AYR Rugby Club has been handed a fresh £5,000 funding boost.
The club has received the generous donation from The Mickel Fund, a charitable trust that supports community organisations and worthy causes across Scotland.
The funding will contribute directly to the club’s ongoing youth and community rugby programmes, helping to provide opportunities for young players of all abilities to get involved in the sport.
The money will support improvements to training facilities and resources at the club’s Millbrae grounds in Alloway.
Brian Williamson, chairman of Ayr Rugby Club, said: “We are extremely grateful to The Mickel Fund for their generous support.
"This funding will make a real difference to our efforts to grow the game locally and ensure rugby remains accessible to everyone in our community.”
The Mickel Fund, established in 1970, donates around £100,000 each year to charitable organisations and projects throughout Scotland.
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The funding boost comes weeks after the club was awarded £200,000 from sportscotland's Sport Facilities Fund, as it gets to work on the third phase of redevelopment at its Millbrae home.
The funding boost will go towards the cost of a new gym for the club's youth and adult sections, as well as upgrading four changing rooms to make them accessible.
The thriving club has already installed a brand new 3G pitch and access road to the site, which has helped to boost participation by 800 per cent.
In the same week, South Ayrshire Council also approved the club's revamped plans for its clubhouse.
The proposals also include general internal and external alterations to the Millbrae clubhouse, with a strength and conditioning gym as the focus.
The plans represent an overall increase in area of the existing clubhouse of 288sqm. Much of the works at Millbrae so far have been made possible through a £3 million Macdonald Legacy Award.
The works include a gym extension, upgrading of toilets, new changing rooms, refurbishments to the bar, lounge and function area, and new energy-efficient heating and lighting.
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