Our Case Studies

Knit Wits is a community knitting and craft club with around 50 members, based in Blackridge, West Lothian.

The Contin Community Fund continues to support a diverse range of projects and groups in the village and contributes to projects in neighbouring communities.

Sanquhar Enterprise Company (SEC) was awarded £30,594 of funding from the Whiteside Hill Windfarm Community Fund to restore and repurpose neglected buildings in the community.

Barrhill Community Interest Company has supported Barrhill Development Trust’s renovation and reopening of The Crosswater.

Barhill Communtiy Fund has helped fund the annual fish restocking at Black Loch and Loch Nevan.

A grant of £1,656 from Nadara Westfield (Benarty) helped light the way for a thriving community green space,

Aligned with IVAR’s open and trusting principles, the Nadara Westfield Wind Farm Community Fund Panel handed decision-making directly to the community.

The Nadara Glenkerie Fund awarded £1,400 to Biggar and Upper Clydesdale Museum to support the upgrading of its historical loan boxes.

Cockburnspath Village Hall was awarded a grant of £8,198 to reinvigorate its cafe as a community hub.

The Glenkens and District Education and Training Fund shows what becomes possible when funding is designed around local realities.

Community gardens and food growing projects are supported by the Vattenfall Unlock Our Future Fund.

The Unlock Our Future Fund supported retrofit projects to improve the energy efficiency and lower heat demand in a wide range of community facilities.