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The Community Investment Fund is designed to support local projects which tackle inequalities in communities and improve quality of life for communities across Perth and Kinross. It provides an exciting opportunity for people to work together to create a confident, ambitious and fairer Perth and Kinross.Your project should demonstrate how it contributes towards the Perth and Kinross Council Corporate Plan priorities:- Tackling poverty - Tackling climate change and supporting sustainable places- Developing a resilient, stronger and greener local economy- Enabling our children and young people to achieve their full potential- Protecting and caring for our most vulnerable people- Supporting and promoting physical and mental wellbeing- Working in partnership with communities

SIS provide loan funding that can finance the purchase of assets or equipment, get you through timing or cash flow issues, help support a new enterprise or simply bridge some grant funding. They are flexible in their approach and try to fit a financial solution around your needs.

The Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust is an independent charitable trust. The Trust offers help to customers faced with high charges for an electricity connection within the Scottish Hydro-Electric (now SSE) distribution area. The Trust was established in 1998 with independent Trustees appointed to award grants to offset high connection costs in deserving individual domestic cases and for special community projects.

Kingairloch is one of SSE's smaller hydro electric schemes. It provides grants to community and charitable projects in the Ardgour, Sunart and Morvern Community Council areas. The community fund can support projects which support charitable, educational and environmental purposes.

Boost Small Grants programme is for community-led organisations across Scotland supporting local people affected by poverty or disadvantage. It's all about boosting community-led efforts, to ensure people with ideas for positive change are supported!This fund aims to:- Provide an accessible funding opportunity for small community-led organisations.- Ensure supportive community-led activities are available to children and families.You can apply for project and/or running costs.

The principles of sustainability and responding to the climate emergency are at the centre of the Trust’s Funding Strategy. The main aim is to utilise contributions from Landfill Operators in order to maximise benefits for communities through environmental projects with a specific emphasis on:- Helping Fife communities rise to the challenge of climate change by supporting projects, which:cut or store greenhouse gas emissions; increase resilience to climate change impacts; and ensure that vulnerable people are not further disadvantaged by climate change and which provide opportunities for all.- Improving the quality of the natural environment within Fife by supporting projects which support biodiversity and a healthy natural environment, and in so doing, recognising that nature-based solutions have multiple benefits.- Improving quality of life for communities by safeguarding and supporting improvements to the built and natural environment, including local generation of sustainable heat and power.- Supporting community led urban and rural regeneration schemes that encompass social inclusion, and which foster community capacity building and involvement in local decision making.