COMMUNITY INVESTMENT REVIEW 2020/21 FOREWORD ||
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Click on an image to skip to that section The most positive aspect of investing in our communities is the way people come together to meet the challenges they face. The steps that the communities we work with have taken to protect their most vulnerable residents during the coronavirus pandemic is truly inspiring. Volunteers and community groups have worked tirelessly and selflessly to ensure vital services were available at a time that they were most needed. While we know that providing funding was the easy part of this response, we are proud to have played a role in supporting communities. By responding quickly and consistently, both at the outset and throughout the pandemic, we have been able to provide the essential funds needed to support community initiatives.
As we begin the long recovery from the pandemic, our focus at SSE Renewables is on building a green economy which is able to support and deliver our climate action goals. It is vital that we focus on ambitious policies, strategic investment and renewable developments as the sound basis for the journey to Net Zero. SSE Renewables is committed to the role we play in the green recovery and in the last year alone we’ve initiated construction of onshore and offshore developments which will provide 5GW of clean energy. These sites provide jobs, skills and infrastructure to local areas but equally as important, they deliver real social benefits. We will invest over £300m in community benefit from our current renewable assets which makes us one of the largest investors in this field in Europe. Experience shows that local people use these funds to transform their communities, from building housing to reduce depopulation of rural communities through to supporting apprenticeship programmes which ensure young people have opportunities and are equipped for the jobs of the future. Shetland and Orkney Beatrice Partnership 31 South Lanarkshire Viking 20 Fund - Moray Clyde South Lanarkshire 37 Spurness 20 Beatrice Moray 31 Clyde Extension 39 SSE has shown how serious it is about fulfilling its Community Fund purpose to build a better world of energy by signing up Highlands and Islands Dumfries and Galloway 21 Angus Clyde Dumfries and Galloway 39 to be a lead sponsor of the 26th UN Climate Change Sustainable Development Fund 40 Stronelairg 22 Seagreen 32 Artfield Fell Conference of the Parties (COP26) summit in Glasgow. 23 Balmurrie Fell 41 Bhlaraidh Perthshire The summit will provide a global stage to showcase the 24 Dunmaglass Griffin and Calliachar 31 North East England work we are carrying out to provide clean energy to 24 41 Strathy North Drumderg 34 Dogger Bank millions of homes. We are on the front line of climate Gordonbush 25 26 change and supporting the summit as it sets a clear Achany Argyll and Bute North Lincolnshire 42 27 Glendoe Tangy 34 Keadby 43 framework for a truly just transition to net zero. Fairburn 28 North Lincolnshire Sustainable Ayrshire Kingairloch 28 Development Fund Hadyard Hill 35 Jim Smith, Managing Director, SSE Renewables Beatrice Partnership 29 Fund - Highland Scottish Borders Beatrice Caithness 29 Clyde Borders 36 Community Fund Toddleburn 36
COMMUNITY INVESTMENT REVIEW || 2020/21 1 FUNDERS REPORT 2019/20 FOCUSING ON OUR PRIORITIES
FUND RS R OR FOCUSING ON OUR PRIORITIES I I
awarded to projects Launched the 2020/21 has been a year like no other. Communities have been at the front line of responding largest to the coronavirus pandemic, often coming under significant pressure to deliver essential community support to those residents who have needed it most. Even before the initial lockdown period benefit fund in in late March 2020, we recognised that our funding could play an important role in supporting lifetime value of funds the UK (Viking Community Fund communities to deliver the essential services required. As everyone was adapting to a new worth £72m) way of living and working we began adapting some longstanding practices to ensure the safety of our volunteer panel members, many of whom were classed as vulnerable. Even with a different way of working the following priorities were achieved: new funds opened in 2020/21 Coronavirus – in addition to the commitment to release providing £3.6m in community benefit; and Seagreen 10% of annual funds to local coronavirus responses Community Fund providing £1.8m in community benefit. for the initial emergency response at the start of the 2m provided to pandemic, the funds have continued to support the Joint ventures – the construction of new wind farms coronavirus pandemic needs of communities throughout the year to address mean the community investment team now supports the ongoing response: The Sustainable Development seven joint ventures. We have implemented a new Fund doubled the awards made in the Highlands to approach for joint ventures including closer relationships “SSE Renewables is a very £2.2m (p4); the local funds in Great Britain funded a with managers and publishing independent reporting for enjoyable and flexible funding awarded to range of resilient community responses (p18+19); the each joint venture. We hope to take board members to majority of funds on the Island of Ireland were focused visit community projects in 2021. partner who trusts you to get on projects with the job.” exclusively on supporting pandemic responses. R Transformational projects – some communities have New wind farms – in 2020/21 SSE Renewables has now had experience of operating funds for over 10 years. been able to safely start construction at four landmark This has built confidence and enhanced ambition in the sites and we have progressed the community funds in use of the funds. This year, substantial investments have N I all locations: Viking Community Fund (p10) providing included the development of a community hub in South £72m in community benefit; Dogger Bank Community Lanarkshire (p37) and a multi-sport complex in Dunkeld awarded to Fund (p15) providing £1m in community benefit during (p33). These ambitious community-led projects increase construction; Gordonbush Extension Community Funds the impact and legacy from community funds. projects
PRIORITIES FOR 2020/21
New funds – SSE Renewables has started construction of Lenalea in Donegal, its first new onshore wind farm in Ireland in 3 years. SSE R I Renewables also aims to start construction of Achany Extension and Strathy South in the Scottish Highlands, subject to reaching financial close. In line with good practice we will begin consultations with the local communities to help shape and establish the associated community benefit funds. awarded to Pandemic recovery – funds will continue to be made available to support communities as they recover from the impact of the coronavirus projects pandemic. COP 26 – SSE is a proud to sponsor the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow. We will work to ensure our sponsorship highlights the role that community funding plays in supporting communities reach their Net Zero ambitions. Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) (Republic of Ireland) – the terms and conditions of the RESS support scheme mandate how community benefit funds will operate in Ireland. We are committed to helping ROI achieve ambitious climate targets. We will ensure that our community funds in Ireland operate in accordance with the newly published RESS Good Practice Principles Handbook. Transformational projects – the reach and ambition of the communities continue to grow and next year will see the completion of several significant investments including a community owned housing project in Scotland’s Great Glen. These projects provide infrastructure which will be utilised by communities for generations to come and many provide new income sources for further re-investment into the local areas.
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REGIONAL CASE STUDY £2.35m 39 CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FUNDS awarded to projects FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
SSE Renewables’ regional funds increase the reach One of the hardest hit groups of the coronavirus and impact of community benefit funding by pandemic has been young people. BBC Panorama found supporting projects across the local authority regions Lord Jack McConnell, people aged 16-25 were more than twice as likely as in which our wind farms operate. 2020/21 was an Chair, Sustainable Development Fund older workers to have lost their job. This is what makes unprecedented year for the Sustainable Development the support provided by the Sustainable Development Fund with the largest ever awards made from the Fund even more important during challenging times. The fund. Funding was awarded in the Highland and “These are difficult times for those who £149k live, work and do business in Highland panel has invested in two new projects to improve the awarded from Highland North Lincolnshire local authority areas. The impact Region. We have supported projects employability skills of young people living in Sustainable Development Fund of the coronavirus pandemic was at the centre that provide hope for the future with the Highlands. of the panels’ decision making leading them to more sustainable communities and release double the level of funding into the 2020/21 jobs. And to make sure these projects Farmer Jones Academy offer on farming, food and drink and possess both the qualifications and happen we will be flexible in working experimental accredited training enterprise. level of job experience needed to allocation. This ensured important projects got the with local organisations to meet the and apprenticeships to young succeed in getting and maintaining timely support they needed to help the communities new circumstances.” recover from the pandemic. people living in the north New Start Highland have developed a full-time job. Highlands. The project provides a new complex for their Inverness training, masterclasses and Training Academy. The new The investment in these projects apprenticeships to young people initiative will match the demand will help young people access job UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS aged 14 to 24 years old. The from a key employment sector, opportunities which emerge after programme leads local sectors including wholesale, with job the pandemic. with initial programmes focused ready, fully trained participants who The UN Sustainable Development UN S D I Goals provide a blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future ensure healthy lives To develop a suicide for all. SSE Renewables recognises and promote well-being for prevention programme in Fort the value of the goals in measuring all at all ages. William. OVER 1000 the impact of our community young people will benefit from new training opportunities benefit and have integrated the ensure inclusive and equitable quality education To train 1,000 young goals to work alongside our and promote lifelong people in the north Highlands. outcomes approach developed by learning opportunities for all. the New Economics Foundation. by 2030, double The initial programme is focused To provide new solar the global rate of on key locals employment sectors energy assets in three improvement in energy communities. including farming, food and drink and e ciency. “Funding received from enterprise. SSE Renewables has been by 2030, devise fundamental to moving and implement policies to In 2021/22 the Sustainable To develop a forward plans for New Start promote sustainable tourism Development Fund will operate sustainable tourism hub in Glen that creates jobs and Highland’s training academy. in South Lanarkshire, North Urquhart. promotes local culture and The lives of participants will Lincolnshire, Scottish Borders, products. be transformed through Perth and Kinross and Dumfries and make cities and developing skills, gaining Galloway. The panels recognise To develop a human settlements inclusive, work experience and that the coronavirus pandemic has community hub in Dornoch. safe, resilient and sustainable. put unforeseen pressure on local achieving qualifications.” communities and will focus on by 2030, ensure To support the building Mairi Macaulay supporting initiatives that help the access for all to adequate, of 12 community owned Deputy Chief Executive, New local social economic recovery. safe and a ordable housing. homes in Fort Augustus. Start Highland
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CASE STUDY CASE STUDY BUILDING GREEN RECOVERING COMMUNITIES HIGHLAND TOURISM
The climate emergency has shown the need for innovative Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has received a local renewable solutions to help reduce the global crisis. grant of £200k to contribute to their new discovery centre The Sustainable Development Fund has invested in eight at the Highland Wildlife Park, near Kingussie, within the renewable energy projects across the Highlands. The Cairngorms National Park. This is intended to be the only sustainable energy projects will help communities move visitor centre in Scotland dedicated to showcasing native towards a low carbon future. The projects not only provide £725k wildlife and exciting conservation projects working to £200k clean energy, but they also help the local economy by awarded from Highland protect it, and the overall project will cost £5m. awarded from Highland providing the necessary infrastructure needed to attract Sustainable Development Fund Sustainable Development Fund business opportunities to the region. RZSS will create a flexible learning and educational event space within the centre and they aim to give access to more people, allowing them to The Knoydart Energy Security and will support development in Trust to build two run of river hydro develop their skills and understanding on how to conserve our native wildlife heritage. The inspiring setting will Project was initiated after a Knoydart for the next 40 years. schemes. The early investment from focus on enabling children and young people to engage with activities designed to develop science, technology, major failure in the hydropower This new system will stimulate the fund was pivotal in enabling the engineering, maths (STEM). pipeline supplying electricity to local economic growth including a trust to secure a further £650k from the community. With no national potential new local brewery and the crowd funding. The hydro scheme Once opened, a new discovery and learning team of four staff will deliver an education programme at the centre. electricity grid supply in Knoydart, possibility of providing shore-based will not only help reduce the 44% An outreach programme, combined with use of the Skype Global Classroom platform, will expand the reach of the a failure in the hydropower system power to cruise ships that dock at of the island population who are in project across the Highland region. significantly impacted the rural the community pier. fuel poverty but will also encourage and remote community and new businesses including tourism local businesses. The Sustainable £300k, one of the largest ever ventures. Once fully operational, the Development Fund panel awarded awards from the Sustainable scheme will provide CO2 savings 160,000 £176k to help initiate a more resilient Development Fund, was provided equivalent to c127 tonnes of CO2e visitors to benefit a year energy system that’s fit for purpose to Isle of Raasay Development per year.
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“We are very grateful for support from SSE Renewables towards building Scotland’s Wildlife Discovery Centre at Highland Wildlife Park. This exciting new experience will play a pivotal role in inspiring more people to protect and connect with nature and wildlife.” David Field, CEO, Royal Zoological Society of Scotland
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LOCAL CASE STUDY £5.6m 354 SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES FUNDS awarded to projects WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST
The local funds ensure those living closest to renewable assets are the main recipients The coronavirus pandemic provided the biggest community of community benefit funds. All decisions are made by local people either by panels of crisis since the SSE Renewables community funds were community members or by local development trusts. established. We recognised that a proactive response was required to help the most vulnerable in communities. In April Panels and trusts have had to adapt this year to new ways of working due to travel restrictions and the inability to meet face to face. New technology has allowed discussion and decision making to continue almost 2020, we released 10% of local wind farm funding to community unaffected, and the way panel members and applicants have embraced this has been inspiring. councils to support grass roots responses and the immediate £1m impact of the pandemic. As the situation evolved, local panels donated from The primary focus for the local funds this year has been ensuring that the communities were supported as ensured funds were made available to safeguard vital services local funds they dealt with the consequences of the pandemic. The community response is testament to the resilience of rural areas, with volunteers helping the most vulnerable and new support services quickly established. and help establish new community support projects. We recognise several communities we work with have experienced loss in the last year, including members who have been involved in local panels and in establishing community projects. It is a reminder of the tireless • In the Highlands, Caithness work of volunteers in communities and it is important for us to recognise the value that they bring to the Community Connections projects that we fund. responded to the unmet need of the vulnerable community of Lybster. We continue to align our funding to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The goals are a blueprint to A project which started to provided achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. Funding in 2020/21 shows an increased allocation to lunches for children has expanded healthy lives and Sustainable Development Goal 3 which reflects the impact due to the pandemic. to provide a community wide support service. • In Perthshire, the Alyth Community Support Group was established to provide a ‘Food for Thought’ service and a new support hub in an empty building within the town. • In South Lanarkshire, Leadhills S C Community Council helped provide hot meals for local vulnerable people throughout the pandemic. • In Dumfries and Galloway, funding was provided to Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and District Community Council to provide micro grants for vulnerable residents. • In North Lincolnshire, a grant was S C provided to the Forge Centre to provide vital support and guidance to the local people experiencing homelessness.
The range of projects supported is testament to the resilience of the In 2021/22 the focus for the local funds will be ensuring communities continue to thrive after the pandemic. We communities and the commitment of recognise some projects were delayed due to lockdown restrictions and we will support them to be re-established. their volunteers. The local funds will We will also encourage communities to learn from the pandemic and adapt to new challenges. The Gordonbush continue to help communities as they Community Fund will reach its fifth year and we look forward to the first panel awards from the Clyde Extension Fund. recover from the pandemic.
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CASE STUDY CASE STUDY CREATING GREAT BRITAIN’S LARGEST CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES WIND FARM COMMUNITY FUND TO ENJO Y THE OUTDOORS
“I’ve explored the local area way more since lockdown started, and the gravel trails website has been an inspiration for these trips. It £72m has given me the confidence to be donated over the Viking to get out there.” Community Fund lifetime Comrie resident
The creation of a Viking Energy Wind Farm on Shetland will provide enough power for 475,000 homes. The wind farm “The Viking Community will also provide the largest renewable community benefit Fund, the largest onshore fund in GB. It will be administered by Shetland Community fund in the UK, is both Benefit Fund and support projects from all 18 community frightening and exciting for Shetland Community council areas in Shetland. Benefit Fund Ltd. Managing the fund presents us with During the initial years of the fund, the focus will be on completing a enormous challenges but community consultation to identify what issues the people of Shetland The restrictions implemented during lockdown encouraged tremendous opportunities would like the funds to be used for. The fund will also begin administering everyone to rediscover their local area and appreciate the to help sustain and develop micro grants to support grassroots projects and local grants to help fund the local communities. The assets which are on their doorstep. The community near projects which are important in each community council area. Once the fund has the potential to the Griffin Wind Farm used the time to experience the new community consultation is complete, a business plan will be developed to make a genuine difference Perthshire Gravel Trails which map and promote hundreds outline how the circa £72m investment will be used to support community in tackling the problems of miles of traffic-free off-road cycling routes. A public priorities through grants, loans and investments. £15k and issues that concern consultation in 2019 identified the need for better bike islanders. We look forward awarded to Highland The first award made from the fund was £200k to the Shetland MRI to working with SSE routes in Perthshire and local people helped identify eleven Perthshire Cycling Scanner Appeal. Currently 600 patients from Shetland must travel to Renewables on the journey new routes. the mainland to have an MRI scan each year. The equipment is used to ahead.” diagnose and monitor a wide variety of conditions and the number of The new routes combine nature, heritage and adventure and are tailored to different ability levels. A dedicated patients who require scans is steadily increasing. The travel experience can Chris Bunyan, website provides users with videos of each route, a GPX map and a detailed description to appreciate the be detrimental to the patient at an already difficult time. The provision of an Chair, Shetland Community scenery. The resource has been used almost 16,000 times in its first six months. Analysis of visitors to the MRI scanner within Shetland will provide a significant health and wellbeing Benefit Fund region after lockdown showed they have provided an average of £176 per visitor to the local economy while improvement for community members for years to come. using the trails.
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CASE STUDY CASE STUDY CREATING A COMMUNITY INVESTING IN PATH NETWORK COMMUNITY ASSETS
GORDONBUSH TODDLEBURN Heriot is a rural community in the Moorfoot Hills in the COMMUNITY FUND COMMUNITY FUND Scottish Borders. The community is spread across 50 square miles and like many rural areas, the hall was the heart of the community but had come to the end of useful life. The rejuvenation of Macfie Hall has developed a new community space to be utilised for generations to come. The architecturally impressive re-development took inspiration from nearby Borthwick Castle. The building provides a £45k £100k flexible space which can be aligned into either a large hall awarded to Rogart awarded to Macfie setting or easily divided into multi-purpose meeting and Development Trust Hall Committee working spaces.
A community consultation in 2016 identified the need to develop and improve the path network near the village of Rogart in Sutherland. The final section of the resulting project was completed in 2021 with the replacement of a footbridge over the River Fleet. The project now provides a four-mile circular path which is all off-road and is accessible for all abilities.
The path has been well utilised by community members during the pandemic and it is hoped the route will provide an attraction for visitors with consequential benefits to the village shop, “We are enormously pub and local accommodation providers in grateful to the fund for the the years to come. confidence it showed in this important community project, which was vital in The Gordonbush grant has enabled helping it attract funding Rogart Development Trust to finalise from other sources and the 4-mile Round Rogart Path. This will has resulted in a fantastic give visitors and locals alike a circular refurbishment.” way-marked route promoting a healthy Douglas Crabbe, outdoor lifestyle. Chair, Macfie Hall Committee Kate Roach, Rogart Development Trust
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OFFSHORE CASE STUDY £1m 79 INVESTING IN THE FUNDS awarded to projects WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE
According to the UK Commission for Employment & Skills, SSE Renewables has the largest offshore wind development pipeline across GB and Ireland. 43% of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) This year has seen the growth of our community funds linked to offshore wind including vacancies are hard to fill due to skills shortages. The core the launch of the Dogger Bank Community Fund, our joint venture with Equinor and Eni, route to resolving this skills gap is education with a focus and the launch of the Seagreen Community Fund, our joint venture with Total Energies. The from early years needed to create the workforce of the future. new funds have learnt from the success of our existing Beatrice Community Fund, our joint £1m During the first three years of the Dogger Bank Community Fund, the funding venture with Red Rock Power Ltd, TRIG and Equitix. donated during construction of will support an ambitious plan to improve STEM attainment across East Dogger Bank Wind Farm The coronavirus pandemic The Beatrice panels recognised continuing the community fund Riding of Yorkshire, South Tyneside and Redcar and Cleveland. The project impacted the delivery of our the pandemic had influenced most will open the Scholarship Fund will see the wind farm work with local education leaders and national STEM offshore funds. Seagreen applications this year with requests supporting 50 young people. The specialists to provide a range of support including children benefiting from industry leading STEM Continued Professional and Dogger Bank both got to deal with the emergency consultation with communities Development and STEM resources. This will lead to a systematic change in the quality of learning particularly at the special agreement to start their including Ice and Fire Distillery in Seagreen will continue and the pivotal early years stage. community funds early to provide and Caithness Community funding will support local priorities. emergency funding to local Connections. The Beatrice Partnership Fund The wind farm, which is a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Eni, will also open a STEM Scholarship community projects including will open for the final time and Fund. The fund will support 50 local young people from the three local authority areas to gain further education Welcome Centre Hornse, EVA 2021/22 will be a busy year for conclude £3m of investments in qualifications and the skills required to enter STEM careers. This support will be vital in helping young people overcome Women’s Aid and a number of all the offshore wind farms. Caithness and Moray. barriers to further education and help them gain the skills needed to gain local employment opportunities. community councils in Angus. With Dogger Bank construction
schools to benefit from 142 improved STEM attainment.
“The support from Dogger Bank Wind Farm will open up new learning opportunities for children in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and maths which I hope will go some way to help shape their future.” Councillor Victoria Aitken, East Riding of Yorkshire Council
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CASE STUDY CASE STUDY ENSURING FAMILIES HAVE FUNDING COMMUNITY ACCESS TO LOCAL CHILDCARE LED REGENERATION
BEATRICE MORAY The Lossie 2-3 Group’s childcare service in Lossiemouth was BEATRICE PARTNERSHIP FUND put at risk when they found out the community hall they CAITHNESS FUND utilised was due to close. An initial award from the Beatrice A key focus for communities in receipt of wind farm funding is ensuring the people come together Partnership Fund safeguarded the service by providing £50k to to collectively identify their priority actions and create viable solutions. One of the successes of help them move to a new site and develop a family and well- the funds has been the support provided to establish and enhance development trusts or similar being hub. The site has provision for 30 children, with 50% community organisations. The trusts enable the community to take control of their own projects coming from families needing additional support. When the and build sustainable solutions for the future. The award to Sinclair’s Bay Trust will enable the Beatrice Partnership Fund panel learnt the group had been left new trust to be developed and ensure they have the capacity and capability to support their £65k with a significant funding gap due to the closure of the service community. The success of the Beatrice Funds supporting Caithness community development awarded to Lossie during lockdown, they stepped in to provide emerging support is further demonstrated by £20k being allocated to Caithness Voluntary Group to help a 2-3 Group with £15k awarded to help retain core services. collaboration of local trusts to employ a development officer who will help them all enhance their skills and experience.
£4k awarded to Sinclair’s Bay Trust
“Sinclair’s Bay Trust is a newly formed group. The Beatrice Community Fund has allowed us to take our first brave steps on our community journey.” Pat Ramsay, Volunteer, Sinclair’s Bay Trust
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NORTHERN £445k 139 REPUBLIC OF €1.1m 412 IRELAND awarded to projects IRELAND awarded to projects
scholarships scholarships supported supported SSE Renewables is Northern Ireland’s largest generator of 53 SSE Renewables quickly recognised that the funds we 17 wind power and operates community funds for our three operate could play an important part in community wind farms: Bessy Bell, Tievenameenta, and Slieve Kirk Wind Park. When the impact responses to the pandemic in Republic of Ireland (ROI). We took the decision of the coronavirus pandemic was identified, we took the decision to provide the in spring 2020 to release the funding for all our local wind farm funds early so annual funding amount for each local fund to help the communities support their that it was available for the community initiatives. €355k was distributed to help most vulnerable residents. Restrictions have also had an impact on young people local coronavirus responses. We also ensured that our other initiatives continued and we have ensured the Scholarship and Learning for Life programmes continued during the pandemic including running the Galway Wind Park Scholarship to invest in supporting the life chances of young residents. Programme and the Galway Wind Park Major Project Fund.
SUPPORTING SCHOLARS DURING THE PANDEMIC INVESTING IN TRANSFORMATIONAL GALWAY PROJECTS
The Scholarship Fund promotes learning and skills development in the local community. It is targeted at full and part- time students from the counties of Derry-Londonderry, Tyronne, County Fermanagh and County Donegal attending either the University of Ulster, South West College or North West Regional College. We spoke to one of the recipients €300k 6 of the 2020 Scholarship Annie Gibson to understand how the pandemic has impacted on her studies and student life. awarded to projects
The Galway Wind Park Major Project Fund provides support for strategic projects within 10km of Galway Wind Park, Can you tell us what you are studying? our joint venture with Greencoat Renewables. The fund has two key themes of empowering communities and I am currently studying a BEng (Hons) in Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of Ulster. supporting sustainable places. The funding decisions are made by an independent panel of local specialists. The 2021 How have you found the course so far? round of the fund awarded €300k to six local projects which will provide capital improvements to local pathways and I am really enjoying the course as I have a keen interest in renewables. recreational sites. My goal is to contribute to tackling several long-term issues like climate change, reducing carbon footprint and global warming. Killannin Pitch Committee was awarded €47,000 to facilitate capital works at the club grounds to help increase the Can you tell me a bit of how the pandemic number of participants and the ground safety. The works include improvements to the pitch surfaces, new dugouts to has affected you personally? provide shelter and the development of a new exercise area. The enhanced setting will provide an inclusive setting for I was working as a retail assistant but I was let go due to the company’s closure due to the pandemic. So financially it is difficult but receiving the community. The club currently has 1,165 members and they hope the new investment will double the numbers in the scholarship has been such a support to both myself and my family. the next two years. It has eased an ever-growing financial burden. Can you tell me a bit of how the pandemic has affected you academically? “We are delighted to receive such With only commencing my studies in September 2020 I haven’t met any of my fellow students face to face. Instead I am trying to build a generous grant of funding from up relationships virtually which to be honest isn’t ideal. Obviously as a Galway Wind Park. We hope the young person you look forward to your university years and I can’t help club will be pivotal to supporting but feel I am being robbed of a year of mine. people as we emerge from the What are you hoping for in your 2nd year of University? coronavirus pandemic.” I really hope for some degree of normality. I want to meet my fellow students face to face and be able to go out socially to help get to know Caroline Walsh, each other. I want to be able to attend lectures in a lecture theatre Member, Killannin Pitch something everyone before us took for granted I would imagine. Committee
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funding decisions are made by a community panel. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FUND Organisation Award OUR FUNDS Established in 2004, the fund benefits just over 500 people in the Sanday community in Orkney. The Highland Sustainable Development Fund has a current Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust £100,000 expected value of £35m over its lifetime. The funding decisions are To improve the island energy infrastructure. IN FOCUS Annual Fund Payment £30,107 made by an independent panel. Trees for Life £100,000 The fund supports the whole population of the Highland local To provide a sustainable energy solution for the SHETLAND AND ORKNEY Awards Approved £27,548 authority area, estimated to be 235,540. visitor site.
Annual Fund Payment £2,000,000 Staffin Community Trust £99,000 Approximately £72.7m will be invested by two wind farms, the funds include SSE Renewables Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To construct six new affordable family homes. largest fund, Viking Community Fund. Awards Approved £2,203,704 F Strathglass and Affric £90,000 To provide two new community owned affordable houses. C Spurness Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital C KIRKWALL Glen Urquhart Rural Community Association £80,000 To develop a low carbon community transport and F information hub. VIKING E S C O The Viking Community Fund will provide an estimated £72m to C T Kyle and Lochalsh Community Trust £66,794 invest in local projects over its lifetime. The fund is administered E C To develop and design of a Viking Living Village. by Shetland Community Benefit Fund. S R The fund, established in 2020, will benefit the 22,990 people who S Caithness Community Connection £50,000 live on Shetland. E To develop a base open to support all within the community of Lybster.
Annual Fund Payment £400,000 Organisation Award New Start Highland £47,139 Sanday Afternoon Club £9,602 To create a training academy. Awards Approved £235,522 To run an afternoon club for elderly residents for three years. Local Energy Scotland/Solar Projects £43,838 Organisation Award To support Highland communities with solar Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Sanday Community School Pupil Council £6,000 energy projects. To provide daily fresh fruit for pupils. Raasay Development Trust £300,000 F To develop a community owned hydro on Raasay. Local Energy Scotland/Solar Projects £43,838 Orkney Islands Council £5,000 C To support Highland communities with solar To run a micro grant scheme for Sanday energy projects. Community Council. Royal Zoological Society of Scotland £200,000 C To build a Discovery Centre at the Highland Wildlife Park. Kyle of Sutherland Hub Ltd £40,000 E S Sanday Community Council £3,966 To support enterprise and social development. To fund three defibrillators. Knoydart Renewables £176,565 To modernise the energy system in Knoydart. C T Castle Roy Trust £37,096 Orkney Islands Council £2,980 To make the heritage site safe for all-abilities access. S R To deliver a coronavirus contingency fund for Dornoch Area Community Interest Company £174,456 Sanday Community Council. To deliver a sustainable multi-purpose community centre. Blooming Gardeners £25,000 E To fund a horticultural trainer for two years. Strathnaver Museum Trust £150,000 HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS To redevelop the museum to improve the visitor experience. Organisation Award Lochaber Hope £25,000 To develop a new woodworking workshop, aimed at suicide prevention. Shetland MRI Scanner Appeal £200,000 Home to the widest spread of Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £115,000 To support the purchase of an MRI Scanner on Shetland SSE Renewables’ community To build 12 new homes to provide affordable rent for the Spurness funds, the Highlands and local community KIRKWALL Farr North Community Development Trust £24,217 Islands region hosts 11 To establish a community development trust. Shetland Community Benefit Fund £35,522 THURSO developments that provide Strathy To establish and administer the Viking Community Fund. Farmer Jones Academy CIC £102,000 community benefit, including 2 Gordonbush Achany To offer experiential accredited training and hydro schemes. Approximately Wild Things £16,098 apprenticeship opportunities. To provide emergency coronavirus funding. £57m will be invested through Fairburn INVERNESS Bhlaraidh the local community funds and Dunmaglass SPURNESS FORT AUGUSTUS Stronelairg £35m through the Sustainable Glendoe Glen Affric & Strathglass Marketing Association £100,000 Lairg Learning Centre £15,000 To create a traffic free section for the Affric Kintail Way. The Spurness Community Fund will provide an estimated Development Fund over their FORT WILLIAM To provide emergency coronavirus funding. £700,000 to invest in local projects during its lifetime. The lifetime. Kingairloch
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award
The Puffin Hydrotherapy Pool £11,342 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £93,836 The Glengarry Trust £2,245 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £67,493 To purchase a hoist system for the pool changing rooms. To purchase land and property in Whitebridge. To support the management and development of To support the management and development of community activity. community activity.
Wild Things £10,392 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £63,703 To provide an intergenerational health and well Towards an endowment fund for the community of Glengarry Shinty Club £1,800 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £24,091 being project. Stratherrick and Foyers. To support the impact of the pandemic. To support the cost of apprentices.
Sleat Community Trust £4,767 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £57,607 Soirbheas £24,000 To provide an electrical connection point. To run a community broadband service. Invergarry Primary School Parent Council £1,760 To support the management and development of To deliver workshops. community activity.
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £20,190 To support the management and development of Glengarry Community Council Skip Hire £1,750 Fort Augustus & Glenmoriston Community Company £20,679 STRONELAIRG community activity. To provide community skips. To employ community caretakers. Stronelairg Wind Farm Ltd is a partnership between SSE Renewables (50.1%) and Spean Bridge SCIO £20,000 Invergarry Children’s Christmas Parties £684 Glenmoriston Millennium Hall £12,000 Greencoat UK Wind plc (49.9%). To employ a part-time development officer. To support running costs. To upgrade the public toilets located at the hall. The Stronelairg Community Fund is estimated to provide over £18m to invest in local projects over its lifetime. Part of the fund Glengarry Community Woodlands £15,497 Soirbheas £11,889 is managed locally by the Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston To complete renovations. Invergarry Christmas Craft Fair £100 To host apprentices at 2 local employers. Community Company, Glengarry Trust and the Stratherrick and To support running costs. Foyers Community Trust on behalf of SSE Renewables. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council £10,000 3 Glens Community Care £6,000 Established in 2018, the fund serves the community council areas of To purchase a new toilet block. To support a care at home service. Stratherrick and Foyers, Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston and Laggan over the lifetime of the fund and Glengarry, Spean Bridge Roy Bridge BHLARAIDH and Achnacarry during the first three years of the fund supporting a Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £6,768 Fort Augustus & Glenmoriston Community Company £5,206 population of 4,012. Community Action Plan The Bhlaraidh Community Fund will provide an estimated value To support the cost of running the village hall. of £8.5m over its lifetime to local projects. The fund is managed locally by the Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Annual Fund Payment £609,523 Spean Bridge Golf Club £6,300 Company and Soirhbeas on behalf of SSE Renewables. Telford Centre £5,028 To purchase new equipment. To improve the living space at this residential care home. Established in 2016, the fund serves a population of 3,288 in the Awards Approved £1,253,540 two community council areas of Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Laggan Community Council £6,000 and Glenurquhart. Glenmoriston Improvement Group £2,480 To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. To create a “Beastie Trail” through the glen.
Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Annual Fund Payment £519,574 Laggan Heritage £5,664 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £1,350 To restore the Mrs Grant of Laggan monument. To provide support grants to 9 students. F Awards Approved £183,144 C 3 Glens Community Care £5,026 Glenmoriston Improvement Group £1,125 To support a home care service. C To make improvements to the war memorial site. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital S Spean Bridge SCIO £5,000 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £551 To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. To maintain 3 defibrillators. C F C S R Spean Bridge SCIO £5,000 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £485 To provide micro grants of up to £500. C To provide coronavirus hardship support. S Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council £5,000 Fort Augustus and Area Gaelic Group £480 To provide micro grants of up to £500. Organisation Award C To run Gaelic speaking classes for the community.
Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £916,610 S R To build 12 new homes for affordable rent for the The Glengarry Trust £3,000 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £287 To provide support grants to 5 students. To subsidise tickets for local film shows. local community.
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award DUNMAGLASS Farr Community Hall Association £5,500 Farr North Community Development Trust £42,000 Strathy Village Hall Association £585 Dunmaglass Wind Farm Ltd To maintain football pitches. To establish a development trust. To support hall costs. is a partnership between SSE Renewables (50.1%) and Stratherrick Public Hall £4,000 Communities Housing Trust £25,000 Greencoat UK Wind plc (49.9%). To support hall running costs. To purchase a property in Bettyhill. GORDONBUSH The Dunmaglass Community Fund is estimated to provide £7.4m to Strathnairn News £3,943 invest in local projects over its lifetime. The fund is managed locally To publish a community newsletter. Bettyhill, Strathnaver and Altnaharra £20,000 The Gordonbush Community Fund is estimated to provide £5.5m by Strathdearn Community Developments, Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council to invest in local projects. The funding decisions are made by a To support students on interns and placements. Community Trust and Strathnairn Community Benefit Fund. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £3,726 community panel. To support a community broadband project. Established in 2015, the fund serves a population of around 2,700 Melvich Village Hall Association £10,000 Established in 2011, the fund benefits a population of around over the three community council areas of Stratherrick and Foyers, Farr Junior Football and Athletics Club £2,378 To support a hall replacement. 4,680 over the four community council areas of Brora, Golspie, Strathnairn and Strathdearn. To purchase equipment for junior football and athletics club. Helmsdale and Rogart. Strathy Bay Environmental Action Group £9,150 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £1,250 To maintain a cleaning programme. Annual Fund Payment £267,548 To run a community ceilidh. Annual Fund Payment £225,233
Strathnaver Museum Trust £6,380 Farr Junior Football and Athletics Club £470 Awards Approved £170,022 To fund a co-ordinator. Awards Approved £240,149 To set up a tennis club.
Strathnairn Community Access and Transport £335 Melvich Community Council £6,255 To run a community transport service. To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £259 Strathy and Armadale Community Council £6,255 F F To support a community hub. To establish a coronavirus contingency fund.
C C Strathnairn Community Website £124 Bettyhill, Strathnaver and Altnaharra £6,255 To operate a community website. C Community Council C To establish a coronavirus contingency fund.
S S STRATHY NORTH Melvich Village Hall Association £5,000 C To fund legal costs for SCIO transition and C The Strathy North Community Fund is estimated to provide £5.5m community asset transfer. S R to invest in local projects over its lifetime. The funding decisions S R are made by a community panel. Melvich Community Council £3,000 To provide micro grants of up to £250. Established in May 2014, the fund serves a population of around 940 over the three community council areas of Bettyhill, Farr Parent Council £3,000 Strathnaver and Altnaharra; Melvich; and Strathy and Armadale. Organisation Award To install campus structures. Organisation Award A smaller ring-fenced fund is available in Strathy and Armadale only.
Strathdearn Community Developments Ltd £70,000 Thurso Pipe Band £2,560 Rogart Development Trust £51,175 To support a community hub and local provision Annual Fund Payment £192,537 To purchase uniforms and equipment. To upgrade a footpath network and install a during the pandemic. replacement bridge. Awards Approved £156,716 Melvich Community Council £2,400 Parent Council Farr Primary School and Nursery £27,900 To complete a geodivining survey. Gordonbush Project £36,000 To deliver extra-curricular activities. To deliver an apprenticeship programme. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Strathy Bay Environmental Action Group £2,376 Strathnairn Music Initiative £16,968 To clean a beach hut. Go Golspie £20,000 To host music classes and activities. F To complete roof works to the YMCA building.
C Highlife Highland £2,000 Helmsdale Community Transport £17,000 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £14,421 To purchase a storage shed for a youth club. To employ a staff member for two years. Towards an endowment fund for the community of C Stratherrick and Foyers. Portskerra Activity Club £2,000 Golspie Bowling Club £16,899 S To purchase equipment. To purchase and install floodlights. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £9,504 To support the re-development of the Riverside Field. C Big Sing Choir £1,500 The Sutherland Care Forum £15,000 To support venue costs for three years. To deliver a footcare service. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £9,244 S R To support the management and development of Reay Golf Club £1,000 Brora Community Enterprises £10,891 community activity. To purchase equipment. To employ a part-time post to support transport services.
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award ACHANY Helmsdale Community Council £5,579 Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust £3,375 Boleskine Community Care £19,469 To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. The Achany Community Fund is estimated to be worth around To purchase 3,000 face mask kits to be distributed To employ a manager and support core operational costs. £2.9m to share between local projects. The funding decisions are in local area. made by a community panel. Golspie Community Council £5,579 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £15,353 To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. Established in 2010, the fund serves a population of around 2,500, Creich, Croick and Kincardine Day Care Centre £1,536 To provide a Covid Resilience Fund. covering the three community council areas of Ardgay and District, To deliver a meal delivery service during the pandemic. Creich and Lairg. Brora Community Council £5,579 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £13,916 To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. Kyle of Sutherland Hub £1,500 To support the management and development of To purchase equipment for outdoor activities during community activity. Annual Fund Payment £119,127 the pandemic. Helmsdale Community Association £5,000 To upgrade an existing building. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £12,664 Awards Approved £302,863 Creich, Croick and Kincardine Day Care Centre £1,215 Towards an endowment fund for the community of To purchase antibacterial spray equipment from Stratherrick and Foyers. Garbh Allt Community Initiative £5,000 transport and premises. To employ a development officer. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £8,030 To support the cost of an apprentice. Voluntary Groups Sutherland £5,000 To run training events. F GLENDOE Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £7,646 C The Glendoe Community Fund will invest an estimated £2.5m in To provide support grants to 19 local students. East and Central Sutherland CAB £5,000 local projects. The fund is managed locally by the Fort Augustus To support cost during coronavirus pandemic. C and Glenmoriston Community Company and the Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust on behalf of SSE Renewables. Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £6,893 Helmsdale Woodlanders £4,300 S To employ community caretakers. To replace equipment. Opened in 2009, Glendoe was the largest conventional hydro electric scheme to be built in over 50 years. The fund benefits a C Boleskine Community Care £5,193 population of around 2,000 over the two community council areas Voluntary Groups Sutherland £4,283 To support running costs during the pandemic. of Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, and Stratherrick and Foyers. To provide safety materials during coronavirus pandemic. S R Glenmoriston Millennium Hall £4,000 To upgrade the public toilets. Helmsdale Radio Controlled Cars £3,611 Annual Fund Payment £141,655 To support operating costs.
3 Glens Community Care £2,000 Organisation Award Awards Approved £149,611 Brora Community Enterprises £3,470 To provide home care services. To develop an online booking system. Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust £120,000 To support core costs for four years. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £1,839 Golspie Bowling Club £3,451 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To provide energy grants to 4 residents. To replace gates, blinds and planters. Lairg and District Community Initiatives £60,000 To support core costs for four years. F Knockie Trust £1,750 Golspie Community Council £3,000 To provide coronavirus hardship support. C To provide micro grants of up to £500. Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust £25,000 To support core costs. C Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £1,735 Helmsdale Community Council £3,000 To subsidise the cost of running the village hall. To provide micro grants of up to £500. Bonar Bridge Football Club £25,000 S To refurbish the clubhouse. Telford Centre £1,676 Rogart Community Council £3,000 C To improve the living space at this residential care home. To provide micro grants of up to £500. KOSAS £23,543 To run an apprenticeship programme. S R Glenmoriston Improvement Group £827 Voluntary Groups Sutherland £2,852 To create a Beastie Trail through the glen. To run a call service during coronavirus pandemic. Kyle of Sutherland Hub £20,000 To employ a manager for two years.
Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £450 Golspie Rowing Club £2,585 Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust £7,849 To provide support grants to 9 students. To host a rowing event. Organisation Award To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £22,498 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £437 Rogart Development Trust £1,500 Bonar Bridge Ardgay Golf Club £6,020 To support the management and development of To provide support grants to 2 local sports people. To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. To replacement furniture, carpets and windows and doors. community activity.
Garbh Allt Community Initiative £1,395 Lairg Community Council £3,925 Boleskine Community Care £21,963 Glenmoriston Improvement Group £375 To start a spring water project. To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. To employment of a support and development officer. To make improvements to the war memorial site.
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award
Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust £295 Muir of Ord Community Council £3,994 Highland Council - community £7,364 Caithness Community Connections £35,499 To support the delivery of Foyers Bay. To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. fund allowance To develop a base to support the community of Lybster. To establish a coronavirus contingency fund.
Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £184 To maintain three defibrillators in the area. Marybank, Scatwell and Strathconon £3,994 Dunnet Forestry Trust £35,225 Community Council To support a part time development officer for To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. three years. Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £162 BEATRICE PARTNERSHIP To provide coronavirus hardship support. FUND – HIGHLAND Contin Community Council £3,994 To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Golspie Community Council £35,000 Fort Augustus and area Gaelic Group £160 Ltd, a partnership between SSE To construct an accessible path. To run Gaelic speaking classes for the community. Renewables joint venture with Marybank Primary Parent Council £3,782 Red Rock Power Ltd, TRIG and To deliver workshops and sports sessions. Equitix. Connecting Communities £30,219 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £96 To purchase an electric vehicle. To subsidise tickets for local film shows. The Beatrice Partnership Fund - Highland supports communities Fyrish Gymnastics Club £2,171 that lie wholly within the east coast communities of Caithness and To purchase a trailer for the transportation of equipment. Sutherland. The funding decisions are made by an independent Science 03 £30,000 panel. The fund will provide £2m to invest in local projects over To support the Caithness Science Festival for two years. FAIRBURN the five-year lifetime of the fund. Wee Adventure £2,000 The Fairburn Community Fund is expected to invest around £2.4m To publish an adventure book, focussed on cycle High Life Highland £24,480 in local projects over its lifetime. The funding decisions are made routes for families. Annual Fund Payment £400,000 To fund a youth support worker. by a community panel.
Established in 2010 the fund benefits a population of more Awards Approved £419,682 Homestart Caithness £19,137 than 4,300 over the three community council areas of Contin; To run a support group and parenting classes for dads. Marybank, Scatwell and Strathconon; and Muir of Ord. KINGAIRLOCH
The Kingairloch Community Fund will provide around Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Tain and District Development Trust £17,500 Annual Fund Payment £103,707 £240,000 to invest in local projects over its lifetime. The fund To support a development manager post. is administered by the Highland Council on behalf of SSE Renewables. F Awards Approved £51,506 C O Staxigoe Community Football Pitch Committee £10,042 Kingairloch is one of SSE Renewables smaller hydroelectric To complete a feasibility study. schemes. The annual value of the fund is around £7,150, benefitting C an estimated population of 3,200 across the community council Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital areas of Ardgour, Sunart and Morvern. S F BEATRICE CAITHNESS Annual Fund Payment £7,737 C COMMUNITY FUND Beatrice Offshore Windfarm C Awards Approved £7,364 Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables joint venture with S Red Rock Power Ltd, TRIG and Equitix. C Organisation Award Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital The Beatrice Caithness Community Fund will provide £2m to S R Dunbeath and District Centre £50,000 local projects over the five-year lifetime of the fund. The funding F To support a manager post for two years. decisions are made by a community panel. C East Sutherland Rescue Centre £50,000 Established in 2017, the fund supports the community council C To build a boat shed. areas of Sinclair’s Bay, Wick, Tannach and District, Berriedale and Organisation Award Dunbeath and Latheron, Lybster and Clyth. S Contin Community Trust £27,500 Tain and District Youth Café YMCA £41,780 To build a new Contin Hall. To support a children’s development worker for C three years. Annual Fund Payment £400,000
1st Fairburn Scout Group £4,071 S R To purchase of resources to enable the group to Tain and District Development Trust £40,800 Awards Approved £256,373 meet outside. To run a tourism initiative.
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital
Laidhay Preservation Trust £8,229 Wick Community Council £2,500 Lossie 2-3 Group £65,180 F To refurbish a tearoom and barn. To print materials on 3D printer during the pandemic. To develop a family and wellbeing hub in Lossie.
C Heart Community Trust £7,462 Caithness Voluntary Group £2,390 Cullen, Deskford and Portknockie Heritage Group £35,800 To deliver a befriending service during the pandemic. C To set up a new community development trust. To refurbish a heritage centre in Cullen. Caithness United Football Club £2,000 S Sinclair’s Bay Community Council £7,253 Friends of Blairs Loch £30,000 To purchase equipment. To refurbish Keiss toilets. To refurbish an educational hub. C Wick Amateur Football Association £1,400 Moray Baby Bank £27,604 Caithness Volunteer Group £6,893 To purchase equipment. S R To purchase safety equipment during the pandemic. To purchase an electric van.
Wick Community Council £6,312 Findhorn Foundation £10,739 To install planters and an information board. MORAY To install solar panels.
Organisation Award Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd LOSSIEMOUTH Dunbeath and District Centre £6,065 (BOWL) operate the 84 turbine Garmouth and Kingston Amenities Association £10,180 To provide food deliveries during lockdown. ELGIN To contribute to upgrade works at the community hub. Clan Gunn Heritage Trust £20,000 Beatrice offshore wind farm FORRES To refurbish a building. off the Caithness coast. BOWL KEITH Highland Advocacy £5,642 is a partnership between SSE To provide an advocacy service. Renewables joint venture with Wick Heritage Society £19,380 Red Rock Power Ltd, TRIG and To refurbish a building. BEATRICE MORAY Wick Gala Committee £5,357 Equitix. The Beatrice community COMMUNITY FUND To repair a boat shed roof. and partnership funds will Caithness Community Connections £10,000 provide £2m of community The Beatrice Moray Community To deliver community services during the pandemic. investment in Moray over a five- St Fergus Bowling Club £5,352 Fund will provide £1m to local year period. To purchase equipment. communities. The funding Dunbeath and District Centre £10,000 decisions are made by a To deliver community services during the pandemic. Latheronwheel and Latheron Improvement Group £5,310 BEATRICE PARTNERSHIP community panel. The fund To refurbish a war memorial. supports the community council FUND – MORAY areas of Buckie and District, Keith, Lennox and Strathisla. Pulteneytown Peoples Project £10,000 The Beatrice Partnership Fund To deliver community services during the pandemic. Wick Community Council £5,101 To refurbish a local water fountain. – Moray supports communities that lie on the Moray coast Annual Fund Payment £200,000 Caithness Citizens Advice Bureau £10,000 including the areas of Buckie To employ two advisers. Caithness Amateur Radio Society £5,000 and District, Lennox, Strathisla To deliver a qualified electronic course. and Keith. The funding decisions Awards Approved £99,578 are made by an independent panel. The fund will provide £1m to Thrumster Community Development Association £10,000 Northlands Creative £4,590 invest in projects over a five-year period. To deliver hot meals during the pandemic. To deliver online courses. Annual Fund Payment £200,000 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Wick Lifeboat £10,000 Sinclair’s Bay Trust £4,038 To support volunteer training. To support community projects including upgrading Keiss toilets. Awards Approved £179,503 F
C Thrumster Community Development Association £4,000 Wick RBLS Pipe Band £10,000 To replace drums and chanters. To provide micro grants of up to £500. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital C
F S Caithness Community Connections £9,899 Lybster Outdoor Bowling Club £4,000 To provide a coronavirus fund. To complete maintenance of bowling green. C O C
C North Coast Abattoir Group £9,884 Caithness Volunteer Group £3,380 S R To complete a feasibility study and business case. To purchase IT equipment. S Caithness Citizens Advice Bureau £9,694 Pultney House Amenities Group £3,144 To deliver advice services during the pandemic. To fund outdoor shelters for care home visitors. Organisation Award
Rookums Plc £9,098 Northern Pilgrims Way Group £3,000 Speyfest £20,000 To produce hand sanitizer for local frontline volunteers. To produce a guidebook. To support delivery costs.
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Organisation Award SEAGREEN GRIFFIN AND CALLIACHAR Organisation Award Port Gordon Bowling Club £10,000 The Seagreen Community Fund will be The Griffin and Calliachar Community Fund has an estimated value Dunkeld and Birnam Community Interest Company £17,300 To build a new bowling club. worth £1.8m over its lifetime. The fund of £16.5m over its lifetime. The funding decisions are made by a To provide community profiling and an action plan. support the 65,000 population in the eight community council areas community panel. Port Gordon Community Harbour Group £10,000 of Carnoustie; Murroes and Wellbank; Montrose; Ferrryden and Craig; Abbeyfield Breadalbane Society £16,635 To support the feasibility costs. Tealing; Arbroath; Monifieth; and Monikie and Newbigging. Launched in 2011, it serves a population of around 7,000 over the five To make improvements at a sheltered housing complex. community council areas of Aberfeldy; Dull and Weem; Dunkeld and Birnam; Kenmore and District; and Mid Atholl, Strathtay and Grandtully. Moray Duke of Edinburgh Award Committee £10,000 Annual Fund Payment £30,000 To employ a part-time co-ordinator. Perth Autism Support SCIO £14,258 To deliver an employability programme for autistic Awards Approved £30,000 Annual Fund Payment £565,431 young adults. 1st Fochabers Scout Group £6,370 To purchase campsite equipment. Awards Approved £621,163 Dunkeld Chapter House Museum and Archive Trust £12,766 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To set up an online presence and create interactive Moray CAB £5,000 visitor experience. To increase advice services during the pandemic. F Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital PAMIS £12,039 Marie Curie £5,000 C To provide nursing care and emotional support. F To run Aberfeldy Youth Club for young people with additional support needs. C C Fochabers Village Association £5,000 To purchase an air conditioning system. S C Dunkeld and Birnam Golf Club £12,000 To purchase a ride on tractor mower to maintain grounds.
REAP £5,000 C S To employ a part-time energy advisor. Aberfeldy Community Council £11,101 S R C To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. T-Exchange Marketspace Moray £4,953 To make protective personal equipment. S R Dunkeld and Birnam Community Council £11,101 To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. Flexible Childcare Services Scotland £4,747 To employ a outdoor childcare worker. Organisation Award Dull and Weem Community Council £11,101 Carnoustie Community Council £5,000 Newmill Community Association £3,200 Organisation Award To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. To provide a coronavirus contingency fund. To purchase Christmas lights. Dunkeld and Birnam Sports and Leisure Hub £200,000 Murroes and Wellbank Community Council £5,000 To install a MUGA. Kenmore and District Community Council £11,101 Newmill Hall Committee £2,769 To provide a coronavirus contingency fund. To deliver services during coronavirus emergency. To purchase a new floor. Feldy-Roo (Aberfeldy) £96,735 Royal Burgh of Arbroath Community Council £5,000 To provide food and delivery services during The Scottish Crannog Centre £11,000 Moray Baby Bank £2,539 To provide a coronavirus contingency fund. coronavirus emergency. To fund a let’s get weaving textile workshops and To support delivery of a baby bank. project. Ferryden and Craig Community Council £5,000 Heartland FM £24,000 To provide a coronavirus contingency fund. Keith Community Council £2,500 To support operating costs. Corbenic Camphill Community £10,670 To provide micro grants of up to £250. To install an emergency generator for Camphill campus. Monifieth Community Council £5,000 To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. Locus Breadalbane £20,795 To fund roof repairs on Aberfeldy Town Hall. Lennox Community Council £2,500 The Workshop Aberfeldy £10,465 To support the coronavirus response including a foodbank. Tealing Community Council £5,000 To support core costs due to coronavirus impact. To provide a coronavirus contingency fund. Pitlochry Festival Theatre £20,565 To deliver the River Tay Way art trail. Fortingall Church of Scotland £6,300 ANGUS To support reproduction and installation of replica PERTHSHIRE Celtic bells. Atholl Baptist Centre £20,000 To create a Changing Places toilet serving Highland Perthshire. Seagreen offshore wind farm SSE Renewables has three Highland Perthshire Communities £6,000 is being built of the Angus developments in the Perthshire To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. coast. Seagreen is a partnership region covered by two community Upper Tay Transport Group £18,350 between SSE Renewables (49%) funds. With an installed capacity To fund a co-ordinator to oversee a transport Drumderg improvement programme. Aberfeldy Community Council £5,000 and Total Energies (51%). When of 220MW between the ABERFELDY MONTROSE DUNKELD To provide micro grants of up to £500. built it will be Scotland’s largest developments, it is estimated over Calliachar Griffin Seagreen offshore wind farm. £19m will be invested in local Dunkeld and Birnam Community Interest Company £17,712 PERTH ARBROATH projects and £2.5m through the To refurbish community co-working space in Dunkeld and Birnam Community Council £4,900 response to coronavirus. To provide micro grants of up to £500. DUNDEE Sustainable Development Fund over their lifetimes.
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The Laggan, West Kintyre and Southend. The fund supports Organisation Award Organisation Award community energy projects and micro grants distributed by AYRSHIRE community councils. Project Northern Lights £3,560 Netherton Church Building Community Group £10,000 To deliver Barista training sessions. To refurbish a community building. The region hosts one SSE Renewables development, the Hadyard Hill wind Comann nam Pàrant Obar Pheallaidh £3,325 Kirkmichael Primary School Parent Council £10,000 Annual Fund Payment £26,553 farm has an installed capacity of around To run outdoor activities for children in Gaelic. To build an outdoor classroom. 120MW and is expected to generate £4m
community benefit funding over its lifetime. AYR
Awards Approved £32,563 Hadyard Hill Breadalbane and District Riding for the Disabled £3,284 Sustainable Way £8,000 GIRVAN To provide running costs and riding hats. To start an online weekly farmers market.
Heartland Film Society £3,000 Airlie Street Hall Association £7,000 To run an annual film festival. To build a ramp. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital HADYARD HILL
Dunkeld Art Exhibition £1,100 Glenshee and Strathardle Tourist Association £6,223 F The Hadyard Hill Community Fund will provide around £4m to invest To upgrade website to allow art sales. To support post pandemic tourism recovery. in local community and charitable projects over its lifetime. The fund is C administered by Foundation Scotland on behalf of SSE Renewables. Alyth Golf Club £5,336 To start a junior development project. C The fund supports 1,900 people from the three community council areas DRUMDERG of Barr; Dailly; and Pinmore and Pinwherry. Mount Blair Community Council £5,293 S An estimated £2.5m will be invested through the Drumderg Community Fund in local projects over its lifetime. The funding To establish a coronavirus contingency fund. C Annual Fund Payment £179,227 decisions are made by a community panel. Glenshee and Strathardle Tourist Association £5,000 Launched in 2008, the fund serves a population of around 3,700 To refurbish a tourist information centre. S R over the two community council areas of Alyth and Mount Blair. Awards Approved £182,759 Sustainable Way £4,292 To deliver services during the pandemic. Annual Fund Payment £110,504 Alyth Community Support Group £4,130 Organisation Award Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Awards Approved £131,121 To start a support hub and food bank. ALI energy £10,021 F Mount Blair Community Council £3,400 To distribute energy efficiency grants. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To provide micro grants of up to £250. C
30th Perthshire Strathardle Scouts £2,468 Campbeltown Community Council £3,006 C F To deliver scouts at home. To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. C S Marie Curie £2,000 C To provide night support to people in Mount Blair East Kintyre Community Council £3,006 C and Alyth. To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500.
S S R Strathardle Trading £1,951 To improve equipment during and after the pandemic. Southend Community Council £3,006 C To provide a coronavirus contingency fund.
S R Edinburgh Science Foundation £1,800 To deliver science workshops to local schools. Southend Community Council £3,006 Organisation Award To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. Hadyard Hill Barr Endowment Fund £100,000 ARGYLL AND BUTE To establish an endowment fund for the community Organisation Award The Laggan Community Council £3,006 of Barr. SSE Renewables currently operates To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. Alyth in Bloom £15,000 one development in the Argyll OBAN To make improvements at Alyth burn side. and Bute region. The Tangy wind Hadyard Hill Dailly Endowment Fund £50,000 farm has an installed capacity of The Laggan Community Council £3,006 To establish an endowment fund for the community Perth Autism Support £14,258 18.7MW and is expected to generate To provide a coronavirus contingency fund. of Dailly. To provide an employability programme for autistic £500,000 in community benefit young adults. funding over its lifetime. Tangy West Kintyre Community Council £3,006 Pinwherry and Pinmore Community Council £5,000 CAMPBELLTOWN Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust £12,970 To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. To provide micro grants of up to £500. To create the Bamff Trails. TANGY Kirkmichael Session House £12,000 The Kintyre Wind Farm Trust £1,500 Dailly Scout Group £5,000 To employ a development worker for two years. The fund benefits a population of around 8,000, covering the To distribute funds on behalf of SSE Renewables. To delivery youth services. five community council areas of Campbeltown, East Kintyre,
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decisions are made by a community panel. Organisation Award Annual Fund Payment £141,708 SOUTH LANARKSHIRE The fund serves a population of around 1,800 over the three Dailly Community Council £5,000 community council areas of Heriot; Oxton and Channelkirk; and To provide micro grants of up to £500. Awards Approved £123,879 Parish of Stow The South Lanarkshire region benefits from the largest proportion of the HAMILTON community funding from the Clyde LANARK Annual Fund Payment £51,350 wind farm. Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) BIGGAR South Ayrshire Community Transport £5,000 To support a community transport project. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Ltd, a partnership between SSE
Awards Approved £89,633 Renewables (50.1%), Greencoat UK Clyde F Wind Holdco Limited (28.2%) and GLIL Barr Community Council £5,000 Corporate Holdings Ltd (21.7%). The two To provide micro grants of up to £500. C local funds in the region are estimated Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital to provide around £32m over their C lifetime. The Sustainable Development Fund is estimated to provide Barr Community SCIO £3,281 F over £10m to the region. To employ a development worker. S C C CLYDE SOUTH LANARKSHIRE C Barr Bowling Association £2,000 To maintain a bowling green. S R The Clyde South Lanarkshire Community S Fund will invest around £22m in community projects over its lifetime. Bass Community Association £1,633 C The fund is administered by South To support running costs. Lanarkshire Council. S R Organisation Award This fund is the largest of four local funds which benefit from the Dailly Primary School and Early Years Centre £845 Clyde wind farm. The fund serves an estimated 4,900 people in the Tweedsmuir Community Company £25,000 Parent Partnership To construct a café at the Crook Inn. community council areas of Biggar; Crawford; Duneaton; Leadhills; To run a food growing project. Libberton; Quothquan and Thankerton; and Symington. Organisation Award Broughton and District Bowling Club £23,117 To complete internal renovations. Oxton War Memorial Hall £54,046 Annual Fund Payment £938,024 SCOTTISH BORDERS To redevelopment a community hall. Upper Tweed Community Enterprise £17,700 To install new windows, CCTV and a building extension. The 350MW Clyde wind farm Bird Gardens Scotland £10,000 Awards Approved £1,208,439 To construct a play area. is located across three different The Arthur Trail Association £15,000 local authority areas – Scottish Toddleburn To deliver a history of Tweeddale project. Borders, Dumfries and Galloway Oxton and Channelkirk Community Council £5,000 To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund. and South Lanarkshire. The Clyde Broughton Village Hall £14,131 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Scottish Borders also plays host To repair banking in the car park beside the river. SELKIRK to SSE Renewables’ Toddleburn Oxton Community Development Ltd £4,400 F wind farm. Clyde Borders and HAWICK Tweedsmuir and Upper Tweed Community £9,226 To conduct a survey of the Tower Hotel with a view First Responders to community ownership. C Toddleburn have a combined installed capacity of 27.6MW and To deliver training and purchase equipment. around £6.6m will be invested in C Stow Community Trust £4,040 local projects over the lifetime Tweedsmuir Village Hall Committee £8,171 To start an eBike project. of the funds. The Sustainable Development Fund will invest around To provide insulation. S £2.5m in the region. Stow and Fountainhall Community Council £3,000 Skirling Community Council £4,634 To deliver services during Coronavirus emergency. C To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund.
CLYDE BORDERS Parish of Stow Community Council £2,916 S R Skirling Community Council £3,900 To publish a community newsletter. To reinstall a path. Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables Oxton and Channelkirk Community Council £2,500 Tweedsmuir Community Council £2,000 (50.1%), Greencoat UK Wind Holdco To create a community action plan. Limited (28.2%) and GLIL Corporate To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund. Holdings Ltd (21.7%). Organisation Award Oxton and Channelkirk Community Council £1,700 Upper Tweed Community Council £1,000 To host a fireworks display. The Clyde Borders Community Fund will invest around £3.8m in To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund. Abington Community Development Group £710,584 To complete a restoration of a community hub. community projects over its lifetime. Fountainhall Village Hall Committee £1,074 To install new radiators. The funding decisions are made by a community panel. The fund Development Fund £165,896 serves around 1,000 people in the three community council areas TODDLEBURN Parish of Stow Community Council £957 To support community groups across South of Skirling, Upper Tweed and Tweedsmuir. Population of 4,012. The Toddleburn Community Fund will provide over £2.8m To provide micro grants of up to £500. Lanarkshire during the pandemic. for investment in local projects over its lifetime. The funding
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award CLYDE EXTENSION RISE Education Programme £134,708 Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway £5,990 Duneaton Community Council £2,957 To run an education programme in South Lanarkshire. To support delivery during the pandemic. The Clyde Extension Community Fund is expected to provide £10m over its To deliver services during the coronavirus emergency. lifetime. The funding decisions are made Abington Primary School Parent Council £11,086 Wiston Village Hall Association £5,884 by a community panel. To purchase IT equipment. To purchase a defibrillator. Quothquan and Thankerton Community Council £2,000 Established in 2019, the fund serves To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund. an estimated 4,900 people in the community council areas of Leadhills Family Action Group £10,877 Biggar Corn Exchange Ltd £5,256 Biggar; Crawford; Duneaton; Leadhills; Libberton; Quothquan and Refurbishment community allotment . To support delivery during the pandemic. Thankerton; and Symington. Duneaton Community Council £1,043 To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund.
Annual Fund Payment £353,260 Biggar and District Community Heritage £10,000 Crawfordjohn Public Hall Association £5,000 To complete a pathway improvement. To support delivery during the pandemic. Quothquan and Thankerton Community Council £595 To support an action plan consultation. Awards Approved £64,295
The Biggar Institute £10,000 Duneaton Community Council £5,000 To complete a refurbishment. To provide micro grants of up to £250. Duneaton Community Council £500 To support coronavirus visor manufacturing. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital
Biggar Kirk - Gillespie Centre £10,000 Quothquan Community Council £5,000 To support delivery during the pandemic. To provide micro grants of up to £250. F
C DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY
Biggar Rugby Football Club £10,000 Biggar Science Festival £4,860 C The Dumfries and Galloway To support delivery during the pandemic. To support delivery during the pandemic. Clyde region hosts several MOFFAT S community benefit funds, including one which DUMFRIES Biggar United Football Club £10,000 Biggar Community Council £4,830 C benefits from the Clyde To purchase new equipment. To provide micro grants of up to £250. Balmurrie Fell wind farm development. Artfield Fell S R With a combined installed STRANRAER capacity of 47.5MW, an Thankerton Bowling Club £10,000 Wiston Village Hall Association £4,721 estimated £5.8m will be To support delivery during the pandemic. To support delivery during the pandemic. invested between the three local funds over their lifetime. The Sustainable Development Fund Organisation Award will invest £1.2m in the region. Wiston Lodge £9,961 Crawford and Elvanfoot Community Council £3,400 To support delivery during the pandemic. To provide micro grants of up to £250. Leadhills Community Council £10,000 To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund. CLYDE DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Symington Football Club £9,900 Biggar Farmers Club £2,839 To complete a feasibility study. To purchase sheep pens. Symington Community Council £10,000 Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd, a To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund. partnership between SSE Renewables (50.1%), Greencoat UK Wind Holdco Biggar Youth Project £1,665 Limited (28.2%) and GLIL Corporate Thankerton Bowling Club £7,815 Biggar Community Council £10,000 To support delivery during the pandemic. Holdings Ltd (21.7%). To purchase new equipment. To establish a Coronavirus Contingency Fund. The Clyde Dumfries and Galloway Community Fund will invest around MacDiarmid’s Brownsbank £7,690 Leadhills Reading Society £1,606 Crawford and Elvanfoot Community Council £10,000 £4.5m in community projects over its lifetime. The fund is administered To conduct a feasibility study. To support delivery during the pandemic. To deliver services during the coronavirus emergency. by Foundation Scotland.
The fund serves around 12,600 people in the following community council Quothquan and Thankerton Community Council £7,200 areas: Carronbridge, Closeburn, Durisdeer, Johnstone, Kirkconnel and Thankerton Bowling Club £7,228 Crawfordjohn Heritage Venture Trust £1,500 To engage a development officer and undertake a To complete a refurbishment. To support delivery during the pandemic. community survey. Kelloholm, Kirkmichael, Kirkpatrick and Juxta, Moffat and District, Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and District, Thornhill, Wamphray, and Wanlockhead.
Biggar Little Festival £6,980 Duneaton Community Council £1,000 Rural Development Trust £5,000 To support delivery during the pandemic. To support delivery during the pandemic. To deliver services during the coronavirus emergency. Annual Fund Payment £193,596
Leadhills Family Action Group £6,383 Abington Bowling Club £780 Leadhills Community Council £5,000 To complete a refurbishment. To support delivery during the pandemic. To provide meal provision during coronavirus. Awards Approved £154,809
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital NORTH EAST ENGLAND
Proudfoot Indoor Sports and Social Club £5,253 New Luce Village Shop £15,200 F To contribute to repair and refurbishment of a To support services during the pandemic. The North East region benefits community hall. C from the Dogger Bank Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. Dogger Bank ALMWICK C Upper Nithsdale Arts and Crafts Community £5,000 Old Luce Development Trust £6,080 is a partnership between SSE Initiative (UNACCI) To support operating costs. Dogger Bank To pay for administration costs and website development. Renewables (40%), Equinor (40%) Wind Farm S and Eni (20%). NEWCASTLE
SUNDERLAND C Moffat Petanque Club £2,839 New Luce Senior Citizen Group £3,000 To contribute to the costs of building a new piste at To support services during the pandemic. DURHAM Hope Johnston Park. S R MIDDLESBROUGH
Wanlockhead Village Council £2,340 New Luce Community £360 To contribute to administration costs and some To support pest control in the village. DOGGER BANK event expenses. Organisation Award The Dogger Bank Community Fund Durisdeer Village Committee £1,029 supports the local authority areas Kirkmichael Hall Community Group £42,384 To purchase a PA system, screen and projector. of South Tyneside, East Riding of To upgrade and extend the play park in Nethermill. BALMURRIE FELL Yorkshire and Redcar and Cleveland. The fund invests in STEM education Kirkpatrick Juxta Community Council £1,000 The Balmurrie Fell Community Fund is expected will provide delivery and 49,000 young people live in the areas supported by To provide micro grants of up to £250. Brighten Up Sanquhar Group £13,000 around £700,000 over its lifetime for local community projects. the fund. To develop a garden area in Sanquhar. The fund is administrated by Dumfries and Galloway Council on Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and District £1,000 behalf of SSE Renewables. Community Council Annual Fund Payment £35,000 To provide micro grants of up to £250. Established in 2004, the fund serves an estimated 2,125 people in Wamphray Community Council £12,803 To improve the parking areas at Wamphray Village Hall. the three community council areas of Kirkcowan, New Luce and Old Luce. Awards Approved £35,000 ARTFIELD FELL Sanquhar Bowling Club £12,000 To refurbish the inside area of the bowling club. The Artfield Fell Community Fund is expected to provide around Annual Fund Payment £25,387 £600,000 over its lifetime for local community projects. The fund is administrated by Dumfries and Galloway Council on behalf of Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Kirkconnel and Kelloholm Development Trust £12,000 SSE Renewables. Awards Approved £24,474 To employing a food share co-ordinator. F Established in 2004, the fund serves an estimated 1,550 people in the two community council areas of Old Luce and New Luce. C Beechgrove Sports Partnership £10,000 To contribute to the capital build of a new sports C pavilion in Moffat. Annual Fund Payment £28,213 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital
S F Nethermill Primary School Parent Council £7,940 Awards Approved £24,640 To contribute to the costs of nature play project for C C two years. C S R Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Wanlockhead Community Centre SCIO £7,074 S To provide a series of stained glass workshops. F C C Visit Moffat £6,915 Organisation Award To develop the VisitMoffat website. S R C Two Ridings Community Foundation £25,000 To support communities during the coronavirus Wanlockhead Community Centre SCIO £6,689 S pandemic. To pay for renovation and new appliances for the centre. C Organisation Award
Nith Valley Leaf Trust £5,543 S R County Durham Community Foundation £10,000 To contribute towards the building of a meeting Old Luce Development Trust £24,474 To support communities during the coronavirus house and a tool shed. To create a village square in Old Luce. pandemic.
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NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award Luddington Parish Council £300 Outcast Cricket Club £17,582 Burringham Parish Council £2,025 To support services during the pandemic. The North Lincolnshire region is To install CCTV and security fencing. Install Fence around Playing Field host to Keadby wind farm, west of Scunthorpe. Keadby wind farm has Eastoft Parish Council £300 HULL To make scrubs. an installed capacity of 68MW. It is Crowle and Ealand Playing Field £14,000 North Lincs Children’s’ Literacy Group £2,000 Keadby expected the local community fund SCUNTHORPE To purchase new children’s play equipment. To deliver literacy packs for children. will invest £5.4m in local projects Amcotts Parish Council £250 over its lifetime. The Sustainable To support services during the pandemic. Development Fund will invest £4.2m in LINCOLN Crowle Boxing Club £13,500 Gunness Parish Council £1,962 the region. Amcotts Parish Council £21 To purchase a minibus. To repair play equipment. To support services during the pandemic.
Crowle Peatland Railway £11,932 To purchase a Lisbon Tram. St Marks Community Group £1,800 To host Christmas activities. NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE KEADBY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FUND Crowle Colts Parish Council £8,163 The North Lincolnshire Development Fund will invest around £4.2m The Keadby Community Fund is expected to provide £5.4m over To install a pitch barrier system. Gunness and Burringham Parish Council £1,499 over its lifetime. The fund is administered by North Lincolnshire its lifetime to invest in local projects. The fund is administered by To host a trip to Caythorpe. Council on SSE Renewables behalf. North Lincolnshire Council on SSE Renewables behalf. Crowle Colts Men’s Football Club £6,977 The fund serves the population of North Lincolnshire estimated at 167,400. A population of around 13,700 is served by the fund over nine To install barriers. Gunness and Burringham Parish Council £1,435 parish council areas: Amcotts, Althorpe, Burringham, Crowle, To host a residential trip. Eastoft, Garthorpe and Fockerby, Gunnes, Keadby and Luddington Annual Fund Payment £170,000 and Holdenby. Keadby with Althorpe Parish Council £5,450 To enhance Keadby Wildlife Pond. Friends of Garthorpe and Fockerby £1,113 Awards Approved £136,819 To purchase a storage shed. Annual Fund Payment £194,558 St Marks Community Group - Amcotts £5,000 To run community activities. Burringham Parish Council £945 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Awards Approved £174,166 To improve a red telephone box.
Gunness Parish Council £4,455 F Installation of CCTV at Village Hall C O Friends of Garthorpe and Fockerby £400 To provide insurance and first aid. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital C Burringham Parish Council £4,429 To purchase speed signs. F S St Marks Community Group £300 C To support services during the pandemic. Friends of Garthorpe and Fockerby £3,878 C To host Christmas activities. Eastoft Community Welfare Association £300 S To support services during the pandemic. Garthorpe Sport and Community Centre £3,450
C To make improvements to Party in the Park.
S R Garthorpe Village Hall £300 Organisation Award Crowle Men’s Football Team £3,000 To support services during the pandemic. To purchase a container. Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust £30,000 To refurbish a building.
Gunness Village Hall £300 Crowle and Ealand Regen Programme £3,000 To support services during the pandemic. The Forge £30,000 Organisation Award To publish a newsletter. To support homeless provision during the pandemic.
Garthorpe Sport and Community Centre £25,000 Crowle Regeneration £3,000 Burringham Village Hall £300 Conservation Volunteers £20,000 To install underfloor heating and a new floor. To support services during the pandemic. To support services during the pandemic. To carry out work at Twigmoor Woods.
Crowle Community Hall £22,600 Burringham in Bloom £2,900 Crowle Town Football £300 Epworth Bowls Club £13,089 To refurbish a hall. To do litter picks and purchase large flower tubs. To support services during the pandemic. To provide a new portacabin.
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Stronelairg Wind Farm Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables Organisation Award (50.1%) and Greencoat UK Wind plc (49.9%) contributes to:
Ulceby Village Hall £10,000 • Sustainable Development Fund To install a new play area. (SDF) Highland • Stronelairg Community Fund Kirton in Lindsey Town Council £10,000 To create a monument. Dunmaglass Wind Farm Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables (50.1%) and Greencoat UK Wind plc (49.9%) contributes to:
Ongo £10,000 • Sustainable Development Fund To run a community enterprise scheme. (SDF) Highland • Dunmaglass Community Fund
Friendz and Co £7,506 Clyde Windfarm (Scotland) Ltd, a partnership between SSE To purchase kitchen equipment for a training facility. Renewables (50.1%), Greencoat UK Wind Holdco Limited (28.2%) and GLIL Corporate Holdings Ltd (21.7%) contributes to:
Scunthorpe Junior Co-op Choir £2,664 • Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) To provide services during the pandemic. South Lanarkshire THE • Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) Scunthorpe Samaritans £2,000 Borders TEAM To provide services during the pandemic. • Clyde South Lanarkshire Community Fund • Clyde Extension Community Fund South Lanarkshire Scunthorpe Choral Society £1,260 • Clyde Borders Community Fund To make streamed services during the pandemic. • Clyde Dumfries and Galloway Community Fund
Galway Wind Park, a partnership between SSE Renewables (53%) and Wrawby Wrigglers Play Group £300 To purchase products to enable the services to Greencoat Renewables (47%), contributes to: re-open safely. • Galway Wind Park Community Fund • Galway Wind Park Major Projects Fund • Galway Wind Park Scholarship Fund NORTHERN IRELAND Dogger Bank, a partnership between SSE Renewables (40%), Equinor (40%) and Eni (20%), contributes to: Full details of all awards made in Northern Ireland can be bound in the SSE Renewables Northern Ireland Community Fund Annual • Dogger Bank Community Fund Review 2020/21. Morven Smith Head of Community Investment Seagreen, a partnership between SSE Renewables (49%) and Total [email protected]; IRELAND Energies (51%), contributes to: Lindsay Dougan • Seagreen Community Fund Shetland, England and Sustainable Development Fund Full details of all awards made in Ireland can be found in the SSE [email protected]; 01738 340292 Renewables Ireland Community Fund Annual Review 2020/21. Fiona Morrison North of Scotland [email protected]; 01738 340098 SSE RENEWABLES Gareth Shields JOINT VENTURES South of Scotland [email protected]; 01738 340142 SSE Renewables manages some community funds on behalf of Marianne Townsley its joint venture partners. This includes: North of Scotland and Sustainable Development Fund [email protected]; 01738 341839 Craig Mullen Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd, a partnership between SSE Central Scotland Renewables (40%), SDIC, Red Rock Power Ltd (25%), TRIG [email protected]; 01738 340621 (17.5%), Equitix (17.5%) contributes to:
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