Hadyard Hill Community Fund (Dailly)

Before you apply for this fund, read our application criteria first - you can find this here.

Hadyard Hill Community Fund (Dailly), is funded by SSE community benefit funding from the Hadyard Hill wind farm in South Ayrshire. The fund supports projects located within or directly benefiting the community area of Dailly.

Hadyard Hill Community Fund (Dailly) Advisory Panel decides on grant awards from the fund. The Panel is made up of two community councillors and local volunteer members from the community council area of Dailly. Hadyard Hill Dailly fund administration is provided by Foundation Scotland, a national grant-making charity. The Foundation receives and processes applications and works with the Panel to award grants. 

Around £50,000 in total will be provided each year, with the next review to be held in July 2025, however amounts available vary from round to round as awards are made.

A small grant scheme, for awards up to £650, is also available and administered directly by the Community Council. Applications are by a simple application form and decisions are made on a rolling basis. Please contact Dailly Community Council directly for further details.

• Standard grants between £650 - £15,000
• Large grants over £15,000 and up to £25,000.  Multi-year awards of up to three years are available.
• By exception, grant sizes of over £25,000 may be considered, please contact the Community Fund Adviser to discuss your project in more detail.

Urgent applications can be invited outwith the above dates. If a project is time-sensitive and cannot wait until the next meeting, the panel may decide on out-of-cycle applications by email.  This will only be allowed in some circumstances and will not be considered for applications from groups which simply missed a deadline.  Please contact Foundation Scotland in the first instance (contact details below).

Hadyard Hill also offers an Education and Training fund, which you can find here.

Hadyard Hill Dailly will support charitable activities that support the rural regeneration and sustainability of Dailly.
Awards can support a wide range of costs and activities including equipment costs, running costs for local groups, staff or sessional worker costs, consultations, maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities etc.

As well as demonstrating a fit with the requirements outlined above, priority is given to applications that fit with the Dailly Community Action Plan priorities:

• Theme 1, Things to Do:
  One thing that many appreciate about Dailly is its strong sense of community. Clubs, groups and community activities make Dailly a better place to live and help people feel connected to their neighbours. However, following the pandemic, fewer activities are running, and opportunities to meet and chat are limited and facilities like the Community Centre are underused.
• Theme 2, Environment and green space:
  The natural beauty of Dailly is one of its greatest assets. Good walks are an attraction for residents and visitors alike and require maintenance. There is already a productive Community Garden, but post Covid, more opportunities have been identified to create outdoor space where people can meet, spend time and where more people can learn and share skills. In the longer term, the community has identified opportunities to reduce the village’s ecological footprint and potentially develop renewable energy assets.
• Theme 3, Economy and tourism:
  Jobs and the local economy were the areas that fewest people in Dailly are satisfied with. A lack of wrap-around childcare locally prevents some parents from taking up work opportunities, particularly as many of these involve travel outside the village. Since the closure of the golf course, there is less in Dailly to attract visitors, and in the long term, developing more to bring and keep visitors in the village could boost local businesses.
• Theme 4: Communication and connectedness:
  After two years of disruption, clubs, groups and activities need participants, volunteers, support and resources to restart, keep going and deliver the projects in this plan. 

The Hadyard Hill Community Fund (Dailly) Advisory Panel makes recommendations on awards from the fund and advises on overall fund strategy. The Panel is governed by a Terms of Reference that has been developed and agreed upon between community representatives and Foundation Scotland and is reviewed from time to time.

The Panel is made up of people who live in the area of Dailly. You do not need any special skills or experience, just a commitment to securing the best future for your community.  Applicants should live or work within the Dailly Community Council area. 

The Panel meets approximately four times per year to make decisions on applications to the fund. 

The current Panel is:

Minutes are available from the Foundation Scotland Community Funds Adviser (please see details below).