Auchinleck group: ACDI National Lottery funding boost

Auchinleck Community Development Initiative (ACDI) will benefit from £120,000 of cash, which will help towards its aim of improving life for people in the village.

As well as this, the ACDI team has sights set on improving the image of Auchinleck as a whole.

ACDI is continuously on the lookout for people to get involved with groups, and come to them with ideas of what they'd like to see go on in Auchinleck.

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As part of this, an open day will be held at the Boswell Centre in Auchinleck on Tuesday, November 26 from 2-8pm.

It will allow locals to have their say about what events, opportunities and plans they want taken forward.

Support from the National Lottery's funding will help the group achieve some of these targets.

Speaking about the boost, a delighted development officer, Robert Madden, said: “We got a letter to say that our funding application had been successful.

“So it’s for funding of just under £120k, which is brilliant for us and will help us do a lot.

“It’ll be good to let us invest in the area and we’re going to bring on another recruit and we’re going to run a series of events around the arts."

The group operates the Boswell Centre in Auchinleck. (Image: NQ Archive) Robert added: “We’d like to get the local community involved in these events as much as we can.

"That’s really the whole aim of what we’re trying to, just to get people involved and get rid of the feeling of apathy.

“We’re looking to see how the group can help to improve people, but also how it can help to improve the place and the image of Auchinleck.

“People are still struggling a bit and we’ve got a good few bits coming together over the next few weeks and months to try and help with that.”