Invergordon Museum 'heat hub' bid and Alness mental health support project amongst Easter Ross schemes securing Highland Council funding support
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AN outreach worker supporting people with complex mental health needs in an Easter Ross community is amongst four projects sharing a £90,000 boost this week.
Moves to establish a "heat hub" and open a museum on a regular basis in Invergordon; the refurbishment of a Royal British Legion Scotland hall and a woodland path maintenance project also benefit from the funding agreed by Highland Council's Easter Ross committee.
The projects aimed at supporting economic recovery and community resilience in Easter Ross have been granted support from the Community Regeneration Funding (CRF).
CRF is an umbrella fund including £105,483 from the Highland Coastal Communities Fund (capital and revenue) and £238,560 from the Place Based Investment Fund (capital funding).
The funding awards were agreed at a special meeting of the Easter Ross area committee yesterday.
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The Easter Ross Committee previously approved almost £200,000 worth of funding for six other projects at its last meeting in January.
Four project bids for funding were deferred from the January meeting after members requested further information.
After having considered the new information from four of the deferred applications, four successful projects were approved:
- Milton Community Woodland – £28,750 to carry out path maintenance.
- Invergordon Naval Museum and Heritage Centre - £20,832 to install a new electrical heating system so they can open as a heat hub and open the museum on a regular basis. The approval of this funding will be subject to a condition that successful match funding is found with a period of six months.
- Royal British Legion Scotland, Invergordon Branch £14,155 to carry out the refurbishment of the Legion Hall. The approval of this funding will be subject to a condition that successful match funding is found with a period of six months.
- Change Mental Health - (previously Support in Mind Scotland) - Easter Ross Outreach - £26,340 to recruit additional a part-time outreach worker for a fixed 12-months period to support 12 additional people who have complex mental health needs - based in Alness.
Chairman of the Easter Ross area committee, Cllr Derek Louden, said: “The committee previously approved almost £200,000 worth of funding for six other projects at its last meeting in January. I am delighted that we can now approve a further £90,000 of support.”
