By Alan Hendry Published: 07:37, 21 December 2020
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Ellie Lamont, Jonathan Miller and Charlotte Mountford from Wick s Heart at the former Pavilion cinema site in High Street in August. Picture: DGS
A group at the forefront of Wick s town centre regeneration drive has benefited from a £1 million Scotland-wide fund to improve and promote communities.
Wick Development Trust â branded as Wickâs Heart â received £4250 from the Scotland Loves Local Fund towards its efforts to enhance the town centre area and encourage people to shop locally.
Nobody Knows Glasgow Better: Maryhill Burgh Halls. PROJECTS across Glasgow have secured a share of a £1m fund to help improve and promote communities. Articulate Cultural Trust in the Calton; Victoria Park Community Trust, Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company in Bridgeton; Glasgow Life, My Shawlands, ng Homes and Development Bid, Free Wheel North, Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust, Unity Enterprise and Spoon Cafe in Parkhead; Greencity Wholefoods, and Byres Road & Lanes Business Improvement District all received funding from the Scotland Loves Local Fund. The fund is being administered by Scotland’s Towns Partnership as part of its work to spearhead the Scotland Loves Local campaign, which is leading the charge for people to think local first for all of their needs to help businesses through the pandemic.
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A NUMBER of community organisations and projects in Shetland have secured funding in recent weeks from a variety of sources.
Isles based GlobalYell Ltd has received £14,899 in Lottery funding for the development of a new creative wellbeing festival.
Created in response to the hardship of the coronavirus pandemic, the festival aims to celebrate health and wellbeing through the arts.
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It will allow practitioners and tutors to safely share their expertise and highlight the role creativity can play in helping us through tough times.
GlobalYell Ltd creative director Andy Ross said: âOur arts and wellbeing festival came about as one answer to the disruption of Covid.
HUNDREDS of projects across Scotland are sharing £1 million to help improve and promote their communities, thanks to the Scottish Government. More than 200 grants from the Scotland Loves Local Fund will benefit 300 towns across the country to help them recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Funded by the Scottish Government, they aim to support small-scale improvements to enhance places while helping motivate people to shop, eat and relax in their community while also promoting places and ensuring public safety. As well as providing safe shopping information, grants have been awarded to support schemes including local marketing campaigns, street enhancements, community gardens and work to support local producers.