West coast communities benefit from over £60k towards affordable housing and campsite projects
Two Wester Ross communities are celebrating after being awarded £42,000 and £20,000 grants respectively to support development in the rural areas.
The Community Capacity Grants are part of Crown Estate Scotland’s Sustainable Communities Fund which has, since its launch in 2020, distributed more than £1.7m to a wide range of innovative projects across the country.
The grants seek to provide early-stage interventions supporting projects that may otherwise struggle to secure initial funding.
Among the nine Scottish projects that were awarded funding, were two in Torridon and Coigach.
Torridon District Community Association was awarded £20,000, to support its economic development in the form of a new campsite for this coastal area.
Coigach Community Development Company was awarded £42,500, to go towards its RIBA Stage 4 costs for 10 community-owned affordable homes for its coastal community.
Penny Coles, head of partnerships with Crown Estate Scotland, said: “This latest round of funding awards – the fifth since the Sustainable Communities Fund was launched – features projects which all demonstrate an ambition to make a tangible and lasting improvement to local people and visitors alike.
“We at Crown Estate Scotland are excited to be supporting the delivery of such important and positive projects which will help bring about improvements to the lives and economies of communities across Scotland.”
