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Rumbling Bridge Hydro Community Fund announces latest awards
Community halls in both areas received grants to support critical upgrading work to the buildings. The Crook of Devon Village Hall received an award of £9,500 for roof repairs that will ensure the integrity of the building can be maintained and the facility sustained as an important community hub serving the Fossoway and wider area. Muckhart Coronation Hall was awarded £10,000 towards the refurbishment of the toilet faci...
Ardersier Port launches new Community Benefit Fund
The fund, which is provided by Haventus, the owners of the Ardersier Energy Transition Facility (Ardersier Port) will provide £100,000 per year to local community groups and activities, for the next ten years. The fund is administered by Foundation Scotland. The aim of the fund is to enhance the quality of life of local communities. Applications are sought from activities or projects that promote community spirit and activity,...
Unlocking community climate action in the Northeast
From community cinemas, Men’s Sheds and rugby clubs to village halls and community parks, the fund has supported 86 community groups that deliver projects focussed on environmental sustainability, with more than £815,000 having been awarded to date.Continuing this support, the fund is once again open for applications, with a deadline of 12th May. Community groups can apply for up to £20,000 to support practical climate a...
Responsible Investing
Following a competitive tender process, Rathbones was selected in December 2025, for their strong track record with charitable funds, robust responsible investment approach and the quality of their reporting and support services.Rathbones is one of the UK’s largest and most established investment managers, founded in 1742 and managing over £100bn for clients. They manage £9.3bn specifically for over 3,000 charities and have de...
Unlock Our Future Fund Evaluation: What it looked like
The Unlock our Future Fund (UOFF) delivered its fifth year of grant making in 2023, and this milestone was marked with an external evaluation and fund review to examine the impact of funding over that period, and make recommendations for the fund going forward. At the time, I had just taken on the task of managing the fund, and supported the fifth round of grant making over the summer of that year. Compared to the very lo...
Communities in Fife and Perth & Kinross Celebrate Re-launch of Benefit Fund
The fund opened to applications on Wednesday, 6 August, with grants available up to £3,000 provided by Our Community Energy (OCE), a community benefit society set up on behalf of local communities by Green Cat Renewables, the developer of the Binn EcoPark Wind Farm. The fund will be administered by Foundation Scotland, an independent grant-making charity, which is urging the local communities to get involved and apply bef...
Carcant (Heriot)
Carcant Wind Farm Community Fund (Heriot) supports community projects that benefit those living in the Heriot Community Council area in the Scottish Borders.
Gartly Community Association transform their Community Hall
Gartly Community Association has long been custodians of the hall that is known locally as the Tin Hut. The building is nearly 100 years old and has been an iconic part of this rural community since it was first built. The building has been the location for many ceilidhs, parties, weddings and events throughout its history. In early 2019 the committee agreed that the hall had seen better days and that it needed to ...
Voice-led transformation: learning from community-led decision making
The recently published manifesto for Voice Led Transformation from What Matters To You (WM2U) offers a powerful vision for how meaningful change can happen when people are placed at the heart of decisions that shape their lives. Firmly rooted in addressing child poverty, the manifesto argues that sustainable solutions must be shaped by those with lived experience of poverty and inequality, rather than imposed by systems f...
Community development support in action
The Development Officer role was created in 2022 and provides a useful and much-valued service to a range of community groups in the area, delivering priorities identified in the Dorenell Community Plan update as well as through local consultation work. Claire (pictured) is the current Development Officer and has made a substantial impact in her role.The Development Officer helps to organise key local events such as Tea i...