Welcome to The Rural Development Trust
Rural Development
Community and Energy Developments
Community Transport
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Day Trips
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Company Info

Hi thanks for taking the time to visit our website we are gradually building up the information available on what we do now and what new projects are coming soon, we always welcome any help or feedback you would like to give us.

RDT is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status it is controlled by a Board of Directors consisting of both business and community representatives, this allows us to ensure that we maintain a community focus but with a business like operating model.

Initially our focus was only passenger transport but now we operate a wide range of projects and services, you can find out more by clicking on the links on the left, these include:

  • Community Transport
  • Publishing and Public Relations
  • Programme Management
  • Ecommerce
  • Reviving The Clyde Valley Orchards
  • and more
We work with a number of organisations including:
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • CREATE
  • Clyde Valley Orchard Group
  • Various local schools
  • and more than 100 other community groups
Since inception we have had funding support from the following sources:
  • LEADER+
  • South Lanarkshire Council
  • BIG Lottery
  • WESTRANS
  • South Lanarkshire Rural Communities Trust
  • Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
  • Scottish Natural Heritage
We now generate more than 75% of our required funding from our own commercial subsidiaries and from user fees, in general external funding is used to grow the organisation and to provide funding for new projects.
Our latest contract is to provide management and administration for South Lanarkshire's LEADER programme.

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