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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.

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

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.

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

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 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.