Building plans secure more than £10m in lottery funding

Ten communities are to share more than £10 million of lottery funding for a range of new builds, developments and extensions to buildings for community use.

From reviving the renowned Govanhill Baths as a hub of health and well-being in Glasgow to building a new state of the art community hub in Tayport, Fife, the funding will pay for “innovative and ambitious” projects.

The windfall forms the final grants to be announced from the Big Lottery Fund’s Growing Community Assets fund which over the last ten years has invested a total of £98m into 181 projects helping communities acquire and develop assets that matter most to them.

Maureen McGinn, who chairs BLF Scotland, said: “Thanks to national lottery players, this £10m investment will transform the landscape of ten Scottish communities.

“But, more than that, it puts local people in charge of their futures.

“We know from a decade of growing community assets funding that community ownership can deliver huge social, educational and economic opportunities.

“Today’s successful projects are great examples of this in action and show that local people are best placed to identify what their community needs to develop and thrive.”

The full list of projects to secure funding is:

Cairndow Community Childcare Limited

Area: Argyll and Bute

Award: £1,050,000

To develop a new-build childcare facility and community resource centre at the brownfield Clachan Sawmill site at the head of Loch Fyne. The new facility will provide a dedicated and self-contained childcare facility with both indoor and outdoor space, a separate active play facility (both indoor and outdoor) and a community room for let.

Stranraer Millennium Centre Community Trust

Area: Dumfries and Galloway

Award: £1,085,000

To refurbish and extend the current Millennium Centre in Stranraer to create a community hub which will incorporate a café, office space, multi-purpose space for community activities, a dance/fitness studio and recording space.

New Galloway Community Enterprises Limited

Area: Dumfries and Galloway

Award: £809,810

To purchase and refurbish the only remaining village shop and attached house. This will create a new community shop and will convert the residential accommodation into self-catering holiday units.

The Fraser Centre Community Trust

Area: East Lothian

Award: £1,200,000

To build a new multi-functional, arts and cultural centre at the site of the existing Fraser Centre - a historic building in the centre of Tranent in East Lothian. The new community hub will serve the surrounding area with a local cinema/theatre, a cafe and multi-purpose space that will be open to the wider community.

The Broomhouse Centre

Area: Edinburgh

Award: £1,200,000

To acquire, renovate and develop the Broomhouse Centre, an existing community managed facility. The extension will increase the social enterprise cafe space, extend the kitchen and food preparation area and increase meeting space for a range of community groups and services.

Tayport Community Trust

Area: Fife

Award: £1,200,000

To build a new community hub on the site of the derelict Abertay Works, a former steel fabrication plant in Tayport, Fife. The new facility will provide a mix of community, sports, arts and tourist activities, as well as a space for outreach health and community police services, and will be available for hire by local groups for meetings and events.

Govanhill Baths Community Trust

Area: Glasgow

Award: £1,000,000

To create a wellbeing centre for the community of Govanhill by refurbishing the majority of the spaces within the B-listed Edwardian Govanhill Baths building which was closed 15 years ago. This will include a gym, community café, community kitchen, hot-desk facilities for local businesses and a range of flexible spaces and meeting rooms.

Southside Housing Association Limited (SHA)

Area: Glasgow

Award: £1,184,000

To develop a new community hub by replacing the 50 year old temporary classroom building that currently serves as the Nan Mckay Hall in Pollokshields.

Spire View Housing Association Ltd

Area: Glasgow

Award: £1,098,748

To develop a new flexible multi-functional community facility in Roystonhill which will act as a hub for local activities and services. The building, which will incorporate the sandstone frontage of the existing Rainbow Hall, will provide a shop, café, a main hall that can be subdivided, a kitchen, reception area, two meeting rooms and an interview room.

Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust

Area: South Lanarkshire

Award: £749,404

To develop an existing community hub called Number 18 in Rutherglen allowing it to house a community café, a home to Camglen community radio, a multi use events space, flexible use rooms, IT/internet access, retail and community art, music and culture space and local information displays.