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First awards announced from new Great Glen Community Fund
The new fund, which was launched last month, has two award programmes. Community groups can apply for larger grants of up to £20,000 for projects related to the environment, education or equality, and individuals and groups can also apply to a small grants programme, which provides up to £2,500 under the same themes.The first two awards made from the small grants programme have just been announced. The first is to Glen Urquhar...
Working From Home Emissions
Wandering around Edinburgh during the summer was a bit grim. With the strikes and the festival on simultaneously, there was trash everywhere. It made me more conscious of how much rubbish I was producing during a desperate 10-day-long attempt to avoid being 'one of those people' trying to balance something extra on top of the actual garbage mountains all along the street as people walk by, tutting and shaking their heads. ...
Celebrating community climate action in the northeast
In the six years since the fund opened, 86 awards totalling a huge £816,000 have been made to climate smart community projects in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. This year alone saw a record 20 projects awarded a total of £200,000, the biggest round of funding to date. The celebration event in Inverurie highlighted the range of groups and projects taking positive action in their communities – providing valuable local services...
Fittie for the Future
Footdee, known locally as Fittie, is a historic fishing village within the city of Aberdeen. It sits on the edge of the harbour, separated from the city centre by a band of industrial development – most of it related to the oil and gas industry. The Fittie Community Development Trust acquired the disused Gospel Hall in 2018 through a Community Asset Transfer. The hall needed a full refurbishment to make it a hub for a local c...
Denny and District
The Denny & District Community Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the Denny & District Community Council area in Falkirk local authority.
Gala day future is bright
Douglas Gala Day Committee has secured funding for the next three years thanks to an award of over £10,000 from Ventient Energy’s Galawhistle Wind Farm Fund. The group is one of several local organisations benefitting from the latest round of awards from the fund. Douglas Gala Day is a long-standing community event, celebrating village life and bringing people together. The committee organises a range of acti...
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...
Cairnryan
This fund will support community-led activity in Cairnryan with an emphasis on rural regeneration. Applications must benefit the community of Cairnryan, Dumfries & Galloway.
Award for Gala History & Heritage Association
Gala Water History and Heritage Society is celebrating after receiving an award from the EDF Energy Renewables (EDF ER) Longpark Community Fund to extend the Community Archivist post for a further year. The Community Archivist post was established following a grant from the fund in 2015 to support the post and create an archive of local history materials for the interest, education and enjoyment of both residents and visitors...
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...