PROJECT LOCATION DESCRIPTION FUNDING AWARDED JOHNSTON SCHOOL KIRKCUDBRIGHT refurbishing and developing the building to include a darks skies visitor centre and planetarium as well as community, child care and business space £300,000 HAWICK CONSERVATION AREA REGENERATION HAWICK conserving and enhancing key properties to act as a catalyst for the wider regeneration of Hawick town centre £60,000 COMMUNITY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PILOT ACROSS THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND helping community leaders across the south of Scotland to develop capacity and confidence to drive tourism projects in their areas that will generate income for local people £30,000 SOCIAL ENTERPRISE PROGRAMME ACROSS THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND building the capacity of communities in the south of Scotland to be more enterprising and encouraging and supporting social enterprise formation £69,804 STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES PROGRAMME PEEBLES, NEWLANDS, TWEEDSMUIR, STRANRAER, ESKADALE, KIRKCUDBRIGHT AND KIRKCONNEL& KELLOHOLM building capacity within communities by supporting the recruitment of project officers to help develop sustainable economic projects £228,000 ANNAN REGENERATION ANNAN supporting the cost of a team to drive forward the Annan Action Plan to mitigate the impact of job losses in the town following the closure of Pinney's £250,000 SKILLS & LEARNING NETWORK ACROSS THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND creating a digital and physical network across the south of Scotland, providing better access to training for a wider network of students £6,680,747 CENTRE OF EXCELLENCEIN TEXTILES HAWICK addressing a business critical issue in textiles sector by establishing a centre to deliver training that will deliver key skills required to support industry growth £610,000 RURAL SKILLS& ENTREPRE-NEURSHIP PROJECT ACROSS THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND addressing gaps in the accessibility and availability of rural training across the south of Scotland, including two mobile learning centres and online learning materials to support the deilvery of rural skills, tailored for the South £156,600 RE-TWEED EYEMOUTH piloting a business incubator to help a minimum of 10 women start and grow their business £19,200 COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE SUPPORT DUMFRIES, STRANRAER, ANNAN/LANGHOLM, UPPER NITHSDALE, HAWICK, EYEMOUTH & EAST BERWICKSHIRE, GALASHIELS, JEDBURGH piloting a place-based approach to community enterprise support in towns / localities that best fit the current regeneration priorities and local areas of need within the south of Scotland, including supporting financially sustainable projects and recruiting 8 Community Enterprise Managers £510,000 CRAWICK MULTIVERSE CRAWICK, NR SANQUHAR developing and marketing multi-functional visitor facilities to make Crawick more accessible and provide the opportunity to host events all year round £67,000 GROWING RURAL TALENT ACROSS THE SOUTH OF SCOTLAND Innovative project co-developed by Skills Development Scotland, Scottish Funding Council, colleges, schools, local authorities and the National Farmers Union of Scotland to give young people the skills and experience to support their introduction to the agricultural industry and support their careers in farming £289,000 BUILDING A BETTER GALASHIELS GALASHIELS delivering a number of high impact town centre improvement and marketing projects in Galashiels £72,500 PHILIPHAUGH SELKIRK extending the estate's collaboration with local business and developing new attractions, including a cafe, play park, salmon viewing centre and golden eagle visitor centre to encourage more visitors to the area