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Investment projects with scope: Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Total budget £65,000

Carrick Centre Cafe

Carrick Centre Cafe Revamp

No comments Carrick Centre Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Revamp of the café servicing area to improve customer experience, increase food choice and display space, benefiting residents of Maybole, North Carrick communities, and visitors.

£1,800
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Replacing the flooring in our shop on Newmarket Street, Ayr

No comments Ayrshire Cancer Support organisation Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Spaces and places; Live, work and learn. This will enhance the charity shop, which helps generate vital income for Ayrshire Cancer Support, while enhancing the shopping and working experience for customers, staff and volunteers.

£919
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Inclusive Archery

No comments Craig Paterson Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Delivers Priority 2 (Live, Work, Learn) and Priority 3 (Civic & Community Pride) through inclusive, low-cost archery across South Ayrshire, including Annbank, Ayr and Craigie, benefiting beginners, disabled participants and communities facing economic barriers.

£1,000
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Weaving Coast and Community

No comments Crag Community Arts SCIO organisation Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Our project links in to the priority "Making Coastal Communities more attractive places to live and work" by providing creative opportunities for local people to come together to learn new skills and contribute to community produced woven art works as well as providing paid work for a local artist to run the sessions

£1,260
Ayrshire Coastal Path

Ayrshire Coastal Path Vehicle Insurance 2026

No comments AyrshireCoastalPath organisation Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Our 4WD vehicle is vital to our ability to maintain the Ayrshire Coastal Path. The vehicle is used to transport materials such as sleepers, gate posts, stiles, new marker posts to where they are needed on the path. Safe access to this stunning coastal path through continued maintenance benefits the local coastal communities in SA through walking, recreation and nature connection opportunities, as well as being a huge driver for outdoor tourism in the area benefitting many local businesses.

£840

Kirkmichael Community Cafe Catering essentials

No comments Caroline Lorimer Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

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£6,473
Retreat

Bridge to Shore

No comments Andrew Downie Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Harbour Ayrshire will deliver trauma-informed recovery and wellbeing support across rural coastal communities, reducing isolation, improving mental health, and increasing community participation for vulnerable adults and families.

£6,590
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Guided Video Tour of Alloway Railway Tunnel

No comments Shelagh McLachlan Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

The Alloway Railway Tunnel ART is an arts and heritage community project creating a stunning mural within a disused railway tunnel near the Brig O’Doon, Alloway, Ayrshire. At 300m it’s one of the largest murals in Scotland. The project of a guided video tour will benefit local residents, visitors and international tourists who want to find out more information and stories about the mural and Ayrshire history from artist Chris Rutterford as they walk around viewing the mural.

£512

Three Villages Community Events

No comments Tarbolton Community Development Trust organisation Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

To purchase a marquee, stage and event equipment to support safer, better community events in Tarbolton, benefiting residents, volunteers, local groups, businesses and visitors.

£7,771
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Trefoil Guild

No comments Gillian Melrose Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Training & Learning Event

£1,000