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Ulva Pathways: Safer Routes for a Resilient Island

2025-06-12  •  No comments  •  North West Mull Community Woodland Company  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Improving Ulva’s paths, drainage and access to protect public services and the visitor economy.

Estimated Price

42000

MUGA site

Isle of Gigha Multi-Use Games Area

2025-06-10  •  No comments  •  Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust  •  Collective  •  Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands

We want to deliver a multi-use games area which will enable our younger community to have a safe and dedicated space to participate in sports and exercise.

Estimated Price

200000

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Dunoon Skatepark Redevelopment

2025-05-30  •  No comments  •  Dunoon Community Development Trust  •  Bute and Cowal

DCDT wants to work with local children and young people to redesign and rebuild Dunoon Skatepark to provide a space suitable for all abilities to enjoy skateboarding, skating and wheeling.

Estimated Price

350000

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Sandbank Village Hall (SVH) – The Next 100 Years!

2025-06-02  •  No comments  •  Sandbank Village Hall  •  Bute and Cowal

The project will focus on the redevelopment of Sandbank Village Hall to provide facilities for community use.

Estimated Price

67000

Isle of Jura Playground

Isle of Jura Playground

2025-06-13  •  No comments  •  Jura Playground Association  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

We would like to refurbish our local community playground by replacing some of the older, tired equipment which would transform the area and the benefits will be felt by local and visiting families.

Estimated Price

60000

Oban High School - Place Standard Results 2024

Find out what young people think is good and what needs improved in Oban!

2025-04-22  •  No comments  •  Aspiring Places Project Officer  •  Collective  •  Oban Lorn and the Isles

S3 Geography students at Oban High School carried out place-based assessments in 2024. Check out the results and include young people's voices in community projects!

Estimated Price

Not yet known

Rough map of the location.

Walking and wheeling path from Port Askaig to Bridgend Islay

2025-04-15  •  No comments  •  Islay Community Access Group  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

To create and upgrade existing pathways to make a safe walking and wheeling pathway from Port Askaig ferry terminal to meet up with existing paths at Bridgend.

Estimated Price

4500000

Kilcreggan Village, late19th /early 20th century

Heritage Group: Digitising the Rosneath Peninsula Local History Archive

2025-06-10  •  No comments  •  Rosneath Peninsula West Community Development Trust  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

To collect and preserve all historical primary and secondary source material, documentary, digital and artefactual, for the benefit of present and future communities, local historians and scholars.

Estimated Price

10000

Live at the Loch

Live at the Loch ~ Scotland's most beautiful music festival (Tarbert, Argyll)

2025-03-29  •  No comments  •  Live at the Loch  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Support this free, community led music festival on the harbour front in Tarbert. We are seeking funding to make it more accessible to the surrounding areas through shuttle bus services.

Estimated Price

5000

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Unlocking Ulva: A Community Barge to Connect, Create and Thrive

2025-06-02  •  No comments  •  North West Mull Community Woodland Company  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

A community-owned barge enabling cultural, economic and social regeneration on Ulva – supporting markets, restoration, farming, and events through vital, year-round access.

Estimated Price

200000

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Connecting Communities Collective

2025-05-30  •  No comments  •  Connecting Communities Collective  •  Collective  •  Oban Lorn and the Isles

Developing and growing the collective of local charities, with a focus on sector collaboration, not competition.

Estimated Price

Not yet known

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South Kintyre Growing Project

2025-05-29  •  No comments  •  South Kintyre Development Trust  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

The Project aims to use vacant spaces throughout South Kintyre to develop growing spaces where people can grow fruit and vegetables to assist with resilience, food security and alleviate food poverty.

Estimated Price

100000

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Lighting up the Skerryvore Lighthouse Shore Station: Lighthouse Keepers Cottages

2025-05-30  •  No comments  •  Hynish Trust  •  Collective  •  Oban Lorn and the Isles

We must preserve our 4 beautiful A listed lighthouse cottages on our site at Hynish. They offer unique heritage affordable homes for local people and are an iconic part of the Shore Station.

Estimated Price

300

Repair Kilbride Bridge to reinstate access to the Inveraray-Furnace shore track

2025-06-13  •  No comments  •  Kenmore Community Association  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Repairing Kilbride bridge enables walkers, cyclists and nature-lovers to access the historic shore track and reinstates vital 'Inveraray-side' entry and exit for residents of the Kenmore community.

Estimated Price

95000

Ulva

Made on Ulva: Producers Market Project

2025-06-12  •  No comments  •  North West Mull Community Woodland Company  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

A new island market celebrating local makers and producers from Ulva and Mull—supporting rural enterprise, community connection, and sustainable island living.

Estimated Price

20000

Skipness Hall at Christmas

Upgrade and Refurbishment of Skipness Community Village Hall

2025-05-27  •  No comments  •  Tarbert & Skipness Community Trust  •  Collective  •  Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands

To upgrade and refurbish our hall making it watertight, environmentally and aesthetically friendly. A hall to continue serving the community from 2 yrs to 93 yrs for the next 70 years.

Estimated Price

128000

Tarbert Academy - Place Standard Results 2024

Find out what young people think is good and what needs improved in Tarbert!

2025-04-22  •  No comments  •  Aspiring Places Project Officer  •  Collective  •  Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands

S3 Geography students at Tarbert Academy carried out place-based assessments in 2024. Check out the results and include young people's voices in community projects!

Estimated Price

Not yet known

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Tarbert Seafood Festival - the future!

2025-05-01  •  No comments  •  Tarbert Seafood Festival  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Continuing to build on the festival's commitment to provide a family-friendly festival, uniting the community and bringing visitors into the village to celebrate our village's fishing heritage.

Estimated Price

3000

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Redevelopment of Tayvallich Community Hall

2025-05-28  •  No comments  •  Tayvallich Community Hall SCIO  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Refurbishment of Tayvallich Community Hall will improve the facilities it offers to the village and to the wider community in Mid-Argyll. It will enhance community cohesion in Tayvallich and beyond.

Estimated Price

Not yet known

Site plan for reference and example

Creating a Safe, Accessible, Multi-Purpose Gathering Space in the Heart of Oban

2025-06-02  •  No comments  •  Oban Communities Trust  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Oban needs a safe, accessible gathering space where the community can come together, without need of expensive road closures and traffic disruption. We have a solution!

Estimated Price

60000

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Luing Slate enterprise

2025-02-25  •  No comments  •  Isle of Luing Community Trust  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

The proposed project is to deliver a working slate quarry that is owned by, managed by, and directly benefits the community of Luing.

Estimated Price

2500000

Portsonachan Hall Rennovation & Modernisation Project

2025-05-30  •  No comments  •  Portsonachan Hall  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

We will be modernising and improving our beloved village hub so that it can continue to bring our unique community together for many more years to come.

Estimated Price

Not yet known

Dunoon Goes POP

Dunoon Goes POP

2025-06-01  •  No comments  •  POP Shop Enterprises CIC  •  Collective  •  Bute and Cowal

Providing opportunities for people living in disadvantaged areas of Dunoon to learn about sustainable development and biodiversity by investing profits into garden and growing spaces in targeted ways.

Estimated Price

70000

Old forestry buildings

Creating a Cairnbaan Community Hub. Refurbishment of the old forestry buildings

2025-05-30  •  No comments  •  Cairnbaan Community Trust  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Our aim is to create a community hub and facilities that will bring the local and surrounding communities together to reduce isolation and enable opportunities for social interaction and growth.

Estimated Price

193000

Rothesay Joint Campus - Place Standard Results 2024

Find out what young people think is good and what needs improved in Rothesay!

2025-04-22  •  No comments  •  Aspiring Places Project Officer  •  Collective  •  Bute and Cowal

S3 Geography students at Rothesay Joint Campus carried out place-based assessments in 2024. Check out the results and include young people's voices in community projects!

Estimated Price

Not yet known

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