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Investment projects with scope: Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Total budget £65,000

Three Villages Community Events

No comments Tarbolton Community Development Trust organisation Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

To purchase a marquee, stage and event equipment to support safer, better community events in Tarbolton, benefiting residents, volunteers, local groups, businesses and visitors.

£7,771
Retreat

Bridge to Shore

No comments Andrew Downie Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Harbour Ayrshire will deliver trauma-informed recovery and wellbeing support across rural coastal communities, reducing isolation, improving mental health, and increasing community participation for vulnerable adults and families.

£6,590
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The Broadway Cinema Experience Development

No comments kylemacfarlane290435 Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

To ensure we continue to evolve the Broadway Cinema Experience and ensure continued success; additional health and safety works, facility upgrades, projection equipment enhancements, and accessibility improvements are necessary to improve public access and enable events and community use. We are asking for capital funding support from the Coastal Communities Fund to enhance our facilities and ensure they remain safe, accessible, and usable for the foreseeable future.

£5,400

Beach Adventure Day

No comments Vincent McWhirter Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

We are looking to expand upon our valuable summer programme, which targets multiple disadvantaged groups within the community, and deliver a free family event for the public to attend. We propose an all-day event at Barassie Beach suitable for primary aged children and families. This funding would be used to contract UnderSky to deliver imaginative and story-led beach-based play sessions bringing children and families together for active intergenerational play. Each session will be bookable.

£720
Ayrshire Coastal Path

Ayrshire Coastal Path Vehicle Insurance 2026

No comments AyrshireCoastalPath organisation Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Our 4WD vehicle is vital to our ability to maintain the Ayrshire Coastal Path. The vehicle is used to transport materials such as sleepers, gate posts, stiles, new marker posts to where they are needed on the path. Safe access to this stunning coastal path through continued maintenance benefits the local coastal communities in SA through walking, recreation and nature connection opportunities, as well as being a huge driver for outdoor tourism in the area benefitting many local businesses.

£840
Carrick Centre Cafe

Carrick Centre Cafe Revamp

No comments Carrick Centre Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Revamp of the café servicing area to improve customer experience, increase food choice and display space, benefiting residents of Maybole, North Carrick communities, and visitors.

£1,800
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Replacing the flooring in our shop on Newmarket Street, Ayr

No comments Ayrshire Cancer Support organisation Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

Spaces and places; Live, work and learn. This will enhance the charity shop, which helps generate vital income for Ayrshire Cancer Support, while enhancing the shopping and working experience for customers, staff and volunteers.

£919
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Guided Video Tour of Alloway Railway Tunnel

No comments Shelagh McLachlan Coastal Communities Fund 2025/2026

The Alloway Railway Tunnel ART is an arts and heritage community project creating a stunning mural within a disused railway tunnel near the Brig O’Doon, Alloway, Ayrshire. At 300m it’s one of the largest murals in Scotland. The project of a guided video tour will benefit local residents, visitors and international tourists who want to find out more information and stories about the mural and Ayrshire history from artist Chris Rutterford as they walk around viewing the mural.

£512