COMMUNITY INVESTMENT REVIEW 2019/20 FOREWORD ||
CONTENTS FOREWORD
2019/20 has been an extraordinary year for SSE Renewables. We started construction on two new ground-breaking offshore wind farms – Dogger Bank, which will be the world’s largest wind farm once complete, and Seagreen, which will be Scotland’s largest. In January 2020 we greenlighted a first subsidy-free onshore wind farm in Scotland, an extension to the existing Gordonbush wind farm in Foreword 01 Funder’s Report 02 Regional Funds 06 Sutherland. Advancing these wind farms, and others in the development pipeline, are a critical part of the response to the climate emergency. Together, they will make a significant contribution to meeting the UK’s ambitious net zero carbon targets whilst making a positive economic contribution in their local areas.
By March 2020, of course, everything helping to make things just that little penny of this funding has been Local Funds 10 Offshore Funds 14 NI and ROI Funds 18 became dominated by the bit easier. As we are emerging from allocated and showcases the strong coronavirus pandemic. Operationally, lockdown it is clear there are many funding decisions local people we adapted quickly to make sure that challenges ahead, but having seen the continue to make to ensure their FUNDS IN FOCUS power supplies from our renewable positive effects of the funding we’ve communities have what they need generators continued to flow at channelled towards the coronavirus now, and for the future. Highlands and Islands Beatrice Moray 29 Clyde Extension 36 the same time as making sure our response so far, our objective is Stronelairg 20 Community Fund South Lanarkshire Sustainable 36 Bhlaraidh 21 Development Fund employees and the wider public were that the funds will play a big part I know that awarding grants is the Dunmaglass 22 Perthshire safe. And as a significant funder of in helping communities and their easy bit so I would like to thank Strathy North 23 Griffin and Calliachar 30 Dumfries and Galloway community activity in the areas where economies to recover. everyone involved for their hard work Gordonbush 23 Drumderg 31 Clyde Dumfries and Galloway 37 our renewable energy assets operate, and good judgement, particularly the Artfield Fell Achany 24 Perthshire Sustainable 32 38 we also knew we had to adapt quickly This report, however, is focused on countless volunteers who play a huge Glendoe 25 Development Fund Balmurrie Fell 38 Fairburn 26 Tangy 32 to make sure funds could meet the the 2019/20 year as a whole. It is a part in every community. Spurness 26 Hadyard Hill 33 North Lincolnshire new local needs that were becoming summary of every grant awarded to Kingairloch 27 Keadby 39 clearly apparent. each community group we work North Lincolnshire Sustainable Beatrice Partnership 27 Scottish Borders 40 with. Through the year we funded Fund - Highland Clyde Borders 33 Development Fund Beatrice Caithness 28 Toddleburn 34 It is remarkable how quickly £8m of community projects, local Community Fund Scottish Borders Sustainable 34 communities have mobilised charities and grassroots organisations. Jim Smith Beatrice Partnership 29 Development Fund themselves, and I hope that funds are This report highlights how every Managing Director, SSE Renewables Fund - Moray Clyde South Lanarkshire 35
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FUNDER’S REPORT 2019/20
Area Total Awards Number of Projects GB and Ireland £8m 1,102 FOCUSING ON GB £6.1m 443
NI £0.67m 128 FUND PRIORITIES
ROI €1.38m 531 2019/20 has been a year of growth for the SSE Renewables 88% of Sustainable Development Fund applicants found community investment programme, with the successful the guidance from the Community Investment team to be establishment of new local onshore wind community funds along very helpful. with community consultations prior to the launch of new offshore ‘The application process was straightforward and easy to wind funds. Areas of focus areas over the last year include: understand and complete. The support from the Community Investment Manager was excellent. The event was a great success New offshore funds – Having been successful in the 2019 Contracts for Difference auction, thanks to the support of funders including SSE Renewables.’ SSE Renewables is progressing with the construction of two new offshore wind farms – Wendy, Stranraer Water Sports Association Seagreen Wind Farm off the Angus coast (SSE Renewables 49%) and Dogger Bank Wind Farm off the Yorkshire coast (SSE Renewables 50%). Building on our experience from the Beatrice offshore wind farm (SSE Renewables 40%), completed in 2019, the consultation process with local communities about establishing the community funds for these sites has begun.
Revised GB onshore community benefit policy – A review of the community benefit policy was undertaken in 2019/20, recognising the significant change and reform happening across the renewables sector. SSE Renewables seeks to provide value for money for electricity customers and, together with the wider industry, has succeeded in reducing the cost of renewable generation. The new policy seeks to respond to that change in the industry, providing clarity for communities while ensuring that future renewable developments continue to share the value of renewable energy with the communities that host it. (See page p5)
Great Britain and Ireland – This year we have combined the community teams for GB and Ireland. This has provided an opportunity for shared learning and an enhanced experience for funded organisations. We have recognised our capacity has been stretched this year and look forward to expanding the expertise of the team in 2020/21. In 2019/20 a new skills fund launched in Northern Ireland (p18) and a new apprenticeship programme in Ireland. (p19)
Showcasing funds – We hosted a flagship event at New Lanark Heritage Site to showcase the community investment approach of Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd (SSE Renewables 50%). The event brought together a range of stakeholders including the management board of Clyde Wind Farm Ltd, the Sustainable Development Panel, local community representatives and representatives from local and national government. The objective of the event was to support shared learnings and highlight local priorities for the future of the Clyde Wind Farm funds.
Changes to how we pay awards – Reflecting the digitalisation of banking services, this year we moved from making awards by cheque to making payments electronically. Using out- dated methods of payment not only resulted in delays to payments being made, but with the closure of many rural bank branches often meant a lengthy trip to deposit the money into bank accounts. While there were some teething problems in the new system to begin with, the objective is that electronic payments will improve the experience for future awards.
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PRIORITIES REVISED GB COMMUNITY FOR 2020/21 BENEFIT POLICY
As SSE Renewables continues to grow and develop new sites, we will ensure that the The landscape for developing onshore wind farms has changed significantly over the community investment programme continues to support projects in the communities past twenty years. Onshore wind has transformed from an industry in its infancy across where we already operate and communities near new wind farm developments. The GB and Ireland, to being considered a mature form of electricity generation essential focus for the coming year will include: in helping to achieve net zero targets. Unlike most industries, community benefit funds have been established by developers to support mature relationships with the Coronavirus – In 2020/21 the coronavirus pandemic will have a continued impact on the communities we work with. communities where their assets are sited. We are committed to using the community funds to support local initiatives to help during this crisis. This includes the immediate offering of 10% of the annual funds to local coronavirus responses in April 2020 with more funding to be SSE Renewables seeks a responsible approach to developing our sites and creating long-lasting relationships allocated to coronavirus projects across the year. with the communities which host our assets. The provision of community benefit funds has helped communities share in the social value of renewable energy. As the industry develops, renewable energy will be New Funds – We look forward launching the community funds for Seagreen and Dogger Bank offshore wind farms the most cost-efficient source of zero-carbon electricity generation. and particularly the opportunity to be working with new communities. We anticipate starting construction of the Viking Wind Farm in Shetland during 2020/21, which will bring significant community funds to the islands. In addition, we have In light of this, we have undertaken a widespread review of the costs associated with developing wind farms, a number of proposed onshore wind farm sites in development in Scotland. These sites will be the first to have funds including the policy on community benefit. In line with Scottish Government guidance, we remain committed established under our updated Community Investment Policy. to providing a package of benefits with an equivalent value of at least £5,000/MW, and this will include community benefit funds of £3,000/MW. The community fund will continue to be split between funding Joint Ventures – We recognise that a key focus for the team is to operate funds on behalf of joint venture partners for the communities nearest the wind farm, equivalent to £2,000/MW, with the remainder being delivered including Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd, Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd, Stronelairg Wind Farm Ltd and Dunmaglass regionally through our Sustainable Development Funds. This policy will apply to new funds from sites being Wind Farm Ltd. We will develop a new approach to ensure we can manage the needs of the communities nearest the constructed from 2020 onwards with existing funds remaining unchanged. We will continue to index-link joint ventures responsibly and to increase the relationship between the wind farm boards and the communities. funds to ensure additional value.
COMMUNITY SHARING
We believe that community benefit funds continue to play an important part in the development of onshore wind farms, but as the industry has progressed, so has the relationship with communities. Many communities feel more empowered and are taking control of their future development. Our new Community Investment Policy now seeks to build on these maturing relationships by establishing a framework which will offer communities the opportunity to partner with us through sharing value from our sites, where appropriate.
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REGIONAL FUNDS
We are committed to continually improving our regional funds. An evaluation of the experience of applicants to our regional Sustainable Development Fund in Scottish Borders and Perth and Kinross highlighted: £1.3m 40 • 88% of SDF applicants found the guidance from the Community Investment team to be very helpful. • 100% of applicants would recommend the fund to other third sector organisations. Awarded to projects We have listened to the feedback and improved our word limits and other facets of our application form.
In 2020/21 we are preparing for a very busy year with regional awards being made in the Scottish Highlands, which is our biggest funding region. We will also be hosting the Sustainable Development Fund panel review to ensure the fund continues to meet the needs of the regions in which it operates. The panel will also ensure the fund can support regions during their recovery from coronavirus.
Professor Jim Hunter Sustainable Development Fund 12 projects 17projects 11 projects Jim Hunter is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of the Highlands and Islands and a member of the Sustainable Development Fund SSE Renewables’ regional funds help to panel for the Scottish regions and provides his reflections on the fund. increase the reach and impact of our community investment. The approach What is your role within the Sustainable helps support larger, transformational Development Fund? projects which provide substantive and ‘Lots of communities look to us for assistance with lasting impact in the regions in which our all sorts of exciting and imaginative projects. I help decide who’s to get some of our available cash. This wind farms operate. isn’t easy.’ What types of projects are you looking to support? In 2019/20 regional Sustainable Development Funds operated in North Lincolnshire; Perth and Kinross; ‘The most deserving projects, I think, are those South Lanarkshire; and the Scottish Borders. that make a long-run contribution to improving the prospects and wellbeing of people living in the In October 2019, we hosted a showcase of our communities where they’re to take place.’ regional funds in the south of Scotland. The event Which is one of the most memorable projects was an excellent opportunity for the Sustainable you’ve funded? Development Fund panel to meet the people behind many of the projects they had previously awarded ‘Rural localities need quality services and affordable and learn of the continued impact the funds are housing. A single project in Bonar Bridge delivered having. Participants included representatives from both. A community post-office was kept open and a projects to re-develop Eyemouth Harbour in the family got somewhere to live. A great result!’ Scottish Borders and PAMIS to provide inclusive events in Dumfries and Galloway.
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WASPS SCOTLAND NEW LANARK TRUST
Perth and Kinross Sustainable Development Fund South Lanarkshire Sustainable Development Fund
£104,000 awarded in October 2019 £180,000 awarded in April 2019 A derelict school building has been transformed 400,000 people will benefit from an improved into a thriving creative hub. visitor experience.
The creative industries are identified as one of Scotland’s six New Lanark is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South growth sectors. Perth Creative Exchange is a £4.5m project Lanarkshire and is one of Scotland’s most important visitor to turn a derelict primary school in the centre of Perth into a experiences. It carefully preserves the unique heritage of an regional centre of excellence for the creative arts. The new 18th century mill village, telling the story of its manager Robert site aims to support creative talent retention in the region and Owen, one of the most important social reformers of the time. to bring significant economic development to the sector. The The beautiful site sits on the banks of the River Clyde and has building has been transformed into a thriving exhibition space experienced a rapid growth in visitor numbers in recent years, with 26 artist studios and creative industry space for 13 local which has put strain on the facilities. The significant award will businesses. The Hub aspires to be a catalyst for engaging more enable the site to improve the infrastructure, including improved people into the industry and hosts a creative industry incubator visitor parking and the introduction of sustainable transport and a workshop spaces to enable 250 local people a year to solutions. This enhancement will help preserve the integrity and learn creative skills. conservation of the village for years to come.
“The generous funding from SSE Renewables has enabled “The SSE Renewables and Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd Wasps to develop Perth Creative Exchange. It is a home for funding will support our goal of reducing our carbon footprint, artists, makers, creative industry professionals and for the whilst enabling more visitors to access the outstanding heritage general public to develop and engage with art. We look forward and visitor experiences offered.” – Jane Masters, Head of to helping Perth’s creative community to flourish with the help Heritage and Development, New Lanark Trust of this space.” – Audrey Carlin, CEO of Wasps
YOUNG ENTERPRISE SCOTLAND PEGGY’S WORLD CIC
Scottish Borders Sustainable Development Fund North Lincolnshire Sustainable Development Fund
£22,675 awarded in October 2019 £14,850 awarded in October 2019 1,400 young people will benefit from People with Dementia will benefit from innovative enterprise training. Magic Table.
The young people of today need to be equipped with the skills Peggy’s World provides specialist support to people with early- for the working environments of the future. Young Enterprise stage dementia across North Lincolnshire. The support includes Scotland supports building a culture of entrepreneurship a range of interventions to support people with dementia and and innovation with Enterprise Education Programmes. The their families, including a day centre and restorative overnight ambitious project uses local business volunteers to deliver carer support. It is recognised that dementia influences how sessions across the Scottish Borders. The programme involves people experience their environment. To enhance the type of engaging activities tailored to different age groups. The activities support available in the region Peggy’s World have been funded include an ‘inventor’s challenge’, where Scottish inventors help to purchase a Tovertafel Magic Table. The specialist equipment primary school pupils design a new invention. There is also a uses cutting-edge technology to stimulate social interaction company challenge where 16-17 year olds set up and run their and improve the physical environment. The device improves own company. the relationship between the person with dementia and their carer and/or family through interactive games tailored to their “Young Enterprise Scotland is very grateful for the generous individual needs. support from SSE Renewables and Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd which will allow us to inspire young people throughout “Since having the table, we have seen normally socially isolated the Borders to learn and succeed through enterprise”. – Geoff members enjoying the challenge of playing along with others. Leask, Chief Executive, Young Enterprise Scotland Having something members can join in with is priceless.” – Cathy Gibb, Manager, Peggy’s World CIC
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LOCAL FUNDS SUPPORTING SMALL 22 £3,813,554 £1,000,000 COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
Local funds Invested in 334 projects Offered for coronavirus emergency projects £154,239 awarded via microgrants in 2019/20 When establishing a community fund, many communities chose to ring-fence a proportion of their funding to distribute via community councils as microgrants. The purpose of microgrants is to have SSE Renewables is committed to investing in the areas closest to its wind farm a relatively quick and light touch source of funding for awards under £500. Each community council infrastructure. We believe in decisions being made by local people and support local has control over how they distribute the funds, with some choosing to issue awards once a year and others choosing to have a funding pot which is open each month. The funds are important as they allow panels and development trusts to make funding decisions. access to funds for groups which may not have the capacity to apply to a larger funding source and to enable a flexible source which can be tailored to the needs of each individual community. In 2019/20 we reached the 5th anniversary of our Strathy To reflect the changes we have seen in the types of North Community Fund (p12) and the 10th anniversary of projects which local panels choose to support, we have our Griffin Community Fund – both milestones showcase amended the funding themes which the local awards are the important role the funds can have in enhancing local classified under. This new approach is based on the UN Testing new ideas facilities and services. At the end of the financial year, the Sustainable Development Goals and reflects the increase coronavirus pandemic provided unforeseen challenges in community care and citizenship and gives a clearer A common focus of microgrants is to promote new ideas within communities and to encourage more for all local communities and we released funding early to aim for each funded area. residents to become active in community initiatives. Residents of the village of Crawford in South support the emergency response (p13). Lanarkshire wanted to develop a community meeting space. They used a microgrant to purchase some materials to host a weekly ‘Tea on a Tuesday’ event – this event has now been hosted each week for three years and often has up to 30 local residents in attendance. Following the initial awards, they have been able to sustain the initiative through their own fundraising.
Sustainable Healthy Lives: Quality Safeguarding Promoting Well- Protecting the Communities: supporting Education: Culture and being: Environment: Responding to local needs strengthening communities enhancing local Heritage: enabling supporting the A popular area for microgrants is communities developing initiatives to respond to local issues. Rogart good quality which are strong, economies via enriching the communities to conservation Community Council identified that many young local people could not access available jobs due to the and sustainable active and good quality local cultural participate and and community lack of travel options in their remote area. They started a scheme which provided a small contribution local places and engaged. education and landscape. enjoy a range of access to natural towards local people taking driving lessons. This has enabled many people to benefit from jobs at nearby services. skills projects. local activities. places. resorts and has encouraged people to continue living in this remote area. Level of awards in 2019/20
43% 10% 17% 15% 13% 2% Celebrating local success Many communities use the funds as an opportunity to bring local people together in new methods. Alyth KEY PRIORITIES FOR 2020/21 Community Council hosted a new event to recognise the invaluable contributions of volunteers in the local area. The coffee morning was an opportunity to thank 70 volunteers and allowed 30 local groups • Supporting communities through the coronavirus pandemic. This will continue to include to share their knowledge and expertise with each other. emergency funding, but will increasingly seek to support projects that bring about resilient social and economic recovery in local places. “The microgrant helped the community put on a volunteer party. It is an excellent way of thanking • New funds will be created as the SSE Renewables onshore wind farm develops. Getting the funds people, recognising their efforts and the time they give. It will also hopefully encourage others to off to a good start mean a series of comprehensive local consultations will be undertaken. become involved.’’ Iain, Alyth Volunteer
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CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS INVESTING IN YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE STRATHY NORTH COMMUNITY FUND awarded to apprenticeship £117,478 programmes in 2019-20. awarded to 126 local projects Rural communities face a depopulation challenge and £1.2M in the last five years. ensuring that young people continue to live and work in the area is pivotal to overcoming this issue. One of the key The Strathy North Community Fund is SSE Renewables most successes of the SSE Renewables’ community funds has been northerly mainland fund, supporting some of the communities of the creation of a series of locally responsive apprenticeship north Sutherland. The fund has awarded £1.2M to 126 local projects programmes: Gordonbush Apprentice Project, Kyle of over the past five years, helping to build community facilities and Sutherland Apprenticeship Scheme and Great Glen Apprentice establish new local groups. The local panel decided to mark the fifth Project. The programmes are vital to ensuring that key local anniversary by undertaking a community consultation to ensure services are available in the future. The apprentices benefit from that the fund continues to meet the needs of local people. They comprehensive coaching from local employers and access a chose to hire consultants from outwith their community, Lairg & range of quality skills qualifications. District Learning Centre, to ensure the findings were impartial. 182 local people responded to a survey or attended one of three local Rachel started an apprenticeship with a dressage horse breeder events. The findings highlighted that community care and improved in Lairg. The apprenticeship enabled the local business to look community halls were priorities. A key success of the approach is to the future and has significantly expanded their repertoire that the consultation was light touch and complemented rather than with Rachel developing a new social media strategy which has duplicated local structures e.g. local action plans. enabled horses to be sold across Europe. The success has led them to recruit another apprentice as a Yard Manager. The consultation findings helped focus the panel’s priorities including releasing £240,000 of funding to help the community of Katie started an apprenticeship with Glenurquhart Care Centre Armadale to build a new village hall. in Drumnadrochit. There is a critical shortage of qualified adult social care workers in the local area and by investing in training “The results of this consultation have been very informative and are apprentices like Katie the local community will ensure they have Apprentices Different helping us to prioritise which projects should be awarded funding the skilled workforce needed to look after an ageing population. 24 supported 13 occupations in our area in the future to maximise the good that the fund can achieve.” Robert, panel member
RESPONDING TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
committed to the local emergency £1,000,000 responses. The coronavirus pandemic presents an unprecedented challenge for the communities the local funds support – most are rural, with an ageing population and a reliance on jobs in the tourism sector. SSE Renewables recognised the immediate need for communities and in March 2020 offered to release 10% of its local funds’ annual allocation to support community emergency responses.
Feldy-Roo, in Aberfeldy, Perthshire, was awarded £47,300 by the SSE Renewables Griffin and Calliachar Wind Farm Fund, after locals mobilised to support the most vulnerable in the surrounding towns and villages. The funding will go towards helping the group provide free meals for over-70s and vulnerable people who are self-isolating as well as essential PPE for volunteers.
We have been inspired with the range of emergency projects communities have established with care packages for those self-isolating, enhancing volunteer capability, PPE and technology for both charity home working and overcoming social isolation being the common themes of support.
We recognise this is only the start of the support required from the local funds and we are working closely with communities to safeguard vital services and projects. We will offer our funding as a source of support during both the emergency and the recovery to ensure we can support communities to continue to thrive. Full coverage of all grants will be provided in the 2020/21 Community Investment Review.
“Our thanks and appreciation to SSE Renewables for the wonderful grant, which will go a long way not only today but well into the future.” Gordon Leighton, Feldy-Roo Fundraiser
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OFFSHORE OPENING FUNDS OF BOWL
In 2019/20 BOWL celebrated the official opening of the wind farm by HRH The Prince Charles, In 2019/20 Two new offshore wind Duke of Rothesay with a series of events at Wick Harbour. The events allowed people to visit farms in development the wind farm by boat and also showcased the significant impact the Beatrice Local and £964,694 Partnership Funds have had to the communities on both the Caithness and Moray coast. awarded to
69 projects “The event provided a stunning insight into the scale of the project. Until that day, whilst it was clear that the Moray fund provided so many benefits to the local communities, the invitation to the opening ceremony gave me a far greater understanding of the project behind the fund.” Iain, Beatrice Moray Community Fund panel member
SSE Renewables has the largest offshore wind portfolio in the largest offshore wind market in the world. In addition to the continued success of the Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (BOWL) funds, we have also been working with communities linked to future offshore wind farms which will begin construction during 2020. In Angus, we have been working with community councils near Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm to determine the local priorities and focus of the fund. In Yorkshire, we have been working with our Dogger Bank joint venture partners, Equinor, to identify the delivery approach for community benefit.
IN 2020/21 THE PRIORITIES FOR OUR OFFSHORE FUNDS WILL INCLUDE: • The successful launch of the Seagreen and Dogger Bank Community Funds • To support communities covered by the Beatrice Community Funds with coronavirus.
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WICK WHEELERS CROMARTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST AND NIGG AND SHANDWICK COMMUNITY COUNCIL Beatrice Caithness Community Fund
Beatrice Caithness Partnership Fund £5,600 awarded in June 2019 500 people will benefit from a new inter- £100,000 awarded in June 2019 generational opportunity. Investing in vital community infrastructure. Wick Wheelers has been supported to test an innovative project. The local cycle group recognised there were members of Since the early 12th Century, there has been a ferry operating between Cromarty and the local community who would love to partake in their tours Nigg and its use by James IV of Scotland led to it being known as the King’s Route. and trips but were not able to due to mobility issues. Through Today, the Cromarty Ferry is a vital service for both local residents and visitors to the purchasing a Triobike Taxi the group of 45 volunteers can offer North Coast 500 – helping prevent a 97-mile car journey. With a year-on-year increase weekly trips throughout the spring and summer. Befriending in visitor numbers, the existing ferry provision did not fit demand and substantive Caithness have identified 500 local people who would appreciate improvements were required. The funding helps to improve the ferry slipways at each the opportunity to enjoy the wind blowing through their hair, side of the route enabling a larger ferry to serve the route. The improvements will not while they travel through the community seeing people and only allow more visitors to come to the area but will help provide a sustainable income things which they have not experienced for many years. source for the Development Trust. Our early award was pivotal to attracting other funding sources to invest in the project. The improvements have been identified by local “Wick Wheelers are very appreciative of the funding received businesses as vital to their sustainability. from the Beatrice Community Fund that enabled us to purchase the Triobike. As the lockdown begins to ease we are planning ‘’The communities of Cromarty and Nigg rely heavily on tourism and we hope that this to see what runs we will be able to do including working with improved service will encourage visitors to come to both sides of the Cromarty Firth. organisations who support children with disabilities.” George From the start SSE Renewables have supported us in our endeavours, not just financially Ewing, Wick Wheelers committee member but also with advice and guidance.’’ Jacquie Ross, community member
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NORTHERN IRELAND IRELAND FUNDS FUNDS £670,000 128 51 €1.38m 531 33
Awarded in 2019/20 Projects supported in 2019/20 Students provided scholarships Awarded in 2019/2020 Projects supported in 2019/20 Students provided scholarships
SSE Renewables is Northern Ireland’s largest generator of wind power and provides SSE Renewables is Ireland’s largest generator of wind power. SSE Renewables’ sister voluntary community funding in support of energy efficiency, safety and sustainability company SSE Airtricity operate ten community funds (including a fund for the joint projects. The community funds in Northern Ireland are operated by sister company SSE venture Galway Wind Park) for community groups near each of our wind farms across Airtricity. The funding is awarded to community groups near SSE Renewables’ three the country. This funding contributes to the social, environmental and economic well- wind farms in Northern Ireland: Bessy Bell, Tievenameenta, and Slieve Kirk Wind Park. being of local communities for decades to come.
LEARNING FOR LIFE BRIGHT SPARKS £150,000 €130,000 awarded in June 2019 awarded in June 2019 In 2019 SSE Airtricity launched an innovative SSE Renewables and Greencoat Renewables “Learning for Life” skills fund which provides launched the Galway Wind Park Scholarship learning, training, education and employment Fund in August 2019 to support students initiatives that help build capacity, tackle rural located within a 20km radius of Galway isolation, and increase employment opportunities. Wind Park. Scholarships are available to The ‘Learning for Life’ Skills Fund is funded through undergraduate and postgraduate students from the regional fund. GMIT, NUIG and any other institutions across the island of Ireland. In November 2019 £75,000 was awarded to The Workspace Group NI towards an employability, The scholarship is designed to help students mentoring and training programme over a with their education costs by covering 50% 5-year period. In 2020 a further £75,000 was of their tuition fees for up to 3 years of their awarded to The Princes Trust which is going to course. be targeted at rolling out personal development courses for young people aged 16-24 offering In order to qualify for the scholarship, recipients work experience, qualifications, practical skills and need to demonstrate how receiving the community project works. scholarship will add benefit to one of the following areas; energy efficiency, safety, social “SSE Renewables generous funding commitment and environmental sustainability, recreation and has seen a huge impact on the scope of what we tourism with education and skills development. can offer. The funding has allowed us to further develop our commitment to holistic employability “The Galway Wind Park Scholarship is a support, providing more workshops that go above welcome initiative and will allow recipients to and beyond CV-building and interview skills” Alex focus on their college course thus affording McKee, Operations Manager, Headspace them the opportunity to excel in their studies.” Aedin O’Heocha, Assistant Registrar, GMIT Full details of all awards made can be found in the Northern Ireland can be found in the SSE Full details of all awards made can be found in Airtricity Northern Ireland - Community Fund Ireland can be found in the SSE Airtricity Ireland Annual Review 2019/20. - Community Fund Annual Review 2019/20.
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award
FUNDS Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £152,753 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £2,866 Glengarry Judo £500 Towards a legacy fund for the community. To deliver micro grants of up to £500. To support club costs. IN FOCUS Invergarry Primary School Parent Council £30,000 Glengarry Community Woodlands £2,796 To develop a multi use games area. To purchase land at Drynachan 2. Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community £2,747 Company HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community £27,702 Glenmoriston Millennium Hall £2,778 To purchase Christmas Lights. Company To purchase equipment to provide a community To employ community caretakers. cinema. Home to the widest Fort Augustus Senior Citizens £322 spread of SSE Renewables’ To support outings, bus hire and hall hire. community funds, the Spurness Glengarry Community and District Association £21,560 Loch Ness & Great Glen Recreation Development £2,747 KIRKWALL To tar the hall road. Group Highlands and Islands region THURSO To complete a feasibility study. hosts 11 developments that Strathy Fort Augustus Senior Citizen Association £300 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £16,272 To run a monthly Fort William shopping bus. provide community benefit, Gordonbush Achany To re-develop the Wild Side Centre. Fort Augustus Senior Citizens £2,680 including 2 hydro schemes. To support outings, bus hire and hall hire. Approximately £57m will Fairburn INVERNESS Bhlaraidh Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £13,157 be invested through the Dunmaglass FORT AUGUSTUS Stronelairg To fund three apprentices. Kilmonivaig Parish Church £2,500 local community funds and Glendoe BHLARAIDH To replace a window.
£35m through the Highland FORT WILLIAM Kingairloch Badenoch Broadband and Communications CIC £10,000 The Bhlaraidh Community Fund will provide an estimated value Sustainable Development To purchase equipment for resilient community The Glengarry Trust £2,400 of £8.5m over its lifetime to local projects. The fund is managed Fund over their lifetime. broadband. To run a student grant programme. locally by the Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company and Soirhbeas on behalf of SSE Renewables. Stratherrick Gun Club £10,000 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council £2,356 STRONELAIRG To purchase a clay pigeon trap and release system. To have temporary toilets during a refurbishment. Established in 2016, the fund serves a population of 3,288 in the Stronelairg Wind Farm Ltd is a partnership two community council areas of Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston between SSE Renewables (50.1%) and Visit Inverness Loch Ness Ltd £10,000 Fort Augustus Village Hall £2,207 and Glenurquhart. To hire a Loch Ness Ranger. Greencoat UK Wind plc (49.9%). To enhance the village hall.
The Stronelairg Community Fund is estimated to provide over Stratherrick and Foyers Community Council £5,000 Glengarry Community Council £2,000 Annual Fund Payment £289,940 To deliver microgrants of up to £500. To hire a skip for the community. £18m to invest in local projects over its lifetime. Part of the fund is managed locally by the Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Awards Approved £125,225 Community Company, Glengarry Trust and the Stratherrick and Laggan Community Council £5,000 Laggan Heritage £1,845 To deliver microgrants of up to £500. To restore the Sarah Macpherson Monument. Foyers Community Trust on behalf of SSE Renewables.
Established in 2018, the fund serves the community council areas of Spean Bridge Roy Bridge and Achnacarry £5,000 Fort Augustus Lunch Club £1,842 497% £1.84 75% 25% Community Council To provide weekly meals for vulnerable adults. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Stratherrick and Foyers, Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston and Laggan To deliver microgrants of up to £500. over the lifetime of the fund and Glengarry, Spean Bridge Roy Bridge Fund allocation by category and Achnacarry during the first three years of the fund supporting a Invergarry Primary School £1,500 Spean Bridge Community Centre £4,049 To host an Edinburgh residential trip. population of 4,012. To replace toilets and reseal the main hall floor. Community 5% Glenmoriston Senior Citizens Lunch Group £1,340 Annual Fund Payment £606,274 Stratherrick Public Hall £3,508 To host fortnightly lunch meetings. Citizenship 31% To purchase new kitchen equipment. Glen After School Activity Club £1,308 Education and Skills 46% Awards Approved £376,257 Spean Bridge Senior Citizens Association £3,500 To deliver outdoor activities. To deliver for senior citizen events for two years. Culture, Heritage and Tourism 0% Glengarry Community Council £1,200 Kilchuimen Primary Parent Council £3,350 66% £1.70 12% 88% To deliver a community fireworks display. Sport and Recreation Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To provide a bus for swimming lessons. 17%
Glenmoriston Senior Citizens £1,072 Environment Fort Augustus Golf Club £3,350 Fund allocation by category To host events and outings. 0% To purchase a quad bike. Community 64% Glengarry Community Council £1,000 Invergarry Primary School Parent Council £3,298 To host a senior citizens Christmas party. Organisation Award Citizenship To operate a transport grant. 9% Sorbiheas Apprenticeship Programme £42,436 Glengarry Highland Games £1,000 To host 3 apprenticeships at local organisations. Cothroman Ceol Beul-Aithriseach £3,100 Education and Skills To host the Glengarry Highland Games. 13% To purchase instruments. Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £33,078 Culture, Heritage and Tourism The Glengarry Trust £600 0% Laggan Forest Trust £3,000 To employ community caretakers. To establish a cycling skills academy. To deliver sports micro grants. Sport and Recreation 11% Lochaber Camanachd Club £2,960 Regional Screen Machine £539 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £15,709 Environment To purchase equipment and first aid supplies. To run a community cinema. To fund apprentices. 3%
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Organisation Award 213% £5.49 13% 87% Organisation Award Organisation Award Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Fort Augustus Senior Citizens £4,800 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £4,800 Armadale Hall Committee £175,000 To support outings, bus hire and hall hire. Fund allocation by category To contribute to the costs of re-developing To support the build of a new hall. Riverside Field. C Fort Augustus Lunch Club £4,400 63% Strathnaver Museum Trust £35,000 To provide weekly meals for vulnerable adults. Strathnairn News £4,440 To support the renovation of the museum. C 17% To provide a community newsletter. Kilchuimen Primary Parent Council £4,000 To provide a bus for swimming lessons. S Armadale Hall Committee £30,000 14% Strathnairn (Daviot) Hall £3,750 To purchase electirc chargind points and notice boards. To run a community hall. Fort Augustus Golf Club £4,000 C To purchase a quad bike. 5% Feis air an Oir £29,855 S Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £2,998 To support two year development cost. Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston £3,662 1% To refurbish a hub building for a local care organisation. Community Company Farr Edge 2000 £27,000 To deliver micro grants of up to £500. 0% Strathdearn Community Developments Ltd £2,400 To employ a co-ordinator for two years. To deliver care at home scheme. Glenmoriston Millennium Hall £3,317 To purchase equipment to provide a Organisation Award The Highland Small Communities Housing Trust £25,000 Farr Junior Football and Athletics £2,350 To purchase two affordable housing plots. community cinema. To purchase sports equipment. Strathdearn Community Developments Ltd £297,500 To build a new community facility. Feis air an Oir £14,000 Loch Ness & Great Glen Recreation £3,280 SCATA £2,087 To support the delivery of the Feis. Development Group To run a community transport programme. To complete a feasibility study. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £48,936 To deliver a community broadband project. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £1,233 Transport for Tongue Ltd £9,006 Fort Augustus Village Hall £2,635 To host a community ceilidh. To support student transport. To enhance the hall. SCATA £36,500 To build a garage for community transport vehicles. Strathnairn Community Website £83 Caithness Voluntary Group £5,000 Glenmoriston Senior Citizens Lunch Group £1,600 To establish a community website. To deliver a befriending service. To provide fortnightly lunch meetings. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £29,278 To contribute to the costs of re-developing Naver Teleservice centre £3,990 Glenmoriston Senior Citizens £1,280 Foyer’s Bay. STRATHY NORTH To support staff costs. To hose events and outings. The Strathy North Community Fund is estimated to provide £5.5m Strathy and Armadale Community Council £3,900 Farr School and Nursery Parent Council £22,850 to invest in local projects over its lifetime. The funding decisions To deliver extra curricular activities. To complete works at the garden of hope. Regional Screen Machine £644 are made by a community panel. To run a community cinema.
Boleskine Community Care £21,968 Established in May 2014, the fund serves a population of around Melvich Community Council £3,000 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston £384 To employ a manager and support core costs. 940 over the three community council areas of Bettyhill, To provide micro grants of up to £500. Community Company Strathnaver and Altnaharra; Melvich; and Strathy and Armadale. To purchase Christmas lights. A smaller ring-fenced fund is available in Strathy and Armadale only. Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £19,694 Bettyhill, Strathnaver and Altnaharra £3,000 Towards a legacy fund for the community. Community Council To provide micro grants of up to £500. Annual Fund Payment £187,658 DUNMAGLASS Boleskine Community Care £16,404 Strathnaver Museum Trust £2,940 To employ a support and development officer - year Awards Approved £371,816 Dunmaglass Wind Farm Ltd 2 of 3. To fund the pre-acquisition stage of an asset transfer. is a partnership between SSE Renewables (50.1%) and Strathnaver Museum Trust £2,925 Greencoat UK Wind plc (49.9%). Stratherrick Public Hall £15,885 285% £5.34 18% 82% To support the running costs of the hall. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To replace heaters. The Dunmaglass Community Fund is estimated to provide £7.4m to Fund allocation by category invest in local projects over its lifetime. The fund is managed locally Care in Strathnairn £10,000 Strathy Point and Laidnagullen Grazing Committee £2,200 To run a handyperson and befriending service. To provide clear site lines and access. by Strathdearn Community Development Company, Stratherrick and C Foyers Community Trust and Strathnairn Community Benefit Fund. 58% Farr Hall Association £9,000 C Established in 2015, the fund serves a population of around 2,700 To run a community hall. 9% over the three community council areas of Stratherrick and Foyers, S GORDONBUSH Strathnairn and Strathdearn. 2% Daviot Primary Parent Council £6,100 The Gordonbush Community Fund is estimated to provide £5.5m To deliver extra curricular activities. C to invest in local projects. The funding decisions are made by a 30% Annual Fund Payment £265,177 community panel. S Strathdearn Community Developments Ltd £6,000 0% Established in 2011, the fund benefits a population of around Awards Approved £564,256 To purchase fittings for a new community facility. 4,680 over the four community council areas of Brora, Golspie, 2% Helmsdale and Rogart.
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Organisation Award 146% £1.53 84% 16% 59% £15.21 26% 74% Annual Fund Payment £223,174 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital
Brora Ladies £3,783 Fund allocation by category Awards Approved £163,210 To support Brora Ladies during the season. Fund allocation by category C C 5% 37% Clyne Heritage Society £3,150 209% £4.02 47% 53% To complete an arch excavation. C C Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital 35% 21%
S S Fund allocation by category Helmsdale and District Community Council £3,000 48% 23% To provide micro grants of up to £500. C C C 8% 12% 0%
S S C Golspie Community Council £3,000 0% 19% 3% To provide micro grants of up to £500. S 0% 0% 40%
C Rogart Development Trust £3,000 14% To provide micro grants of up to £500. Organisation Organisation Award
S 24% Kyle of Sutherland Hub Ltd £20,680 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £18,472 Golspie High School Voice £2,690 To fund a fitness staff member. Towards a legacy fund for the community. To support transport costs towards two school trips. 10%
Lairg and District Learning Centre £20,000 Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £10,750 To employ community caretakers. Organisation Award Golspie Sutherland Football Club £2,500 To fund a learning centre manager. To purchase a ride on mower. The Gordonbush Project £36,000 Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £9,100 To fund an apprenticeship programme. Kyle of Sutherland Apprenticeship Scheme £19,000 To deliver an apprenticeship programme. To provide a student grant programme. Engaging with Activity CIC £2,500 Brora Social Amenities Group £20,000 To use a local community bus. Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £6,885 To purchase a storage property. Bonar Bridge & Ardgay Golf Club £10,000 To fund apprentices. To fund a green mower. Royal British Legion Scotland, Creich and £1,579 Golspie Sutherland Football Club £20,000 Kincardine Branch To install floodlights. To refurbish the war memorial in Rogart. Stratherrick Public Hall £5,500 Creich Croick & Kincardine District Day £9,296 To complete urgent repairs to the kitchen. Care Association Garbh Allt Community Initiative £12,017 To upgrade furnishings. To complete a feasibility study for woodland and North of Scotland Kart Club £1,500 Kilchuimen Primary Parent Council £3,350 water projects. To purchase equipment for a Little Ferry track. To provide a bus for swimming lessons. Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust £4,000 Move it Monster Club £11,920 To distribute a community newsletter. To support an additional needs club for two years. Bunillidh Rowing Club £1,377 Glenmoriston Millennium Hall £2,778 To purchase equipment to attend world To purchase equipment to provide a community cinema. championship. Edinburgh Science £2,200 TYKES £5,000 To deliver four science workshops. To purchase equipment for a sensory room. Fort Augustus Senior Citizens £2,680 East Sutherland Badminton Club £690 To support outings, bus hire and hall hire. To promote community badminton and offer Helmsdale and District Highland £5,000 taster days. Games Association GLENDOE Fort Augustus Lunch Club £1,842 To fund a 40th anniversary special events. To provide weekly meals for vulnerable adults. The Glendoe Community Fund will invest an estimated £2.5m in VGES £5,000 local projects. The fund is managed locally by the Fort Augustus Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £1,569 To provide training courses. ACHANY and Glenmoriston Community Company and the Stratherrick and To deliver micro grants of up to £500. The Achany Community Fund is estimated to be worth around Foyers Community Trust on behalf of SSE Renewables. Engaging with Activities £5,000 £2.9m to share between local projects. The funding decisions are To provide community transport for clients. Opened in 2009, Glendoe was the largest conventional hydro Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £1,500 made by a community panel. To provide an energy grant programme. electric scheme to be built in over 50 years. The fund benefits a Garbh Allt Community Initiative £5,000 Established in 2010, the fund serves a population of around 2,500, population of around 2,000 over the two community council To employ a development officer. areas of Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston, and Stratherrick Fort Augustus Golf Club £1,300 covering the three community council areas of Ardgay and District, To purchase a quad bike. Creich and Lairg. and Foyers. Golspie Youth Action Group £4,752 Loch Ness & Great Glen Recreation Development Group £1,066 To fund sessional worker for a youth group. Annual Fund Payment £117,744 Annual Fund Payment £139,595 To complete a feasibility study.
Brora Rangers Ladies and Juniors £4,752 Stratherrick Spin and Chatter Group £1,000 To support ladies and girls football teams. Awards Approved £85,176 Awards Approved £72,344 To purchase a treadle and accessories for classes.
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation BEATRICE PARTNERSHIP Fort Augustus Village Hall £865 Strathconon Social and Recreational Society Sanday Development Trust £16,205 FUND – HIGHLAND To enhance the hall. To refurbish the community building. To employ a heritage custodian for three years. Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Stratherrick and Foyers Children’s Christmas Party £606 Ltd, a partnership between SSE To host a children’s Christmas party. Contin Community Trust £137,264 Sanday Duke of Edinburgh Award Group £7,850 Renewables (40%), Copenhagen To build a new community hall. To purchase equipment to achieve awards. Infrastructure Partners (35%) and Glenmoriston Senior Citizens Lunch Group £520 Red Rock Power Ltd (25%). To support fortnightly lunch meetings. Muir of Ord Hall and Facilities Company £18,000 Sanday Community Association £7,500 To employ a community development manager. To run a village holiday scheme over 3 years. The Beatrice Partnership Fund - Highland supports communities Glen Urquhart High School Parent Council £500 that lie wholly within the east coast communities of Caithness and To support school outings. Sutherland. The funding decisions are made by an independent Scatwell Community Association £10,000 To purchase a disabled toilet cabin. Sanday Community Council £5,000 panel. The fund will provide £2m to invest in local projects over Stratherrick Toddler Group £472 To deliver micro grants of up to £500. the five-year lifetime of the fund. To establish a new toddler group and purchase equipment. Fairburn Memorial Hall Committee £7,744 To supporter caretaker and maintenance costs. Sanday Community Craft Hub £858 Annual Fund Payment £400,000 Foyers Primary School £434 To support a craft hub. To attend multi-school events. Marybank Indoor Bowling Club £4,130 Awards Approved £405,388 To purchase new bowling mats. Glenmoriston Senior Citizens £416 To support outings and events. KINGAIRLOCH Scatwell Community Association £1,761 291% £7.94 36% 64% Regional Screen Machine £314 To purchase projector and screen. The Kingairloch Community Fund will provide around Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To run a community cinema. £240,000 to invest in local projects over its lifetime. The fund Marybank Primary Parent Council £1,731 is administered by the Highland Council on behalf of SSE Fund allocation by category Stratherrick and Foyers Community Trust Ltd £300 To purchase new sports equipment and a storage shed. Renewables. To provide hardship grants. C O 24% Kingairloch is one of SSE Renewables smaller hydroelectric Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Company £125 Contin Community Council £1,000 C To purchase Christmas lights. To deliver microgrants of up to £500. schemes. The annual value of the fund is around £7,150, benefitting 42% an estimated population of 3,200 across the community council areas of Ardgour, Sunart and Morvern. S 35% FAIRBURN SPURNESS The Fairburn Community Fund is expected to invest around £2.4m Annual Fund Payment £7,365 The Spurness Community Fund will provide an estimated in local projects over its lifetime. The funding decisions are made £700,000 to invest in local projects during its lifetime. The by a community panel. funding decisions are made by a community panel. Awards Approved £7,365 Established in 2010 the fund benefits a population of more Established in 2004, the fund benefits just over 500 people in the than 4,300 over the three community council areas of Contin; Sanday community in Orkney. Marybank, Scatwell and Strathconon; and Muir of Ord. Organisation Award 100% £1.00 0% 100% Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Annual Fund Payment £29,221 Cromarty Community Development Trust £50,000 Annual Fund Payment £122,280 To support a slipway refurbishment for the Nigg Fund allocation by category Cromarty ferry.
Awards Approved £331,630 Awards Approved £37,413 C 100% Nigg and Shandwick Community Council £50,000 C To support a slipway refurbishment for the Nigg 207% £1.43 8% 92% 177% £1.66 43% 57% 0% Cromarty ferry. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital S 0% Helmsdale and District Development Trust £49,896 Fund allocation by category Fund allocation by category C To purchase and develop public toilets. 0% C C 92% 13% S 0% Tain and District Youth Café YMCA £35,755 C C To employ a development manager. 5% 0% 0% S S 1% 41% Helmsdale Community Transport £34,960 To purchase a community vehicle. C C Organisation Award 0% 43%
S S Highland Council - community £7,365 Move it Monster Club £31,000 2% 3% fund allowance To deliver sessions for children with additional To distribute funds on behalf of SSE for Coronavirus. needs. 0% 0%
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Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award 423% £3.48 33% 67% Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Dementia Friendly Communities £30,420 Argyle Square Area Association £15,000 Wick Youth Club £2,000 To hire an office manager. To upgrade Argyle Square in Wick. To support the counselling group and youth club. Fund allocation by category
C O Cromarty and Resolis Film Society £25,000 Pulteneytown Peoples Project Ltd £12,004 Latheron, Lybster and Clyth Community Council £2,000 20% To purchase equipment for a community cinema. To enhance childcare provision. To deliver microgrants of up to £500. C 52% TYKES £25,000 Lyth Arts £10,000 East End Football Club £1,500 To employ two field workers to support young carers. S To mark the “year of coasts and waters.” To purchase equipment for the youth team. 28%
Homestart Caithness £23,357 To deliver a dad focussed support group. Lybster Golf Club £10,000 Portland Hall £1,266 To refurbish the clubhouse. To run a monthly senior citizens lunch.
Highlife Highland £9,429 Wick Guides £1,000 BEATRICE CAITHNESS To employ a youth support worker. To allow the guides to attend a “Tartan Gig” event. COMMUNITY FUND Organisation Award Latheron Hall Committee £8,858 Wick Choral Society £1,000 Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd, a To replace the lighting within the premises. To provide tuition for carol concerts. Garmouth and Kingston Amenities Association £50,000 partnership between SSE Renewables To set up a community hub. (40%), Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Dunbeath and District Centre £8,630 (35%) and Red Rock Power Ltd (25%). Caithness Voluntary Group £910 To contribute to wellbeing sessions. To help deliver an eight-week mindfulness course. Lossiemouth Community Development Trust £50,000 To support a replacement bridge to beach. The Beatrice Caithness Community Fund will provide £2m to local projects over the five-year lifetime of the fund. Noss Primary School Parent Council £8,445 Lybster Outdoor Bowling Club £750 The funding decisions are made by a community panel. To contribute to a residential visit. To replace the lighting within the premises. Moray Citizens Advice Bureau £50,000 To employ an officer. Established in 2017, the fund supports the community council areas of Science 03 £8,100 To support the Caithness Science Festival. Stirkoke Rifle Club £732 Longmore Hall £26,000 Sinclair’s Bay, Wick, Tannach and District, Berriedale and Dunbeath and To replace the lighting within the premises. Latheron, Lybster and Clyth. To refurbish a community hall. Caithness Diving Club £6,098 To replace a breathing air compressor. Keiss School Parent Council £716 Annual Fund Payment £400,000 To contribute to a residential visit. Organisation Award Mey Highland Games £6,000 To support materials for the Mey Highland Games. Forres Area Community Trust £25,000 Awards Approved £187,800 MORAY To run an online digital inclusion project. Wick Youth Club £6,000 To support staff costs. Morayvia £18,530 Beatrice Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (BOWL) LOSSIEMOUTH To support a development offer post and a 107% £2.90 37% 63% operate the 84 turbine Beatrice offshore Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital ELGIN feasibility study. Lybster Outdoor Bowling Club £5,800 wind farm off the Caithness coast. BOWL FORRES KEITH To improve the fabric of the building. is a partnership between SSE Renewables Fund allocation by category (40%), Copenhagen Infrastructure Moray Reach Out £17,500 To create a garden area. C Wick Wheelers £5,600 Partners (35%) and Red Rock Power 37% To purchase of a trishaw. Ltd (25%). The Beatrice community and partnership funds will provide £2m of C Social Enterprise Academy £6,000 10% Dunbeath Preservation Trust £5,126 community investment in Moray over a To deliver leadership and capacity courses. To provide Energy efficiency measures. five-year period. S 26%
C Wick Flower Baskets £4,650 10% To enhance the town flower displays. BEATRICE PARTNERSHIP BEATRICE MORAY FUND – MORAY COMMUNITY FUND S 15% Environmental Research Institute £3,690 The Beatrice Partnership Fund – Moray The Beatrice Moray Community Fund To host a Postgrad conference. supports communities that lie on the will provide £1m to local communities. 3% Moray coast including the areas of The funding decisions are made by a Wick Amateur Swimming Club £3,000 Buckie and District, Lennox, Strathisla community panel. The fund supports Organisation Award To hold the second “Far North” meet. and Keith. The funding decisions are the community council areas of Buckie made by an independent panel. The fund will provide £1m to and District, Keith, Lennox and Strathisla. Latheron Hall Committee £19,096 invest in projects over a five-year period. To upgrade the Latheron Hall Car Park. Berriedale and Dunbeath Community Council £2,150 To create a tourism website. Annual Fund Payment £200,000 Annual Fund Payment £200,000 Wick Community Council £16,250 To support a feasibility study into the revitalisation of Wick Community Council £2,000 Wick Town Centre. To deliver microgrants of up to £500. Awards Approved £243,030 Awards Approved £128,476
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69% £3.02 20% 80% Organisation Award Organisation Award Organisation Award Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Fochabers Curling Club £2,500 Atholl and Breadalbane Agricultural Society £45,000 Grandtully Parent Council £5,000 Fund allocation by category To attend 150th anniversary celebrations. To purchase a field. To support transport costs for school trips.
C Aberfeldy Bowling Club £30,207 Dunkeld and Birnam Community Council £5,000 31% Lennox Community Council £2,500 To provide micro grants of up to £250. To refurbish the clubhouse and bowling green. To provide microgrants of up to £500. C 20% Mid Atholl, Grandtully and Strathtay Community Council £5,000 Buckie Choral Union £2,500 Aberfeldy RFC £25,000 To provide microgrants of up to £500. S To host an anniversary performance. To deliver rugby training. 24% Music in Hospitals and Care £3,000 Aberfeldy RFC £25,000 C Keith and Strathisla Regeneration Partnership £2,400 To deliver ten performances. 8% To improve the website and Facebook pages. To deliver a junior rugby initiative for three years. S Dunkeld Detachment Army Cadets £1,000 18% Heartland FM £24,425 To complete a training programme. To purchase new broadcasting equipment. PERTHSHIRE 0% Dunkeld Art Exhibition £650 Fèis Thatha £24,000 To invest in signs and marketing. SSE Renewables has three To support a Gaelic Festival. Organisation Award developments in the Perthshire region covered by two community funds. With Horizon £24,000 Longmore Hall £20,000 an installed capacity of 220MW between Drumderg To provide meals for elderly residents for three years. DRUMDERG To make improvements to the hall. ABERFELDY the developments, it is estimated over DUNKELD Calliachar An estimated £2.5m will be invested through the Drumderg £19m will be invested in local projects Griffin Fèis Thatha £23,400 To support a Gaelic Festival. Community Fund in local projects over its lifetime. The funding The Loft Youth Project £20,000 and £2.5m through the Sustainable PERTH To upgrade facilities in the building. Development Fund over their lifetimes. decisions are made by a community panel. Breadalbane Men’s Shed £21,355 To construct a new men’s shed. Launched in 2008, the fund serves a population of around 3,700 CAB Moray £10,326 over the two community council areas of Alyth and Mount Blair. To fund a benefit support staff member. GRIFFIN AND CALLIACHAR Move2Improve £17,500 The Griffin and Calliachar Community Fund has an estimated value To improve the sculpture and appearance. Annual Fund Payment £109,253 King George V Memorial Playing Field Rothiemay Trust £10,000 To convert the Lossat to provide a community room. of £16.5m over its lifetime. The funding decisions are made by a community panel. Visit Aberfeldy Tourism Association £16,000 Awards Approved £45,489 To implement marketing initiatives. Portessie Public Hall Management Committee £10,000 Launched in 2011, it serves a population of around 7,000 over the five To install a heating system. community council areas of Aberfeldy; Dull and Weem; Dunkeld and Highland Perthshire Cycling £15,000 57% £13.11 41% 59% To deliver the Gravel Trails project. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Birnam; Kenmore and District; and Mid Atholl, Strathtay and Grandtully. Kieran’s Legacy £10,000 To provide emergency first aid equipment Niel Gow Festival Society £14,000 Fund allocation by category to communities. Annual Fund Payment £555,005 To fund a statue of Niel Gow. C 30% Awards Approved £517,454 Camserney Hall £12,918 Buckie Friends of Guiding £10,000 To purchase new doors and windows. C To upgrade the existing guide hall. 0%
Aberfeldy Tennis Club £11,197 S 161% £2.56 17% 83% 17% Outfit Moray £7,000 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To provide court maintenance. To provide outdoor learning and skills activities. C 11% Fund allocation by category Dunkeld and Birnam CIC £5,430 REAP Scotland £5,000 To install a door entry system and office equipment. S To contribute to a part-time energy advisor post. C 30% 14% Dalguise and District Public Hall Association £5,252 To upgrade the hall facilities. 12% Keith and Strathisla Community Councils £4,900 C 9% To support “Light the North Lighthouse Trail.” Highland Perthshire Yoga and Wellbeing £5,252 S Organisation Award 1% To continue the provision of weekly classes for the elderly. Edinburgh International Science Festival £3,850 To deliver seven science workshops. C Alyth and District Pipe Band £8,000 55% Dalguise and District Public Hall Association £5,100 To purchase new uniforms. To upgrade the hall facilities. S Strathisla Community Council £2,500 30% Mount Blair Community Development Trust £6,000 To provide micro grants of up to £250. Aberfeldy Community Council £5,000 To employ a development worker. To provide microgrants of up to £500. 0% Keith Community Council £2,500 Kenmore and District Community Council £5,000 Airlie Street Hall Committee £5,500 To provide micro grants of up to £250. To install solar power at a community hall. Organisation Award To provide microgrants of up to £500.
Buckie and District Community Council £2,500 Birnam Arts £162,020 Dull and Weem Community Council £5,000 Wild Spark £4,789 To provide micro grants of up to £250. To complete building repairs. To provide microgrants of up to £500. To deliver outdoor play sessions.
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Mount Blair Community Council £3,400 WASPS £104,000 East Kintyre Community Council £2,984 Pinwherry and Pinmore Community Council £5,000 To deliver micro grants of up to £500. To renovate the Perth Creative Exchange. To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. To provide micro grants of up to a maximum of £500.
Alyth Community Council £3,400 Solar Communities Project £82,800 Southend Community Council £2,984 To provide micro grants of up to £500. To support two Perthshire communties with solar To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. Barr Community Council £5,000 energy projects. To provide micro grants of up to a maximum of £500. Glenshee & Strathardle Tourist Association £3,000 The Laggan Community Council £2,984 To build a new website. The Scottish Crannog Centre £44,000 To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. To deliver a heritage project. Dailly Community Council £5,000 To provide micro grants of up to a maximum of £500. Alyth 45th Perthshire Scout Group £2,800 West Kintyre Community Council £2,984 To complete canoeing training. To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. National Trust for Scotland £10,000 To restore a footpath on Ben Lawers to increase accessibility. Hamish Matters £2,040 Barr Community SCIO £5,000 The Kintyre Wind Farm Trust £1,500 To deliver a Talla Beag Event. To fund a development officer to progress the Asset To distribute funds on behalf of SSE. Transfer of Barr Community Hall. Keep the Glens Fit £2,000 ARGYLL AND BUTE To sustain delivery of three classes per week. AYRSHIRE The Stinchar Valley Magazine £5,000 SSE Renewables currently operates To contribute to the costs of producing and Alyth Out of School Care £1,300 distributing a community magazine. To deliver youth services. one development in the Argyll OBAN The region hosts one SSE Renewables and Bute region. The Tangy wind development, the Hadyard Hill wind farm has an installed capacity of Edinburgh International Science Festival £1,100 farm has an installed capacity of around Dailly Community Activity Centre Association Ltd £5,000 To deliver science workshops. 18.7MW and is expected to generate 120MW and is expected to generate £4m To contribute to the annual running costs of an £500,000 in community benefit community benefit funding over its lifetime. AYR activity centre. Mount Blair Community Development Trust £876 funding over its lifetime. Tangy Hadyard Hill
To host a community bonfire night. CAMPBELLTOWN GIRVAN Carrick Rural Arts Group £1,910 Alyth Photographic Club £764 To fund lantern-making workshops in Dailly, Barr and To purchase a new projector. TANGY Colmonell Primary Schools as part of the Festival of Light. The fund benefits a population of around 8,000, covering the five HADYARD HILL Bookmark £520 community council areas of Campbeltown, East Kintyre, The Laggan, The Hadyard Hill Community Fund will provide around £4m to invest Pinwherry & Pinmore Community Development Trust £600 To run children literacy projects. To purchase picnic tables and a notice board. West Kintyre and Southend. The fund supports community energy in local community and charitable projects over its lifetime. The fund is projects and micro grants distributed by community councils. administered by Foundation Scotland on behalf of SSE Renewables.
PERTHSHIRE SUSTAINABLE Annual Fund Payment £26,392 The fund supports 1,900 people from the three community council areas SCOTTISH BORDERS DEVELOPMENT FUND of Barr; Dailly; and Pinmore and Pinwherry. The Perth and Kinross Sustainable Development Fund has a current Awards Approved £26,392 The 350MW Clyde wind farm is expected value of £2.5m over its lifetime. The funding decisions are Annual Fund Payment £111,540 located across three different local made by an independent panel. Toddleburn authority areas – Scottish Borders, 101% £1.01 0% 100% Awards Approved £37,510 Dumfries and Galloway and South The fund supports the whole population of the Perth and Kinross local Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Lanarkshire. The Scottish Borders Clyde authority area, estimated to be 151,000. also plays host to SSE Renewables’ SELKIRK Fund allocation by category 34% £4.27 13% 87% Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Toddleburn wind farm. Clyde Annual Fund Payment £240,000 HAWICK C Borders and Toddleburn have a 62% combined installed capacity of Fund allocation by category 27.6MW and around £6.6m will be Awards Approved £240,800 C 0% C invested in local projects over the 68% lifetime of the funds. The Sustainable S 695% £20.27 41% 59% 0% C Development Fund will invest around £2.5m in the region. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital 13% C 0% S Fund allocation by category 5% S CLYDE BORDERS C O 0% C 61% 0% Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables C 38% S 0% 13% (50.1%), Greencoat UK Wind Holdco Limited (28.2%) and GLIL Corporate S Holdings Ltd (21.7%). 39% Organisation Award 0%
ALI Energy £9,972 The Clyde Borders Community Fund will invest around £3.8m in To distribute energy efficiency grants. Organisation Award community projects over its lifetime. The funding decisions are made by a community panel. South Ayrshire Community Transport £5,000 Campbeltown Community Council £2,984 To contribute to the costs of running the The fund serves around 1,000 people in the three community To award micro grants with a maximum value of £500. community bus service for one year. council areas of Skirling, Upper Tweed and Tweedsmuir. population of 4,012.
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The fund serves a population of around 1,800 over the three community This fund is the largest of four local funds which benefit from the 553% £10.57 61% 39% Annual Fund Payment £139,022 council areas of Heriot; Oxton and Channelkirk; and Parish of Stow. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Clyde wind farm. The fund serves an estimated 4,900 people in the community council areas of Biggar; Crawford; Duneaton; Leadhills; Libberton; Quothquan and Thankerton; and Symington. Awards Approved £128,988 Annual Fund Payment £50,603 Fund allocation by category
C O Awards Approved £41,173 61% Annual Fund Payment £925,895 121% £5.61 0% 100% Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital C 37% 90% £5.00 0% 100% Awards Approved £543,250 Fund allocation by category Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital S 2% C 77% Fund allocation by category 74% £1.25 42% 58% Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital C C 0% 27% Fund allocation by category S C 7% 15% C 9% C S 0% 0% C Organisation Award 4% S C 16% 27% Friends of Union Bridge £79,137 S 50% S To deliver the Union Chain Bridge STEM learning project. 0% 32% C 23% 0% Ettrick and Yarrow Community £50,000 Organisation Award Development Company S 13% To restore a community site into five affordable housing units. Broughton Village Hall £27,120 Organisation Award To install a new roof. 0% Stow and Fountainhall Community Council £11,250 Connect Berwickshire Youth Project £36,624 To create a book on the areas history. To develop employability skills for young people in Broughton Village Hall £25,000 rural Berwickshire. Organisation Award To complete roof repairs. Stow Bowling Club £10,000 To construct a changing block. RISE Education Project £200,000 Skirling Village Hall Committee £24,818 Crook Inn - Tweedsmuir Community Company £35,000 To run an education programme in South Lanarkshire. To support the restoration of the Crook Inn. To complete roof insulation. Stow Community Trust £9,966 To purchase furniture for a community hub. Crawfordjohn Heritage Venture Trust £84,476 Broughton Tennis Club £21,000 Young Enterprise Scotland £22,675 To funs a heating and conservation project. To build a new tennis court. Channelkirk Senior Citizens £6,000 To deliver an enterprise education programme. To provide community outings. Abington Primary School Parent Council £67,883 Tweedsmuir Village Hall Committee £10,000 Hawick Community Pump Track £5,000 To improve the Abington play area. To complete car park repairs. Stow Sports Council £3,000 To support a community bike pump track. To rejuvenate a multi sports court. Abington Tennis Club £38,590 Drumelzier Recreation Hall Association £7,000 To refurbish the tennis court. To renew the hall path. Stow and Fountainhall Community Council £957 To provide microgrants of up to £250. SOUTH LANARKSHIRE Biggar and District Civic Society £20,600 Broughton Primary Parent Council £6,300 To upgrade signage. To support travel costs for school trips. The South Lanarkshire region benefits SCOTTISH BORDERS SUSTAINABLE from the largest proportion of the HAMILTON LANARK Abington Community Group £10,922 Upper Tweed Community Council £3,500 community funding from the Clyde DEVELOPMENT FUND BIGGAR To complete a consultancy report for a community To provide micro grants and youth bursaries. wind farm. Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd, a partnership Ltd, a partnership between SSE asset purchase. between SSE Renewables (50.1%), Greencoat Renewables (50.1%), Greencoat UK Tweedsmuir Community Council £2,500 Clyde To provide youth bursaries. UK Wind Holdco Limited (28.2%) and GLIL Wind Holdco Limited (28.2%) and GLIL Leadhills Community Group £9,989 Corporate Holdings Ltd (21.7%). Corporate Holdings Ltd (21.7%). The two To complete a consultancy report for a community local funds in the region are estimated asset purchase. Tweedsmuir Community Council £1,000 The Scottish Borders Sustainable Development Fund has an expected to provide around £32m over their To print the community newsletter. value of £2.5m over its lifetime. The funding decisions are made by an lifetime. The Sustainable Development Fund is estimated to provide Biggar Rugby Football Club £9,950 independent panel. over £10m to the region. To run an athletics project. Drumelzier Recreation Hall Association £750 To paint the exterior of the hall. The fund supports the whole population of the Scottish Borders local authority area, estimated to be 115,000. Roberton Emergency Support Team £9,920 CLYDE SOUTH LANARKSHIRE To establish the Roberton Emergency Support Team. The Clyde South Lanarkshire Community TODDLEBURN Annual Fund Payment £200,000 Fund will invest around £22m in Leadhills Reading Society £9,070 The Toddleburn Community Fund will provide over £2.8m for community projects over its lifetime. To enhance communications and activity for investment in local projects over its lifetime. The funding decisions Awards Approved £228,436 The fund is administered by South Leadhills Heritage Trust. are made by a community panel. Lanarkshire Council.
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The fund serves around 12,600 people in the following community Organisation Award Organisation Award council areas: Carronbridge, Closeburn, Durisdeer, Johnstone, CLYDE EXTENSION Kirkconnel and Kelloholm, Kirkmichael, Kirkpatrick and Juxta, Crawford WRI £3,320 Leadhills Family Action Group £60,000 Moffat and District, Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and District, Thornhill, The Clyde Extension Community Fund A three year project for a grant manager to deliver To run a 100th anniversary event. Wamphray, and Wanlockhead. is expected to provide £10m over its multiple projects. lifetime. The funding decisions are made Annual Fund Payment £190,684 Biggar Little Festival £3,294 by a community panel. The Haven Centre £59,084 To run an orchestra project. To develop and deliver children and young Established in 2019, the fund serves peoples services. Awards Approved £157,429 an estimated 4,900 people in the community council areas of Coulter Curling £2,394 Biggar; Crawford; Duneaton; Leadhills; Libberton; Quothquan and To mark the clubs 200 year anniversary. Lightburn Elderly Association Project Limited £50,000 83% £2.01 20% 80% Thankerton; and Symington. To develop a textile sorting plant for reusing and Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital recycling textiles. Coulter WRI £2,293 Fund allocation by category The community panel was established in 2019-20 and To mark the groups 100 year anniversary. Archaeology Scotland £45,500 their first funding decisions will be made in 2020-21. C To record and restore historic sites around the county. 66%
Douglas Water Golf Club £1,688 C To facilitate a garage extension. Auchengray CCT £40,000 8% To repair and conserve the Auchengray Centre. S SOUTH LANARKSHIRE SUSTAINABLE 5% Roberton SWI £804 DEVELOPMENT FUND Children’s University Scotland £25,000 To run basket weaving workshops. C To improve children’s participation in learning 5% The South Lanarkshire Sustainable beyond the classroom. Development Fund has a current S Douglas Valley Photography Group £642 16% To run a calendar project. expected value of £10m over its lifetime. Healthy N Happy £25,000 The funding decisions are made by an To deliver community involvement programmes. 0% independent panel. Abington Bowling Club £8,511 Covey Befriending £36,907 Organisation Award To purchase bowling equipment. The fund supports the whole population of the South Lanarkshire To support young people in rural South Lanarkshire. local authority area, estimated to be 318,200. Johnstonebridge Centre and Community £34,274 Crawford Gala Committee £7,906 Healthy Valleys £30,522 Development Trust Ltd To purchase gala equipment. To offer support to older adults experiencing acute To construct an additional car park at Annual Fund Payment £600,000 loneliness and isolation. Johnstonebridge Community Centre. Crawford Primary Parents Group £6,422 To install a pump track. Lowther Hill Ski Club £17,899 Beattock Hall Committee £13,250 Awards Approved £644,912 To create a beginners’ snow area and a snow park. To purchase and install a new ground source heat pump. Wiston Village Hall £5,884 Kirkmichael Community Council £12,000 To purchase a defibrillator and tables and chairs. To employ a part-time project co-ordinator. 423% £4.35 48% 52% Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Biggar Men’s Shed £5,000 Kirkmichael Community Council £12,000 To purchase tools and equipment. To employ a part-time project co-ordinator. Fund allocation by category The Dumfries and Galloway Clyde region hosts several Biggar Community Council £5,000 C O MOFFAT 19% community benefit funds, Annandale Community Transport Services £12,000 To provide micro grants of up to £500. including one which To run a community transport services. C DUMFRIES 44% benefits from the Clyde Balmurrie Fell Leadhills Community Council £5,000 wind farm development. Artfield Fell Sanquhar Bowling Club £12,000 To provide micro grants of up to £500. S With a combined installed STRANRAER To refurbish the bowling club. 37% capacity of 47.5MW, an Thankerton Community Council £5,000 estimated £5.8m will be Nith Valley Leaf Trust £11,500 To provide micro grants of up to £500. invested between the three To employ a part-time development officer. local funds over their lifetime. The Sustainable Development Fund will invest £1.2m in the region. Duneaton Community Council £5,000 Moffat Petanque Club £10,364 To provide micro grants of up to £500. To build a new piste at Hope Johnston Park in Moffat. CLYDE DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY Crawford Community Council £5,000 Nethermill Primary School Parent Council £7,940 Organisation Award To run a nature play project. To provide micro grants of up to £500. Clyde Wind Farm (Scotland) Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables (50.1%), Greencoat New Lanark Trust £180,000 Wanlockhead Community Centre SCIO £6,689 Tinto Village Day Group £4,495 To improve infrastructure at a UNESCO Heritage Site. UK Wind Holdco Limited (28.2%) and GLIL To host a gala day. Corporate Holdings Ltd (21.7%). To renovate a community centre.
Trustees of Symington Church Hall £4,197 Blantyre Soccer Academy £75,000 The Clyde Dumfries and Galloway Community Fund will invest around Proudfoot Indoor Sports and Social Club £5,753 To refurbish the hall frontage and heating. To contribute to the renovation of the Sports Hub. £4.5m in community projects over its lifetime. The fund is administered To repair and refurbishment a community hall. by Foundation Scotland.
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Organisation Award 134% £1.00 44% 56% Annual Fund Payment £27,788 Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Annual Fund Payment £194,558 Upper Nithsdale Arts and Crafts Community Initiative £5,000 Awards Approved £118,448 To market and support the Sanquhar Knitwear tours. Awards Approved £28,654 Fund allocation by category C 100% Kirkpatrick Juxta Community Council £4,000 81% £2.56 0% 100% Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital To provide micro-grants up to a maximum of £250 103% £1.00 0% 100% C including a coronavirus response. Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital 0%
S Fund allocation by category Fund allocation by category 0% Arthur Trail Association £3,000 C To mount an international symposium in Moffat. C 17v% C 0% 87% C S 1% Wanlockhead Village Council £2,752 C 0% 1% To provide a decorative structure around the S village’s permanent Christmas tree. 0% S 0% 5% C 12% Wanlockhead Village Council £2,340 C 0% To support administration costs. Organisation Award S 50% S 2% Old Luce Development Trust £9,961 Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and District Community Council £2,000 To pay for one year’s operational costs for the Old 20% To provide micro-grants up to a maximum of £250. Luce Development Trust. 5% Organisation Award Nith Valley Leaf Trust £2,000 Old Luce Development Trust £9,600 Organisation Award To provide micro-grants up to a maximum of £250. To compile a business plan for Lorry Park. Crowle Colts Football Club £15,119 To contribute to replacement goals. Old Luce Development Trust £24,474 Moffat and District Community Council £2,000 To develop a village square. New Luce Shop £9,360 To provide micro-grants up to a maximum of £250. To support the community owned village shop and Garthopre Sport and Community Centre £12,600 post office. To replace windows and doors. New Luce Community Council £1,500 Leadhills Family Action Group £1,936 To provide primary school extra-curricular activities. To run a small Christmas festival. Gunness Parish Council £10,197 Old Luce Development Trust £2,844 To replace the safety surfacing at Kensington Gardens. New Luce Gardening Group £1,500 To clean the public conveniences at Glenluce Public South of Scotland Tennis Championship £1,602 To provide gardening materials. Hall for one year. Keadby Working Men’s Club £10,000 To host the 2020 South of Scotland To purchase multi media system. Tennis Championship. New Luce Community Council £430 Old Luce Development Trust £2,310 To host a community Burns Supper. To carry out a topographical survey. Crowle and Ealand Playing Field Association £8,800 Durisdeer Village Committee £1,029 To create a security gate. To purchase a PA system and projector. New Luce Community Council £360 To get visit from a pest control company. NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE Friends of Althorpe and Keadby £8,135 Thornhill Community Council £1,000 To run a cycling club. To provide micro-grants up to a maximum of £250. New Luce Community Council £200 The North Lincolnshire region is To provide a newsletter for residents. St Marks Community Amcotts £7,229 host to Keadby wind farm, west of To replace broken pipes and gutter. Wamphray Community Council £1,000 Scunthorpe. Keadby wind farm has HULL To provide micro-grants up to a maximum of £250. New Luce Community Council £190 an installed capacity of 68MW. It is St Marks Community Group £4,500 To host a children’s Christmas party. Keadby expected the local community fund SCUNTHORPE To support VE Day Celebrations. Wanlockhead Village Council £1,000 will invest £5.4m in local projects To provide micro-grants up to a maximum of £250. over its lifetime. The Sustainable Keadby with Althorpe Parish Council £4,450 LINCOLN BALMURRIE FELL Development Fund will invest £4.2m in To create a garden at the ‘old library.’ Carronbridge Community Council £1,000 the region. To provide micro-grants up to a maximum of £250. The Balmurrie Fell Community Fund is expected will provide Gunness and Burringham Parish Council £4,111 around £700,000 over its lifetime for local community projects. To purchase lights and fencing. The fund is administrated by Dumfries and Galloway Council on behalf of SSE Renewables. ARTFIELD FELL KEADBY Garthorpe and Fockerby Parish Council £4,000 Established in 2004, the fund serves an estimated 2,125 people in the To buy planters and plants. The Artfield Fell Community Fund is expected to provide around three community council areas of Kirkcowan, New Luce and Old Luce. The Keadby Community Fund is expected to provide £5.4m over its £600,000 over its lifetime for local community projects. The fund lifetime to invest in local projects. The fund is administered by North St Marks Community Group £3,300 is administrated by Dumfries and Galloway Council on behalf of Lincolnshire Council on SSE Renewables behalf. To run Amcotts in Bloom. SSE Renewables. Annual Fund Payment £25,386 A population of around 13,700 is served by the fund over nine parish Gunness and Burringham Parish Council £3,222 Established in 2004, the fund serves an estimated 1,550 people in Awards Approved £34,075 council areas: Amcotts, Althorpe, Burringham, Crowle, Eastoft, Garthorpe To purchase CCTV equipment. the two community council areas of Old Luce and New Luce. and Fockerby, Gunnes, Keadby and Luddington and Holdenby.
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Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd, a partnership between SSE Organisation Award 279% £1.89 4% 96% Organisation Award Fund demand Fund leverage Revenue Capital Renewables (40%), Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (35%) and Red Rock Power Ltd (25%) contributes to: Crowle Peatland Railway £2,967 Friends of Baysgarth Park £10,000 To complete park development works. To purchase cafe equipment. Fund allocation by category • Beatrice Caithness Community Fund C O • Beatrice Moray Community Fund 15% Healey Road Education and Wildlife Centre £9,388 Garthorpe Village Hall £2,645 To purchase a disabled toilet. • Beatrice Partnership Fund To improve usability of land around Garthorpe C Village Hall. 63% Inspiring Family Solutions £7,500 Stronelairg Wind Farm Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables S To invest in a pottery café. (50.1%) and Greencoat UK Wind plc (49.9%) contributes to: 21% Friends of Garthorpe and Fockerby £2,477 To run a Christmas fayre. • Sustainable Development Fund LIVES £5,000 To support community volunteers. (SDF) Highland • Stronelairg Community Fund Eastoft Church of England School £2,246 To buy Maypole costumes. Dunmaglass Wind Farm Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables NORTHERN IRELAND (50.1%) and Greencoat UK Wind plc (49.9% contributes to: Crowle Agricultural Show and Sports Society £2,000 To support Crowle Agricultural Show. • Sustainable Development Fund Organisation Award Full details of all awards made in Northern Ireland can be (SDF) Highland bound in the SSE Airtricity Northern Ireland Community • Dunmaglass Community Fund Keadby Ladies Netball £1,900 Messingham Village Hall £30,000 Fund Annual Review 2019/20. To purchase netball equipment. To extend a village hall. Clyde Windfarm (Scotland) Ltd, a partnership between SSE Renewables (50.1%), Greencoat UK Wind Holdco Limited (28.2%) Winterton Bowling Club £30,000 and GLIL Corporate Holdings Ltd (21.7%) contributes to: Garthorpe Party in the Park £1,700 To build a new Bowling Club. To host Party in the Park. IRELAND • Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) South Lanarkshire Crosby Together £26,425 • Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) St Marks Community Group Amcotts £1,600 To support essential building works. Full details of all awards made in Ireland can be found Borders To improve the Christmas lights. in the SSE Airtricity Ireland Community Fund Annual • Clyde South Lanarkshire Community Fund Review 2019/20. Waterside Artists Co-operative £21,636 • Clyde Extension Community Fund South Lanarkshire Outcast Cricket Club £1,500 To fund lighting replacements. To purchase a new lawnmower. • Clyde Borders Community Fund • Clyde Dumfries and Galloway Community Fund Trent Valley Gliding Club £20,000 To purchase a flight simulator. SSE RENEWABLES’ Axholme Lurchers £1,300 JOINT VENTURES Galway Wind Park, a partnership between SSE Renewables (53%) and To maintenance of F24 Car. Greencoat Renewables (47%), contributes to: Appleby Frodiingham Sports and Social Club £19,000 To install a new boiler. SSE Renewables manages some community funds on behalf of • Galway Wind Park Community Fund Eastoft Parish Council £1,250 its joint venture partners. This includes: • Galway Wind Park Major Projects Fund To purchase a notice board. Frodingham Community Association £15,000 • Galway Wind Park Scholarship Fund To upgrade a building.
Lincoln and Lindsey Blind Club £1,200 To provide a transportation service. Peggy’s World CiC £14,850 To purchase a Tovertafel Magic Table. Morven Smith Head of Community Investment Winterton Rangers CIC £14,000 THE To fund lighting replacements. [email protected]; NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE SUSTAINABLE TEAM Lindsay Dougan DEVELOPMENT FUND Wooton Parish Council £13,175 Shetland, England and Sustainable Development Fund To support the redevelopment of a pond. [email protected]; 0141 224 7729 The North Lincolnshire Development Fund will invest around Fiona Morrison £4.2m over its lifetime. The fund is administered by North Haxey Cricket Club £10,000 North of Scotland Lincolnshire Council on SSE Renewables behalf. To purchase winter nets and anti-vandal fencing. [email protected]; 01463 728376 The fund serves the population of North Lincolnshire estimated at Gareth Shields 167,400. Redbourne Play Equipment £10,000 South of Scotland To refurbish a playground. [email protected]; 0141 224 7712
Ulceby Village Church Hall £10,000 Marianne Townsley Annual Fund Payment £170,000 To provide a new floor installation. North of Scotland and Sustainable Development Fund [email protected]; 01463 728069
Cat Zero £10,000 Craig Mullen Awards Approved £275,974 To run personal development programmes. Central Scotland [email protected]; 01738 516504 Anne Reynolds Ireland sserenewables.com/communities [email protected] ; +353 1 655 6556
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