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Banff & Buchan MSP Stewart Stevenson has welcomed the announcement that Strichen Community Park has been awarded £121,466 under round five of the LEADER programme. The money will be used to fund a Café and interpretive centre in the park. Maud Village Trust also received £50,571 from the fund, towards a community recreational area in the centre of Maud.
Rural Aberdeenshire’s LEADER programme, funded by the Scottish Government and European Commission, has approved 54 projects in the year since its launch in June 2008 and has awarded £1.6 million. Strichen Community Park and Maud Village Trust were two of the nine projects across Aberdeenshire to receive funding under the fifth round of awards.
Commenting, Mr Stevenson said:
“The announcement of this funding is excellent news for the local communities in Strichen and Maud. In Strichen, the community park plays an important role in local life, and I am confident that this will only be enhanced by the Café and interpretive centre that is to be built.
“The further development of the Old Mart site in Maud is also a welcome boost to the village, transforming another part of the site into a garden and play area that everyone can benefit from.
“I am delighted to hear that Banff & Buchan has done well out of this latest round of funding and am sure that these developments will be warmly welcomed by people in both Maud and Strichen.”
Karen Adam is now the MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast
