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Fourteen projects across Argyll and the Islands have secured a share of almost £612,000 of LEADER funding - awarded to community-led projects that support economic growth and development across the area.
Skiffs, trails and augmented reality. You might ask what these three things have in common. Well, they were among the many ideas discussed at the LEADER Cooperation Exchange event on 15 and 16 March in Ayrshire.
‘Awards Season 2017’ is well under way and New Lanark World Heritage Site has reason to celebrate.
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Highland LEADER are encouraging potential applicants to come forward with their project ideas.
Funding of over £6.6 million is available for projects that will benefit communities through the area's LEADER programme, which covers the mainland Highlands, the Small Isles and Skye but excludes the city of Inverness and the Cairngorms National Park.
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Dumfries and Galloway LEADER Local Action Group are delighted, in a backdrop of change, to have committed £867,041.10 to a mix of community, enterprise and farm diversification projects since March 2016.
Scottish Rural Action have launched their full Manifesto for Rural Scotland.
The manifesto was released in draft form in September 2016 and was officially launched at the Scottish Rural Action AGM in Perth on 9 December.
During the second Scottish Rural Parliament event held in Brechin, Angus in October, delegates had the chance to propose changes to the wording and additions to the content of the manifesto before it was agreed on by those in attendance at the event.
Amanda Burgauer, chair of Scottish Rural Action, said:
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Six projects to benefit Orkney's communities and economy have secured support from the latest rounds of Orkney LEADER funding.
So far, the current Orkney LEADER programme has awarded grant funding of over £460,000 to eight community driven, innovative projects, with a total value of over £1 million of project investment.
The latest six projects to be awarded funding are:
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