Lochaber area projects awarded Community Regeneration Funding

Three applications for community projects for the Lochaber Area have been awarded funding totalling £192,367.55 from the Community Regeneration Fund (CRF).

Total Community Regeneration Funding available for Lochaber 2025/26 is £793,564.63 (this is a mix of capital and revenue).

Lochaber Area Committee Chair, Cllr Kate Willis said: “Community Regeneration Funding directs funding to the heart of our communities and to projects that are key priorities across the area, focussing on funding criteria that aims to enable economic recovery, regeneration, and community resilience.

The 2025/26 funding enables positive changes within Lochaber communities.  On behalf of our Committee Members, I wish all the projects the best of luck and look forward to receiving progress updates about each project at future meetings.”

The successful applicants were:

• £100,000 - Glencoe Folk Museum, new exhibition spaces and display equipment.
• £82,500.00 – The Highland Council - Corran Ferry Crew Transfer Vessel.
• £9,867.55 - An Comunn Gàidhealach, The Royal National Mòd 2025, Lochaber – contribution to costs relating to the hire of a fully accessible marquee to host Mòd related event delivery.

Community Regeneration Funding is an umbrella term for several funds that are available for communities/organisations to access in Highland.

It currently comprises of the Highland Coastal Communities Fund and the Place Based Investment Programme, both of which are Scottish Government Funding streams to support economic regeneration and sustainable development in Highland.