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The fund is to be used to provide support for strategic projects in South Lanarkshire. The priority areas are: - Creating opportunities: increase opportunities for education and employment- Empowering communities: build resilience and protect vulnerable residents- Building sustainable places: stimulate meaningful community regeneration You can apply for up to the maximum of the fund value.

Soirbheas provide grants mostly funded by the Corrimony windfarm. The Tier 1 funding the objectives are: - to manage community land and assets for the benefit of the community and the public in general- to provide, recreational facilities, or organising activities, which will be available to members of the public- to promote for the public benefit, rural regeneration, in areas of social and economic deprivation within the community- to advance the education of the Community about its environment, culture, heritage and/or history- to advance environmental protection or improvements including preservation and conservation of the natural environment, environmental amenities, preservation of buildings or sites of importance. The beneficiaries of projects must be resident in the Glen Urquhart or Strathglass Community Council areas. Activity/project must be completed within 1 year.

The South Kyle Wind Farm Community Benefit is providing assured income to the communities of Dalmellington, Patna and New Cumnock in East Ayrshire and Carsphairn in Dumfries & Galloway. the Fund’s outcomes are:- Improved and enhanced built and natural environment (housing, buildings, public spaces, the natural environment).- Increased leisure and tourism opportunities. - Improved infrastructure and connectivity (digital, physical, social, getting around). - An improving economy with inclusive and accessible opportunities for training, employment and enterprise.Improved opportunities for children and young people living hereUnderpinning these outcomes are four objectives that will can help maximise the social, economic and environmental benefit being achieved:- Promoting participation & equality- Supporting the communities to become more climate smart- Building community infrastructure- Building community wealth

The Coalfields Regeneration Trust runs a variety of programmes and funding opportunities in eligible coalfield areas in England, Scotland and Wales focused on five key priorities; Community, Health, Skills, Jobs and Climate.There are several different programmes/funding streams:- CRT Engage: health, skills and jobs programme. Funding for group activities, training, family hubs.- CRT Game On: using the power of sport to change lives for the better in former coalfield communities.- CRT Hubs: taking on a community asset to provide a base for local organisations to offer support, advice and opportunities to help people in need create a better life.- CRT Places: area based programme where our staff will focus their efforts on a specific location to deliver change for people living in that coalfield community. For coalfield communities in the 30% most deprived neighbourhoods based on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation.- CRT Support: free support to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations operating in Britain’s coalfield communities. - CRT Together (Wales only)

The Harthill, Eastfield & Greenrigg (HEG) Community Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the Harthill & Eastfield and Greenrigg community council areas. The fund provides grants to support charitable activities that:- Improves people’s quality of life.- Increases opportunities for people to participate in community activity.- Promotes community spirit.Grants may support a wide range of costs, for example, the costs of equipment, staff or sessional workers, consultations, running costs for local groups, maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities, and so on.

ASDA Foundation knows that accessible community spaces can be a lifeline for local people, and many of these spaces require funding to repair, renovate and develop them so that they can continue delivering vital activities and services.To be eligible to apply for this fund, your community space must be an accessible place where members of the community can interact, seek support and access a variety of services and activities.Funds projects which meet at least one of the following objectives:- Carry out essential repairs to enable the space to continue to function.- Renovate an existing space to accommodate more users/activities.- Create a new community space where groups can meet and undertake activities.- Improve accessibility to, or within, a community building.The following list provides examples of the items and services that they would fund:- Kitchen and bathroom refurbishments- Roof and floors repairs- Disabled access ramps to a community building- Boilers and heating- Transformation of a disused space into a functional space- Creation of a new permanent space- Building extensions- Upgrades and replacements to windows and doors- Essential building security upgrades- Removable items (e.g. soft furnishings, tables and chairs, white goods and electrical items, garden machinery) provided they only make up a small portion of a wider application to repair, renovate, or develop a community space.They expect to fund around 70 projects. Please plan for your project to start no earlier than September 2025, as they cannot offer retrospective payments. Funding must be used, and your project completed, by December 2026.

The fund is a long-term fund for the Plains community and will be available for the operating life time of the Greengairs East wind farm which is expected to be about 30 years. The Fund will support charitable activities that contribute to at least one of the following:- Improved physical and/or mental health and wellbeing- Reduced isolation or loneliness within the community- Increased access to education, learning and employment- Improvements to the local environment- Reduced food or fuel povertyGrants may support a wide range of costs, such as equipment, staff or sessional workers, consultations, running costs, maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities.