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Home-start Cowdenbeath providing local support
They provide a range of services including one-to-one support, family and parenting groups, resilience work, a summer holiday programme, and social events and activities.Project background/historyIn 2022, the organisation partnered with The Cottage Family Centre’s ‘Big Hoose’ project. The Big Hoose connects major retailers, such as Amazon, with support organisations across Fife to redistribute surplus items which would otherwi...
Scotland’s Community Foundation fast tracks funding to help most in need
The accelerated funding programme comes in response to increased pressure on charities and community groups, many of whom are seeing a surge in demand for services while they themselves are facing reduced capacity and soaring overheads, such as utilities, staffing and National Insurance costs.To provide support for organisations who need it now, and to help with longer-term capacity building, Foundation Scotland will implement...
£20,770 helps tackle ‘holiday hunger’ in Eastern Berwickshire
The Greencoat Drone Hill Community Fund Panel initially awarded £8,000 to the Radio Borders ‘Cash for Kids’ charity to extend the ‘Holiday Hunger’ programme that was operating in other parts of Scotland into the Drone Hill Fund area for the first time. The grant provided school holiday food vouchers and activity packs for disadvantaged children, and was later increased to £11,270 to support more children and include winter jac...
Minnygap
The Minnygap Community Fund supports community projects benefitting those living in the community council areas of Johnstone, Templand and Kirkpatrick Juxta.
Tannach Education & Training
This fund provides bursaries to residents of the Tannach and District Community Councils area in Caithness to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment in key sectors of the local economy.
Crown Estate Scotland
This fund aims to provide early-stage financial support for community enterprise projects that contribute to local regeneration and sustainable development.
Todhill Wind Farm Community Fund
Each year, an index-linked amount based on £45,600 is paid into the fund for the operating life of the wind farm. 50% of the Todhill Wind Farm Community Fund goes into a fund specifically for the Larbert, Stenhousemuir & Torwood (LST) communities. The remaining 50% of funds goes into a combined fund for the Denny & Districy communities. Each fund has its own arrangements for distributing funds, with a...
River Avich Hydro Fund
AED is a community benefit society set up by the local community to develop and operate the hydro scheme. Starting in 2021, AED will make funding available to support charitable activities that primarily benefit people living in Inverinan, Lochavich, Dalavich, or Kilmaha. A map of the area served by the fund can be viewed here.However, smaller amounts of funding (‘micro-grants’) are available for charitable activities ben...
Supporting Education
EDF Energy Renewables (EDF-ER) provides an annual sum of £26,000 to the EDF Burnhead Moss Education & Training Fund. Now in its second year, the Fund is open for applications from local residents for support with education and training courses. The Burnhead Moss Education & Training Fund was set up in 2016 by EDF-ER and Foundation Scotland to contribute to improving local people’s skills and prospects by providing...
Cancer Card Comfort Boxes: Supporting Cancer Patients in the Glenkerie Windfarm Area
The Importance of Localised Regional FundingCommunity benefit funds from renewable energy developments play a crucial role in supporting local communities, yet their impact can be significantly enhanced through coordinated wider regional funding approaches that maintain strong local focus. Cancer Card's work across both the Glenkerie Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund in the South Lanarkshire and Scottish Borders area and the ne...