, giving the buildings a new lease of life and a sustainable future.

The Institute has already embarked on the major task of raising the £1.9m additional funding required to match the grant from Heritage Lottery Fund and to date has pledges and donations for £850,000 from trusts, foundations, legacies, donations from Friends of Cambo and fundraising events.

Established in 1998, the Institute now provides a host of learning and volunteering opportunities in heritage, the environment, arts, culture and horticulture.

The renowned gardens and snowdrop woods, now with a worldwide reputation, are increasingly used to introduce a wide range of art forms to visitors and will host an exciting European premiere of Inuksuit in partnership with East Neuk Festival on Saturday 6 July.

Sir Peter Erskine, Chairman of Cambo Institute, who was delighted to hear of Heritage Lottery Fund’s support for their exciting plans said:

“Our aim at Cambo is not only to enhance the visitor’s experience with arts activities but also to ‘turn the clock back’ on the estate and recreate the opportunities that would have been available to local people in the community 100 years ago, providing training, apprenticeships and supported employment.

The Cambo Stables Project will create an education and visitor hub with the facilities to expand current activities, safeguard public access and involvement for the future and provide an income to ensure its sustainable future”

Colin McLean, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund in Scotland, said:
“Our heritage offers a rich resource for skills and education so HLF is delighted to support Cambo Estate where it is being used in such an innovative way. The gardens provide powerful and memorable experiences for young people, making learning fun and opening their eyes to the natural heritage which surrounds them. We applaud the commitment of the team at Cambo and are delighted that even more people will now benefit from the work being done.”

Cambo Green Team

We undertake a range of conservation activities on Cambo Estate varying from woodland maintenance and path making through to bench making. We fit in practical skill sessions such as basic carpentry between projects, most recently we completed a Badger watching hide learning basic construction skills in the process. At the moment we are working on a sculpture project for the East Neuk Festival and collecting materials for the workshop session on the 6^th July .

We meet every Wednesday afternoon at Cambo Sawmill and a lift is available from St. Andrews. 1.45 – 3.45pm

In July we will move to morning sessions.

Tea /coffee provided. Please some in outdoor working clothes.Jon Warnes  Woodland Educator.

Book Making

Every fancied making your own book?  What a great effort from everyone!

Stone Carving Workshops

Workshops for children and adults.  What an amazing day.  Lots of creative people out there.

View more photographs of our workshops 

New Paths Open

Provost Jim Leishman formally opened a new path in Cambo woods watched by Catherine Erskine, volunteers and children from Kilmaron School who had just enjoyed a workshop in the woods with Jon Warnes. 

Funding from Leader in Fife (part of the new Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) aimed at promoting economic and community development within rural areas) and Fife Environment Trust has enabled Cambo to open up the  woods to the disabled by upgrading a previously inaccessible path by the burn and creating a new one across the drive.  It also means that disabled children will now have access to the woods and be able to participate in forest education classes and workshops and allow for a totally new experience for all at Cambo – badger watching!

Fife Leads By Example