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Quarrying communities

03/03/2006

Environment Minister Ross Finnie today allocated £725,853 from the Community Environmental Renewal Scheme (CERS) to 37 communities across Scotland.

Grants ranging from £5,000 to £50,000 will fund a variety of the projects to transform the environment in communities affected by past or current quarrying.

Projects include the refurbishment of a former mill to provide a museum facility on Mull and installation of artificial Sand Martin nesting walls in Renfrewshire. Communities in Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, the Highlands and the Borders, among others, will receive funding.

Mr Finnie said:

"These grants demonstrate our commitment to delivering improvements in, access to, and enjoyment of the environment in all parts of Scotland.

"This scheme helps to fund a wide range of community based projects. Communities across Scotland have proposed these projects in order to enhance their environment and quality of life. "It demonstrates that former and current industrial activity can support and sit side-by-side with environmental enhancements and access to green spaces."

The scheme is being administered by Forward Scotland, on behalf of the Executive, using funds from the Aggregates Levy. There will be one further round in this 2004-07 scheme.

The full list of grants is:

• Meikle Wartle Community Play Park, Aberdeenshire, £15,000 Transformation of wasteland into a community garden with play equipment, seating and recycling facilities
• Tigh na Rois, Isle of Mull, Argyll & Bute, £32,000 Refurbishment of a former mill to provide a permanent museum facility for the area
• Bridgend Kitchen Garden Project, Isle of Islay, Argyll & Bute, £15,000 Restoration of historic garden and provision of training in the cultivation of vegetables
• Kilmartin House Museum - Valley of Ghosts audio visual digitisation project, Lochgilphead, Argyll & Bute, £5,000 Creation of digital presentation highlighting the history and biodiversity of the surrounding countryside
• Alva Glen Environmental Project, Clackmannanshire, £15,500 Training of volunteers in maintenance skills and development of boggy ground into wet land area
• Iochdar School Playground Project, South Uist, Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar, £15,000 Transformation of unusable land into a school playground with eco-classroom and adventure trail
• Creetown Wildlife on CCTV, Dumfries & Galloway, £21,025 Creation of video link from a peregrine falcon nest site and red squirrel feeding station to local museum
• Bird Ringing and Training of Ringers in Dumfries & Galloway, Lochfoot, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway, £5,134 Provision of training and equipment for the monitoring of reed warblers and other passerines
• Barony A Frame Restoration Project, Auchinleck, East Ayrshire, £44,136 Restoration, conservation and regeneration of B-listed monument and provision of a heritage garden, interpretation materials and an oral history project with local schools
• Darvel Skatepark, Darvel, East Ayrshire, £17,000 Development of skatepark
• Environmental Improvement of the North Berwick Lodge Grounds Public Park: Wild Garden, East Lothian, £10,000 Creation of wildlife area in historic landscaped gardens
• The Alan Crawford Memorial Walk/Footpath, Ladybank, Fife, £35,000 Construction of fully accessible woodland and construction of a 'geological wall' that will interpret the geology of the area
• Aberdour Shore Road Play Park Project, Aberdour, Fife, £15,000 Refurbishment and enhancement of children's play park to provide an accessible and safe play area
• Restoring a lost landscape linking East & Central Fife through Coalpit Den, Fife, £25,000 Creation of a path through coalpit den and planting of native trees within the grounds of a historic local building
• Friends of Glasgow Necropolis Project No1 - Lighting and Path Upgrade, Glasgow, £25,000 Upgrade of a path and implementation of a lighting strategy to promote awareness of a local historical site
• The Stathrory Glen, Tain, Highland, £18,000 Development of trail following ancient droving route along the Strathrory River and provision of interpretation boards
• Boat of Garten Community Hall, Highland, £15,000 Development of a new multi-functional community centre on community-owned land
• Kirkhill Community Park, Kirkhill, Highland, £15,000 Refurbishment and enhancement of a children's play park to provide an accessible and safe play area
• New Clubhouse, North Kessock, Highland, £10,000 Construction of new clubhouse for local bowling club
• Timespan Geology Garden, Helmsdale, Highland, £25,256 Creation of a geology garden and provision of interpretation panels at museum
• Muir of Ord Rovers Sports Club Changing Rooms and Storage Facility, Highland, £20,000 Creation of a new sports pavilion and provision of changing and meeting facilities for local sports clubs
• Silverburn Village Hall, Midlothian, £20,000 Conversion of a former water storage facility into a community hall
• Kirktonhall Glen Extension, North Ayrshire, £11,457 Extension of woodland area and creation of a wildflower meadow for recreational use
• Abronhill Primary School Outdoor Project, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, £20,855 Restoration of a community woodland walk and installation of an eco-classroom with multi-sensory path
• North Walls Centre - Play Equipment, Lyness, Orkney Islands, £13,455 Refurbishment and enhancement of a children's play park to provide an accessible and safe play area
• Newshot Island Sandmartin Wall, Renfrewshire, £6,400 Installation of artificial sand martin nesting walls to increase opportunities for safe nesting
• Refurbishment of Gavinton Village Hall, Scottish Borders, £25,000 Refurbishment of a community hall to increase opportunities for local residents to participate in educational, social and recreational activities
• Heiton Public Hall Improvement Project, Scottish Borders, £25,000 Refurbishment of a community hall to increase opportunities for local residents to participate in educational, social and recreational activities
• Restoration of Redpath Village Hall, Scottish Borders, £5,000 Repairs and enhancements to C-listed community hall building
• Cranford Project, Girvan, South Ayrshire, £50,000 Refurbishment of a disused building to provide a young people's centre
• Phase One - New Play Park, Regeneration of White House Recreation Park, Shotts, South Lanarkshire, £49,904 Provision of a children's play park to provide an accessible and safe play area
• The Pathside Project, Kirkmuirhill, South Lanarkshire, £24,710 Creation of a 21km path network centred on Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood
• Stable Lake - Accessing our Heritage, Douglas, South Lanarkshire, £5,000 Access improvements at local lake through creation of 800m path and creation of platforms for disabled anglers
• Aberfoyle Community Greenspace, Stirling, £10,500 Transformation of a run-down play area into a community recreation facility with new planting, paths, a wetland area and play equipment
• Killearn Play park Project, Stirling, £15,000 Improvement of village greenspace with landscaping and the installation of accessible equipment and paths
• Dalmuir Plots Regeneration Project, West Dunbartonshire, £25,000 Creation of community nature trail and provision of interpretation materials within local allotments
• Sense of Place, Faifley, West Dunbartonshire, £20,000 Transformation of housing estate through provision of Public Art sculptures developed through community workshops