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The Fund primarily supports projects located within or directly benefiting the Old Luce Community Council area, including the communities of Glenluce, Dunragit and Auchenmalg. It will support charitable activities that: - enhance quality of life for local residents- contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities- promote community spirit and encourage community activity. Awards can support a wide range of costs and activities including. equipment costs, running costs for local groups, staff or sessional worker costs, consultations, maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities etc.Priority for awards can be given to projects that demonstrate the following additional criteria:- Match funding- Local procurement- Sustainable development- Local consultation- Partnership working

The Fund is provided by E.ON, the developer of the Rosehall Wind Farm. It aims to invest in activities and initiatives that help build a vibrant local economy, support and encourage thriving communities and make the area an attractive place to live, work and visit for people of all ages.The outcomes for the fund are to: 1. Strengthen, sustain and diversify the local economy through the development of established or emerging sectors.2. Encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in the local community with a view to stimulating economic and social growth.3. Increase community benefit by acquiring, developing, and using new community assets and maintaining and enhancing existing ones.4. Support measures designed to improve life chances and/or quality of life.5. Optimise local resources and assets through support for coordinated community activity.6. Support environmental improvements which give a physical, social or educational benefit.7. Support energy conservation and increased use of renewables through the promotion of energy efficiency and sustainability within the area. 8. Respond to unforeseen circumstances or opportunities that are in keeping with the broad fund outcomes identified above.

The Community Intervention Fund is a capital grant scheme that aims to support community groups/organisations throughout East Lothian with a grant towards the cost of a capital project. They want to give capital grants to projects that continue to support the delivery of the Council Plan which aims to:- Grow our Economy- Grow our People- Grow our Communities- Grow our CapacityEligible expenditure must meet the definition of qualifying capital expenditure, and be demonstrated to enhance the asset value. Examples of eligible capital expenditure include:- improving the fabric of a building- improving access to a building- extensions to a building- removing hazardous materials as part of a set of works- structural repairs- putting in fixed items of equipment (e.g. floodlights)- carrying out improvements to a public space.

The ASFT Fund has been established to support organisations across Aberdeenshire, Edinburgh and East Lothian, awarding grants for one year.Your project must meet **at least one** of the specific fund priorities below.Please note it does not strengthen your application to meet as many of the themes and corresponding listed areas of support as possible. Therefore, stay focused and don't dilute your request by appearing to spread yourself across multiple causes.Fund priorities:- Educational and learning projects, particularly those that support disabled children or outdoor education.- Creative and performance arts.- Responding to the effects of poor physical and mental health, and poverty.- Older people.- Increasing participation in sport.

The fund provides grants to support charitable activities that:- Encourage community activity and promote community spirit in Heriot;- Ensure adequate access to services for all Heriot community members;- Improve local transport infrastructure;- Build the local economy;- Build community capacity and cohesion between groups; and/or- Develop or maintain community assets.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.

The ORIT Cumberhead Community Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the Community Council areas of Coalburn and Lesmahagow. The Fund is provided by Cumberhead Wind Energy Limited, the company which owns and operates the Cumberhead Wind Farm in South Lanarkshire, under the auspices of Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT).The Fund provides grants to support charitable activities that benefit the residents of the Coalburn and/or Lesmahagow areas; anything which enhances the economic, social or environmental sustainability of these communities. Most of all, the Fund aims to ensure that successful applications are translated into real projects that make a material difference and deliver a lasting legacy. The Fund is keen to encourage environmentally responsible and sustainable practice amongst applicant groups and within communities.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. Grants must normally be spent within one year of being awarded

Through the Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Community Led Local Development Fund (the CLLD Fund), grants are available for eligible applicants based in defined Kelvin Valley and Falkirk communities for 2026/27. Communities include: Airth, Avonbridge, Baldernock, Banknock, Banton, Bonnybridge, Colzium, Croy, Denny, Dennyloanhead, Dunipace, Fankerton, Kinneil, Kirkintilloch (north of the Canal only), Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Queenzieburn, Shieldhill, Slamannan, Torrance, Twechar, Waterside, and Whitecross.The Fund will once more be overseen by the Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Local Action Group (LAG) and administered by CVS Falkirk & District as the Accountable Body. Funded activity should take place by Sunday 28 February 2027, with final reports submitted to CVS Falkirk & District by Sunday 14 March 2027.The fund will focus on four key priorities:- Supporting community facilities and eligible organisations to contribute to the achievement of net zero- Sustaining, improving, and adding initiatives in rural communities that are the most isolated, disconnected, in need of investment, or likely to experience inequalities- Helping communities to address the cost-of-living crisis and eradicate poverty for individuals and families- Enabling communities to carry out research, engagement, feasibility studies, or other activities supporting the development of rural communities

Small Grants focuses on work that addresses the impacts of poverty and trauma under one or more of the following themes:- Financial Security- Education Pathways- Work Pathways- Nurturing RelationshipsThey seek to fund work that: meets people's immediate needs, provides earlier help, tests new approaches or does more of what work, and is universal or targeted. See website for details of target groups.

This fund supports charitable activity benefiting people living in the community council areas of Benarty, Cardenden and Kinglassie in Fife.The fund provides grants to support charitable activities that:- Enhance quality of life for local residents.- Contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities.- Promote community spirit and encourage community activity.Grant may support a wide range of costs, e.g. equipment costs, running costs for local groups, staff or sessional workers, consultations and maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities.Different criteria and amounts apply for each fund. See the area-specific pages on the Foundation Scotland website.

The programme is delivering grants and support to organisations in England, Scotland and Wales. Grants will support a wide range of organisations that address local need, promote social inclusion, and strengthen communities in underserved areas.Applicants must demonstrate that they are using sport for social purposes, focused on the following programme outcomes:- Improving health and wellbeing- Reducing inequalities- Empowering communitiesApplicants must demonstrate support to one or more of the following underrepresented groups; people experiencing poverty, women and girls, racially diverse communities, disabled people, rurally isolated, individuals from the LGBTQ+ community.Funding offered is unrestricted.