New centre for Cairndow Community Childcare
A FAMILY and early years centre will be built at Loch Fyne thanks to an £800,000 grant.
Cairndow Community Childcare will relocate from the village hall to the purpose-built centre thanks to funding from the Scottish Government.
The money is part of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund administered by Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.
Cairndow Community Childcare’s chairwoman Alison Hutchins said: ‘We are absolutely delighted that with this £800,000 from the Scottish Government fund, via Argyll and Bute Council, we have reached our funding target for the centre at Cairndow.
‘The local community has worked incredibly hard over the past three years to raise the other £1.2m from a variety of other sources including the Big Lottery and local businesses Ardkinglas Estate and Loch Fyne Oysters, but until the government fund stepped in, it looked like we might not be able to achieve our goal and begin the procurement and construction process.
‘We expect to appoint a contractor soon and have them on site within the next few months.
‘Once complete, the centre will become a hub for the local community and provide an invaluable resource for local children and young people, allowing new services and activities to be brought to the area.
‘Thank you once again to Argyll and Bute Council and all of our other supporters. We look forward to continuing to work with them to make the new centre as productive and supportive for local people as possible.’