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LARGE GRANTS PROGRAMME
SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME
BUSINESS START-UP GRANT ​
COMMUNITY ASSETS PROGRAMME ​
FEASIBILITY GRANT​
JOHNNY PATON MEMORIAL FUND ​

LARGE/MAIN GRANTS PROGRAMME

  • MICT – Ulva Ferry Shore Facilities Building
  • Jo Sinclair – Pennyghael Community Hall Renovations Phase 2
  • Flora Corbett – Mull & Morvern Ag Society Marquee
  • Aileen Clark and Rebekah Palmer – Bunessan Christmas Lights
  • Craignure Bay Community Group – Christmas Light Experience, Craignure Shore Path
  • Craignure Village Hall – New Kitchen
  • Isle of Mull Gymnastics – Gymnastics Equipment
  • Mull and Iona Food Trail – Advertising on CalMac boats
  • Dervaig Badmintion Club – New Shuttles
  • Mull & Iona Beekeepers Association – Apiary and Storage facility
  • MICT – Ulva Ferry Shore Facilities Building
  • Aros Hall – Stage Lights Upgrade
  • Mull RDA –  All Weather Paddock
  • Geoff Adams – Mull Rugby Club New Equipment

Fully Funded:

  • CRAFT – Save Craignure Playpark
  • Ross of Mull Health & Wellbeing – Ross of Mull Health and wellbeing Community Interest company
  • Pennyghael Community Hall – Pennyghael Community Hall Renovations

Part Funded:

  • Tobermory Scout Hall – Solar for Scouts
  • Mull Native Woodland Group – Composting Toilet

Fully Funded:

  • Iona Energy Ltd – Iona Heat Network Electrical Connections
  • Dervaig Community Orchard – Apple Store

Part Funded:

  • NWMCWC Ltd – Dervaig Toilets
  • Fionnphort Information Group – Fionnphort Information Board

Fully Funded:

  • Tobermory Harbour Association – Marine Environmental Impact study: Tobermory Harbour
  • Aros Park – Walled Garden Work within the Walls

Part Funded:

  • Sound Waves SCIO – Mull Music Makers
  • Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust – Whales Around Mull
  • St Eman’s Church – The Way Forwards
  • Dervaig Primary School Parent Council – Dervaig Primary School New Playground
  • Mull Slaughterhouse Ltd – Improving Community Communication and Choice
  • Tobermory High School Pipe Band – Funds for Drums
  • Marketing Mull and Iona – Go Wild on Mull and Iona

Fully Funded:

  • Mull Aquarium – Pump it up
  • Iona Village Hall – Iona Village Hall

Part Funded:

  • Air Ghleus – Mod Tuition 2018
  • Ross of Mull Historical Centre – New website
  • Mull Mod – Celebration of 80th year of Mull Mod
  • Mull Highland Games – Assett Renewal Project
  • Comar – Creative Community Learning
  • Creich Hall Creich – Hall Community Library

Part Funded:

  • CRAFT – Save Craignure Playpark
  • Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust – Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust Centre
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SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME

Fully Funded:

  • Ross of Mull Historical Centre – Accessible Archives for the Ross
  • Ranger Service – Mull and Iona Positive Imaginings
  • Home Start Lorn – Groupwork on the Isle of Mull
  • Tobermory HS Duke of Edinburgh  – Duke of Edinburgh new equipment
  • Mull Ukes – Gaggle to Orchestra – The development and growth of a community ukulele band
  • Mull Film Club – Equipment and Marketing
  • Jenny Desfountain – Disco at Aros Hall in aid of refugees
  • Ben Bolton – Aros Park disc golf course
  • NWMCWC – Willow Project
  • Western Isles Yacht Club – New Engine Fund
  • Church of Scotland
  • Salen School – Wellbeing Activities
  •  Home Start Lorn – Groupwork on the Isle of Mull

Fully Funded:

  • Craignure Bay Community Group – Craignure Waterfront Footpath Resurfacing
  • Salen Toddlers Group – Garmony Babies and Toddlers

Fully Funded:

  • Mull Progressive Care Centre Trust – Musical Entertainment for the Residents of Bowman Court

Part Funded:

  • Natural Voices Choir, Mull – Updated Music Equipment

Fully Funded

  • Mull Holiday Club – Mull Summer Holiday Club
  • Scottish Women’s Institute – Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch

Part Funded:

  • Mull Museum – Lephin Community Archaeological Excavation
  • Mull Through the Lens – Light in the Darkness

Fully Funded:

  • Iona Primary School Parent Council – Iona Summer Camp Pilot
  • Bunessan Playground Sub Committee – Bunessan Multi Sports Area
  • Mull Safe and Sound – Social Prescribing Bunessan and Salen Hubs

Part Funded:

  • Mull First Aid – Pain Relief & Support
  • Mull & Iona U3A – Increasing Participation
  • Dervaig Community Hall – Dervaig Hall Floor and Internal Walls Refurbishment
  • Pennyghael Community Hall – Activating Pennyghael

Fully Funded:

  • Craignure Golf Club – Water for Clubhouse
  • Aros Hall – Aros Hall Windows
  • Dervaig Community Library Dervaig Community Library
  • Tobermory Golf Club – Golf course Path
  • Tobermory High School Parent Council – Tobermory School & Community Minibus
  • South West Mull and Iona Development – Community in the Columba Centre

Part Funded:

  • Tobermory Primary Gaelic Choir – Tobermory Primary Gaelic Choir Kilts
  • Tobermory Parish Church – Tobermory Parish Church Lights
  • NHS and Argyll and Bute Council Youth Services – Health and Wellbeing Club
  • Tobermory Snooker Club – Windows & Doors Renewal
  • Western Isles Yacht Club New storage container
  • Mull Runners Electronic Chip Timing System
  • Mull and Iona Community Enterprise (MICE) – Mull & Iona School Swimming Lessons

Fully Funded:

  • Ulva School Community Association – Community First Responder Scheme

Part Funded:

  • Isle of Mull Gaelic Choir – Transatlantic CD
  • Mull Safe and Sound – Mull Safe and Sound Set Up
  • Mull and Iona Community Trust – Lochbuie Mobile
  • Dervaig Community Orchard – Dervaig Community Orchard
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BUSINESS START-UP GRANT

  • Emma MacDonald – Wild Hebridean Swimming
  • Juliet Antill – Mull Mindfulness
  • Leen Skinner Verslyppe – Caltainn Croft

Fully Funded:

  • Mull Laundry – Mull Laundry Services Startup
  • Michelle Devlin – The Tobermory Whisky Den Ltd Startup
  • The Rookery – Cafe Startup

Fully Funded:

  • Ballygown Restaurant – Ballygown Restaurant Start-up
  • Isle of Mull Haggis – Isle of Mull Haggis Business Start-up
  • Planetree Flowers – Planetree Flowers Start-up
  • The Mull & Iona Shop –  The Mull & Iona Shop Start-up

Fully Funded:

  • Andy Robinson – Woodland Crofter Trees and Shrubs
  • Eas Fors Knitwear – Eas Fors Knitwear Business Start-up
  • Mary Ireson – The Piece Box

Fully Funded:

  • Ground to Gutters – Ground to Gutters Startup

Fully Funded:

  • Headland Explorations – Headland Outdoors Start Up
  • The Tobermory Book Festival – The Tobermory Book Festival Start Up
  • Lucy Diana Wilson – Seahawks Cheerleading Academy
  • Faith Fairbairn – Singing and Violin Tuition
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COMMUNITY ASSETS PROGRAMME

Part Funded:

  • Ross of Mull & Iona Community Transport Scheme – ROMICTS Community Assets

Fully Funded:

  • Mull Community Council – Lochbuie Monument – Fully Funded
  • Isle of Mull Bird Club Purchase of a new club projector – Fully Funded
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DEVELOPMENT FUND

Fully Funded:

  • SWMID – New Housing Opportunities in Bunessan Village
  • MICT – AMAZE Project
  • SWMID – Growing for the Future: Stage 1 –  Masterplanning

Fully Funded:

  • Ulva Ferry Shore Facilities – Ulva Ferry Gateway Project
  • SWMID – Bendoran Community Resource

Fully Funded:

  • South West Mull and Iona Development – Tiroran Woodland Crofts

Part Funded:

  • MESS – Reuse, Resale & Recycling Hub

SUSTAINABILITY FUND

Fully Funded:

  • S Scott – Solar Panels

JOHNNY PATON MEMORIAL FUND

  • Gabbie Burke – Piano Lessons 
  • Janet Campbell – Coisir Og Mhuile
  • Caleb Nonhebel – Mountain Leader Qualification
  • Iain Ralston – Gaelic Immersion course

Fully Funded:

  • Mimi Spence – Fiddle tuition for workshops
  • Mull Music Makers – Music Tuition

Fully Funded:

  • Beth De La Rey

Fully Funded:

  • Holly MacLean
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HOT MEALS, WARM SPACES

Fully Funded:

  • Whiffle Pig
  • Dervaig Community Library
  • Iona Village Community Hall
  • Dervaig Lunch Club
  • Mull Musical Minds
  • Iona Playgroup

Fully Funded:

  • An Tobar
  • North Mull Parish Churches Tobermory
  • North Mull Parish Churches Salen
  • North Mull Parish Churches Torosay
  • Ross of Mull community café
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COMMUNITY HALLS HEATING ASSISTANCE

Fully Funded:

  • Craignure Village Hall
  • Iona Village Hall
  • Aros Hall

Fully Funded:

  • Dervaig Community Hall
  • North Mull Parish Churches Tobermory
  • North Mull Parish Churches Salen
  • North Mull Parish Churches Torosay
  • Iona Parish Church
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