McMillan Welcomes Lottery Funding for West Scotland

Stuart McMillan MSP SNP has today (Thursday) welcomed the announcement from Big Lottery Fund that projects in the West of Scotland have secured funding through the ‘Our Place’ programme.

Our Place is funded by the Big Lottery Fund in Scotland. Funding of at least £1 million will be made available to each of five specific communities in Scotland. A development support provider will help people to get involved in Our Place and support communities to prioritise what they need in their area.

The areas participating in the Our Place programme are:

•Bellsmyre, West Dunbartonshire
•Moorpark, Renfrewshire
•Newmains, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire
•Roystonhill, Glasgow
•Greenock Town Centre and East, Inverclyde

Mr. McMillan said;

"I was delighted to hear that projects in the West Scotland region have received support from Big Lottery Fund.

“The Our Place fund is a large pot of money and I’m pleased that projects such as Alternatives West Dunbartonshire Community Drug Service, Bellsmyre Community Advice Centre Management Group, CVS Inverclyde and The Phoenix Community Health Project have secured funding.

"I know the financial assistance from the Big Lottery Fund will be warmly welcomed and I wish every project the very best for the future."