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Crowdfund Fife provides an opportunity for local, constituted community groups to crowdfund and receive a matching grant from Fife Council. Projects that can be funded include:- Small capital works to improve your community- Local events that bring people out of their homes e.g. Men’s Shed, Tea Dance etc.- Regeneration of your local area – anything is possible.- Pilot projects that trial alternative ways of working.- Buying new equipment, materials, or expertise you do not already have that will expand your activities and encourage more people to get involved in your group- A technical study if you are developing a new facility or service

Bringing People Together funding can support projects that will build stronger connections across communities, and improve the infrastructure and conditions that are needed to strengthen these connections.They are interested in:- bold and experimental responses to bringing people together using new, or new combinations of approaches- new projects or projects that build on existing work- a range of projects reflecting a mix of communities and places from across the UK.This is funding from the  UK Portfolio. The UK Portfolio explores new approaches, experiment with how to do things differently, and look to fund work that is more future focussed. 

The Aberdeenshire Community Resilience Fund is for community or resilience groups seeking funding to support community resilience.Funding can be used for anything that supports individual or community resilience in an emergency. They welcome innovative and novel approaches to improving resilience. This might be for new groups that might need equipment or resources to start up their resilience activities; or existing groups with ongoing costs or needing to replace out of date equipment for example: Generator costs, First Aid kits, Training, Work to enable power resilience, Torches, batteries, blankets, etc.

The Trust supports charitable institutions, societies and/or indigent persons connected with the town or burgh of Kinross and the parish of Orwell at the discretion of the trustees. Trust funds to be applied for charitable, beneficial or public purposes. In the past the trust has funded local youth, sport and school groups as well as churches, often for capital projects.

Grants of up to £3,000 are available to constituted community groups for projects which benefit local communities in the Marr area.Funding is available for projects which can be delivered before the end of February 2026 and which support one or more of the following priorities:- Empowered and confident communities- Economically vibrant communities- Healthy, safe and thriving communities- Connected communities- Natural heritage and environmentProjects which offset the impact of a reduction in services or enhance provision will be welcomed.

The East Renfrewshire Renewable Energy Fund (ERREF) is money received from renewable energy projects in East Renfrewshire and is administered by East Renfrewshire Council Environment department. The fund combines contributions from ScottishPower Renewables Whitelee and Middleton windfarms.Projects need to meet one of more of these priorities:- Community facilities and services such as hall refurbishment or buying equipment and vehicles- Community or local events such as summer fairs or special event- Environmental projects such as planting trees or building baths- Heritage projects such as history trails or statue conservation- Skills and employment such as training equipment- Sport and recreation such as upgrading play areas or buying sports equipment- Youth and education such as clubs, Brownies or nursery and school projects

FCDT distribute funds to charities, voluntary organisations and community groups local to REG Power Management’s Tormywheel Wind Farm. The Fund is open to any community project which is for the benefit of residents of the Fauldhouse & The Breich Valley Communities, located within 5km of the Tormywheel Wind Farm Development. This Fund can provide both capital and revenue grants. The main criteria that will be used when assessing applications received is the social, economic and environmental benefits which will result from the project.