Highland Council Regeneration Capital Grant Fund opens for applications across the region
Applications are being accepted for Highland Council's Regeneration Capital Grant Fund for 2021-2022.
The fund, which is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government, supports locally developed regeneration projects for communities, helping with job creation and support, and in building sustainable communities.
The opening of applications marks the eighth round of the fund – since it opened in 2014 12 projects from the Highlands have received funding.
Projects to have previously secured grants include the Midmills Creative Hub with a £1,200,000 grant, Armadale Redevelopment with a £311,652 grant, Eigg Community Hub redevelopment with a £1,200,000 grant, and Merkinch Welfare Hall received a grant of £200,127.
Applications must be submitted by Highland Council so organisations and projects interested in applying should fill in an expression of interest form on the website which will be used to develop an official application should the project satisfy the fund's criteria.
Among the criteria for projects are ones that focus on areas suffering from high levels of deprivation and disadvantage, that demonstrate clear community involvement, that will deliver large scale transformational change with strong regeneration outcomes, and projects and programmes that can encourage additional investment and address market failure.
Councillor Margaret Davidson, the leader of Highland Council, said: “The Highland Council has been successful in securing Regeneration Capital Grant Fund grants from the Scottish Government since it was established in 2014 and I would encourage any organisations or groups with worthy projects to submit an expression of interest.
“We’ve seen first-hand how successful previous regeneration projects have been so I look forward to hearing details of the new projects and hope the Highlands will benefit from the grant fund over the course of 2021-2022.”
Those interested in applying should do so by submitting an expression of interest form by 18th May 2020.
