13/05/2026
Big step in reaching the target for our new community centre.
Local people working to deliver a new community centre for Kirkton are celebrating a funding boost for their efforts.
The Scottish Government has awarded £1,426,916 to the project in the latest round of its Regeneration Capital Grant Fund.
This comes on top of £1.5 million previously allocated from the UK Government’s Community Regeneration Partnership to construct a modern, purpose-built facility for the area.
Local charity Kirkton Community Centre SCIO is working in partnership with Dundee City Council to progress the major project.
City Council leader Cllr Mark Flynn and Cllr Lynne Short, deputy convener of the neighbourhood, housing and communities committee, joined Melanie Kiyani, Treasurer of Kirkton Community Centre SCIO, to mark the latest funding success.
Demolition work is currently ongoing at the former Kirkton Community Centre.
The charity is planning to build and run a new centre on the same site, which would be community owned and run.
This facility would complement the City Council’s Community Hub model for the area, which is based at sites around Kirkton including Baldragon and St Paul’s academies.
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