New Education and Training Fund for Denny and District
The Denny and District Community Fund has launched its new Education and Training Fund.
“When you invest in learning, you don’t just change an individual pathway – you widen what feels possible for an entire community.”
The Denny and District Education and Training fund is following in the footsteps of 27 other Education and Training Funds across Scotland. These funds are supported through community benefit arrangements linked to renewable energy projects. Since 2016, over £2.3 million has been awarded across 27 Education and Training Funds, administered by Foundation Scotland, through more than 2,000 individual awards that have transformed access to learning, skills and employment, much of it in rural and remote places where geography, cost and connectivity continue to shape what is possible. Funds have supported people with costs relating to attending college or university courses, those wanting to progress in their current employment and those who may wish to retrain or take a new career path.
The Denny and District Education and Training Fund provides grants to help local people with education and training courses, using local training facilities wherever possible, and creating job opportunities in the local area. It seeks to encourage lifelong learning, supporting residents of all ages to take up and progress through education and training courses, thereby increasing skills, qualifications and experience within the community. Longer and shorter courses are eligible for consideration.
Grants are offered to help individuals to overcome financial barriers which might otherwise prevent them from starting, completing or participating fully in courses. Funding can be used to cover part or all of course fees, travel costs, essential equipment such as books or IT equipment, childcare and subsistence.
Individuals aged 16 and over, who live in the Denny & District community council area and are doing (or applying to do) a further education or training course to develop skills and employability, may be eligible to apply. Those who are currently employed and want to progress in that area, or explore new career options, again may be eligible.
The Denny and District Community Benefit Fund Panel said:
| “This is an exciting development for the Fund, and we are really keen to support those within the Fund area to realise their aspirations where, without this funding, they may not be able to enrol on a course, continue studies, or to take a risk on retraining." |
Read more about the Denny and District Education and Training Fund