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New accessible path for Blackridge community
The EDF Energy Renewables Burnhead Community Fund has awarded £12,000 to Blackridge Community Council. The money will be used to upgrade an existing path, creating a circular route and opening up a popular area for everyone to enjoy. We are delighted to support this much-needed project that will open up a special part of Blackridge and join two existing paths that have not been properly linked. We really hope people make goo...
Minnygap Community Fund projects in focus
The fund dates back to May 2018 and benefits residents of Johnstone, Templand and Kirkpatrick Juxta (Beattock), geographically defined by community council boundaries. Every year there is approximately £50,000 available for local individuals, community groups and charitable organisations. The fund supports a wide range of projects, costs and activities. Funding from the Minnygap Community Fund has previously supported Annand...
Linking the SDGs with our work
Since then, many groups and organisations across all sectors have been working towards achieving the SDGs in Scotland. In 2018, the Scottish Government refreshed the National Performance Framework (NPF), which it aligned with the SDGs. A report called 'Scottish Review | Driving Actions Towards the SDGs' was published in 2020 illustrating Scotland’s progress towards realising the Goals. At Foundation Scotland, we al...
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...
Harthill Wind Ltd Community Fund
The fund is provided by Netro Energy, owner of the wind farm in the Torrance Farm Wind Park Extension. The fund, popularly referred to by its company name Harthill Wind Ltd, was established in 2015 to benefit the North Lanarkshire community council area of Harthill and Eastfield, and the West Lothian community council area of Blackridge. A small settlement called Greenrigg, also in West Lothian, but with historical...
Education and training support reaches 1 million
The first fund was established in 2015 by EDF Renewables as part of the Burnhead Moss Wind Farm Fund, known locally as BMET (Burnhead Moss Education & Training Fund). The fund covers parts of West Lothian and Falkirk and accounts for 40% of all funding awarded to date. Since then, we've continued to work with EDF and other developers in the renewables sector to launch a further 20 local funds across ten differen...
Upgrade for valued local community hut
The Middle Balbeggie Wind Farm Community Fund, provided by Netro Energy, has been supporting projects which benefits residents of the Thornton Community Council area since 2017. Thornton, a village in Fife located between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes, has a population of around 2,300. One of the key facilities in the village is the ‘Pensioners Hut’ a small community hall built by local residents in the 1950 which is owned by...
Fund management for communities
Your community may have the opportunity to benefit from a one-off gift or a recurring annual donation linked, for example, to a renewable energy project. If so, you’ll understand it’s essential to plan the best use of that money and the best way to manage your funds. With years of experience working with communities to set up and manage localised funds, Foundation Scotland can help you. We’re proud of our tr...
Kinglassie's heartbeat goes on
The defibrillator has been installed outside the main shop in the centre of this Fife village. It was paid for by a grant from the Ventient Energy Westfield Wind Farm Community Fund (Kinglassie) which awards grants for the benefit of those living within the Kinglassie Community Council area. The Kinglassie Action Group applied for funding for the defibrillator so that immediate help can be provided to anyone having a heart at...