Carrick, Ayrshire: Foundations For Recovery. Inviting Expressions of Interest for 3 packages of assignments.

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Provision of consultancy and professional services in an intensive programme over a 6-month period to convert community and business aspirations, ideas, and proposals into investment-ready projects that we will be seeking funding for from Spring 2022. Lot 1: Lot 1: Heritage and Cultural Tourism - Branding the area as “Bruce Country”, celebrating Turnberry as the birthplace of King Robert the Bruce - Scoping study and design of a competition for a Public Arts Trail, building on the existing Bruce Trail and forming nuclei of a Robert the Bruce eco-museum with links to other parts of the UK and Northern Ireland - Scoping study, public consultation, feasibility study, and costing for a nationally significant visitor attraction with the potential to spark the growth of a rural retail park - Laying foundations for an international festival in 2024 celebrating the 750th Anniversary of Robert the Bruce’s birth - Augmented Reality tours and trails – focused on e.g. Robert Burns, History of Boot making, Weaving, the Kennedy family, local food including Ayrshire lamb and the Ayrshire Epicure potato - Maybole – scoping study for Castle as Heritage Hub and eco-museum location - Active Travel – e- bikes and e-quads for hire and for use in on-farm and other micro-businesses offering off-road guided tours - Walking and Cycling Routes, and Boat Tours – showcasing the area’s biodiversity, beautiful countryside, and coast, and the SSSI bird sanctuary of Ailsa Craig - Market research, technical studies, business planning, and design of interpretation for a Community Heritage Centre in Dunure - Market research and business planning for farm diversification including on-farm visitor Lot 2: Lot 2: Asset Development - Dunure – Harbour, Light Tower, and Castle - Surveys and design work: Archaeological, Ecological, Digital 3D Topological, Structural Civil Engineering, Architects; Planning Applications; Funding Applications - Dunure – Community Heritage Centre - Design Team to end of RIBA Stage 3 - Maidens Harbour - Masterplan - Research markets and activities, design team to end of RIBA Stage 2, technical studies, costed conditions survey - Public Toilets - Mapping exercise, Technical studies, market research and business plan, RIBA stage 2 drawings - QS costed - Community Sport - Facilities audit, gap analysis, exploration of innovative uses/new ways to organise and manage - Community Assets - Mapping assets, feasibility studies into circa 6 priority assets Lot 3: Lot 3: Workforce and Sector Development and Jobs - Private and Third Sector Training – Customer care, local knowledge, civic pride, enterprise skills - Engagement Strategy – Creatives-based design of community engagement techniques to increase local involvement - Farm Diversification - Engaging with farmers and landowners, market research and business planning - Rural Skills - Entry level qualifications in e.g. brush cutter, chainsaw