This group will use the funding to carry out a feasibility study to establish the viability of acquiring ownership of the community centre from the local authority.

Gatehouse Scout Group

CatStrand Arts - 12 Month Programme

Rutherford Monument

This trust will use the grant to provide a range of activities and services, and offer volunteer opportunities for people living in the villages of New Galloway, Dalry and Balmaclellan which are located within a three-mile radius of each other. The opportunities are open to all but will target specifically older people, carers, disabled people and low income families.

To purchase the only remaining village shop and attached house, refurbish the shop to create a community shop and convert the residential accommodation into self-catering holiday units.

Skookum Jim and The Coast Frog

Clarebrand Village Hall

Haugh of Urr Nursery

Sharing the Heritage of our Community Woodland

Solo show at The Scottish Gallery

New Pavilion

The IT Centre or Castle Douglas IT Centre

This group will use the funding for new IT equipment for their centre.

Balmaclellan Community Council

This group will use the funding to improve village life through a consultation study that explores and reports formally on the depth of support for ideas now emerging from the Balmaclellan community. These ideas include the setup of a separate legal entity to progress the aims of the community including the development of a heritage centre, the purchase of land to develop a community garden and affordable housing for local people.

CatStrand Arts - 12 Month Programme

GCC Playgroup

Gatehouse Development Initiative

This group will use the funding to run a forest school for children age under 5 and their families.

New Galloway Community Enterprises Limited

This festival takes place over three days in June and showcases local groups as well as national acts. The event will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2016 and the group aim to use the funding to enhance the festival experience through purchase of new PA equipment. The funding will also enable the group to better publicise the even.

This group brings retired members together and holds various events and activities for them. The group will use the funding for IT equipment and day trips.

Kelton Nursery

CatStrand Arts ? 12 Month Programme

The Gatehouse Bunker (SCIO)

New Changing Facility CSF Award

This club will use the funding to help to increase their membership through community engagement with children and young people. They will also use the funding to improve the tennis court.

This group will be able to continue to run theirplaygroup for 2-3 year olds for another year.

This project will enable the group to improve shop facilities and layout at the Pannackie Village Shop to ensure the future sustainability of a vital community resource.

Artist Bursaries August 2014

The group will use the funding to deliver a dance project in New Galloway along with a final performance at the Catstrand.

Auchencairn Initiative

Threave Rovers Football Club

Gavin Marwick?s Journeyman Spectacular -10 piece band UK tour 2015.

CatStrand Arts Programme January to March 2015

The group will purchase video gaming equipment that will allow then to fully establish their competitive video gaming club.

Stewartry Area Wind Band Songs that Won the War Whistle Stop Tour Scotland and Ypes

The group provide short stay respite breaks for children and young people up the age of 18 years who have multiple and complex disabilities. This project will develop the garden area for participants.

Lagwayne Hall Committee of Management is based in Carsphairn, Dumfries and Galloway. Their project will equip an extended area of their village hall for the benefit of the local community.

Dumfries and Galloway Council - Community and Customer Servi

Gatehouse Development Initiative will develop a programme of outdoor activities for local children over a 12 month period, allowing the children to take part in a range of creative games and play.

The project aims to mark the 2014 Commonwealth Games coming to Scotland by providing opportunities for local people to experience and learn more about different cultures. ?It will organise a number of Commonwealth activities to run alongside the 'Scottish

The project aims to mark the 2014 Commonwealth Games coming to Scotland by providing opportunities for local people to experience and learn more about different cultures. ?It will organise a number of Commonwealth activities to run alongside the 'Scottish Alternative Games', an annual event run by New Galloway Community Council celebrating traditional Scottish sporting games.

Three primary schools in Dumfries and Galloway will offer a programme of activities exploring the histories and cultures of Commonwealth Countries, investigating the traditional sports played at the Games, as well as attending celebrations for the Queens

Three primary schools in Dumfries and Galloway will offer a programme of activities exploring the histories and cultures of Commonwealth Countries, investigating the traditional sports played at the Games, as well as attending celebrations for the Queens Baton Relay. Scotland's place in the Commonwealth will be studied, with a focus on arts and heritage, finishing in a joint art project to create a permanent art display. It will culminate in a joint Commonwealth Sports Day.

Cally Temple, conservation and historic environment awareness raising project

Glenkens Community Centre is a community centre based in Dalry, Castle Douglas. The group will buy the centre from the council for a nominal sum and turn it into a self-sufficient charitable organisation.

The project will support people to access local leisure services on a weekly basis including use of the gym and swimming pool, in order to improve their physical activity.

Mentoring and workshop attendance

National Arts Fundraising Training Course

Building Extension

CatStrand Artistic Programme

RBLS Gatehouse WW1 commemoration and exhibition

This group will use the funding to purchase a second hand Portakabin to store all equipment and materials that they use for community events throughout the year.

SHAX SCIO 42940

The Droving Project - Pilot

This project aims to support vulnerable individuals with substance and/or alcohol misuse who are experiencing multiple barriers to moving on in their lives through the provision of a mentoring services across Dumfries and Galloway. The project will suppor

This project will deliver a playgroup for 2-4 year olds three mornings a week.

The initiative will enable children aged 8 years and under to participate in outdoor play with their families in the local woods during weekends and holiday periods.

Prepare/publish a book of original tunes; arrange, rehearse, record (with other musicians) and press a double CD presenting tunes from the book; publicise and market the CD/book as the first of an ongoing series.

This group will organise football coaching sessions during the Easter holidays.

The group will improve a 1.4ha community park they purchased in 2000 by installing outdoor play equipment, providing permanent toilets, upgrading an existing community building on the site and improving access. The project aims to encourage more local peo

This grant is for development funding so that the project can be progressed to apply for Second Stage funding.

This group will recycle football boots and training equipment for young people who wish to attend local youth football projects.

This group will use the grant to provide a safer direct route between the separate halves of Auchencairn village. The project involves building a footbridge and footpath.

This group will use the grant to create a woodland picnic area and pathway in the village, leading to the village hall.

World Ceilidh - a Celtic/World music festival bringing music of quality and diverse genres to Galloway, connecting Scotland with the world and supporting this rural region?s cultural, social and economic infrastructure.

This group will provide a programme of after school activities for local children. The grant will fund training costs, accommodation costs, sessional staff costs, cycle training equipment, waterproofs, tarpaulin, coordination costs, printing costs, a comm

The grant will fund an exercise bike, a cross trainer, a rowing machine and a treadmill for the club.

This group will initiate phase one of a nationwide network aimed at promoting and supporting land-based permaculture sites throughout Scotland. This grant will fund training of land assessors, assessor visit costs, promotional materials, a two day trainin

Gatehouse of Fleet in the Dark Ages

The club will run a school holiday sports club for children aged 5 to 16. This will encourage them to become more active and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. The grant will help fund professional coach fees, 4 assistant coach fees, pitch hire and sports equip

CatStrand, New Galloway will deliver a year long programme of high quality performing arts including an outdoor Summer Season in the Glenkens, an isolated rural area of South West Scotland.

The club will provide training opportunities for members to enhance their photography and imaging skills. They will also hold a photography open day to share their work and experiences with the wider community. The grant will fund a projector, a projector

This group will organise daily coaching sessions on a range of sports, during the summer holidays at Kirkcudbright Primary School. Sessions will run every day from 10am to 3pm for children aged between 5-11 years and 12-16 years. The grant will fund a lea

Towards the costs of travel and accommodation at the Bealtaine Creating a New Old Conference, Dublin 8-10 May 2012.

The primary school will provide basic coaching training for 32 secondary pupils enabling them to run a series of extra-curricular sport sessions. The grant will pay for Junior Sport Leadership Award training.

The Galloway Picts Project

This group received development funding for a project that would upgrade the community park through installing outdoor play equipment and wheelchair access.

Knockengorroch World Ceilidh festival is uniquely Scottish. Not only a celebration of Scotland's rich musical inheritance both in terms of the Celtic past and indeed today the vibrant contribution of Scots performers to global audiences but a show-case o

This group will fix a Victorian green house currently in use by the co-op and other visitors. The green house is used to grow fresh fruit and vegetables. The green house is also used to teach others about organic gardening/crops. This grant will fund timb

The trust will organise and run a programme of outdoor sporting activities for young people. These activities will take place within three different sports centres. The grant will fund Galloway Activity Centre sessions, Loch Ken Waterski and Wakeboard Sch

The playgroup will purchase a variety of equipment which will enable them to offer their facilities to more children, starting from the age of 2, and will provide a weekly baking session for pre 5 children. The project will promote healthy eating as well

This group will hold an outdoor adventure day in October to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Beavers in the Scout network. The event will bring together all seven colonies in Galloway to participate in a challenging programme of outdoor activities and a

The committee will insulate the roof and walls of the main hall as well as the ancillary rooms of the building. The grant will be used pay for insulating the main hall, plastering walls of the main hall, hall extension cavity insulation, hall extension lo

Glenkens Community and Art Trust aim to present three seasons per year of high quality diverse multi art form visiting performing arts and participatory arts activity for a range of audiences.

Towards the cost of programme of performing arts at the CatStrand in South West Scotland.

Towards the cost of 'World Ceilidh', a Celtic/World music festival .

The association will purchase a range of beekeeping equipment in order to offer beekeeping courses for beginners to people in the local area. This grant will fund 10 complete hives, honey house equipment, teaching aids, hive tools, smokers, frame wiring e

The group will purchase windows and materials to refurbish their building in an attempt to better insulate. This grant will fund replacement windows, doors and heater covers.

This group, based in Castle Douglas, will base two Dragon Boats permanently on Loch Ken at the Galloway Activity Centre. This will benefit people recovering from breast cancer and other illnesses. The boats will also be available for use by the wider comm

This group delivers IT training. The grant will fund IT training courses for older people, six laptops, room hire, refreshments, heating and lighting costs for the training venues, learning materials, marketing, publicity, sessional staff costs and transp

The school will develop opportunities for extra-curricular physical activity for pupils and the wider community. This grant will fund fitness equipment, weights, dumbbells, a tummy trimmer, a gym sound system, meas/test equipment, yoga mats, boxercise equ

This group will install and manage a BMX and skateboard park in the local area, providing young people with a purpose built facility. The award will fund costs for installation, materials and maintenance.

The Mill on the Fleet will increase the capacity of the pipes carrying water to the main mill lade and to the overshot chute. The grant will be used to replace the suspended water lade.

The initiative will purchase 2 40 foot marquees for use at their Food Town Day in May and various other food focussed events throughout the year. The group would also like to raise awareness of events by advertising on local radio and newspapers. This gra

This group will renovate its playroom and purchase a range of play equipment for use by the 50 young people who attend the group. The grant will pay for redecoration, new toilet and sink, carpet fitting, flooring, play tunnel, water tray, dolls and clothi

This group will update its technology to enable it to improve the services it provides and attract more people to its meetings. This grant will help pay for a laptop and software, a projector as well as website development.

The group will refurbish the kitchen area for the benefit of all users of the hall, and the wider local community. The grant will go towards the costs of the purchase and installation of kitchen units and appliances.