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Communities across Fife celebrate decade of funding support
The Westfield Wind Farm in Fife, which is a subsidiary of renewables energy business Nadara, supports the neighbouring communities of Benarty, Cardenden and Kinglassie. The fund was divided into three sub-funds to reflect the differing needs of each community, and involve more local people in decision making.Each fund is supported by Foundation Scotland and each has been instrumental in providing opportunities for communities ...
Glenkerie Fund awards over £49,000 to support community improvements
The Fund, provided by renewable energy company Nadara and administered by Foundation Scotland, aims to enhance the local environment, ensuring that it is an attractive and vibrant place to live, work and visit.Since launching in 2014, the Fund has helped support projects which encourage and promote community spirit, ensure adequate access to services for community members, improve local transport, grow the local economy and de...
Kingsburn Earlsburn
The Earlsburn Community Fund began in 2008, and was owned by Falk Renewables, which later rebranded as Renantis (in 2022) and following a merger with Ventient Energy rebranded again to become Nadara in 2024. The Nadara Earlsburn Community Fund supports charitable activity benefiting residents within the community council areas of Cambusbarron and Carron Valley in the Stirling local authority and Denny and District in the Falki...
Kinglassie community bowled over by funding landmark
The Kinglassie Fund is owned by Nadara energy and is administered by Foundation Scotland. It has been instrumental in providing opportunities for communities to thrive by supporting local individuals, groups and organisations. Funding has been strategic and considered, with projects varying in reach and focusing on priority areas within Kinglassie to ensure significant impact for the local community. The fun...
Fund panel vacancies
The fund is provided by Ventient Energy, the owner and operator of Gordonstown Wind Farm. It supports charitable activity that benefits the three communities. The locally appointed Panel meet when applications are received to recommend grant awards from the fund. Panel membership is a voluntary role, though travel and childcare costs related to meetings will be reimbursed. This is an opportunity for local people to hel...
Education and Training funds case study – Kyle Waddell
Foundation Scotland has been able to support the distribution of more than nine hundred of these grants, and earlier this year, the amount of Education and Training funds that we have distributed exceeded an impressive £1 million, since the first fund was established in 2015. These funds have been specifically set up to support individuals with costs that are a barrier to accessing college or university or to cover expenses fo...
Running a Micro-Grants Scheme
For simplicity, we will refer throughout this guidance to ‘Community Council’ as meaning any group which is running a micro-grants scheme, because most micro-grants are indeed run by community councils. This guidance is however for all groups running micro-grants schemes. Part one introduces micro-grants schemes; what they are, and how they can benefit communities, who can apply for a micro-grant, what can generally...
Whiteside Hill
The Whiteside Hill Wind Farm Community Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in areas covered by the community councils of Kirkconnel and Kelloholm and the Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and District.
Cardenden wind farm celebrates decade of support for local communities
The Cardenden fund is owned by Nadara energy and is administered by Foundation Scotland. It supports community projects benefitting those living in the Cardenden Community Council area. The fund has been instrumental in providing opportunities for communities to thrive by supporting local individuals, groups and organisations.The fund provides grants to support charitable activities that, enhance quality of life for loca...
Wind farm funding powering local communities in Aberdeenshire
The Gordonstown Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has awarded a total of £89,204 to support community projects across two distinct areas in Aberdeenshire.The Fund, which is provided by renewable energy firm Nadara and administered by Foundation Scotland, has provided significant investment in local facilities, education, and community initiatives.In the Auchterless, Inverkeithny and Fisherford area, £71,760 was awarded to suppo...