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Rumbling Bridge Hydro Community Fund announces latest awards
An award of £6,256 to the Village Kitchen CIC will enable the Village Kitchen team to continue to support the provision of a meals-on-wheels service and weekly lunch club for older people. An additional award of £5,700 to the Fossoway & District Horticultural Society will enable the group to purchase a raft of new equipment to support their ongoing work. This is the first round of grant-making from the Rumbling Bridg...
Zero Carbon Daviot
Zero Carbon Daviot (ZCD) is a community run organisation which was established to bring about radical reductions in carbon emissions, whilst improving the quality of life for the community by making homes warmer, the air cleaner and lives healthier. ZCD’s priority projects include the development of a retrofit programme for housing, development of community owned renewable energy generation, a pilot e-bike scheme and the devel...
Local funding to benefit the whole community
The An Suidhe Wind Farm Community Fund supports community projects benefitting those living in the areas covered by the Community Councils of: Glenorchy and Innishail (Eredine only); Inveraray; Furnace, and by Dalavich Improvement Group. The fund provides grants to support charitable activities that enhance the quality of life for local residents, contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful, and sustainable communities an...
Denny Education & Training
The Denny & District Education & Training Fund benefits those living in the Denny & District Community Council area in Falkirk local authority.
The Rumbling Bridge Hydro Community Fund
The Rumbling Bridge Hydro Community Fund is provided by the Rumbling Bridge Hydro Community Society for the benefit of the environment and people living in the local area.
ORIT Cumberhead
This Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the Community Council areas of Coalburn & Lesmahagow in South Lanarkshire.
Community Benefit Funds
Provided as a voluntary donation by the owner of the nearby renewables project (which may be a wind farm, a hydro or a battery storage project for example), the annual payments depend on the scale of the project but, in stark contrast to conventional funding, are provided for the operating lifetime of the renewables energy project.In this way the renewables sector has been quietly blazing a trail with community benefit funds -...
Our commitment to climate change
Climate change affects us all. It’s not only an environmental issue; it’s an economic issue, an educational issue, an equality issue, a cultural issue and a scientific issue. We firmly believe it’s also a local community issue. It's within our communities that we'll all experience the impacts of climate change, and where we can all take action to address it. As Scotland’s community foundation, we are committed t...
Highland Heroes: Building Momentum for Climate Action in Scotland's North
Foundation Scotland has recognised this need through its Funder Commitment to Climate Change and has been keen to better understand the work of the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub.Through a series of informal exchanges between staff since late 2023, it has become clear that the two organisations are pulling in the same direction to ensure that residents across northern Scotland have access to the necessary resources, support...
Old Luce
This charitable fund is provided by Barlockhart Moor Wind Energy Ltd; Carscreugh Renewable Energy Park Ltd; Glenchamber Wind Energy Ltd, SSE, 2020 Renewables, Greencoat and ScottishPower Renewables, owners of nearby wind farms, who channel their community benefit funds through this single fund.