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The Fairer Workplaces Fund offers grant funding to deliver new projects that support flexible working practices and improve diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) within the workplace.The fund aims to bring benefits to current workplace practices and contribute to the Scottish Government’s wider ambition of creating a Fair Work Nation by 2025. Projects should contribute to reducing the Gender Pay Gap, at least halving the Disability Employment Gap, addressing employment barriers for racialised minorities and over 50s workers, and reducing Scotland’s level of economic inactivity. All of which contributes to the First Minister's key priorities of reducing child poverty and growing the economy.The fund is firmly rooted in Fair Work principles, ensuring projects help develop progressive workplaces to the benefit of employers, workers, the economy as a whole, and wider wellbeing economy aims.The Grantee must pay the real Living Wage to all staff aged 16 and over working in Scotland, including apprentices. They must also ensure that any UK-based workers engaged in grant-funded activity are paid at least the real Living Wage - including sub-contractors and agency staff, where applicable. Additionally, the Grantee must provide effective workers' voice channels for all workers, including agency workers. Upon request, the Grantee must also provide necessary information to Scottish Ministers to demonstrate compliance with these obligations.

The Just Transition Participatory Budgeting Fund supports eco friendly sustainable projects across Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray. The fund is delivered by a partnership of ACVO TSI, Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action, TSI Moray, NESCAN Hub, Money for Moray and Scottish Community Development Centre (SCDC).Applications must describe how they will deliver against at least two of the Scottish Government’s Just Transition priorities, one must be from the 'Social' category and one must be from the 'Environmental' category. Full details on priorities can be found on the Fund website.Applications must ensure that, wherever possible, all capital resources purchased/procured are done so as locally as possible - to benefit the local economy and avoid longer transportation costs and associated emissions.Previous projects have included energy measures and retrofitting, green jobs, community gardens and food growing, sustainable travel, and creating and restoring greenspaces. More examples of projects funded through the first round can be found on the Fund website.

Funding for innovative business models designed to help the bus sector adopt zero-emission buses along with charging or refuelling infrastructure. The scheme encourages bus and coach operators, financiers, local authorities and other relevant stakeholders to work together to transform the bus and coach market. Eligible expenditure includes (but is not limited to):- cost of charging unit or refuelling station- electrical or other power components- civil engineering works related to electrical charging units or hydrogen refuelling installations- capital costsPlease read the guidance available on the Energy Saving Trust for more information.

Funding is intended to help to bring woodlands into management; promote the economic and sustainable production of timber and timber products; add value and jobs to local economies; and provide support to facilitate and enable diversification.It supports investments in three main areas:1. new specialised equipment which will increase the local small-scale harvesting and processing capacity2. new specialised equipment for forest tree nurseries, including tree seed supply businesses and equipment for afforestation ground preparation projects, including forestry fencing projects3. support for the mobile equipment to help forestry businesses or enterprises to adapt and recover from Covid-19

This option aims to encourage landscape-scale collaborative projects between two or more landowners by providing support for project facilitation and co-ordination. The subsequent management activity can be supported through other options within the Forestry Grant Scheme. Grant support of £250 per day is available for up to 40 days to support the cost of a project coordinator for feasibility (the initial exploratory phase) and consolidation (focusing on the detail of the project). The proposal must be over a landscape scale involving two or more adjoining or nearby land holdings.

The Scottish Connections Fund offers funding to organisations to set up new projects to promote Scotland’s reputation and interests. You must also be able to demonstrate that your project:- has a clear link to at least one commitment in the Scottish Connections Framework- bring together or contribute to interests across sectors of activity (live/work, study, visit, do business, culture) - those multiple links will attract additional weighting during the scoring process- will increase vibrancy, visibility or connectivity between Scottish diaspora communities outside Scotland, or with Scotland itself- has a credible communications plan that promotes Scotland’s reputation as a place to live, work, visit, study, and do business- promotes inclusion and diversity, for example working in historically marginalised communities and groups, such as with minority ethnic Scots and LGBTQ communities, or encouraging participation of women and young people- is co-funded, where possible