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The purpose of Wee Grants is to fund initiatives at a local level. Wee Grants focuses on work that addresses the impacts of poverty and/or trauma under one or more of the following themes:- Financial wellbeing- Emotional wellbeing and relationships- Educational and work pathways.See the Trust website for details of target groups.

The EDF Energy Renewables (EDF-ER) Corriemoillie Strathpeffer Community Fund is a charitable fund that will benefit people living in the community council area of Strathpeffer (the Area of Benefit). The Fund will support projects which will support positive change and strategic impact. In particular the Fund will support projects which will: - Enhance quality of life for local residents- Contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities- Promote community spirit and encourage community activity.Both revenue items (e.g. running costs), and capital items (e.g. to buy some equipment) can be supported. The Panel would prefer that awards made from the Fund result in additional activity taking place and are not used primarily to maintain existing activity.

Community grants will be available for local charities to increase funding for challenges specific to their local communities. In Scotland, Buchanan Galleries is the local Landsec site.Grants are unrestricted and are designed to support daily activities.The Community Grants Panels will consider the following when deciding which causes to support:- Understanding of local need – The extent to which your organisation understands and supports the needs of the community it is serving.- Impact of funding – The difference this funding will make to your organisation and your activities.- Evidence of previous work – The existing work has your organisation already carried out in this area.

This charitable fund is provided by GDF Suez, Carscreugh Renewable Energy, Glenchamber Wind Farm, SSE, Greencoat and ScottishPower Renewables, owners of nearby wind farms, who channel their community benefit funds through this single Fund. 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.

The Sustainable Development Fund as part of SSE's community benefit arrangements from its onshore renewable energy developments in Scottish Borders primarily the Clyde wind farm extension in the Clyde Valley. The fund supports strategic projects in the Scottish Borders region and any successful application must meet one or more of 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.For this round of the fund the panel have an interest in projects which will enhance the region to prepare for a net zero future e.g. enhancing young people’s STEM skills for the jobs of the future, de-carbonising community transport, community owned renewable projects.

The broad aim of the Stratherrick & Foyers Community Trust is to assist charities and community groups (constituted & not for profit with charitable aims) working to improve the quality of life and life chances in the Stratherrick and Foyers areas, especially in circumstances where funding is particularly hard to find and where a grant can achieve significant impact in enabling groups to fulfill their own objectives. Grants are made to groups across a wide spectrum of social, welfare, heritage, educational and community development activity. The majority of funding is directed at locally based work involving, and often initiated by, members of that local community. They also make small sporting grants and educational grants available to individuals.