Community projects the length and breadth of Scotland have today won lucrative funding packages after Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the successful applicants to the UK Government’s Community Renewal Fund.
A total of 56 Scottish projects, ranging from Lewis to Berwickshire, will receive UK Government funding for a variety of innovative local plans.
The Community Renewal Fund was established by the UK Government to support people and communities most in need across the UK via projects seeking to invest in local communities or offer skills or support to improve job opportunities.
The successful Scottish bids to attract funding from the UK Chancellor include:
- £979,710 to The Crichton Trust in Dumfries and Galloway to deliver a masterplan for the creation of The Crichton 21st Century Village.
- £480,000 to Clydeside Initiative for Arts, better known as SWG3. The money will go to its Glasgow Riverside Innovation District project to create a cultural, net-zero area by rebuilding on derelict land and establishing street art programmes.
- £173,400 to West Coast UAV Innovation Logistics and Training Hub in Argyll and Bute to support trials into the development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) mission profiles.
- £158,041 to Scottish Cycling to support the development of a Mountain Biking Centre in Tweeddale, in Scottish Borders, which aims to become the European capital of the sport.
Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, Miles Briggs MSP, said: “It’s fantastic to see so many Scottish projects secure vital financial backing from Rishi Sunak’s Community Renewal Fund.
“Whether it’s improving training or employment opportunities in disadvantaged communities, providing cultural or sporting attractions, or tackling climate change, all of the successful bids will have a real impact in local communities.
“The UK Government is empowering working people across Scotland by backing exciting projects that will invest in skills, create jobs and help to support small businesses.”
Notes
The UK Community Renewal Fund aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches and will invest in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment.
All local authorities in Scotland were eligible to invite bids from a range of project applicants, appraise and prioritise a shortlist of projects up to a maximum of £3m per place, and submit a shortlist of projects to UKG for assessment and approval.
Table of successful Scottish bids:
|
Lead Authority |
Project Name |
Project Value |
|
Aberdeen City |
Making all the City a Stage (MatCaS) |
£306,000 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
Elevator Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (E3: Aberdeenshire) |
£733,041 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
The Seaweed Academy |
£407,715 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
MACC Hydrogen Futures Viability study |
£184,793 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
Optimising carbon sequestration for community wealth building. |
£265,200 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
The Dunoon Project Stage Two |
£359,652 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
West Coast UAV Innovation Logistics and Training Hub |
£173,400 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
Curriculum Development for STEM Hubs Project |
£12,000 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
Driving Economic Growth Through A Bounce Back Curriculum For Argyll & Bute |
£262,793 |
|
Argyll and Bute |
Recovery and regeneration of Tarbert |
£262,395 |
|
City of Edinburgh |
Positive Pathways |
£61,200 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
Addressing Multiple Barriers to Employment: A Pre-Employability Pilot in Clackmannanshire |
£586,755 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
Whithorn ReBuild and Whithorn School of Crafts |
£217,491 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
Developing a World Class Visitor Attraction in Dumfries |
£280,237 |
|
Dumfries and Galloway |
The Crichton 21st Century Village |
£979,710 |
|
Dundee City |
Elevator Enterprising Communities: Dundee |
£345,577 |
|
East Ayrshire |
Support to Engage Project |
£86,958 |
|
East Ayrshire |
All in East Ayrshire |
£454,234 |
|
East Ayrshire |
A Re-use Hub for New Cumnock |
£75,337 |
|
East Ayrshire |
Leisure at the Heart of All Communities |
£681,790 |
|
East Lothian |
SOLE (Supporting Our Local Economy) rollout for East Lothian |
£437,235 |
|
Falkirk |
Falkirk Food Futures |
£550,076 |
|
Falkirk |
Falkirk's Canal: A Collaborative Pathway to a Fairer & Net-Zero Future |
£741,755 |
|
Fife |
Heart, Mind & Soul |
£156,710 |
|
Fife |
Feasibility Study: Roome Bay Visitor Centre, Crail, Fife |
£25,500 |
|
Fife |
Kirkcaldy Rural Skills Project |
£53,389 |
|
Glasgow City |
GRID: Creating a Cultural Place and a Net Zero Innovation District |
£480,000 |
|
Glasgow City |
Building a Repair Economy in Glasgow |
£550,000 |
|
Highland |
Community Jobs Scotland Intergenerational Pilot |
£232,851 |
|
Inverclyde |
Steps 2 Progression |
£306,000 |
|
Inverclyde |
Project Neptune |
£306,400 |
|
Inverclyde |
WEST CARE ACADEMY |
£217,784 |
|
Na h-Eileanan Siar |
Port of Ness Harbour Redevelopment |
£95,243 |
|
Na h-Eileanan Siar |
Horshader Community Asset Development |
£71,033 |
|
North Ayrshire |
Islands Green Programme |
£456,617 |
|
North Ayrshire |
Place Frameworks Development |
£199,920 |
|
North Ayrshire |
Impact Arts - Creative Regeneration and Renewal Project |
£524,581 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
Elevator Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: E3 North Lanarkshire |
£823,576 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
Airdrie Central Community Engagement Project |
£503,880 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
EmployMe |
£238,701 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
Lift Off and Accelerate |
£203,641 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
All in North Lanarkshire |
£754,532 |
|
Perth and Kinross |
Cyber Security Neurodiversity Skills Development Programme |
£106,637 |
|
Scottish Borders |
Attainment Through Archaeology and the 12 Towers of Rule |
£82,445 |
|
Scottish Borders |
Mountain Biking in Sout of Scotland - Helping to deliver the European Capital of Mountain Biking |
£158,041 |
|
Scottish Borders |
Borders Employment Advice & Mentoring |
£218,739 |
|
Scottish Borders |
Bridging the Gap through Knowledge Transfer |
£160,854 |
|
Scottish Borders |
Fit for our Future: Holm Hill Master Plan |
£90,739 |
|
Scottish Borders |
The Scottish Borders Sustainability Academy |
£381,821 |
|
Scottish Borders |
Energy Efficiency Supply Chain Development |
£57,120 |
|
Scottish Borders |
Scottish Borders Regional EV Charging Feasibility Study |
£187,272 |
|
South Ayrshire |
University of the West of Scotland: Engaging, educating and supporting South Ayrshire businesses towards a net-zero economy within Scotland. |
£500,000 |
|
South Ayrshire |
Carrick, Ayrshire - Foundations for Recovery |
£515,500 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
Elevating South Lanarkshire |
£874,988 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
WEST CARE ACADEMY |
£296,397 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
Healthy Pathways |
£29,968 |