Tain and district groups benefit from windfall from Beatrice funding with youth cafe boost set to help forge relationships
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Communities in the Highlands have received a “power boost” of £400,000 in vital funding following the award of the latest round of the Beatrice Partnership Fund, supported by Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm, Scotland’s largest offshore development.
In this round, £402,180 was distributed to 12 groups in the Highlands, including in the community council areas of Edderton, Tain, Inver and Tarbat.
Funding announced this week includes cash to Tain and District Development Trust and Tain and District Youth Café YMCA.
The funding for the development trust will pay towards a tourism initiative to market the local area and improve visitor numbers.
The grant to the youth café will pay for three-years’ worth of funding for a children’s development worker to deliver outreach work along with the free school meals sessions and young carers programme.
Graham Nutt, senior youth and community worker at Tain Youth Café, said: “One of the most important factors of our work is building relationships and the three-year funding grant to support our youth work service will enable us to strengthen the relationships made with the children and families within the community.
“This has been particularly important following the lockdown period and during the Covid-19 pandemic. Helping families as we come out of lockdown and return to a new normal will be a key part of our work and without the support of the Beatrice Wind Farm Partnership Fund this would not be possible.”
Fraser Grieve, chairman of the Beatrice Partnership panel, said: “This year more than most we’ve recognised the role that this fund can play in supporting communities and building resilience.
“I look forward to seeing the progress made and the difference delivered as people benefit from this funding power boost.”
