Lottery cash boost to regenerate Scottish towns

[Ship called Dignity]

Just found this article on the stv website. Does anyone know if this is additional new funding or is this part of the CARS (?) regeneration scheme which has been highlighted before?

Six Scottish town centres are set to receive a bumper investment of almost £6.5 million. The areas earmarked by the Heritage Lottery Fund include Govan, Paisley, Ayr and Campbeltown. The cash will be used to regenerate historic buildings, breathing new life into properties which have been left to ruin.

The royal burgh of Ayr - its rows of buildings on its new bridge were originally designed to create a dramatic entrance, reflecting wealth, taste and refinement. 200 years on, residents and visitors are certainly not impressed.

Ayr is to receive a million pounds to transform this area. Empty shops and derelict
properties also blight towns of Paisley and Campbeltown. Over a hundred miles apart, both bare the scars of declining industry. Their awards will be used to renovate buildings at risk of demolition.

Colin McLean, from the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: "It is going to make a difference. We've already supported 26 schemes across Scotland and what we've found is that our investment if it comes first, just changes the environment and these are towns that have been running down for a long time and what the public money does is that it just turns the corner and allows people to see that these places are not declining any further and what we see is that people start to invest and The Pearce Institute that's really what we're trying to stimulate."

In Glasgow's Govan, the population has fallen by 80% in the last 50 years with the decline of the shipbuilding industry. The money awarded here will be used to transform the Pearce Institute, which was gifted to the public in 1906 in memory of Sir William Pearce, the area's first MP. It will repaired and restored along with the surrounding buildings, shops and streets. In all cases it's hoped that the money will be used to not only to improve the fabric of each town centre but bring people back to live in what once were thriving communities.

[Ship called Dignity]

Just found this article on the stv website. Does anyone know if this is additional new funding or is this part of the CARS (?) regeneration scheme which has been highlighted before?

Six Scottish town centres are set to receive a bumper investment of almost £6.5 million. The areas earmarked by the Heritage Lottery Fund include Govan, Paisley, Ayr and Campbeltown. The cash will be used to regenerate historic buildings, breathing new life into properties which have been left to ruin.

The royal burgh of Ayr - its rows of buildings on its new bridge were originally designed to create a dramatic entrance, reflecting wealth, taste and refinement. 200 years on, residents and visitors are certainly not impressed.

Ayr is to receive a million pounds to transform this area. Empty shops and derelict
properties also blight towns of Paisley and Campbeltown. Over a hundred miles apart, both bare the scars of declining industry. Their awards will be used to renovate buildings at risk of demolition.

Colin McLean, from the Heritage Lottery Fund, said: "It is going to make a difference. We've already supported 26 schemes across Scotland and what we've found is that our investment if it comes first, just changes the environment and these are towns that have been running down for a long time and what the public money does is that it just turns the corner and allows people to see that these places are not declining any further and what we see is that people start to invest and The Pearce Institute that's really what we're trying to stimulate."

In Glasgow's Govan, the population has fallen by 80% in the last 50 years with the decline of the shipbuilding industry. The money awarded here will be used to transform the Pearce Institute, which was gifted to the public in 1906 in memory of Sir William Pearce, the area's first MP. It will repaired and restored along with the surrounding buildings, shops and streets. In all cases it's hoped that the money will be used to not only to improve the fabric of each town centre but bring people back to live in what once were thriving communities.

Anyone? Surely someone out there knows?