News

Charitable Status Approved

We’re now a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation). It means that we can now purchase the building if all the reports and surveys are favourable, and our architect gives the go-ahead for our plans. It also broadens the range of funders we can approach for grants to buy the building and start work on it.

Our charity number is SC054786.

For further information about what is involved in being a SCIO, please visit our FAQs page

All the surveys and reports that are essential in order to buy the South Parish Church, have been done, and the architect is finalising plans for the buildings.

TUESDAY 31st MARCH, 2pm – 7pm, The South Parish Church Hall

We will be holding a community engagement event to reveal those plans, and give everyone in Girvan a chance to talk to the architectural team, and all of us at The South, about the next stages.

We are also putting together an application to the Scottish Land Fund for stage 2 funding to buy the South Parish, and that will be submitted by the end of March.

REQUEST FOR HELP

WEDDINGS, WALKING, CYCLING, AND ENTERTAINMENT

As part of our business plan, we’ve been doing a lot of research supporting the project. For the bunkhouse, we’re trying to find as much evidence as possible that the bunkhouse would be used by walkers and cyclists passing through Girvan. If you have any information or data that would support this, please get in touch.

Weddings and entertainment are a big part of what the south will bring to Girvan, but we need evidence to support this. If you got married in the last 15 years, or you have any stories or photographs about the Beach Pavilion or any other older Girvan venues, please get in touch as we desperately need your help. Email us at info@thesouthgirvan.co.uk

Fundraising Events

The last of our spring fundraisers is a musical bingo night on the 21st of March. Click here for details.

Funding News

We are so grateful to the wonderful funders who have awarded The South Parish Church Community Purchase Group very generous grants to allow us to hold public engagement events and to make it possible to do all the surveys, reports and architectural work that will pave the way for us to purchase the South Parish Church.

Thank you all for your financial support, without which nothing would happen.

Here are all the grants we have received recently: For a full list of funders please visit our funding page.