Welcome to Argyll and the Islands LEADER  Programme 2007-2013

The Scottish
Government
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The Argyll and the Islands LEADER Programme is a rural development programme that will run in Argyll and the Islands  for a period of five years beginning in April 2008.

It is hoped that this programme may inspire local individuals and groups to take the first steps on a road that will lead to real improvements in everyday living within their communities. That this in turn will be an inspiration to others who wish to see these improvements reflected in their own lives and communities.

This development programme was preceded by WHELK LEADER+, a funding programme that ran from 2000 to 2006. The WHELK web site can still be viewed at www.whelk.org.uk. This will give an idea of the scale and variety of projects funded at that time.

A pdf of the other LEADER programmes can be found here.

LEADER is a funding programme that encourages innovative rural development throughout Europe.

Argyll and the Islands LEADER is just one of sixteen LEADER programmes currently operating in Scotland.

It is expected that this will increase to twenty allowing LEADER to be delivered across most of rural Scotland.

The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development

Europe investing in rural areas