The Clyde Docks Preservation Initiative is now just over a year old. We certainly can’t say it has been a dull year – a rollercoaster certainly but far from dull! Since incorporating in June 2015 our efforts have received over £110,000 worth of pro-bono / speculative work and services in kind. To those who have helped us out we can’t possibly begin to thank-you enough and over the next 12 months we aim to step up our efforts to save and restore Govan’s unique, historic graving docks. We have now managed to exceed 7,400 signatures on the petition, a figure we never imagined possible when the petition launched, so thank-you again to everyone who has signed and promoted the petition. We have also identified other derelict maritime assets along the Clyde corridor that are opportune for restoration/preservation for the benefit of local communities and the economy of the region. Our priority though is Govan Graving Docks and we are working with a planning consultant on the process of developing a masterplan for a maritime park that will have wide-ranging benefits and opportunities for Govan and Glasgow, for the Clyde Corridor and for young and unemployed people from the area. We aim to have a plan ready to present to Glasgow City Council by 2020 at the latest. There is uncertainty ahead with the outcome of the EU referendum. Though on the plus side, with the impact it appears to be having on the property market and investor confidence, we can say with some certainty that the plans of developers for housing at the graving docks are now very likely dead in the water. We still need to raise core funding to cover our operating costs. An average of just 45 pence per month from all of the petition supporters would cover our estimated costs for the year ahead. Find out how you or your company can support CDPI at http://cdpi.org.uk/support_us.htm The more we raise the more we can expand our outreach work to promote the protection of the Clyde's rich maritime heritage.