Cash for halls
The committees of Whiting Bay and Corrie and Sannox village halls were celebrating this week after receiving awards of £75,000 and £100,000 from the 21st Century Halls for Scotland scheme.
The scheme, operated by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, has £7 million of Lottery money to distribute to privately-run halls in rural Scotland, 45 of which have benefited from the scheme so far.