Quothquan and Thankerton - Thankerton Improvement Group (T.I.G.)

Monday 12th January 2026

The TIG FREE Community meal was held last evening.

T.I.G. would like to thank

Richard and his team in the kitchen,

the Bowling Club for hosting the event, and providing the bar,

those who donated raffles prizes, brought raffle tickets and made donations toward furture TIG Events

We hope that all of you that attended had a really good night and made new friends at the meal.

A selection of photographs are shewn below.

Easter Hunt Hunt held on Saturday 19th April 2025

At the February 2025 AGM, the officers of T.I.G. are now:-

Chairman. Barry Knock.

Secretary. Laura Knock.

Treasurer. Charlie Todd.

T.I.G. meet on the second Wednesday of each month. Please come along and make suggestions for events known or you can contact T.I.G. The email address is Thankertontig@outlook.com.

Sunday 7th April 2024:

Quiz Night and the April Newsletter.

Monday 22nd January 2024.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GAIN A FOOD HYGIENE QUALIFICATION?

TIG is hoping to run a food hygiene course for anyone in the village, and its surrounding area, who would like to get the elementary qualification?

It is a 6 hour commitment.

We have no dates as yet but we need an indication of numbers as the cost will depend on how many people participate and we need numbers to enable us to apply for the funding to provide this training.

Registering interest is NOT a commitment just helps us gauge interest. (You do not have to be involved with community events to do the qualification, it is just an opportunity for anyone in the village and surrounding area to gain a food hygiene qualification).

If your interested could you please express your interest by contacting KATE on 07498 960569

Wednesday 29 November 2023.

Thankerton Improvement Group have arranged several events in recent months, including a Bingo Evening, an event for wee ones to make things for Halloween, and a free Community Meal.

As TIG begin to look forward to what can be done in 2024, they need to know what events you would like to see happening.

TIG will be holding an open to all meeting at 7pm on Sunday 10th December in the Bowling Club.

This is an informal discussion, and everybody’s input will be welcomed. So If you any have ideas, suggestions and may even be able to offer to help organise events do please come along.

If you can't attend on Sunday 10th December, and have some ideas what might work well would you please email your suggestions to Tig1499@outlook.com

Thankerton Improvement Group (TIG) are a small group working with the community council to improve village facilities and provide social events in Thankerton.

In the past TIG have put on events like:

-Film Projects for young people with professional media companies

-Table tennis lessons with professional coaching

-Basket Ball clubs

-Canoeing clubs

-Dance classes

New Park Facilities

Thanks to the fundraising work of the first TIG committee an all weather sports pitch was built in the park. A new climbing frame and shoot where erected.

Festival Radio Project

During the Summer holidays of 2013 TIG took a bus of young people from Thankerton to Edinburgh to take part in a festival radio project at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Over the week young people reviewed shows and created podcasts for local radio.

May Film: Lord of the Ring

Over the May holidays 2014 young people worked with Edinburgh based company Media Education and received training to plan, script, act, film and create Lord Of The Ring.

Watch the Film here: https://vimeo.com/99735100

Behind the Scenes :https://vimeo.com/100293945

Memories Project

The Memories project was a project made with young people from the surrounding area which involved elderly residents being interviewed about their memories of growing up in the village. Once interviews had been completed, the young people worked alongside Media Education to produce a film about the village in the past.

Watch The Memories Film here: https://vimeo.com/163551419

Cathryn W Forest in Thankerton Improvement Group - Memories Project (soundcloud.com)

Fiming underway.

Lights, Camera, Action.

Planning and scripting the film

A young person being filmed telling the camera what Thankerton used to be like!

Community Screening of The Memories Film

Looking through archive photos- 2016 Memories Screening

The Memories' Project can be heard by clicking on the link. soundcloud.com/media-education/sets/thankerton-improvement-group