The Programme is run by a Local Action Group, comprising representatives from the community, business, youth, and women's groups in the area, along with representatives from the main public sector bodies.  Together they will seek to promote innovative projects within the area, assess applications for funding, and monitor and evaluate progress against a series of agreed targets.

 The Local Action Group is supported by a Programme Manager, Patricia Methven, based at the Cairngorms National Park Authority office in Grantown-on-Spey.

 The programme runs until 2013 and is worth approximately £1.4 million, of which £0.92 million is from European funds.  It will be open to applications for assistance from April 2008.

The area covered by the Cairngorms Local Action Group Programme is the same as the Cairngorms National Park area.  A map outlining the area can be found in the Information section of this website. 

The Programme is designed to build on the previous LEADER Programme and to complement other local strategies and the National Park Plan.  There is a strong emphasis on supporting new ideas, and projects which help young people and women.

 The Programme can also  work with groups elsewhere in Scotland the UK and Europe.  This co-operation must seek to implement one of the stated measures.  Detailed targets will be available in due course.