Search

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.

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 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

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.

Grants are available to constituted community groups for projects which benefit local communities in the Marr area.Funding is available for projects 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 environmentMatch funding of at least 50% will be required.

There are seven Local Partnerships which local organisations can apply to which are: Renfrew, Erskine, Inchinnan, Bishopton and Langbank, The Villages, Johnstone and Linwood, Paisley North, West and Central, Paisley East, and Gleniffer. Local Partnerships can award funding to local groups and projects which bring communities together.Each Local Partnership has its own priorities. The partnership will prioritise the awarding of funding based on these priorities and projects they feel will have the most impact for people in their local area. Full details can be found on the Council website.Some examples of projects funded previously include:- improving community facilities such as a building or land to make them better and more accessible for community use- enhancing or creating community gardens to provide attractive spaces for the community- community events that provide opportunities for local people to gather together- projects that help people get out and meet together so they are socially connected in the community and do not feel isolated.