Widening Economic Opportunity

The Rural Capital Grants Scheme has assisted touirsm businesses to invest in new facilities aimed at encouraging more visitors to stay and spend. Cornhill House Hotel received support towards the construction of a conference and function facility and the provision of additional bedrooms, while Muirhall Farm received support to convert four derelict farm outbuildings into luxury holiday cottages.

CatchIT is a mobile IT training and awareness bus that allows communities access to state-of-the-art computer facilities on their own doorstep. It has also supported people seeking work and accessing health information.

theGuidLife is a community run and managed website that provides rural community groups and businesses with an easy way of learning from each other and raising awareness of their services and projects.