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Scots 18 in their TV Primetime
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Primetime television beckons for 18 Scottish groups who will now compete in a public vote for Lottery funding.
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Presenter Dougie Vipond today unveiled the 18 groups who will make it to the screen to appear in ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland's Primetime series, which is being run in conjunction with the Big Lottery Fund Scotland.
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Launched last year, Primetime allows communities to celebrate Scotland's over-50s by supporting projects aimed at helping people in the age bracket keep healthy and active.
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A total of 149 applications from hopeful groups around the country poured into the Big Lottery Fund Scotland's offices last autumn and now, after a rigorous assessment process, the final 18 will put their case to a public vote on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland.
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In the pot is a total of £3million, with the final 18 groups split into six regional areas. The winner in each area – voted for by the public – is in line for up to £500,000.
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Primetime will be the largest public involvement initiative in Scotland for deciding where lottery players' good cause money is spent.
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Dougie Vipond said: "The final 18 groups combine inspirational stories with some terrific characters, with great ideas.
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"There is sadness behind some of the stories, which will tug at the viewers' heartstrings. In others, the sheer get-up-and-go of some of the groups will inspire others to get up and go out there and do something amazing." Ìý
Alison Magee, Chair of the Big Lottery Fund Scotland Committee, said: "28p from every Lottery ticket bought by a member of the public goes to good causes, and so this is their chance to decide exactly where their money is spent."
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She added: "Primetime aims to promote the wellbeing of over-50s in Scotland and these inspiring projects will all help people to get active, stay healthy and contribute to their communities and so we've been delighted with the response we've had from community groups the length and breadth of Scotland.
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"With almost 150 applications last year it was a tough job to finally decide our shortlist and so those final 18 really are the best of the best. Viewers will certainly have a tough job deciding between them."
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The six-part series, due to transmit late summer on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scotland, will each week show three groups in a regional area which are up for the public vote, with the telephone lines opening at the end of each episode.
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The winner from each episode will then be announced the following week, with further reports on the groups on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland's MacAulay & Co and more information available through the Primetime website.
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The 18 groups, in their regional sections, are:
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Ayrshire & South
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Girvan's Community Garden, run by Make it Happen, will encourage people in the over-50 age bracket to improve their physical health through gardening, as well as fostering new friendships in the local community and giving them the chance to share their knowledge with the younger generation.
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Time To Curl, run by the Border Curling Development Group in Kelso, will provide more opportunities for the over-50s to take part in the sport of curling, increasing mental wellbeing and social networking and reducing isolation in the Borders region.
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Enable Scotland's Lifelong Carers project will support over-50s who are caring for relatives with learning disabilities, providing one-to-one and group support in the Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway areas.
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Central & Fife
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Based at The Ecology Centre at Kinghorn in Fife, Enviro-mentors is all about providing volunteering opportunities for the over-50s, with a view to improving general health in the area for the local community as a whole and bridging the age gap with the younger generation.
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CSV's (Community Service Volunteers) Forth Valley Volunteering is based in Falkirk and will encourage people over 50 in the Forth Valley area to help schoolchildren and hospital patients and run knitting groups to help all ages. It will also provide a DIY service to the elderly and a Healthy Walks programme to help them keep fit.
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Stirling-based SUPER Movers is a health and wellbeing activity project targeting 3,000 Forth Valley residents over the age of 50. The project will recruit and train active role models over 50 to deliver fun and stimulating physical activities to reinvigorate those who are not currently active in the community.
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Edinburgh & Lothian
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Scotland's Learning Partnership's Edinburgh-based Acting Up project will work with over-50s in the Lothian region to increase their confidence, self-esteem and physical wellbeing through a variety of theatre skills, culminating in performances at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.
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The Motivate To Move project, from the Pilton Community Health Project in north Edinburgh, aims to benefit the mental health and fitness of over-50s by providing health walks and chair-based exercise in the local area, while also encouraging younger and older volunteers to participate.
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Streetwork's Out Of The Cold, based in Edinburgh, will provide an outreach, support and advice service for over-50s in Edinburgh and Midlothian who are homeless or in inappropriate accommodation and at risk of becoming homeless.
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Glasgow & West
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The Pollok-based Village Storytelling Centre's Right To Reminisce project will increase the confidence and wellbeing of those over 50 in the south-west of Glasgow by sharing their experiences and stories, while also improving understanding between older and younger people.
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Based in Lenzie but serving the whole of Scotland, Deafblind Scotland's Touching Lives project plans to increase confidence and skills in over-50s deafblind people, so that they are able to consider themselves to be valuable and active citizens.
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The Mental Health Foundation's Glasgow-based Brighter Futures will promote better mental health and wellbeing in later life through over-50s volunteers helping more isolated elderly people in the Glasgow, Renfrewshire and Lanarkshire areas.
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Highlands & Islands
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Through an affordable and accessible transport scheme, Badenoch & Strathspey Community Transport Company's Where 2 Today? project will reduce isolation and increase community involvement, wellbeing and self-esteem among the over-50s in the local area.
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The Newton and Sandwick Community Partnership's Partners In Thyme project will create a community garden growing vegetables and soft fruit in this area of Stornoway, Lewis, improving the wellbeing and health of the over-50 age group in the area.
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With bases in Inverness and Stornoway, CSV's (Community Service Volunteers) Time On Your Hands project will strengthen links between generations in the Highlands and Islands of Stornoway, Harris, Benbecula and Barra through volunteering in the community and activities including helping in schools, heritage, crafts and the environment.
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North East
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Alzheimer Scotland's Positive Living With Dementia project, based in Aberdeen, aims to alleviate the stress and worry of those who have been diagnosed with early dementia across Aberdeenshire and help them find positive ways of living with this progressive, long-term condition. Ìý
Run by Eighteen and Under, the Violence Is Preventable project, based in Dundee, plans to involve people over 50 throughout Tayside in fun and informative personal safety programmes to cope better with issues such as crime, racism and home safety.
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Grey Lodge Settlement's Volunteering In Partnership project, based in Dundee, intends to increase its wide range of arts, outdoors and educationally-based activities to improve health and wellbeing for over 50s in the local area.
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