Kirkcaldy area local budget spending agreed for 2025-28

Members of the Kirkcaldy Area Committee have agreed how the Local Community Planning (LCPB) Budget will be spent in the Kirkcaldy area over the next 3 years (2025-2028). 

£280,000 has been allocated per year. This is broken down into three categories:

• Core commitments
• Significant area priorities
• Budget allocated to the ward area

£158,000 has been agreed for core commitments which are:

• Plan 4 Kirkcaldy Area Change (e.g. improvements to facilities across the Kirkcaldy area)
• Youth Initiative Holiday Provision (e.g. Art in the Park, Drama and circus skills, outdoor education)
• Previous Business Improvement District Funding
  • Growing Kirkcaldy (won various awards including a Beautiful Scotland gold medal)
  • Enhancing Town Centre Public Realm (e.g. Volunteers Green, hobby horse sculpture and banner poles on the esplanade)
• Christmas Lighting, Decoration & Trees & Lighting
• Discretionary Rates Relief (DRR) (e.g. various organisations)
• Events (e.g. Kirkcaldy Parks Running Festival, Burntisland bonfire and fireworks, Kinghorn Childrens Gala)
• Floral Grants (e.g. Kinghorn in Bloom, Dysart Community Council, Allan Court, Lismore Place, Forth View and Kinghorn Harbour Tennant’s & Residents Associations)
• Community Capacity Building (CCB) and engagement (e.g. You Decide)
• Just do It Budget
• Crowd Funding Contribution (Burntisland SplashPad)

£50,000 has been agreed for Significant area priorities which are:

• Love Oor Lang Toun (LOLT)
• Town Twinning

£15k allocated to each of the wards in the Kirkcaldy area. A total of £60,000 per year

• Ward 9 Burntisland, Kinghorn & Western Kirkcaldy
• Ward 10 Kirkcaldy North
• Ward 11 Kirkcaldy Central
• Ward 12 Kirkcaldy East

Councillor Ian Cameron, Convener of the Kirkcaldy Area Committee, said: "I’m pleased we’ve been able to agree in principle how we’ll spend our Local Community Planning budget over the next three years. Obviously, we must be flexible in our approach given that none of us have a crystal ball and can tell what the future holds.

“We’ll continue to focus on the four priorities of Opportunities for all, Thriving Places, Inclusive Growth and Jobs and Community Led Services.

“In the Kirkcaldy area that means doing what we can to reduce poverty and help our young people realise their potential no matter the economic or social barriers. We also plan to maximise the tourism potential of the Kirkcaldy area and invest in facilities that will benefit our local communities.

“From a jobs perspective we’ll look to help increase small to medium sized businesses, focussing on jobs that are sustainable. We’ll also be encouraging our schools, college and training providers to work together to so that people have the skills needed in the job market.

“We’ll also be looking to continue to work with our communities so that they feel part of what’s going on and encourage a sense of ownership.

“We understand there will be challenges ahead, but with the collective effort of our residents and partners, we’re confident that we can achieve our goals and make the Kirkcaldy area a great place to live, work and visit.”

Fireworks in Burntisland

Kirkcaldy Parks Running Festival

Memorial gardens, Kirkcaldy

Volunteers Green

Kinghorn Christmas tree