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The fund aims to deliver inclusive community-based activity to meet one or more of the Scottish Government priorities of:- Tackling the climate emergency- Eradicating child poverty - Growing the economy- Ensuring high quality and sustainable public services Grants will be targeted towards activities or infrastructure that support one or more of the following priorities: - Build community capacity to facilitate and support local development - Help the economy of the Park to deliver Net Zero by supporting communities and existing businesses (priority theme) - Attract, support and retain young people in the National Park - Increase community service provision in the National Park (priority theme)- Cultural Heritage and Recreation - Creating a Well-Being economyProjects could be completely new activity or capital items; or can be additional activity or capital within existing projects. Where possible, projects will be encouraged to work in partnership with others to deliver their projects. They would like to see a variety of applications ranging from small actions to larger more strategic projects. All projects will need to be completed by March 2027.

The Schroder Charity Trust is an independent grant-making Family Trust that has been supporting the charitable and voluntary sector for over 70 years. Currently they are only considering applications for work under the following two objectives:1. Enabling children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive and achieve their potential in education and employment.2. Strengthening communities through services and opportunities which enhance the wellbeing and life outcomes of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.

SafeDeposits Scotland, the country’s leading tenancy deposit protection scheme, has introduced a Community Fund designed to provide small grants to projects enhancing communities across Scotland.The SafeDeposits Scotland Community Fund will award grants to organisations who commit to deliver a project that meets at least one of five criteria, namely:- Sustainability and the environment- Employability and career skills- Social inclusion- Technology and digital inclusion- Improving the local communityThey can support a wide range of projects from enhancing play areas to planting trees, and from providing isolated individuals with social opportunities and helping young people prepare for work.

The Trust supports non-profit organisations to test new ideas, be bold and try out new solutions. This programme supports organisations to develop sustainable and impactful ways to support people’s financial capability, their routes to fair work and the natural environment we live in.Projects must have a clear focus on one or more of the priority areas: increasing financial capability, creating pathways to good jobs, or championing the role of nature on healthy communities and economies. This pillar focuses on Ideas that provide new solutions to persistent problems.Applications must:- Be for a specific and new project- Demonstrate the project is innovative, practical and collaborative- Clearly illustrate how the project seeks to tackle the underlying, interconnected challenges at the root of the issue through frontline services- Show how the project's learning can be applied widely to deliver lasting impact and change in improving people's futures- Demonstrate impact nationally or regionally, or within a city Aberdeen Group has a significant office base

This fund is all about supporting and uplifting Cunninghame Housing Association's local communities in North and East Ayrshire, and Dumfries and Galloway. The fund can be used to support a wide range of activities. You can apply for funding to start a new project, enhance existing services, or even buy items that will help your group carry out its business.Their main goal is to benefit the communities where they operate. They aim to:- Encourage community development and active citizenship.- Promote public participation in sports.- Provide recreational facilities and activities.- Support equality and diversity.- Protect and improve the environment.- Help people in need due to age, health, financial hardship, or other disadvantages.- Support the arts, heritage, culture, or science.

The fund supports projects and initiatives that support the rural regeneration and sustainability of communities within the Ewe Hill Windfarm area and enhance the lives of those living and working in the area. Applications are welcomed that fall into the following categories: - educational projects- projects which enhance citizenship and community development and sustainability- projects promoting and advancing the arts, heritage, culture or science- provision of community facilities- provision of recreational facilities, including public participation in sport;- projects protecting or improving the environment.

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 CARES Community Buildings Fund provides grants to help community organisations reduce their building’s energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. It does this by funding the installation of renewable technologies like heat pumps, battery storage, and solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, as well as some energy efficiency measures.CARES funding can be used to develop your project and install renewable measures in your community building. Examples include:- Development costs like building warrants, planning permission and grid connection applications- Installation costs: the costs to install the ‘core’ renewable energy measures and the ‘add on’ energy efficiency and energy storage measures. The fund is primarily for renewable measures so the ‘development costs’ and ‘add on’ measures must be a minority part of the total requested costs. The funding will decarbonise existing self-managed community buildings., i.e. you must install at least one of the following:- a heat pump (air source, ground source or water source)- a connection to heat network- solar photovoltaic (PV) panels- solar water heating.In addition to installing a core measure(s), you can also apply for funding to install one or more of the following:- energy storage- insulation- secondary glazing- draught proofing- appropriate energy saving controls that are linked to new installations to ensure they operate efficiently.Add-on measures must be a minority element of the overall funding requested.Approved projects must be completed and all funding claimed by 15th March 2027.

The purpose of Wee Grants is to support organisations who are focused on building strong communities in places which have higher rates of poverty and trauma, or who are working with certain groups of people who are at a higher risk of experiencing poverty and trauma.

Local community planning is about making a positive difference to the communities we live in. Fife Council does this by bringing together local communities with public, voluntary, private sector and other organisations to improve our communities and quality of life.Projects should meet some of the priorities of your local area’s community plan. There are individual plans for each area on the Council's [Local Community Plans page](https://www.fife.gov.uk/about-your-council/council-performance/local-community-planning).Examples of the types of projects they will be looking to support are:- taking a pride in your community- improvements to community facilities- community events- employability initiatives- vulnerable or disadvantaged groups in a community