24 Apr 2015
Final £1.5m round of 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy fund announced
BY Tom Walker
The final round of a Commonwealth Games legacy grants programme will see 34 Scottish community sports projects share £1.5m worth of funding.
The grants constitute the fifth and final allocation of the £10m Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund, which has benefitted 188 projects across all 32 of Scotland’s local authorities since its launch.
Stewart Harris, Chief Executive of sportscotland, said: “These 34 new awards are part of almost 200 projects to receive investment from the Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund, which is playing an important role in improving and creating excellent facilities all over the country.
“The £10m investment has helped deliver an impressive breadth of community, school, outdoors, and sports-based projects and is an integral component of the significant and positive legacy.”
A number of tennis courts, a climbing wall, a diving platform, and a primary school adventure play area are among the projects to receive a grant from the final round of funding (for the full list of projects, scroll down).
• The Legacy 2014 Active Places Fund is part of the Scottish Government’s Commonwealth Games Legacy 2014 programme, which will give communities across Scotland more and better places to be active, and is administered by sportscotland, the national agency for sport.
Grants up to £100,000 were available to help build or upgrade local facilities such as new bike or skate parks, outdoor adventure facilities, walking routes, or new projects within school estates.
The full list of projects receiving funding:
Semple Water Access iNitiative, 2 Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park, £41,000, Renfrewshire Council
Project Play, Corstorphine Primary School, £31,000, Edinburgh City Council
Boness-Blackness-Carriden to Bridgeness, Falkirk Council, £90,000, Falkirk Council
Gartmore House, Games Hall Floor Gartmore House, £23,432, Stirling Council
Dollar Park Tennis Courts, Falkirk Community Trust, £90,000, Falkirk Council
Sciennes Community Active Play Experience, Sciennes Primary School, £56,000 Edinburgh City Council
NTS Upgrade for Inclusive Environment, Waterski & Wakeboard Scotland, £66,000 Fife Council
Wallacestone M.U.G.A, Parents Association Wallacestone School, £40,000 Falkirk Council
1m platform project, Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Leisure, £9,975 Edinburgh City Council
Lochore Meadows Centre of Excellence, Fife Council, £69,000 Fife Council
Rankin Park Bike Hub, Greenock, Inverclyde Council £90,000 Inverclyde Council
Field secure store and shelter, Ettrick Forest Archers, £12,044 Scottish Borders Council
'The Hut', 1st Ardrossan Scouts, £100,000 North Ayrshire Council
Vane Farm to Egg Plantation Path, TRACKS, £71,000 Perth & Kinross Council
MUGA Bridge of Allan Primary, Families and School Together (BoA), £40,000 Stirling Council
Bike Skills Area and Pump Track, Rock UK Adventure Centres, £43,000 Scottish Borders Council
Community Golf Club House, Fife Council, £83,000 Fife Council
Possilpark Millennium Space Development, Depot arts, £35,000 Glasgow City Council
A Place to Play Parent Council, James Gillespie's Primary, £52,000 Edinburgh City Council
Ladywell Community Tennis, West Lothian Council (on behalf of Ladywell CTC), £15,365
West Lothian Council
Luggie Park, Beginner Skate Park, East Dunbartonshire Council, £15,000 East Dunbartonshire Council
The Experience, KibbleWorks part of the Kibble Group, £18,152 Renfrewshire Council
Boat Shed Project, Edinburgh Kayak Club, £19,975 Edinburgh City Council
Community MUGA/Athletics Area, Earlston Primary School, £46,000 Scottish Borders Council
A Walk to the Wetlands, Central Scotland Green Network Trust, £41,000 Clackmannanshire Council
Multi Use Games Area, Skelmorlie Community Sports Club, £78,000 North Ayrshire Council
Swimming Pool Submersible Platform Lift, The Pickaquoy Centre Trust, £16,233 Orkney
Islands Council
Paddle Tennis Courts, Bridge of Allan Sports Club, £26,971 Stirling Council
Tennis Court Surface & Floodlights, Kilmaurs Tennis Club, £14,252 East Ayrshire Council
Hayburn Park Upgrade, Hayburn Playpark Association, £34,944 Glasgow City Council
Floodlighting Installation on 3 Courts, Westerton Tennis Club, £30,793 East Dunbartonshire Council
Atlantis Tennis Courts, Atlantis Leisure, £50,000 Argyll & Bute Council
TLW, Garelochhead Link, Helensburgh & District Access Trust, £24,000 Argyll & Bute Council
Cambus Whisky & Wetland Wander, Central Scotland Green Network Trust, £39,210 Clackmannanshire Council
Total £ 1,512,346
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