Arran
Arran or the Isle of Arran is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and with an area of 432 square kilometers, it is the seventh largest Scottish island. Arran has around 4629 residents. Its main industry is tourism.
There is a huge diversity of wildlife and it has been described as a geologist’s paradise due to its divided landscape of highland and lowland areas.
The main villages on Arran include Lochranza, Brodick, Lamlash, Whiting Bay, Blackwaterfoot and Corrie.
Download our Arran Infographic here
If you would like to find out more about Arran our key facts page might help.
If you live on Arran and would like to become involved our Locality partnership might interest you. Alternatively, you may be interested in joining your local Community Council.
Local funding may be available through Grant Applications.
A joint Locality Partnership, bringing together the Community Planning and Health and Social Care Partnership arrangements, has been established on Arran. This new approach will be piloted for 12 months. This will create the first such arrangement in Scotland. For further details please see the attached report
Community News
Scottish Citizen’s Basic Income Feasibility Study – Webinar 25th August 2020
In June this year partners involved in exploring the feasibility of a Citizens’ Basic Income (CBI) pilot in Scotland published a final report and submitted findings from their research to the Scottish Government. The report [...]
New National Health Facility Needs a Name
The new national facility for young people being built at Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine needs a name and we want your help to choose one. We hope that work will start on the 12-bedded [...]
Skills Development Scotland – North Ayrshire
Skills Development Scotland have published their performance update for North Ayrshire. To view this please click here.
Home Fire Safety Visits
Following the move into Phase 3 of the recovery plan for COVID-19, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are re-commencing all High Risk Home Fire Safety Visits. The link for making a referral on our [...]
Arrangements for the September Locality Partnership Meetings
Our next round of Locality Partnership meetings will take place on-line on the following dates/times: North Coast – 1 September 2020 – 6.00 -8.00 pm Kilwinning – 3 September 2020 – 7.00 – 9.00 pm [...]
Locality Members
