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Monday, March 24, 2008

£1.3m lottery cash to save nine churches

Nine dilapidated churches across the country are to be repaired after receiving £1.3m in funding from the National Lottery and Historic Scotland.

The money will go towards urgent repairs to make them structurally stable and wind and water-tight.

The Heritage Lottery Fund has earmarked £901,000 and Historic Scotland awarded £399,500 for the churches: Falkirk Old and St Modan's Parish Church; St John's Church, Dunoon; St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Helensburgh; Yester Parish Church, Gifford; St Thomas Junction Road Parish Church, Leith; St Andrew's Parish Church, Ayr; The Town Kirk of Stranraer EU Congregational Church; Ardrossan St Geraldine's High Church, Lossiemouth.

Full story at The Herald.

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