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![Rural Routes: Alternative Qualifications to Engage Isolated Youth](/sites/default/files/2024-04/Lochview%20lambs-fotor-202404269124.png)
Fund News
Rural Routes: Alternative Qualifications to Engage Isolated Youth
Lochview Rural Training's aim is to promote, organise and deliver rural learning, training and career opportunities.
![Watten shop moving into the community's hands](/sites/default/files/2024-04/Village%20Store-fotor-20240410161924.png)
Fund News
Watten shop moving into the community's hands
RWE Camster Wind Farm Community Fund has supported the community with almost £30,000.
![Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue secure vital funding](/sites/default/files/2024-04/TVMRT%20pic4-fotor-20240410112436.png)
Fund News
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue secure vital funding
Two Community Benefit Funds have helped Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue to fund a new life saving vehicle.
![First awards announced from new Inch Cape Construction Fund](/sites/default/files/2024-04/Vestas-15MW%20turbine%20%28002%29-fotor-2024040414153.png)
Fund News
First awards announced from new Inch Cape Construction Fund
The new Inch Cape Construction Fund is delighted to announce that they have made their first round of funding awards.
![Parent Council swings into action for Kinglassie Primary School playground](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Kinglassie%20PS%20PTA%20-%20play%20equipment%20with%20young%20people%203-fotor-20240326163055.png)
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Parent Council swings into action for Kinglassie Primary School playground
Kinglassie Primary School playground was awarded £17,500 from the Ventient Westfield Kinglassie Wind Farm Community Fund last year.
![Local communities in £90,000 windfall from Langhope Rig Community Benefit Fund](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Village%20Hall%20sign-fotor-20240326143034.png)
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Local communities in £90,000 windfall from Langhope Rig Community Benefit Fund
In its biggest funding round since commencing in 2017, the Langhope Rig Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has awarded £90,000 to local communities in the Scottish Borders.
![Climate Bite Size: Measuring our carbon footprint](/sites/default/files/2024-03/shutterstock_1388894738.jpg)
General News
Climate Bite Size: Measuring our carbon footprint
Find out how and why Foundation Scotland is committed to measuring our carbon footprint and decarbonising our operations.
![Social Investment boosts Bothwell’s thriving future](/sites/default/files/2024-03/FS-29.02.24_0471-fotor-20240312145413.png)
Fund News
Social Investment boosts Bothwell’s thriving future
£150,000 from Foundation Scotland helped convert disused local library into much-needed social hub.
![Glenkerie Wind Farm Community Fund: A Decade of Empowering Communities](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Ventient%20wee-crook%20photo-fotor-20240311111216.jpg)
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Glenkerie Wind Farm Community Fund: A Decade of Empowering Communities
The Glenkerie Wind Farm Community Fund in the Scottish Borders is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this year.
![Windfall for Loch Ness Community Groups](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Loch%20ness%20and%20boat-fotor-20240305173930.png)
Fund News
Windfall for Loch Ness Community Groups
Over £80,000 has been awarded to community projects in the Loch Ness area from the Great Glen Energy Co-op Fund.
![First ever Community Action Plan for Parish of Stow](/sites/default/files/2024-03/Pages%20from%20Stow-Fountainhall-CAP__2023-2030.pdf-fotor-2024030110433.png)
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First ever Community Action Plan for Parish of Stow
In June 2021, funding from the EDF Renewables Longpark Wind Farm Fund kick-started the first ever Stow Community Action Plan in the communities of Stow and Fountainhall in the Scottish Borders.
![Big Step Forward for Dorenell Footpath Project](/sites/default/files/2024-02/EDF%20Ranger%20Stephen%20Reeves.png)
Fund News
Big Step Forward for Dorenell Footpath Project
Over a quarter of a million pounds has been awarded for legacy walking network.