The news that Campbeltown Grammar School has raised the huge amount of £11,000 for the Children in Need appeal says a great deal for the generosity of the town and of the Kintyre area – which do not have their own troubles to seek.

This is a school with around 500 pupils and, in a deep recession, this is a time when money and resources are in short supply.

Among the many inspired by the school’s eic effort is Argyll’s MSP, Jim Mather, who has written to Campbeltown Grammar’s Head Teacher, William Crossan, congratulating the pupils, the staff and the people of Kintyre for a superb effort.

Mr Mather says: ‘At a time of financial constraint it was heartening to hear of the quite superb effort from the pupils at Campbeltown Grammar School whose fund raising efforts for Children in Need exceeded £11,000. Such an effort reflects well on the school, both pupils and staff, and also on the wider community of Kintyre  for  once again demonstrating their willingness to dig deep for a very worthy cause’.

With heart and will like this, Campbeltown and Kintyre deserve every success that can come to them from the arrival of Skycon; the Machrihanish Dunes Golf Course; the refurbishment by Southworth Developments of the Royal Hotel in Campbeltown and the Ugadale  Hotel in Machrihanish; the new creamery; and whatever initiatives come from the sale of the old RAF base at Machrihanish.

Campbeltown has some of the most disadvantaged urban areas in the UK and the Council and the Scottish Government are focused on strategies to develop it and secure it a prosperous future.

This looks like a good time to ask why Campbeltown hasn’t got an all-weather sports pitch? Beautiful as Kintyre is, Campbeltown is literally out on a limb. There’s a short menu of things to do and an all-weather pitch is very much in line with the Scottish Government’s push for a healthier and more active society io Scotland.

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