Islands Programme capital fund 2021/22 to 2024/25: grant awards - evaluation
Main findings of an independent evaluation of the process for awarding grants in the Scottish Government Islands Programme capital funding scheme from 2021-2022 to 2024-2025.
Annex 3: Projects funded, 2021/22 to 2024/25
This annex presents information on the projects funded by the Islands Programme in each local authority area over the 4 years from 2021/22 to 2024/25. Note that, where no community partner is listed, the project was delivered by the local authority or by the local authority with other public sector partners.
Argyll and Bute
2021/22 – Funded through direct allocation to local authority
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Road infrastructure for housing |
£100,000 |
Colonsay |
Colonsay Community Development Company (CDC) |
|
Campsite |
£40,000 |
Colonsay |
Colonsay CDC |
|
Achamore Gardens |
£30,000 |
Gigha |
Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust |
|
Port Ellen playing fields |
£50,000 |
Islay |
South Islay Development |
|
Fuel station |
£50,000 |
Jura |
Jura Community Business |
|
Moorings |
£40,000 |
Jura |
Jura Development Trust |
|
Old Schoolhouse |
£55,000 |
Kerrera |
Isle of Kerrera Development Trust |
|
Seaweed processing infrastructure |
£67,000 |
Mull |
South West Mull & Iona Development |
|
Aros pier and quay |
£50,000 |
Mull |
Tobermory Harbour Association |
|
Business units |
£45,000 |
Tiree |
Tiree Community Development Trust |
|
Rothesay pontoon |
£213,000 |
Bute |
– |
2022/23 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Island community halls, digital hubs |
£100,000 (£25k per partner) |
Coll Iona Islay Tiree |
Development Coll Iona Hall South Islay Development Tiree Community Development Trust |
|
Tobermory seawall and railings improvements |
£250,000 |
Mull |
– |
2023/24 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Enabling infrastructure for worker accommodation |
£700,000 |
Mull |
Mull and Iona Community Trust |
|
Tiree Community Care Hub |
£450,000 |
Tiree |
– |
2024/25
Argyll and Bute Council was awarded £157,265 in 2024/25 for one project but was unable to proceed with the project and claim the grant because of the significantly higher than expected costs of the tenders received in a formal procurement process for the work.
Eilean Siar
2021/22 – Funded through direct allocation to local authority
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Eriskay School redevelopment (received funding in 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2024/25) |
£283,400 |
Eriskay |
Comann Eachdraidh Eirisgeidh |
|
Kirkibost harbour |
£25,000 |
Great Bernera |
Great Bernera CDT |
|
Kallin harbour |
£287,600 |
Grimsay |
Kallin Harbour Pier Users Group |
|
Leverhulme Community Hub |
£211,900 |
Harris |
Leverhulme Community Hub |
|
Tarbert Community Centre |
£71,100 |
Harris |
Tarbert Community Centre |
|
Taigh Chearsabhagh (received funding in 2021/22 and 2024/25) |
£50,000 |
N Uist |
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre |
|
Grogarry Lodge Old Steading |
£100,000 |
S Uist |
Storas Uibhist |
|
Ludag old ferry waiting room |
£50,000 |
S Uist |
Storas Uibhist |
|
Studio Alba |
£100,000 |
Lewis |
– |
|
Improving town centre and tourism infrastructure |
£200,000 |
Lewis Harris |
– |
2022/23 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Community Facilities Programme (received funding in 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2024/25) |
£ 347,781 |
Berneray Eriskay North Uist |
Berneray Hall Comann Eachdraidh Eirisgeidh Ùrachadh Uibhist |
|
Ionad Hiort – RIBA stage 4 design |
£167,000 |
Lewis |
Ionad Hiort Ltd |
2023/24 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seallam! Hebrides People Visitor Centre |
£55,000 |
Harris |
Northton Heritage Trust |
|
An Taigh Mor |
£78,350 |
Lewis |
Urras an Taighe Mhòir |
|
UHI OH Stornoway Campus and mobile facilities and equipment on four islands* |
£250,000 |
Lewis Barra Benbecula N Uist S Uist |
– |
2024/25 - Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Taigh Chearsabhagh creative hub (received funding in 2021/22 and 2024/25) |
£50,500 |
N Uist |
Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust |
|
Ionad Eilean na h-Oige (received funding in 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2024/25) |
£651,000 |
Eriskay |
Comann Eachdraidh Eirisgeidh |
Highland
2021/22 – Funded through direct allocation to local authority
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Hub (received funding in 2021/22 and 2023/24) |
£42,760 |
Canna |
Isle of Canna CDT |
|
An Laimhrig |
£50,000 |
Eigg |
Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust |
|
Housing enablement |
£20,000 |
Rum |
Isle of Rum Community Trust |
|
Small Isles road improvements |
£17,240 |
Eigg Muck |
– |
|
Road improvements |
£49,360 |
Raasay |
– |
|
Kilt Rock car park |
£171,725 |
Skye |
– |
|
Toilet block (did not proceed, reallocation to Kilt Rock) |
£109,992 |
Skye |
– |
|
Elgol toilets and parking |
£48,923 |
Skye |
– |
2022/23 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Old Surgery - housing enablement |
£72,000 |
Eigg |
Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust |
|
Old Man of Storr visitor and retail unit |
£440,000 |
Skye |
– |
2023/24 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Canna visitor hub (received funding in 2021/22 and 2023/24) |
£298,900 |
Canna Sanday |
Isle of Canna Development Trust |
2024/25 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Staffin Harbour improvements |
£409,258 |
Skye |
Staffin Trust |
|
Community and public access improvements |
£350,000 |
Skye |
– |
North Ayrshire
2021/22 – Funded through direct allocation to local authority
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Brodick car park |
£75,000 |
Arran |
– |
|
Lay by upgrade |
£76,300 |
Cumbrae |
– |
|
Implementation of islands connectivity study EV points |
£107,700 |
Arran Cumbrae |
– |
2022/23 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Millport Town Hall, phase 2 (received funding in 2022/23 and 2024/25) |
£509,450 |
Cumbrae |
Millport Town Hall Trust |
|
Pit stops |
£540,000 |
Arran Cumbrae |
– |
2023/24 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Dyemill bike park |
£220,618 |
Arran |
Arran High School Mountain Bike Club |
|
Garrison House |
£730,998 |
Cumbrae |
Cumbrae Community Development Company |
2024/25 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Millport Town Hall, final phase (received funding in 2022/23 and 2024/25) |
£414,425 |
Cumbrae |
Millport Town Hall Trust |
Orkney
2021/22 – Funded through direct allocation to local authority
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Garson Ind Est. Herring Factory |
£40,000 |
Mainland Orkney |
– |
|
Livestock trailers and tractor |
£146,410 |
Papa Westray N Ron’say |
– |
|
Loch Ayre walkway |
£28,000 |
Mainland Orkney |
– |
|
Improvements for lifelong learning and leisure facilities |
£443,782 |
Mainland Orkney Hoy Rousay Sanday Shapinsay Stronsay Westray |
– |
|
Scapa Flow Romney Hut |
£355,000 |
Hoy |
– |
2022/23 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kirkwall New Nursery |
£1,683,169 |
Mainland Orkney and all 20 islands |
– |
2023/24 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kirkwall Bridge Street |
£200,000 |
Mainland Orkney |
– |
|
Airfield terminal buildings* |
£216,307 |
Papa Westray Stronsay |
– |
* Application initially rejected and subsequently offered part-funding
2024/25 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Airfield terminal buildings |
£346,000 |
Eday Westray |
– |
Shetland Islands
2021/22 – Funded through direct allocation to local authority
No funding provided in 2021/22 – the identified project was not able to proceed in the required timescales.
2022/23 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Aald Skul Enterprise |
£88,095 |
Mainland Shetland |
Community Development Co of Nesting |
|
Papa Stour Kirk (received funding in 2022/23 and 2024/25) |
£252,505 |
Papa Stour |
Papa Stour History & Community Group |
2023/24 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPE |
£653,613 |
Mainland Shetland |
COPE: Shetland Home Co Expansion Ltd |
|
Growing Space, Nesting |
£75,202 |
Mainland Shetland |
Community Development Co of Nesting |
|
Hymhus, Bigton (received funding in 2023/24 and 2024/25) |
£71,005 |
Mainland Shetland |
Bigton Collective |
2024/25 – Funded through competitive bidding
|
Project |
Amount awarded |
Island(s) |
Community delivery partner(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Bird Observatory |
£204,895 |
Fair Isle |
Fair Isle Bird Observatory Trust |
|
Hymhus, Bigton phase 2 (received funding in 2023/24 and 2024/25) |
£139,992 |
Mainland Shetland |
Bigton Collective |
|
Papa Stour Kirk phase 3 (received funding in 2022/23 and 2024/25) |
£276,665 |
Papa Stour |
Papa Stour History and Community Group |
Contact
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