30/05/2025
Amazing achievement by local community groups to improve access to one of the best beaches in Scotland! Lunan Bay beach. Well done to the team.
🌟 Community Vision, Delivered On Time & On Budget
We’re incredibly proud to announce the successful completion of Phase 1 of the Lunan Bay All Abilities Viewing Platform, a fully community-led project delivered by the Lunan Bay Communities Partnership.
Over the past year, this initiative has been steered, planned, and delivered by volunteers. And today, with access and views like these now available to all, we can say:
👉 We did it — on time and on budget! 💪
📸 Pictured left to right:
Diane Blake – Voluntary Project Manager
Lesley Anderson – Trustee & Assistant PM
Carol Evans – Trustee, facilitator of collaboration with RM Condor, Mitie, Carmichael and Baxter Groundworks Limited & Richard Irvin
Susan Stewart – Treasurer
Jillian McEwan of Lunan Bay Farm – Vice Chair, secured funding from The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland
Andrew Matthews – Chair, who authored the planning application with permission from the Blair-Imrie family who own the land, and led the collaboration with Mott MacDonald
🙏 Not pictured but just as vital:
Kirsty Black – Trustee, Arbikie Distillery
Laura Hay– Secretary
Samantha Unwin – Trustee & marshalling support
🛠 Phase 1 provides safe access to a scenic viewpoint for visitors with mobility restrictions.
🚶♀️ Phase 2 will focus on upgrading the existing boardwalk (currently owned by Angus Council) to make it fully wheelchair accessible – estimated cost: £40–50k
🎯We’re now looking for:
✅ Sponsorship
✅ Voluntary collaboration
✅ Donations
✅ Grant funding
🧡 Our JustGiving page is coming soon.
📩 For early sponsorship or partnership enquiries, please get in touch:
[email protected]
This is the power of local people, united by purpose.
THANK YOU to every supporter, collaborator, and volunteer who made this dream a reality.
VisitScotland Visit Angus Angus Tourism Cooperative
