Estimated Price

£3,910

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In relation to the identified priorities in the Guidance & Essential criteria what will your idea achieve and who will benefit from your project?

This project will help make the coastal communities involved (those with a coastline - Ballantrae , Lendalfoot and Girvan - or with a river system - Pinwherry, Barrhill, Colmonell) more attractive places to live and work. It will also demonstrate a strong link to local strategies and local place plans, where lack of transport has been identified as a key issue.

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Please describe what you plan to do and what the money will be used for? (i.e., purchase equipment/resources)

This funding would be used to pay for additional services to enhance the existing Stinchar Connections community transport service, and allow an extra opportunity to link the bus with youth club activities in Girvan, and also allow a later service home from Girvan on one evening per week, which will be of benefit to people travelling home from work. This service will be even more valuable to residents from Pinwherry, Pinmore and Barrhill who have seen a recent change to their public bus timetable, with Stagecoach having withdrawn the Newton Stewart – Girvan service, and the subsequent operator having reduced the frequency of the buses. Most notably there are no buses to these villages after the school bus, and a reduction in buses on non school days. This is similar to the public bus service provided to Colmonell in that there are no public bus services after the school bus leaves Girvan until after 10pm at night, therefore the community bus services operated by South Ayrshire Community Transport and provided by Stinchar Connections are of vital importance to these communities. All buses run to a timetable with a paid driver to ensure reliability of the service.