Gardens and Gillies Hill will share in windfall
Stirling Council has awarded more than £125,000 to eight projects that will help the regeneration of communities.
As part of the council’s Placed Based Investment Programme (PBIP), community groups and third sector organisations were invited to apply for the grants from a £150,000 fund.
Of the 15 applications submitted, eight were successful and will receive funding ranging from £2,930 to £25,000.
The successful bids were:
• Bannockburn Community Council for picnic benches and planters.
• Bannockburn House for creation of accessible gardens.
• Cambusbarron Development Trust for developing Gillies Hill CommunityWoodland.
• Ceangail Community Studio for the creation of aTV/Film studio developing skills and improving employability.
• Creative Stirling Hub to provide more studio space, teaching and kitchen facilities.
• Transition Stirling for the upgrade of space used for community food, repair and tool library services (Green Market Project).
• Trossachs CommunityTrust to develop the new road entrance and car park at OldTrossachs School, along with formalising three informal passing places, for the community asset transfer project.
• Fintry Community Business Hub and Events Space to further develop a rural business and events hub.
The council’s finance and economy convener Councillor Margaret Brisley said:“It has been inspiring to read such ambitious, community-focused applications from a wide range of organisations.
“This diverse list of projects will deliver positive change in locations across Stirling and support the council’s commitment to create vibrant, inclusive and accessible communities.”
The initiative is part of a £735,000 package of investments that was approved by the council’s finance and economy committee in June following the award of a central grant from the PBIP, a Scottish Government programme for community-led aspirations and regeneration.
Applications had to meet a strict list of criteria.