The Crichton Trust

The Crichton Trust is a company limited by guarantee with charitable status, established in 1996 to promote, regenerate and care for The Crichton and other buildings of historic interest throughout Dumfries and Galloway.

The Trust has the overall strategic responsibility of ensuring that the site is managed and developed to an appropriate standard. Our mission is to preserve, enhance and interpret the historic character of The Crichton and develop it with a clear identity as a place of educational, commercial, recreational, cultural and artistic excellence taking account of accessibility and stakeholder and community needs for the benefit of Dumfries and Galloway.

At The Crichton, our aim is to provide a space that inspires people, creates connections and drives innovation, enterprise and collaboration with a 100 year perspective forward and back..

Our strategy outlines our goals and how we will work towards achieving these; we want to show why we’re committed to the work that we do, how we’re going to do it and what we’re aiming to achieve along the way. Our hope is to inspire action within the local community and further afield as we look to tackle climate change. 

We  are committed to preserving, enhancing and interpreting the historic character of The Crichton Estate, and we want to develop it with a clear identity as a place of educational, commercial, recreational, cultural and artistic excellence, taking account of accessibility and stakeholder and community needs for the benefit of Dumfries and Galloway. 

Our goals look to address the challenges of our time, so by using our unique rural location as the test bed for ideas and solutions, we’re working towards achieving Net Zero and addressing the underpinning issues of an aging population and technological advancement.