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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

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Winter at Campbeltown Picture House

2025-05-27  •  No comments  •  Campbeltown Community Business (Campbeltown Picture House)  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Our project has three threads to benefit all sectors of our community. Care Home screenings for seniors and Kids Go Free at Christmas for families and Food Bank Benefit screenings for everyone!

Estimated Price

40000

Mactaggart Leisure Centre

Islay's Mactaggart Leisure Centre & Swimming Pool Upgrade & Refurbishment

2025-06-03  •  No comments  •  Islay & Jura Community Enterprises Limited  •  Collective  •  Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands

To upgrade & refurbish areas of Mactaggart Leisure Centre to improve user experience for the whole community

Estimated Price

150000

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Cove & Kilcreggan Book Festival

2025-04-07  •  No comments  •  Cove and Kilcreggan Book Festival  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th November 2025 in Cove Burgh Hall. An opportunity to get up close and personal with your favourite author.

Estimated Price

1000

Providing a colorful backdrop to our stunning village .

Upgrades to building providing essential community watersports experience's

2025-06-13  •  No comments  •  TLFYC  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

TLFYC Clubhouse Renovation This proposal seeks funding for the replacement of the clubhouse roof and interior upgrades to continue providing essential water based skills for all ages and abilities.

Estimated Price

40000

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Oban Re_Store - Sustainability and Development

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

Community buyout of the Re_Store shop building, capital works to improve the space, along with ongoing support for the subsidised programmes of activities (Rescued Food Project, workshops and events).

Estimated Price

382000

The Isle of Mull Wet Weather Sports Hall

Isle of Mull Wet Weather Sports Hall

2025-06-01  •  No comments  •  The Isle of Mull Rugby Club  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

The aim of this project is to revitalise community engagement in sport and leisure for the population on the Isle of Mull in the face of significant weather changes and no indoor facilities.

Estimated Price

2400000

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

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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The Garage: Tiree’s Festival & Community Hub

2025-06-02  •  No comments  •  Tiree Music Festival  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Transforming a derelict garage in Crossapol into sustainable festival and community facilities — public toilets, campervan hookups, flexible space, and year-round local services.

Estimated Price

475000

Mini Forwarder - Islay Forestry Initiative

Islay Forestry Initiative

2025-06-10  •  No comments  •  Islay Development Initiative  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

The initiative aims to develop a circular economy model of local timber supply for the community by delivering a range of forestry skills in partnership with the Carbon Neutral Islands project.

Estimated Price

63000

Lighting Up the Skerryvore Lighthouse Shore Station: Creating a Sustainable Hub

2025-06-18  •  No comments  •  Hynish Trust  •  Collective  •  Oban Lorn and the Isles

To create a sustainable hub for the Isle of Tiree at Hynish, where folk can live, work and visit.

Estimated Price

850000

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Investing in Jura - Facilities for the community and its visitors.

2025-06-09  •  No comments  •  Jura Development Trust  •  Collective  •  Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands

The community of Jura is committed to enhancing the quality of life and sustainability of Jura. We want to provide a welcoming environment for both current residents, future residents and visitors.

Estimated Price

50000

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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Accessible transport for our communities.

2025-06-02  •  No comments  •  Interloch Transport  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Rural distance, an aging population and the centralisation of once local medical services are creating a huge issue around transport and accessible transport in particular.

Estimated Price

40000

Tiree Rural Centre - the site for a new community-owned vet practice

Tiree & Coll Community Vet Practice Project

2025-05-30  •  No comments  •  Tiree Rural Development Ltd  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Creating a community-owned vet practice to safeguard Tiree and Coll’s rich crofting heritage, support sustainable farming, and protect livelihoods and jobs in a key part of the local economy.

Estimated Price

268449

The Arrochar Litter Sink

Working towards solutions for the Arrochar Litter Sink

2025-06-06  •  No comments  •  The GRAB Trust  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

To develop affordable technology capable of removal and separation of mixed materials at the Arrochar Litter Sink for the benefit of the local community, visitors and the environment.

Estimated Price

27000

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Walking and wheeling path path from Bridgend to Bruichladdich

2025-05-24  •  No comments  •  Islay Community Access Group  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

To create a walking and wheeling path from Bridgend to Bruichladdich to connect to other proposed and existing paths. Reduce the carbon footprint for locals and visitors.

Estimated Price

5000000

Japanese Knotweed (JKW) control on Cove & Kilcreggan peninsular

2025-06-12  •  No comments  •  Our Community Green Group (Cove & Kilcreggan)  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

Japanese Knotweed, are prevalent in Cove and Kilcreggan; squeezing out our native species, reducing biodiversity and in many places reducing community access to the shore and coastline.

Estimated Price

2000

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Save The Tower Cinema and Arts Centre in Helensburgh

2025-06-09  •  No comments  •  Save The Tower  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

A community buy out of the beloved Tower Cinema and Live Arts venue, situated in the heart of Helensburgh, to re-establish the provision of film and live music within this wonderful community hub.

Estimated Price

350000

Community Village Hall/Community Hub

Clachan Village Hall/Community Hub Phoenix project

2025-06-02  •  No comments  •  Clachan Village Hall (Kintyre) SCIO SC050324  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

To recycle a B listed iconic building to give back to the Clachan and wider community the much needed community hub/emergency centre.

Estimated Price

700000

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The Kintyre Link Club - Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing

2025-06-10  •  No comments  •  Kintyre Link Club  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

A community-led mental health project supporting adults in Kintyre and Gigha through daily drop-ins, wellbeing activities, and peer support to reduce isolation and improve emotional wellbeing.

Estimated Price

17000

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"On your Bike", Tayinloan Youth Club

2025-04-29  •  No comments  •  Tayinloan Youth Club  •  Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands

The aim of our project is to keep our children safe, encourage them to enjoy the outdoors, improve their physical and mental health, and all while they’re having fun.

Estimated Price

240000

Glendaruel Hall

Revitalising the Glendaruel Village Hall

2025-06-11  •  No comments  •  Glendaruel Hall  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

To create a modernised, environmentally low-impact, accessible resilience hub for residents of, and visitors to, ColGlen.

Estimated Price

25000

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Strachur Community Men's Shed

2025-05-01  •  No comments  •  Strachur Community Mens Shed  •  Collective  •  Argyll & Bute

To build a magnificent "shed" in the centre of our village, providing a safe social/recreational space for retired/isolated men & women to undertake creative projects for the local district.

Estimated Price

200000

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