Highland Council invites applications for Regeneration Capital Grant Fund
Register for free to read more of the latest local news. It's easy and will only take a moment.
Highland Council is now accepting expressions of interest for the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund for 2022-23.
The fund, which is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Government, supports locally developed regeneration projects for communities, helping with job creation and support, and in building sustainable communities.
A total of £25 million is available through the fund across Scotland.
The opening of applications marks round nine of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.
Since the grant fund opened in 2014, 14 projects from the Highland Council region have received funding.
Among the projects that have previously secured grants are Midmills Creative Hub and Merkinch Welfare Hall, both in Inverness, receiving £1.7 million and £200,217 respectively, Armadale Redevelopment with a £311,652 grant and Eigg Community Hub redevelopment with a £1.2 million grant.
Applications must be submitted by Highland Council, so organisations and projects interested in applying should submit an expression of interest form on the council's website.
This will be used to develop an official application should the project satisfy the criteria of the fund.
Among the criteria for projects are ones that focus on areas suffering from high levels of deprivation and disadvantage, that demonstrate clear community involvement, that will deliver large scale transformational change with strong regeneration outcomes, and projects and programmes that can encourage additional investment and address market failure.
Council leader Margaret Davidson said: “Highland Council has been successful in securing Regeneration Capital Grant Fund grants from the Scottish Government since it was established in 2014 and I would encourage any organisations or groups with worthy projects to submit an expression of interest.
“We’ve seen first-hand how successful previous regeneration projects have been, so I look forward to hearing details of the new projects and hope the Highlands will benefit from the grant fund over the course of 2022-2023.”
The application form can be downloaded here
The deadline for submissions is May 24.
