Our Case Studies

Regional delivery provides positive localised approach.

Broughton's community store reopens, bigger and better, reaffirming its value as a community-owned asset.

In 2018, while snorkelling in their local kelp forests, six young people from Ullapool saw the damage plastic pollution caused their beloved sea and shores.

The Sandra Spence Living Fund was set up in 2023 to honour the special and generous life of Sandra Spence, who passed away in December 2021.

An exemplary model of community-led infrastructure development, the Minto Woodlands project has successfully created 3 km of accessible trails within Scotland's largest council-planted woodland.

The 4th Fife Cardenden Scout Group has rebuilt their 50 year old hall after it was destroyed in a fire.

The transformation of Avonbridge Park over the past five years represents a remarkable example of community-led regeneration.

The Middle Balbeggie Fund's commitment to education has created transformational opportunities for learners across Thornton.

The Community Shop received £20,000 from the Nadara A’Chruach Fund to expand its premises, both as a shop and social hub.

Kraken Theatre Group is bringing Shakespeare to life in the heart of the Hillfoots communities.

The Splash Project received funding from the Drone Hill Wind Farm Community Fund to create and deliver empowering sessions for women in the local area.

This case study demonstrates how community benefit funding can go hand in hand with the IVAR principles of open and trusting grant-making practices.