Ayrshire Cancer Support has been nominated alongside 14 other organisations to win support as part of National Lottery funding in this year’s The People’s Projects.

Back after a three-year break, The National Lottery Community Fund, ITV, UTV and the Sunday Mail have teamed up to give the public a chance to decide how National Lottery funding should be put to good use in their local area.

The brilliant Ayrshire Cancer Support team is one of the 15 teams who will have the opportunity to showcase their work in the Sunday Mail as they go head-to-head in a public vote to help them make an extraordinary difference to their community.

The three projects with the most public votes will receive grants of up to £70,000.

The runners up will be offered up to £10,000 towards their project, bringing the total funding up for grabs for communities across Scotland to £760,000.

Ayrshire Cancer Support's 'Coping with Cancer in Ayrshire' project will look to benefit from the boost.

This project will improve the wellbeing of people across Ayrshire affected by cancer, whether through their own diagnosis or that of someone close to them.

Ayrshire Cancer Support also offer home therapeutic work and hospital transport.

Voting is now open and closes on Friday, May 26 at 12pm.

Visit www.thepeoplesprojects.org.uk to vote, read the terms and conditions and see a full list of projects involved across the UK.

Kate Still, Scotland Chair, The National Lottery Community Fund, said: “Thanks to National Lottery players, The People’s Projects is a fantastic initiative that showcases the incredible efforts of truly inspirational and hard-working groups, each delivering life-changing support to help their community thrive.

"We encourage the public to vote and have their say in how much-needed funding is used to make a difference to so many lives across Scotland.”