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Dundee-based Showcase the Street is launching a dedicated ‘Girls in Gaming’ programme to help overcome the persistent challenges girls face entering the industry

The Vattenfall Unlock our Future Fund has celebrated a landmark five years of community grant making, with a special event in Inverurie last week.

If you are passionate about making a positive difference in the Thornton area and want to have a say in the allocation of local funds, we want to hear from you!

A new community fund has been launched by the Great Glen Energy Co-op to support projects which benefit people living around Loch Ness.

Over the last 15 years, community benefit funds from onshore wind renewable projects have become a valuable – even critical – source of independent funding into some of Scotland’s communities.

Are you resident in Glenfarg? Would you like to help make sure windfarm monies have a big impact in the community?

A local bus service in Perthshire which was cancelled after the transport operators retired, has been resurrected by a local community group thanks to funding from, among others, the Binn Wind…

£500,000 from Foundation Scotland has helped develop state of the art Broomhouse Hub, transforming the lives of hundreds living in South West Edinburgh.

In a bold move within their charitable endeavours, the Essentia Foundation has taken a significant stride by providing cost of living uplifts to the organisations that secured awards in the inaugural…

In May 2022, The Essentia Foundation embarked on an important pilot initiative that aimed to provide long term financial assistance to youth organisations across Scotland.

In August 2023, The Scottish Building Society launched a pioneering pilot initiative to provide crucial financial support to community organisations throughout Scotland.

Four projects in Aberdeenshire will receive a boost in funding thanks to the Clashindarroch Wind Farm Community Fund, established by wind farm owner Vattenfall and administered by Foundation Scotland…