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Investment projects with scope: Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Total budget £65,000

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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Keeping the wheels turning

No comments Carrick Resilience Team organisation Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

We are helping to improve the community that we all Live, work and learn in by providing an emergency incident support service to the community. Our team is made up of dedicated local residents who take great pride in ensuring that we are available to help the community and emergency responders the help look after us.

£1,000
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

Kirkmichael Community Cafe Catering essentials

No comments Caroline Lorimer Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

N/A

£6,473
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Dundonald Castle Community Hub & Visitor Centre: 21st Century Makeover

No comments FriendsofDundonaldCastle Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

This upgrade will enhance Dundonald Castle's Visitor Centre and Community Hub, improving facilities for 30,000+ annual visitors and creating a better environment for our community, team, locals and tourists.

£2,400
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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

Beach Adventure Day

No comments Vincent McWhirter Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

We are looking to expand upon our valuable summer programme, which targets multiple disadvantaged groups within the community, and deliver a free family event for the public to attend. We propose an all-day event at Barassie Beach suitable for primary aged children and families. This funding would be used to contract UnderSky to deliver imaginative and story-led beach-based play sessions bringing children and families together for active intergenerational play. Each session will be bookable.

£720
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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