Supporting Communities Fund 2025/26
Argyll and Bute Council · 3 September 2025
Back to Mid Argyll, Kintyre & the Islands Area Committee — 3 September 2025 and its agenda
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL MAKI AREA COMMITTEE CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNIT 3 SEPTEMBER 2025 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FUND 2025/26 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1 The purpose of this report is to decide on the allocation of the Council’s Supporting Communities Fund (SCF) for Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands (MAKI). 1.2 The total Supporting Communities Fund budget made available by the Council for allocation in MAKI for distribution in 2025/26 is £22,500 1.3 It is recommended that 17 applicants are awarded funding. 1.4 Applicants awarded funds from the Council’s SCF have 18 months in which to spend the funds.
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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL MAKI AREA COMMITTEE CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNIT 3 SEPTEMBER 2025 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FUND 2025/26 2.0 INTRODUCTION 2.1 The report details recommendations for the award of the Council’s Supporting Communities Fund (SCF). The Supporting Communities Fund budget made available by Council in MAKI for 2025/26 is £22,500. 2.2 Organisations applying to the fund were able to request up to £1,500. The SCF is popular and this year has attracted 40 applications from the MAKI area, requesting a total of over £55,000. 2.3 Applications have been scored by the Council’s Community Development Team against criteria set out in the SCF Application Guidance on the council’s webpages, and a summary of all applications is appended to this report. Projects are scored by officers, based on a scoring matrix which can be found here. The fund is oversubscribed each year and funds are distributed based on scores, with partial funding being awarded where insufficient funding remains to fully fund, and no award when no further funding is available. 2.4 A summary of all applications is appended to this report. 17 are recommended to be funded. 3.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 3.1 Members are asked to agree that the 17 applications, marked as ‘Award’ within Appendix 1 are awarded funding from the Supporting Communities Fund totalling £22,500. Detailed information about these projects is contained within Appendix 2. 4.0 DETAIL
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4.1 Changes to the SCF in 2025/26 include an online application form and a reduced maximum award per project. These were implemented following a review after last year’s round of SCF, which included feedback from community groups, officers and comments from area committees. 4.2 The SCF is assessed through a robust process which involves Community Development Team contact with the applicant to verify any information where required. All applicants need to provide satisfactory essential information on governance and finance to be eligible. Scoring is based on a set of criteria outlined in the guidance and made available on the council’s website: SCF Application Guidance. Applications to the fund must be for projects that come under one or more of these categories: • Fairer Communities – tackling poverty by sharing opportunities. • Resilient Communities –community capacity building/rebuilding and repairing from a pandemic • Greener, Cleaner Communities – environmental action to support addressing climate change • Creative Communities – creativity for health and wellbeing 4.3 Of the 41 applications received 1 was withdrawn or ineligible, and of the 40 eligible applications, 28 are either new applicants to the fund or have not applied in the last two years. 4.4 Of the eligible applications to the SCF, 17 are recommended to be awarded funding. 3 of these are for island based projects. The applications recommended for funding are labelled as ‘Award’ in the recommendation column in Appendix 1. The detail of the projects is in Appendix 2. 4.5 The projects recommended will deliver a range of activities from helping establish a team of first responders on Islay, supporting a community growing project in Campbeltown, to helping expand affordable access to sports including rugby, football and indoor bowls for adults and children. 4.6 Unsuccessful applications are marked as ‘No award’ in Appendix 1. These applicants will be offered support from the Community Development Team and provided with information on alternative sources of funding. 4.7 This year a total of £22,500 is available for allocation from the Council’s Supporting Communities Fund. 4.8 Projects awarded funding complete a report at the end to evidence the impact of the funded project. The results of this are brought to Area Committee in Summer 2027, if not before depending on project duration.
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5.0 CONCLUSION 5.1 The Supporting Communities Fund application and assessment process has been completed as set out within its guidance: SCF Application Guidance. 5.2 The recommendations made fully allocate the funding available for financial year 2025/26. 5.3 The 17 projects being put forward for an award will help communities to deliver priority activities in their area in 2025/26. 5.4 All applicants to the fund are supported throughout the process and beyond by the Community Development Team. 6.0 IMPLICATIONS 6.1 Policy - none 6.2 Financial: Recommendations in the report are limited to the budget allocation available in 2024/25 for the Supporting Communities Fund in MAKI. 6.3 Legal: Applications are initially assessed to ensure that groups are constituted with managed accounts. 6.4 HR - none 6.5 Customer Service - none 6.6 Risk: risk to the public pound is managed through the assessment and scoring, and through end of project monitoring process. 6.7 Climate Change - one project has direct carbon reduction outcomes by promoting the sustainable production of food, by encouraging people to grow and eat more local produce. 6.8 Fairer Scotland Duty: The Supporting Communities Fund supports community groups in tackling poverty, reducing inequality and building a fairer and more inclusive Scotland. 6.9 Equalities - protected characteristics: Applicants are given the options of receiving the application in large print and other languages and support with online applications. 6.10 Consumer Duty - Groups have been, and are always, encouraged to consider best value from the suppliers they have identified. 6.11 Island Communities: 12 of the applicant projects are island based. 3 of these are being recommended for funding. 6.12 Children’s Rights and Wellbeing: Awards concur with articles 15 and 31 of the UNCRC (15: Setting up or joining groups. 31: Rest, Play, Culture and Arts)
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Pippa Milne Chief Executive Policy Lead Mark Irvine 15 August 2025 For further information contact: David Hagerty - Community Development Officer Helensburgh & Lomond, Tel: 01700 801088 David.hagerty@argyll-bute.gov.uk Suzanne Mason - Engagement and Communities Lead Tel. 01436 658933 Email. suzanne.mason@argyll-bute.gov.uk APPENDICES Appendix 1 – Assessment and Recommendations Appendix 2 – Project
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Appendix 1 – Assessment Score and Recommendations Applications presented in order of scoring by Community Development Officer. For submission to MAKI Area Committee for final decision (maximum value £1,500). Ref: Organisation name Award / No Award Requested Amount Recmnd Award Cummulataive Total 1 Bowmore Lunch Club Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 2 South Kintyre Development Trust Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 3,000.00£ 3 Tayinloan Youth Club Award 1,000.00£ 1,000.00£ 4,000.00£ 4 Islay Connections SCIO Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 5,500.00£ 5 Old Pals Club, Campbeltown, Argyll Award 1,200.00£ 1,200.00£ 6,700.00£ 6 Campbeltown Sea Cadets Unit 480 Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 8,200.00£ 7 Kintyre Link Club Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 9,700.00£ 8 Mid Argyll Community Enterprises Award 500.00£ 500.00£ 10,200.00£ 9 Friends of Castlehill Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 11,700.00£ 10 Mid Argyll Rugby Club Award 1,496.00£ 1,496.00£ 13,196.00£ 11 Kintyre Seasports Award 1,482.50£ 1,482.50£ 14,678.50£ 12 Jura Development Trust Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 16,178.50£ 13 Cairnbaan Community Trust Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 17,678.50£ 14 Ardrishaig Community Council Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 19,178.50£ 15 Mid Argyll Transport Volunteers Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 20,678.50£ 16 Campbeltown & District Juvenile Football Assoc. Award 1,500.00£ 1,500.00£ 22,178.50£ 17 Inveraray Carpet Bowls Club Partial Award 350.00£ 321.50£ 22,528.50£ 18 Kintyre Food Bank No Award 1,500.00£ 24,028.50£ 19 Lochside Champions Community Group No Award 1,250.00£ 25,278.50£ 20 Port Ellen FC Juniors No Award 1,500.00£ 26,778.50£ 21 Islay and Jura Youth Wind Band No Award 1,500.00£ 28,278.50£ 22 Kintyre Amateur Swimming Club No Award 1,500.00£ 29,778.50£ 23 Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Mid Argyll No Award 1,500.00£ 31,278.50£ 24 An Comunn Gaidhealach Meur Ìle No Award 1,500.00£ 32,778.50£ 25 Live at the Loch (c/o Tarbert Enterprise Company)No Award 1,500.00£ 34,278.50£ 26 Campbeltown Grammar School Parent Council No Award 1,500.00£ 35,778.50£ 27 Islay Gaelic Choir No Award 1,500.00£ 37,278.50£ 28 Jura Care Centre No Award 1,440.00£ 38,718.50£ 29 Meadows Under Fives No Award 1,498.90£ 40,217.40£ 30 West Kintyre Promotions CIC No Award 1,500.00£ 41,717.40£ 31 Kilmory & Dunadd Camanachd No Award 1,493.50£ 43,210.90£ 32 Campbeltown Kintyre Rugby Club No Award 1,500.00£ 44,710.90£ 33 Islay Youth Football Club No Award 1,498.34£ 46,209.24£ 34 Colonsay Book Festival No Award 1,500.00£ 47,709.24£ 35 Mull of Kintyre 10km and Half Marathon No Award 1,500.00£ 49,209.24£ 36 Greater Kilmeny Community Group No Award 1,500.00£ 50,709.24£ 37 Heart of Argyll Wildlife Organisation No Award 628.00£ 51,337.24£ 38 Islay Natural History Trust No Award 1,500.00£ 52,837.24£ 39 Inspire Inveraray No Award 1,500.00£ 54,337.24£ 40 The Community Forget Me Not Choir CLD Partnership 1,500.00£ 55,837.24£ Total 55,837.24£ 22,500.00£
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Appendix 2 – Project Summary Sheet Ref: 1 Applicant: Bowmore Lunch Club Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Bowmore Lunch Club offers lunch, companionship and song, for people with early dementia. The club is hosted in a local hotel, with volunteer drivers bringing people to the lunch approximately 50 weeks of the year – with each person paying £10pw and additional costs subsidised by fundraising and occasional grants. This lunch, although a few hours, provides much needed respite for families. It has been recognised by the local Community Psychiatric Nurse that there is a growing number of people in Islay who will benefit from the support the group offers. Recommendation: Award Ref: 2 Applicant: South Kintyre Development Trust Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: SKDT are applying for costs to allow an existing sessional gardener to tend numerous community spaces and prepare these over the winter months. This is the continuation of a new a food growing project making use of gap sites in Campbeltown. The gardener will also visit groups and engage new volunteers. This will engage with non-traditional growers and focus on health and wellbeing of volunteers. Another aim is to increase knowledge and access to growing fruit and vegetables. This project has clear health and environmental benefits An award will provide continuity, as the group applies for a larger funding with the National Lottery to make the project more permanent. Recommendation: Award Ref: 3 Applicant: Tayinloan Youth Club Recommended Award: £1,000 Project Summary: TYC are asking for core running costs including hall hire, membership of Youth Scotland and insurance costs. An additional part of the application is asking for bus hire to fund one youth club outing over the coming year. This club fills a need, offering meaningful activity and connection for young people on a weekly basis. The club is a good example of a local well ran youth organisation, with strong governance and training for volunteers. TYC is filling an evident need. Recommendation: Award Ref: 4 Applicant: Islay Connections SCIO Recommended Award: £1,200 Project Summary:
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Islay Connections wish to set up a group of first responders on Islay to augment ambulance services. This is due to the remote nature of the island and delays in paramedic help arriving. This community project brings Islay in line with other larger remote islands. The award will provide training materials and sessions to a group of 10 volunteers who have stated an interest in becoming first responders on Islay. The steering group have extensive health care experience to put this project into action. Recommendation: Award Ref: 5 Applicant: Old Pals’ Club Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: The group are applying for hall hire, insurance, and travel costs for weekly seniors group who research, and actively promote local history within the community. A really inspiring sounding group: addressing isolation and loneliness, with meaningful learning activities while creating an oral / recorded history for Campbeltown. This includes work with other groups and local schools. The group do access support and advice from Age Scotland, but are a smaller group for whom an award would cement their role in the local community. Recommendation: Award Ref: 6 Applicant: Campbeltown Sea Cadets Unit 480 Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Funds to help with small repairs to boat shed guttering and roof. This is a temporary solution for the Sea Cadets during 18 month renovation of local seaports centre. This boat shed is used to store the Cadets’ rib boat. Repairs will allow for multiple groups to use the space over the redevelopment period of the watersports centre, and beyond, while providing value for money in this wider context. A local contractor has been identified to carry out these repairs, and any award will ask for a breakdown of any works undertaken to ensure value for money. Recommendation: Award Conditions: Group to provide a schedule of repairs that had been undertaken using this finance. Ref: 7 Applicant: Kintyre Link Club Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: The Link Club are looking for core staff costs including printing and design costs for an active rebranding and promotion of their services. Although they provide community based mental health support through referrals, the Link Club are conscious of a lack of profile amongst statutory services and newer workers
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coming to MAKI. This has resulted in longer periods before new members are referred for support – from initial contact with any wider services. Half of costs are additional hours to undertake this project; with additional costs for the design and active marketing of the group. Recommendation: Award Conditions: Group to highlight instances of active face to face visits / engagement at events in reporting made possible by award. Ref: 8 Applicant: Mid Argyll Community Enterprises Recommended Award: £500 Project Summary: MAC have applied for funds to replace worn swim equipment and pool training aids including dive toys, dumbbells, kick boards etc. This equipment will be used in a number of sessions including NHS Living Well physio programmes, schools, youth clubs and MAC’s own pool based sessions including Aquafit. Recommendation: Award Ref: 9 Applicant: Friends of Castlehill PTA Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Application looks to expand outdoor learning opportunities by offering site visits outside the immediate area of Campbeltown. This will increase outdoor education opportunities for all age groups – by visiting areas of scientific / environmental interest in MAKI. The PTA intend to pay for these excursions with any shortfall coming from discretionary school funds. Longer trips including to Cruachan Power Station and SAMS are proposed for older pupils to highlight potential future learning and career options in Argyll. Recommendation: Award Ref: 10 Applicant: Mid Argyll Rugby Club Recommended Award: £1,496 Project Summary: Mid Argyll Rugby Club MARC have applied for general running costs to expand the use of their Ropework facility over the winter months and continue touch rugby and social drop ins on a Thursday night over the winter months. This will offer free physical activity to new and returning players including families. These yearlong social training sessions increase health and wellbeing opportunities and help address isolation over the winter months. Costs include heating and lighting of the facility, training equipment and 2 portable floodlights to make use of an informal training area, avoiding the need to rent a facility; thus keeping these sessions free for participants. Recommendation: Award
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Ref: 11 Applicant: Kintyre Seasports Recommended Award: £1,482.50 Project Summary: Kintyre Seasports wish to subsidise targeted paddle sports and sailing courses for people already accessing their Community Health and Wellbeing courses. These subsidised places will encourage continued involvement from groups where mental health and costs have been a barrier to participating more fully in watersports. The organisation has evidenced lots of partnership working and a considered targeted approach to increase the impact of their existing HWB projects. Recommendation: Award Ref: 12 Applicant: Jura Development Trust Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: The JDT are running a number of Community Engagement sessions and employing a planning specialist to help transpose their current Community Action Plan into a Local Place Plan. Events will take the views of a wide section of organisations, landowners, and individuals on Jura. This will refine local views on the future development of the island. The Local Place Plan will link to wider statutory development plans, which have a fixed timescale. With this funding, the group want to meet these deadlines and promote a community voice in future planning discussions. Recommendation: Award Ref: 13 Applicant: Cairnbaan Community Trust Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Having recently acquired former forestry buildings as a community hub, CBT have applied for initial hall set up costs including public liabilities insurance, general running costs and numerous community engagement events to shape the future use of the facility. Events will showcase potential plans for the building while also canvassing opinion. The group has a strong element of business planning and it would be anticipated this initial funding would be impactful and used to shape future plans; while looking towards a mix of larger funds and income generation once the centre is open. Recommendation: Award Ref: 14 Applicant: Ardrishaig Community Council Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Group looking to resource community consultations and planning responses to a local windfarm, while also preparing a local place plan. Much of the costs are for printing and face to face community engagement events. A portion of funding will be used to buy new IT equipment with in kind training provided by a committee member who was a former IT tutor in colleges.
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This is seen as necessary to increase the resilience of the group as only a few people are currently able to host online committee meetings and talk remotely to funders. Recommendation: Award Ref: 15 Applicant: Mid Argyll Transport Volunteers Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: The award will increase access to allied health appointments such as physio, optometry and dentists which are not claimable or refundable to the organisation by the NHS. The MATV charge a small flat rate to bring vulnerable users to these appointments, which can be as far as Oban. MATV wish to expand this existing offer for those attending medical appointments. A further portion of the award is to help people access local health and wellbeing opportunities, again by expanding the subsidised door to door transport for those not physically able to use public transport or to afford regular taxi trips to take part in social activities. Recommendation: Award Ref: 16 Applicant: Campbeltown and District Juvenile Football Association Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: CDJFA applying for funds to help run football holiday camps, including summer 2026. This is a well ran organisation looking to offer a footballing camp for around 180 young people in the Campbeltown and district area. Although the sessions are paid for, these are at an affordable rate which help with childcare costs in the local community for working parents. Funding will provide subsidised places for children at risk (those identified by social work, local schools), assist with facility hire, with a smaller portion of funds for sundries required for the football camp. Recommendation: Award Ref: 17 Applicant: Inveraray Carpet Bowls Club Recommended Award: £350 Project Summary: A small amount of £350 money requested by ICBC which will be used as a contribution toward new bowling balls and "rinks" which are bespoke small 20ft bowling carpets on a raised wooden platform. This award will help in the running of the weekly bowls club which remains affordable at £2 for adults £1 for children. The carpets and bowls shall also be used at a new annual memorial competition which brings together all other local clubs who participate in traditional carpet bowls around Loch Fyne and beyond. Recommendation: Partial Award
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Ref: 18 Applicant: Kintyre Food Bank Recommended Award: £1500 Project Summary: Kintyre Food bank had requested general funding to purchase supplies in response to increased food prices and demand. This would be to increase access to fresh fruit and lunch packs, as the basis of increasing involvement in wider community life. The Food Bank state that lack of food is an initial barrier to adults participating in community life and also for children attending summer / school holiday activities – allowing for a more connected and better quality of life. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 19 Applicant: Lochside Champions Community Group Recommended Award: £968.04 Project Summary: An application was made to support volunteer sports coaching from Scottish Disability Sports to help start a weekly Boccia sessions, and for monthly dance and arts sessions from Waterbaby Arts. Sessions will increase the range of activities available to adults with additional support needs (ASN). Both activities will work toward both “end of year” shows and competitions open to family and other groups supporting adults with ASN. This is especially the case with boccia with potential of fixtures outside the immediate MAKI area. There are secondary health outcomes / benefits anticipated from activities for families and care staff Recommendation: No Award Ref: 20 Applicant: Port Ellen FC Juniors Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: PEFC run 3 football teams for children between 5-16 years old and have requested funding to subsidise travel cost to attend away fixtures during the year. Travel costs are approximately £3000 pa with main costs coming from ferry travel and bus hire. £1500 has been requested to help with these costs. PEFC is ran by volunteers with strong governance and who collect both subs and fundraise. Travel costs from living on an island are seen as a premium which the club pays to participate. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 21 Applicant: Islay and Jura Youth Wind Band Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary:
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The Islay and Jura Youth Wind Band are applying for costs to attend the Lochgilphead Music Festival to give 20 young people (P7-S2) a chance to play in a semi competitive setting with other youths. Costs would include travel and accommodation costs for 2 nights in Lochgilphead, to help with participation in the two days festival. Additional costs of ferries and constrictions of a winter timetable make attendance at the event only possible with 2 night stop over. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 22 Applicant: Kintyre Amateur Swimming Club Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Kintyre Amateur Swimming Club seek funding to help deliver coaching to increase the number of trained volunteer coaches in the club, to offer weekly swim sessions for 5-18 years old. Coach education from Scottish Swimming will allow for 12 additional coaches to be qualified to lead training. Sessions will be held in the Aqualibrum centre to reduce travel costs and can accommodate up to 12 people. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 23 Applicant: Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Mid Argyll Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Funding is requested for 6 sound bath sessions, with follow-on therapeutic art sessions as a health and wellbeing response whilst working with individuals experiencing complex trauma. Cost will include room hire. These sessions will involve working with people in recovery from addiction and as part of wider partnership working addressing challenges facing individuals. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 24 Applicant: An Comunn Gaidhealach Meur Ìle Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: An Comunn Gaidhealach Meur Ìle are applying for tutor fees / room hire to promote opportunities in Gaelic song which had been dramatically reduced for children and young people post pandemic. These sessions will take place in an extra-curricular setting and allow children to perform at local Ceilidhs and to prepare for and participate in the local Mod. These classes are seen as integral in keeping the Islay dialect and culture alive. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 25 Applicant: Live at the Loch (c/o Tarbert Enterprise Company) Recommended Award: £1,500
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Project Summary: Funding requested for contribution towards the headline act, PA System, and shuttle bus to help with running costs for the Live at the Loch Music Festival in Tarbet. This event is free to all and takes place over multiple venues. LATL festival is looking to increase in scale over the coming years and increase the economic benefits it already brings to the area. Funds for core staging costs and to attract a well know headliner seen as important to developing the event and raising its profile. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 26 Applicant: Campbeltown Grammar School Parent Council Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Campbeltown Grammar School Parent Council are applying mainly for travel costs to widen access to sporting competitions across all age groups and abilities in the school. The PTA already contribute to these costs but wish to widen opportunity to participate. This includes a range of sports from badminton, volleyball, rugby and football teams competing on both regional and national competitions. Some costs will also allow pupils to participate in the MAKI games which take place between 4 competing schools in the MAKI area. PTA group assisted by Live Argyll for this application who already give support in kind to sporting projects. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 27 Applicant: Islay Gaelic Choir Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Islay Gaelic Choir hold weekly choir practice and work towards annual participation in the Mod. The group are applying for £1500. Annually, participation in the Mod comes to c£15,000 - 20,000 a cost which the group meets by fundraising and tiered membership fees. The choir has 35 members of various ages. The choir are applying for financial assistance to equally meet three elements of their activities £500 each for: hire of a practice space, transport costs, and accommodation. Recommendation: No Award
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Ref: 28 Applicant: Jura Care Centre Recommended Award: £1,440 Project Summary: The JCC applying for funds to offer subsidised chair yoga and massage sessions at the centre to residents and visitors. The activities which are ongoing, add value to current provision while addressing the issue of falls prevention and offering social contact for those who attend. Funding would allow sessions to be offered at a subsidised rate of £4 per session as opposed to the private rate of £9. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 29 Applicant: Meadows Under Fives Recommended Award: £1,498.90 Project Summary: The application from Meadows Under Fives is for items of play equipment offering extra stimulus when working with children developing motor skills and language, in free and unstructured play. As a charity the nursery has a lesser amount of unrestricted funds to replace and buy new play equipment, and relies on a mix of external fundraising. The Meadows nursery offers childcare for under 3s, not yet eligible for LA provision and works closely with social work. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 30 Applicant: West Kintyre Promotions CIC Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: West Kintyre Promotions CIC looking to offer a family friendly and affordable festival event for all ages, offering an alternative to families and individuals travelling to Glasgow to experience live music or access inflatable / play zones. The event also looks to raise money for local charities. Main costs for the event are found in fees for the headline act and also the hire of a large inflatable playzone. Any award is to be used in 2026. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 31 Applicant: Kilmory & Dunadd Camanachd Recommended Award: £1,493.50 Project Summary: The Kilmory & Dunadd Camanachd have requested equipment in the form of sticks, helmets and balls, to reduce barriers to the sport for new players who may not wish to invest in a Caman and a helmet if just trying the sport. This is especially pertinent for younger players and also to grow the women's game.
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Additional costs are requested for 4 minibus trips for junior teams, and to contribute to 3 players to attending a development camp ran by the Cammanachd Association. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 32 Applicant: Campbeltown Kintyre Rugby Club Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Campbeltown Kintyre Rugby Club Group support primary and high school pupils to take part in smaller 7s and mixed aged competitions with links into local primary and high schools. The club have started family touch rugby sessions to increase community involvement and volunteer numbers. A funding award would assist with training equipment, pitch hire and travel costs as part of a summer rugby camp to build on these levels of involvement. Club has longer term ambition of restarting an adult rugby team in the town and its own training area. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 33 Applicant: Islay Youth Football Club Recommended Award: £1,498.34 Project Summary: The IYFC wishes to offer free football training for children 5-15 years old on Saturday mornings. The club is completely ran by volunteers and looking to offer free to play football for children and young people of all abilities every Saturday morning. Costs are for the pitch / facility hire. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 34 Applicant: Colonsay Book Festival Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Colonsay Book Festival are applying for core event costs which include travelling expenses for authors, accommodation costs, venue hire and also advertising. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 35 Applicant: Mull of Kintyre 10km and Half Marathon Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: The Mull of Kintyre 10k is applying for a contribution to its annual road race. Overall annual costs for the event are approximately £42,000; which is mainly funded by race entries at £40 per adult. Major costs of the event include: race day costs and equipment (equipment hire, prizes finisher’s goodie bags, licence fees etc , advertising). Any award would assist with these costs. Recommendation: No Award
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Ref: 36 Applicant: Greater Kilmeny Community Group Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: The Greater Kilmeny Community Group have applied for the SCF fund as part of a 3 day inaugural Christmas event bringing people together to visit and engage with a new community space in Kilmory. The event will involve a woodland walk with winter light show, music and refreshments in the hall. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 37 Applicant: Heart of Argyll Wildlife Organisation Recommended Award: £628 Project Summary: The Heart of Argyll Wildlife Organisation are applying for funds to design and publish a leaflet to highlight a local area of interest near the visitor’s centre. This leaflet will inform visitors and locals of the history and importance of local landmarks visible from the viewpoint. This is considered as giving extra meaning and value to the view and encouraging visitors to engage and learn more of local history and nature, while undertaking self-led walks and for visiting schools and community groups. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 38 Applicant: Islay Natural History Trust Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: The INHT is looking to deliver 18 training sessions to help develop a group of volunteers to meet on a monthly basis to undertake conservation management and improve biodiversity in an informal nature reserve on Islay. The works needed include pond clearing, scrub maintenance, path development and some woodland management. Recommendation: No Award Ref: 39 Applicant: Inspire Inveraray Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: Inpsire Inverarary are currently undertaking a feasibility study with InspirAlba on the future of the local community hall which they will develop and manage. This is a request to address the issue of non-domestic rate which are acting as a disincentive for the group to fundraise for the site and also inadvertently eating into fundraising efforts. The group are interested in seeing if the rates can be frozen and if any rates relief is possible.
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Recommendation: No Award Ref: 40 Applicant: The Community Forget Me Not Choir Recommended Award: £1,500 Project Summary: The Community Forget Me Not dementia choir has made an application for hall hire costs to start a group in the Campbeltown area. An enquiry was made to the Local Adult Learning service in Live Argyll who stated that they would be in a position to host this group and provide an in kind donation of a venue as it shared many of the wider aims of the adult learning service, and their weekly offer of classes. The choir has a paid development worker and can cover all other costs – the in kind provision of this free space will expand the opportunity for adults with early onset dementia and their carers to receive support in a creative environment. Recommendation: No Award