This table shows the regional priorities relevant to the region you have selected.
Each regional priority has a unique code (column one) which will help you to identify your selected priorities when completing your Statement of Intent/Proposal.
The detailed description (column two) has been provided to help you understand the implications and outcomes being sought by each priority.
The package numbers (column three) will help you to cross reference those relevant packages to the regional priority you have selected, with the full list of packages detailed on the right hand side of the page
Priority Code | Thriving Rural Communities Priorities | Relevant Packages |
D+G31 | Improved viability and well being of Scotland's rural communities. Particularly proposals that: - support for projects and initiatives that connect communities with opportunities for involvement in environmental and health activities
- support joint working projects between, communities, land managers and social or environmental facilitators, will be encouraged
- deliver a development project, local service, running a social enterprise, acquiring a modest asset or project that influences/directs others
- support established community organisations which seek to optimise the multi-purpose utilisation of natural assets for local and wider community benefit
- support community based initiatives that will improve and or retain access to services for those living within rural areas particularly aimed at young people, older people, under employed, unemployed, women, micro-businesses, social enterprises and community groups
- make better use of existing community facilities, e.g. by diversifying the use of a community building, making better use of IT technology, improving building energy efficiency.
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D+G32 | Sustainable, resilient rural communities, which are empowered and encouraged to take a positive role in influencing issues affecting them and their communities, through improving skills, knowledge and capacity and supporting other community led initiatives. Particularly proposals that: - support capacity building especially the development of project management and business skills for established, constituted and active communities in Dumfries and Galloway with a clear geographical remit
- support community capacity building for community based organisations to enable them to undertake new community based projects: a new local service, establishing a new social enterprise, acquiring a modest asset (e.g. like the use of local natural assets) or a new project that influences/directs others
- provide support to assess feasibility, undertake investigative work or undertake business planning for new projects and in particular relating to projects and initiatives where there are opportunities for involvement that will improve the range and availability of local environmental and health related activities and opportunities; projects that will support joint working between rural communities, and between communities and land managers, social or environmental facilitators.
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