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This fund provides grants for charitable projects and activities that primarily benefit residents of Inverinan, Lochavich, Dalavich, or Kilmaha. The fund themes are:- Housing Development (affordable housing, property purchase, new builds)- Community Assets (forestry shed, church, other facilities)- Young People- Arts and Heritage- Transport Solutions (community transport, road improvements)- Environmental Projects (woodland management, path networks)- Economic Initiatives (business development, training opportunities)- Health and Wellbeing Services (emergency response, activities)Awards can support a wide range of costs and activities, including, for example, equipment costs, staff or sessional worker costs, consultations and feasibility studies, and repair or refurbishment of community facilities.Applicants must demonstrate how their proposal meets with or consider the following additional criteria appropriately and proportionately relative to their project:- Local procurement- Collaboration- Building capacity locally- Financial sustainability- Match funding- Environmental sustainability- Creating a legacy

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000000zXGnMAM/foundation-scotland-river-avich-hydro-open-grants-fund

Tenants' Choice is the name of the participatory budgeting scheme to specifically benefit Falkirk Council tenants. It gives tenants a say in how their rent can be used for small projects in their community.An application for funding should aim to meet all or some of the following criteria:- Benefit Falkirk Council tenants- Help improve the quality of a community where tenants live- Enhance the environment and or improve the appearance of a housing estate which includes Falkirk Council tenants- Help solve a problem identified by a group which will assist tenants- Help with costs of starting up a new group. Start up costs can include things like setting up Wi-Fi, utility costs and equipment.When thinking about a project those applying will need to consider any ongoing costs and how the project will be sustained. For example, if you apply for a community garden, you will need to think about the costs of keeping the garden neat and tidy. Also, consider the cost of yearly planting which you may want to ask for a contribution to as part of your application. Please also seek permission from the landowner. If you need assistance with this, please contact the Community Engagement Team prior to submitting your application.It is important also to consult on your project. This could be conversations, phone calls, texts, emails, meeting notes etc.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000008VyxlMAC/falkirk-council-tenants-choice-funding

The Fund supports charitable activity that will sustain and develop the life of the community and ensure that the area is an attractive and vibrant place to live, work and visit.Applications should demonstrate how they fit with the objectives of Auchterless, Inverkeithny & Fisherford Community Action Plan 2015. While the Panel has the discretion to fund other activity, the funding priorities of the local community are as set out in this Community Action Plan. The Panel would prefer to see awards made for the purchase of capital items or towards the costs of capital projects, rather than for revenue items such as travel costs or the subsidising of activities.The Panel are keen to support applications that demonstrate how they meet the following additional criteria:- Additional funding- Local procurement- Sustainable development- Local consultation- Partnership working

https://funding.scot/funds/a0R0N00000LfG7VUAV/nadara-gordonstown-wind-farm-community-fund-auchterless-inverkeithny-fisherford-

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.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000008e07xMAA/foundation-scotland-the-asft-fund

The Trust can grant funding to any project which will improve the communities and environments within the area of the participating communities: Fala, Heriot, Humbie, and Oxton & Channelkirk. The Community Benefit Funds will provide grants to support charitable activities that: - Improve the communities and environments within the area of the participating communities. - support the education of and learning experience available to the residents- Fund any other initiative that will benefit the participating communities. Grant requests to support a wide range of costs and activities will be considered, e.g. equipment costs, short-term running costs for local groups, staff or sessional worker costs, consultations, maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities etc. Any grant received should normally be spent within six months of being awarded.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000000Ng5oEAC/dun-law-windfarm-extension-community-benefit-trust

The Drone Hill & NnG East Berwickshire Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the seven Community Councils areas of Reston & Auchencrow, Grantshouse, Coldingham, Cockburnspath & Cove, St Abbs, Eyemouth and Burnmouth.This Fund integrates community benefit funding provided by Greencoat UK Wind (the owners of the Drone Hill Wind Farm in East Berwickshire), and Neart Na Gaoithe (NnG, a joint venture between EDF Power Solutions and ESB, which owns the NnG Wind Farm located in the Firth of Forth estuary).The Fund will provide 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.A wide range of costs and activities will be considered for funding e.g. equipment costs, running costs for local groups, staff or sessional worker costs, consultations, maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000003idcXEAQ/foundation-scotland-drone-hill-nng-east-berwickshire-fund

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.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000003ideYEAQ/foundation-scotland-eon-rosehall-community-fund

SSE Renewables jointly own and operate the Stronelairg wind farm ia 66 turbine, 227.7MW project located on the Garrogie Estate, south east of Fort Augustus. The Stronelairg Wind Farm Community Fund supports the communities located around the wind farm.The Fund aims to promote community spirit and bring people together; enhance quality of life and promote people’s well-being; and foster vibrant sustainable communities. It seeks to do this by awarding funding for projects or activities that contribute to the following priorities:- Encourage community activity and promote community spirit- Ensure adequate access to services for all community members including those with disabilities- Improve local infrastructure and connectivity- Build the local economy including opportunities for apprenticeships and training- Build community capacity and cohesion between groups- Develop or maintain community assets.- Heritage, Culture and Arts- Health and Wellbeing including sports

https://funding.scot/funds/a0RP1000004zscHMAQ/sse-stronelairg-fund

The fund provides support for strategic projects in Perthshire with the following outcomes: - Creating opportunities: Create opportunities for education and employment through activities that develop skills and improve an individual’s chance of entering the workplace.- Empowering communities: Empower communities to become more resilient through measures which demonstrate long-term social, environmental or economic improvements. - Sustainable places: Stimulate meaningful regeneration to improve or enhance local infrastructure, landscape, biodiversity or heritage and make a lasting difference to the places we live, work and visit. In addition, all applications are expected to consider and demonstrate how their project supports the following overarching ambitions of the Fund Panel: - How the project will help the region in its journey towards a net zero future. For example, by improving energy efficiency, reducing waste, or delivering services in a way that reduces or removes the use of fossil fuels. - How the project will build the knowledge, skills and experience that the third sector needs to support a sustainable region. For example, by developing and enhancing social enterprises, improving the sustainability of community assets, or increasing collaboration between community projects and services.

https://funding.scot/funds/a0Rb0000005iQmKEAU/sse-perth-and-kinross-sustainable-development-fund

Safe spaces needed for those in rural areas

Research has highlighted the importance of providing mental health support for those who may feel isolated

https://tfn.scot/news/safe-spaces-needed-for-those-in-rural-areas

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