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The Beinneun Community Fund
The Beinneun Community Fund supports projects that benefit residents of the two community council areas of Glengarry and Fort Augustus (including Glenmoriston).
Support for Fountain Hall community hub
Lesmahagow Development Trust (LDT) secured just over £21,100 from the Orit Cumberhead Community Fund to make major roof repairs, complementing other funding raised to upgrade the facilities at the area’s community hub known as ‘The Fountain’. BackgroundLesmahagow Development Trust (LDT), formed in 2009, funds and delivers projects that enhance the facilities and environment of Lesmahagow. The Trust provides communi...
New project to ensure communities benefit from natural capital investment
The project, which is led by Community Land Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Land Commission, will help deliver Government expectations that communities are involved in decisions about - and benefit from - Scotland’s land, and will broker partnerships between local communities, landowners, and nature finance developers.The groundbreaking project is funded by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Foundation Scotland, Scott...
Education and Training Bursaries: Changing Lives
A range of costs can be supported, including course fees where these cannot be paid for from other sources, and support costs like travel, subsistence, accommodation and childcare.Thirty four awards were made between 1st of September 2022 and 31st August of 2023, committing a total of £47,228. Analysis of the awards made to date shows that around two thirds of the sub fund benefits local young people aged 16 to 25 and a furthe...
Old Luce Education and Training Fund
This fund provides bursaries to residents of the Old Luce Community Council area to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment.
Groundbreaking windfarm funds delivering millions for local communities
The study’s findings show that the community benefit funds linked to SSE Renewables Achany and RWE Rosehall wind farms have delivered significant value across the three rural community council areas they serve: Ardgay and District, Creich, and Lairg. Both funds aim to support a broad range of community activities that help build vibrant local economies, support and encourage thriving communities, and make the areas an attracti...
Funding swings Kinglassie Primary School’s new playground into action
The aim of having new equipment was to improve the facilities and provide the pupils with a space they could be proud to call their own. The Ventient Westfield (Kinglassie) Community Wind Farm Fund supports projects which benefit those living within the Kinglassie Community Council area. Kinglassie Primary School is supported by a dedicated group of parents within the Parent Council, which is a voluntary, not for pro...
BMET education & training bursaries changing more and more lives
Since launching in 2016, the BMET Fund has awarded 375 grants worth over £400,000 helping 242 individuals access training and education courses, achieve qualifications and move on into jobs, further training and enhanced career prospects. 2022 was BMET’s biggest year on record, increasing from 8 grant awards in 2016 to 50 in 2022; from £5,100 paid out in 2016 to £75,000 in 2022. In short, BMET is having a greater impact...
Bringing Broughton Community Together: Village Store Expansion
In May 2025, the local community celebrated the official opening of the Broughton Village Store, the culmination of a long-term project that saw the regeneration of a small privately-owned village store. What had once closed its doors was now reopened as a bigger shop with more choice and, perhaps most importantly, as a community-owned asset. The opening celebration was vibrant and brought together funders, volunteers, and mem...
Hadyard Hill (Dailly)
The Hadyard Hill Community Fund (Dailly) is funded by SSE community benefit funding from the Hadyard Hill wind farm in South Ayrshire. The fund supports projects located within or directly benefiting the community area of Dailly.