Community Wellbeing - Projects focused on improving access to play, green and blue spaces, whilst increasing biodiversity to help keep people and our environment healthy.

West Bay Promenade and beach - Celebrate the heritage of the promenade. Maintain the biodiversity of the shore to improve flood resilience. Work towards bathing quality beach classification to improve the community and visitor experience of the shore.

West Bay is 1000 meters of walkable promenade along a natural shingle beach looking south onto the Firth of Clyde. West Bay hosts hotels, houses, cafes, a miniature golf course, the University of Highlands and Island’s Dunoon campus, a pavilion building with public toilets, green spaces and a very well used play park.  It is also located within Dunoon's Conservation area.

The Rose Garden - Put the rosy glow back into the Rose Garden. Give young people and families a better experience of walking, gathering and playing in the town centre.

The Rose Garden was once a well looked after green space with a public toilet.  Today the roses are long gone, and the much-needed public toilet is closed and becoming derelict.  

Victoria Gardens - Take pride in the Doig’s fountain and activate this green space through planting that provides shade and increases biodiversity.

Located at the back of Dunoon Burgh Hall, Victoria Park was once a green space featuring flower beds, benches and a stunning Victorian water fountain donated by Provost Doig in the late 19th century. 

Valrose & Cowal Place - Open up more opportunities for people to use a car park for activities that support community connection and play.

Located at the top of Mcarther Street, Valrose Terrace is home to many families, but is also one of the most deprived areas of Dunoon. Some of the houses are privately owned, but a significant number of properties at Cowal Place are managed by Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA).  

Grow Food Grow Dunoon at Struan Lodge - Keep growing food, keep growing Dunoon, keep supporting people.

With support from Dunoon Community Development Trust, the volunteer-led Grow Food Grow Dunoon project has transformed an underused green space and established a food growing site in the grounds of the council owned and run dementia care home at Struan Lodge.  

Ardenslate green space - Activate this green space for community use and benefit.

This large grassed area opposite Kirn Primary school and surrounded by housing, is also located in one of Dunoon’s areas of multiple deprivation. 

Kirn Gardens & beach - Work with local people to look after Kirn Gardens and beach.

Kirn gardens is a welcome green space leading down to beautiful shingle beach. Historically the gardens contained a public toilet, and the beach hosted a local cafe (Reggies) that attracted visitors to the area for swimming and bathing. 

Dunoon Cemetery - Make the historic Dunoon Cemetery an accessible walking and recreation space to more people, including young people. Highlight the cultural heritage of the cemetery and the opportunities to use the space to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Managed by Argyll and Bute Council, Dunoon Cemetery sits on the edge of the town centre close to family housing and the town’s more industrial zone (Hamilton Street). The cemetery is culturally significant and includes war graves and the graves of some of Dunoon’s most significant characters. The peaceful location is also a valuable green space that is currently underutilised for recreation purposes. 

West Bay Play Park and green space - Put the play back into West Bay. Fix, extend and value the play park, surrounding green spaces and the pavilion as key community assets for young people, families and visitors.

The Play Park at West Bay is the only dedicated play park in Dunoon and Kirn. It was upgraded over a decade ago following a community fundraising campaign. It serves the local community all year round and is a key facility for visitors with young children. Split into two enclosed sections and surrounded by green space with low biodiversity or recreation value, the play park needs ongoing maintenance and development. Equipment needs upgraded to include a wider variety of accessible play options and to offer play opportunities for young people. 

Castle Hill - Celebrate and share Dunoon’s heritage by turning Castle Hill into an accessible outdoor museum and play landscape that drives footfall to the museum and helps local people and visitors gain a unique understanding of place.

Castle Hill and the surrounding green space is an historic landscape containing many monuments and architectural features that collectively tell the story of Dunoon from the building of the original Castle  right through to the American Years.