Community projects

A BIKE hire social enterprise, a cultural heritage trail, a playpark and a floating pontoon are some of the community projects to benefit from £16,500 of funding from Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

The National Park has secured the funding through its Community Grant Scheme which has awarded more than £170,000 to community groups since it began in 2009.

Stuart Mearns, Head of Planning and Rural Development at Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, said: ‘One of the key aims of the National Park Authority is to promote the sustainable social and economic development of the area’s communities.

‘We work closely with community-led organisations to do this and the community grant scheme allows us to provide vital funding for these groups to progress priority projects and help with their running costs.’