Awards Summary – June 2018
Grant Applicant Amount Project Description - Summary Awarded
Stranraer & The Rhins:
Aldouran Wetland Garden SCIO £6,800.00 To purchase and install an outdoor classroom and shelter for use by visiting school groups and volunteers. Cairnryan In Bloom £500.00 To contribute to the cost of purchasing a motorised water bowser and upgrade planting and maintenance of displays. Castle Kennedy Bowling Club £1,020.00 To purchase a self-propelled sprayer for green maintenance. Drummore Bowling Club £2,588.00 To replace flooring, seating, windows and paving at the club.
Incredible Edible Stranraer £950.00 To contribute to equipment costs.
Lochans Community Council £2,419.00 To contribute to the costs of installing a defibrillator for community use.
Lochryan Pipe Band £6,500.00 To contribute to the purchase of 40 jackets, waistcoats and sporrans.
Millennium FC £2,000.00 To contribute to the costs of hiring playing pitches in Stranraer and the surrounding area.
Park Primary School Parent's £4,968.00 To contribute to costs of the Parent Council's school holiday food poverty project. Council Port Logan Hall Committee £1,000.00 To contribute to the cost of immediate repairs to Port Logan Village Hall.
Stair Park Community Garden £5,326.00 To contribute to the costs of employing a workshop technician Centre Stoneykirk Community Council £2,000.00 To contribute to the costs of clearing and fencing the former tennis courts at Sandhead for use as a community garden.
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Awards Summary – June 2018
Grant Applicant Amount Project Description - Summary Awarded Stranraer & District Old Peoples £1,972.00 To contribute to the purchase of new furniture for the Day Centre. Welfare Organisation Ltd Stranraer Development Trust £9,194.00 To contribute to the costs of employing a project administrator to support the Stranraer Oyster Festival. Stranraer Drama Club £2,000.00 To upgrade the current sound system to a digital one.
Stranraer Ice Rink Curling Club £2,400.00 Purchase of curling equipment for use by players.
Stranraer Millennium Centre £8,350.00 To fund the cost of specialist equipment required for a changing places facility in the refurbished Community Trust Millennium Centre. Stranraer RNLI Park Fest £1,000.00 To contribute to the cost of marquee hire for the Stranraer RNLI Park Fest.
Stranraer Rotary Coastal Path £9,740.00 To contribute to improvements on the Mull of Galloway trail. Group Stranraer Water Sports £2,000.00 To contribute to attendance costs for members at four skiff regattas, purchase team kit, and fund cox Association and umpire training for six association members.
Stranraer Wheelchair Curling Club £1,266.00 To purchase specialist cue sticks, a camcorder and tripod for use by curlers with disabilities. West End Bowling and Recreation £4,000.00 To contribute to the costs of purchasing a new lawnmower and winners boards. Club Wigtownshire Rugby Football £7,500.00 To contribute to the costs of employing a rugby development officer for one year. Club Stranraer & The Rhins £85,493 23 grants
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South Carrick:
Grant Applicant Amount Project Description - Summary Awarded Girvan Community Sport Hub £6,720.00 To fund a six-month employability pilot project seeking to identify, recruit, train and support six young people into employment in the South Carrick area. Jolly Good Show £518.00 To support the costs of putting on a pantomime in Girvan Academy over three nights in December 2018. South Carrick Club Diamonds Fun £1,000.00 To contribute to the cost of delivering fitness classes for older people for one year. Fitness & Friendship South Carrick Community Leisure £1,800.00 To contribute to the costs of initial design work for interpretative displays on the geological and bird life of Ailsa Craig. Ballantrae Trust £2,000.00 To employ web designers to create a new website for the village of Ballantrae.
Boyle Court Library Club £1,300.00 To contribute to the costs of purchasing a folding display board for use at events, plants, shrubs and compost for the garden and to maintain a water cooler. South Carrick £13,338 6 grants
Newton Stewart & The Machars:
Grant Applicant Amount Project Description - Summary Awarded Balloch Wood Community £9,764.00 To create two new footpaths incorporating a 7.5m bridge over Balloch Burn. Venture Creetown Football Club £10,000.00 To install a boundary fence around the entire pitch to meet SFA membership regulations.
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Grant Applicant Amount Project Description - Summary Awarded Creetown Silver Band £3,000.00 To contribute to the cost of purchasing a new instrument for use by the band.
Cree Valley Community Council £1,700.00 To contribute to the costs of a new community event at Hogmanay.
Galloway Forest Astronomical £8,740.00 To purchase a portable planetarium for use on visits to schools in the region. Society Garlieston Community Council £1,460.00 To commission a map of the village to highlight points of interest and the remaining sections of the Mulberry Harbour. Glentrool and Bargrennan £10,000.00 To contribute to the costs of a project manager to manage an asset transfer of the former Glentrool Community Trust Primary School and oversee implementation of the business plan. Isle of Whithorn Community £1,609.00 To contribute to the costs of setting up a community garden and growing space. Council Kirkdale Hall Trustees £5,627.00 To replace two sections of roofing over the toilet and stage area of Carsluith Village Hall.
Learners 2gether £1,698.00 To create a mud kitchen, sensory play area, sandpit and growing garden at Whithorn Primary School Nursery. Machars Partnership for Health £1,635.00 To contribute to the costs of hall fees and facilitator costs for health and well-being activities in the Machars. Newton Stewart & District Music £750.00 To contribute to the costs of a programme of music concerts in 2018 and 2019. Club Newton Stewart Bowling Club £4,477.00 To purchase a new lawnmower and six sets of bowls.
Newton Stewart Cinema Limited £2,830.00 To contribute to the costs of purchasing equipment for live streaming of concerts and new stage lights for live shows.
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Grant Applicant Amount Project Description - Summary Awarded Newton Stewart Initiative £1,141.00 To organise and run the Newton Stewart Flight Club for young people in the area.
Newton Stewart Museum £4,833.00 To contribute to the cost of repairs and promotional materials.
Newton Stewart Walking Festival £1,967.00 To contribute to the costs of a refreshed 24-page walking guide to Newton Stewart and Cree Valley, and repairing signage on the routes. Port William Community £10,000.00 To contribute to the costs of extending the community Youth Centre. Development Trust Riverside Centre £10,000.00 To contribute towards staff costs for one year. Sorbie Green Bowling Club £1,254.00 To contribute to the costs of improving the condition of the playing surface.
Sorbie Parish Church £930.00 To repaint the exterior windows, doors and facias and fit exterior lighting at Forteviot Hall.
W.O.M.A.N.S Women Of £893.00 To purchase gardening equipment and tools Minnigaff And Newton Stewart Wigtown & Bladnoch Golf Club £659.00 To purchase a lawnmower and multi-tool for ongoing green maintenance.
Wigtown Bay Sailing Club £4,600.00 To contribute to the costs of a new outboard engine for the group's safety rib, and related powerboat training for club members. Newton Stewart & Machars £99,567 24 grants
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Wigtownshire (all of):
Grant Applicant Amount Project Description - Summary Awarded Dumfries and Galloway Hard of £7,600.00 To deliver a home visits project to maintain hearing aids for housebound people in Wigtownshire. Hearing Group Galloway Action Team £7,188.00 To contribute to salary and running costs for one year.
Galloway Music Festival £2,000.00 To cover Adjudicators Fees for the 2019 Galloway Music festival.
Hub Dumfries and Galloway £9,899.00 To improve energy efficiency and home heating for the elderly.
RHET Dumfries and Galloway £1,000.00 To contribute to the costs of two Food & Farming Days for pupils at Douglas Ewart High School and Countryside Initiative Stranraer Academy. Women's Aid Wigtownshire £1,700.00 To contribute to the purchase and distribution of promotional materials for the organisation and its work. Wigtownshire (All) £29,387 6 grants
Total Awarded:
59 grants £227,785
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