BARRHEAD Housing Association has hit the jackpot after being awarded £100,000 by Lottery bosses for an ambitious new project.

The cash will be used to support the Brighter Future Barrhead initiative, which aims to empower local residents and enhance their health and wellbeing.

Around 200 people, including 10 volunteers, will take part in the two-year project.

Shirley Robison, chief executive officer at Barrhead Housing Association, said she is “delighted” by the windfall from the National Lottery Community Fund

“The Brighter Future Barrhead project will tackle poverty and inequality for families through a co-ordinated partner and community volunteer approach, with BHA as the lead delivery and managing partner,” she added.

“It will allow us to further develop our successful community regeneration programmes across the Barrhead area and continue to support our tenants and the wider community.”

Neil Ritch, director of the National Lottery Community Fund in Scotland, said the award for the Brighter Future Barrhead initiative is well deserved.

He added: “This is an important project which will support people now and in the future when they can physically come back together to make great things happen in their community.

Other organisations in East Renfrewshire also benefit from the latest round of funding.

Cosgrove Care has been handed two grants of around £10,000 each, which will be used for the benefit of people with additional support needs and to stage a special exhibition of artwork created by them over the years.

Meanwhile, the Barrhead-based Friends of Parkhouse will use its £10,000 grant to enable elderly residents of Parkhouse Manor care home to experience adaptive outdoor sports and leisure facilities at Castle Semple, in Lochwinnoch.