A number of local groups and community enterprise companies received a boost to their funds recently, when Campbeltown Community Windfarm Fund (CCWF), the charitable organisation setup by Campbeltown Community Council, disbursed funds received as Community Benefit from Scottish Power renewables (SPR) and their Beinn an Tuirc 3 Windfarm.
The following awards were made; –
Campbeltown Picture House – £4,250
Kintyre Group Women’s Institute – £2,000
Campbeltown Running Club – £2,000
MACC – £1,000
Kintyre Recycling Limited – £4,000
Dalintober Primary School PTA – £1,500
Dalintober Primary School PTA (Swimming lessons) – £2,000
Campbeltown Former Pupils AFC – £5,000
Kintyre Seasports – £3,000
Dunaverty Golf Club Junior Section – £800
Campbeltown Community Council towards cost of restoring pathway between Trench Point and Slatyfarlan – £5,000
Kintyre Songwriters Festival – £500
Kintyre Food Bank – £5,000
Senior Citizens Monday Club – £2,000
Friends of Castlehill – £3,104
Mull of Kintyre Music + Arts Association – £4,725
Kintyre Fish Protection & Angling Club – pay £2,000
Mairi Semple Cancer Fund – £5,000
Total amount of payments awarded- £52,879
CCWF wish all these groups success with their various projects and advise that a further disbursement of funds will take place in June 2023. This will be advertised on our website, www.campbeltowncommunitycouncil.uk , on Facebook and in the Campbeltown Courier nearer the time.
Further information on how the Community Council is working together with EKREG to maximise benefits from the windfarms can be found at https://kintyrewind.com
Registered Charity Number SC050831