Spotlight: Biggar Museum Trust
Tue 19 Nov 2019
COMMUNITY BENEFIT FUNDING: INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY, TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE, AND REDUCING RUNNING COSTS...
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Glenkens Communities Share Wind Farm Cash
Wed 30 Oct 2019
In its first round of grant making The Glenkens & District Trust (GDT) has awarded over £191,000 to 26 community groups across the wider Glenkens District area. From the smallest grant of £600 to the largest grant of £25,000, awards will help build local communities to be even better places to live and visit for people of all ages....
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Fossil free funding energises North East communities
Wed 24 Jul 2019
An innovative funding programme has revealed its first round of awards to local community groups across the North East which are working towards a fossil fuel free life.
The £150,000 a year Unlock our Future Fund, provided by Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre in Aberdeen Bay - was designed following community feedback to focus on projects and activities that support local communities in the shift to a climate smarter world....
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Halkirk Community to benefit from new fund
Fri 18 Jan 2019
The Achlachan Wind Farm Fund will launch on Saturday 26th January 2019. Anyone wishing to find out more about the fund is welcome to attend an information session at Spittal Village Hall, Caithness between 11 – 3pm....
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Aberdeen communities to benefit from new £3m wind farm community benefit fund
Mon 14 Jan 2019
Charities and community groups across Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire are set to benefit from £3m of funding from the new Unlock our Future Fund which opens for applications today (14th January 2019)....
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Fund ensures well-being of elderly residents
Fri 30 Nov 2018
The senior citizens of Blackford can look forward to a fun-filled 2019 thanks to the Blackford Community Fund. ...
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Windfarm cash puts the gloss on Strathpeffer’s Old Station
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Strathpeffer’s Old Railway Station, will be starting its 2019 season freshly repainted, thanks to a grant from the EDF Renewables Corriemoillie Strathpeffer Community Fund....
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Express Grants is changing!
Mon 26 Nov 2018
Express Grants is changing and will now be known as the Baillie Gifford Community Awards Programme. ...
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Five years of grant-making having a major impact!
Mon 12 Nov 2018
Since making its first awards in 2013, the E.ON Camster Community Fund has distributed over £550,000 to groups across the three Community Council areas of Latheron, Lybster & Clyth, Tannach & District and Watten.
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Windfarm Cash Helps Contin Gather Stories from the Past
Mon 12 Nov 2018
An oral history project in Contin will benefit from a grant of £2,600 from the EDF Renewables Contin Community Fund linked to the Corriemoillie wind farm.
‘What Contin Means to Me’ will gather memories and stories from local people. The project will also produce a leaflet about a popular local walk which will help locals and visitors explore an area with a rich and varied history....
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