Plans revealed for new community hub to host radio station

The Largs Community Development Trust hopes that a new hub in the town could provide a base for services such as citizens' advice and debt management - and even a community radio station.

The Trust is currently working on restoring the Mackerston fountain on the promenade and tidying up the area around Barrfields and putting it to productive use.

It's considering applying for £60,000 from the North Ayrshire Community Investment Fund to move the project forward.

36 Boyd Street has been identified for community hub plan (Image: Google)

The group has identified a building at 36 Boyd Street which it believes could become a  ‘thriving base’ for the local community.

The funding application will go before the next meeting of the North Coast Locality group.

The trust hopes the new hub will provide a space to host advice sessions provided by groups such as the CHAP housing support service, women's aid and perhaps as a satellite base for credit union facilities.

The proposal is being submitted by Heather Meldrum and Alan Hill of the Largs Community Development Trust (Image: Newsquest)

In addition to the hub, the trust also aims to promote shopping opportunities in the town and to explore new ways of marketing Largs.

The trust is also the parent group of the Visit Largs initiative, being set up to help put the town on the map and promote visiting and tourism opportunities.

(Image: Ian Dalgleish/Largs News Camera Club)

More details about the proposal will be heard at the North Coast Locality meeting, being held in the conference room in Largs Academy on Tuesday, June 18.

The North Ayrshire Community Investment Fund will support proposals and projects that provide long-term, sustainable, positive results for the greatest number of people possible, and will include measurable outcomes and can report to North Ayrshire Council on outcomes on a regular basis.