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Below are listed some funding resources that may be useful to therapeutic and community gardening groups. For a more comprehensive and focused funding search, please contact your local council funding officer, library or volunteer centre and arrange to use their 'funder finder', this enables a focused search of an extensive database of funders using your own project criteria. Also see the Funding Scotland link below.

Growing Communities in Scotland Travel Bursaries

The Growing Communities Partnership, (Trellis, The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens & The Allotments Regeneration Initiative) is launching its 'Sites Visits Travel Bursary' funded by the Big Lottery. Projects can apply for up to £300 for travel and associated expenses for up to six people & awards will be made to those who can demostrate that the proposed visit can benefit their own therapeutic garden, community garden or city farm. If you would like further information please contact Vicki Ferguson, Growing Communities in Scotland Fieldwork Co-ordinator, at the Trellis Office on 01738 624348 or by email. Click here for further information and application form in Word or PDF format.

Funding Scotland

Funding Scotland is a new organisation which aims to make applying for funding in Scotland quicker and easier. They do this by providing an online platform for organisations seeking funding and organisations offering funding. Funding Scotland.

GRANTnet are also free to use for funding searches see http://www.grantnet.com

The Growing Communities in Scotland  Edinburgh Networking Event on Tuesday 5th April 2011 was a superb opportunity to meet with like-minded people and exchange ideas, tour the Grassmarket Community Project and the Royal Edinburgh Community Gardens. Click here for the meeting notes which offer excellent advice on applying for Funding.

Free plants & seeds ...

Woodland Trust Tree Planting Packs

The Woodland Trust has a range of tree packs to suit schools, youth groups and communities. Applicants can receive practical packs and advice for ensuring a successful planting. For more information go to the Woodland Trust site.

Want to encourage bumble bees?

Contact On the Verge for free seeds and get your project on the bee map. Email Leigh Biagi or phone Emily Harvey on 07545 247489. Also visit the Stirling-based Bumblebee Conservation trust for further information on bumblebees.

 Here are some possible funders:

 

Edinburgh & Lothian’s Health Foundation has launched a £1.9 million fund in a major new bid to improve health in the area. The grants programme is designed to help improve the health of local people and innovative proposals are invited by the trustees of the Foundation, the second largest NHS-linked charity in Scotland.
Grants, made possible through the generosity of donors over many decades, will be available to successful applicants from April 2012. The Foundation will not fund services normally funded by the NHS or other statutory funding bodies.  Deadline for applications is 31st January 


Awards for All Scotland is a small grants scheme which makes awards of between £500 and £10,000 to support projects that improve opportunities to take part in arts, sports and community activities and projects that promote education, health and the environment. Awards for Allcan fund up to 100% of eligible project costs and is open to applications from constituted voluntary and community organisations, schools and statutory bodies. Awards for All is a rolling programme so there are no deadlines and we are currently funding almost 70% of applications received.Contact 0300 123 7110 or visit the website www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotlandfor more information on how to apply.

Funding for Horticulturalists

Are you a gardener looking for funding? Try this useful list of possible funders at www.grantsforhorticulturists.org.uk

See Me funding...does your gardening project reduce the stigma of mental ill health?

If it does, why not apply for funding from See Me at www.seemescotland.org.uk

Biffaward

Biffaward is a multi-million pound fund that helps to build communities and transform lives through awarding grants to community and environmental projects across the UK. There are three levels of funding available including Main Grants (Community) £5,000 to £50,000. For projects that provide and improve community facilities. Main Grants (Biodiversity)£5,000to £50,000, for projects that conserve wildlife, species and habitats for small Grants – £250 to £5,000. For projects that enable communities to improve local amenities and to conserve wildlife. There are no grant deadlines. Applications are accepted at any time. Find out more at http://www.biffaward.org

 

The Climate Challenge Fund

The Climate Challenge Fund offers grants to a range of community organisations to help with the planning, learning, communication and most importantly, action to reduce carbon emissions. The projects can involve a range of actions, from helping us to use less energy, or walk and cycle more, to local sustainable food. The projects should be delivered in the context of the wider environmental, social and economic dimensions, that give people new skills, improve health, help them to work together or provide better community facilities, but carbon reduction must be at the heart of every proposal.
Junior Climate Challenge Fund - contact the CCF team directly on 01786 468 779 and see information online at http://ccf.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/faq.aspx Junior Climate Challenge Fund (JCCF) is part of the Climate Challenge Fund. The JCCF aims to increase the proportion of the CCF which is supporting under 18's to become engaged and involved in a low carbon future. All other criteria of the CCF still apply - working to reduce carbon emissions, including the community (of young people in this case) at the heart of the decision making of the project and leaving a sustainable legacy for the future.
 
 

 

CSV Action Earth's Award Scheme

CSV Action Earth's Award Scheme enables easy access to grants of up to £500, which runs until 31 October 2011
If you are planning an environmental activity using volunteers or you think you can come up with a good project that improves biodiversity in your area, then you could be eligible for a CSV Action Earth grant. We want to empower people to take action in their community and our campaign offers three easy-to-access grants ranging from £50 to £500 to cover , materials tools and expenses, and can make a big difference to an event. The CSV Action Earth campaign is supported one again by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
Apply on-line, download forms or get more information including details of current projects at Action Earth. If you wish to discuss project ideas or any issues relating to the campaign, please contact Robert Henderson on 0131 222 9083 or by e-mail on rhenderson@csv.org.uk


British Airports Authority Communities Trust

Is your project local to one of Scotlands airports? Consider applying for a BAA Communities Trust Grant. See BAA for further information.

Grants for Young Horticulturists

The Merlin Trust offers financial support to people aged 18-35 to develop a career in horticulture. Support can be used for study visits in the UK or overseas. For further information see Merlin Trust.

Gardening for Disabled Trust

 

Grants for adapting your own garden to accomodate accessible gardening from the Gardening for Disabled Trust Gardening for the Disabled Trust

Green Energy Trust

Local community groups and not for profit organisations and charities within the UK can apply for grants for the installation of renewable technologies. The funding which is available through the Green Energy Trust will provide grants of up to 25,000 (but most projects receive around £10,000) for up to half the cost of the chosen renewable technology. The maximum amount would only be awarded to exceptional projects that tick all the boxes and demonstrate real value for money. Projects also need to have a really strong community benefit and wider educational element. The Trust considers all kinds of renewable technologies, including small-scale hydro, wind power, biomass, landfill gas, solar energy and ground source heat pumps. Applications involving other technologies may also qualify for support. Grant requests must be to support the capital and installation costs of a renewable energy project. The Trust meets twice a year to consider applications - usually during the first week of April and October. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible. For more information, please visit Scottish Power Green Trust.

Help a Heart Grant

British Heart Foundation Help a Heart Grants range between £300 and £2,000 and are available for voluntary and community groups that want to make a real difference in their area. Some gardening projects have been successful in their applications for this funding. Check it out at BHF.

Lloyds TSB Foundation (Scotland)

The Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland distributes its funds to recognised charities in Scotland which are focused on improving the quality of life for people in Scotland who are disadvantaged or at risk of becoming disadvantaged. It has a particular emphasis on funding grassroots charities (with an annual income of £500,000 or less). Funding is available through three funding programmes. The majority of grants are made through the Henry Duncan Awards (previously known as the Standard Grants Scheme). The two other funding programmes are the Capacity Building Programme which funds projects that enhance the effectiveness of the voluntary sector and the Partnerships Drug Initiative which aims to promote voluntary sector work with vulnerable children and young people affected by substance misuse. The Foundation also runs a number of funding surgeries to give people the opportunity to discuss their application face-to-face before it is submitted. For more information, please visitLloyds TSB Foundation Scotland.

Sus It Out Plus

£1500 free cash for communities. Forward Scotland is offering community groups across the country £1500 to improve their sustainability and help make them more effective. Any community based group in the area that relies on volunteers could be eligible for their 'Sus It Out Plus' programme. To claim the money all they have to do is attend a two hour workshop which will explain what the funding can be used for.For more information, please visit: Forward Scotland.

Support to argue for continued Grant Funding...

Arguing the case for local grant funding A new leaflet from NAVCA can be used by local groups to argue the case for continued grant funding with councillors, commissioning officers and procurement professionals at navca.

Misses Barrie Charitable Trust

What is it for? Support for a range of charitable activities Who can apply? Charities and community groups The Trust supports a wide range of charitable purposes - at the trustee's discretion - throughout Scotland. For more information, please visit: Charities Commission.

Elifar Foundation

Support for people with severe disabilities Who can apply? People with severe disabilities or their representatives Every Life Is For A Reason (ELIFAR) Grants can be offered to fund any piece of specialised equipment or course of therapy for a severely disabled child or adult resident in the UK. Applications must be supported by evidence from a health care professional that the grant will make a significant improvement to quality of life and that funds to purchase the equipment/ therapy are unavailable elsewhere. For more information, please visit: The Elifar Foundation.

Woodward Trust

The Trust aims to support small-scale, locally-based charitable initiatives in the UK. Applications are accepted from UK registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £250,000. For more information, please visit: Woodward Charitable Trust.

Santander Foundation

The Santander Foundation helps disadvantaged people through their two charitable priorities: Financial Capability and Education and Training.Education and training – This could be any activity disadvantaged people undertake where they improve their confidence in a skill or their understanding of a subject. This does not have to be formal training or lead to a qualification, although those activities would be eligible too. Examples could include reminiscence projects for older people and art and craft sessions for disadvantaged children. Grants of up to £10,000 can be awarded anywhere in the UK. The average grant is £4,000. For more information, please visit: Santander Foundation.

The Cranfield Trust

The Cranfield Trust is a nationally respected charity providing free management consultancy for charities and social enterprise groups involved in issues of poverty, disability or social exclusion. Highly skilled managers from the commercial sector act as Trust volunteers throughout the country. Volunteers donate their time and expertise to support the voluntary sector, providing advice and mentoring on a wide range of issues to improve management effectiveness, such as: • Business and strategic planning • Financial management • Marketing and communications • Developing IT systems • Human Resources and staffing For more information, please visit: Cranfield Trust.

Hilden Charitable Foundation

Within the UK, the Hilden Charitable Fund makes grants to projects that address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds from public subscriptions. In particular, the Fund wants to support projects that address homelessness; asylum seekers and refugees; Community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people; Penal Affairs. Preference is given to supporting small community organisations with an income of less than £200,000 per year. For more information, please visit: Hilden Charitable Fund.

Gregg Foundation Grants

Local Not for Profit Organisations such as charities, charitable companies, churches and schools can apply for grants of up to £2,000 through the Greggs Foundation regional grants programme. The Greggs Foundation prioritises local organisations that help people in need in their local area. Many charitable causes can be supported through the programme. Most of the grants are to support an identifiable cause such as trips, activities and equipment. Additionally the Foundation prioritises the following people: People with caring responsibilities; People with disabilities; Homeless people; and Older people. Applications can be submitted at any time. For more information, please visit: Greggs Foundation.

Peoples Postcode Trust

The People's Postcode Trust have announced that they are now accepting applications for funding in Scotland and England and have also opened applications in Wales for projects of £5,000 and under. Through the Trust, funding of between £500 and £10,000 (£2,000 if not a registered charity) is available to small organisations and community groups operating in the areas of Poverty Prevention; Advancement of Health; Community Development; Public Sports; Human Rights; and Environmental Protection. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 10 November 2010. The application process for projects under £2,000 will now be a rolling monthly decision process. For more details, visit: Postcode Trust.

Peoples Lottery Dream Fund

The Dream Fund is a new initiative that will offer registered charities and community organisations in Scotland the opportunity to apply for up to £100,000 to deliver a life-changing project over 12 months. For more information, please visit: Peoples Lottery Dream Fund.

Co-Operative Membership Community Fund

The Co-operative Membership Community Fund is a grants scheme that helps local communities throughout the UK. Apply online if your community or voluntary group needs a grant of up to £2,000. Visit: Co-Operative membership Community Fund.

Community Chest

The Community Chest can provide grants of up to £1,000. Application forms and guidance notes are available on the Voluntary Action Fund website. Alternatively, contact Patricia McKibben (patricia.mcKibben@voluntaryactionfund.org.uk) or phone 01383 620780.

The Green Grants Initiative

The Green Insurance Company's Green Grants Initiative is urging the communities to apply for up to £2,000 to help fund local environmental projects. The leading environmental insurance provider has allocated £20,000 to support community projects and is inviting applications from across the country.  Potential projects could include:

  • A community garden to grow your own vegetables or a wildlife garden to encourage biodiversity
  • A project to increase awareness of environmental issues and educate children to develop good environmental habits
  • Funding to help make a local community building more energy efficient
  • Help to start up an environmental society or to host a community eco-fair to encourage people to become more environmentally aware.

For further information on Green Grants and full eligibility criteria visit: Green Insurance Company.

Big Lottery 2014 Communities Fund

Glasgow is hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the Big Lottery Fund Scotland wants to ensure that we are providing support to groups who want to benefit from this once in a lifetime opportunity for people and communities across Scotland. The 2014 Community fund is aimed at promoting physical activity in the community (stress the physical/social/ mental health benefits of gardening in your application). See Big Lottery 2014.

BLF

The Investing In Communities programme was re-launched on 30 June 2010, with £400 million to be distributed across three investment area’s .  For further information go to BLF Scotland.

BIG Jessica (Scotland) Trust

A new £15 million investment in Scotland to help disadvantaged urban communities most affected by serious disadvantage to become stronger through their own efforts. BIG is now establishing a £15 million JESSICA (Scotland) Trust which will build on the European Investment Bank's Scotland JESSICA Fund (SJF) by investing in complementary projects that create opportunities for local people and community-led organisations to develop locally owned, led and controlled assets that will lead to local regeneration. BIG JESSICA projects will need to demonstrate that they can bring together agencies and communities to develop a common approach to activities and funding, and to ensure that local people have a genuine say in developing their communities. The Big Lottery Fund's JESSICA (Scotland) Trust will invest in projects that deliver community assets or assets under community control where they meet BIG’s outcomes agenda. JESSICA funding is targeted at geographic neighbourhoods of greatest disadvantage (13 designated areas) in Scotland. For more information, please visit: Jessica Trust.

Energy Saving Trust

If you are looking for funding for your community project then try the Energy Saving Trust web pages. There is lots of advice and many funding suggestions to be found on their Green Communities Funding Database.

Community Wildlife Fund

Through the fund not for profit groups, local councils, schools and health bodies can apply for funding of between £300 and £10,000 for projects. There are three deadlines for applications: 21st July, 22nd September and 24th November. For more info go to Community Wildlife.

Baily Thomas Charitable Fund

The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a registered charity which was established to support projects in the area of learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected bylearning disability by making grants to voluntary organisations within the UK and the Republic ofIreland working in this field. The Trust consider under learning disability the conditions generally referred to as severe learning difficulties, together with autism. In this area, they consider projects concerning children or adults. Application for funding is normally considered for capital and revenue costs and for both specific projects and for general running/core costs. They will not offer grants for research into or care of those with mental illness or dyslexia. They offer grants from £250 upwards. The next deadline for applications is the 1st October 2010. For more information, please visit Baily Thomas.

Gardening for Disabled Trust

The Gardening for Disabled Trust offers grants to individuals in order that they may continue to garden, despite advancing illness, age or disability. In order to apply for a grant, individuals must be a member of the Trust's Garden Club and have a written note from their GP, social worker or occupational therapist, describing their disability. The Trust offers a range of support measures such as; adapting private gardens to meet the special needs of the disabled; making grants towards tools, raised beds, paving and greenhouses; providing help with special gardens in hospitals, centres and schools; distributing information on garden aid and techniques; providing a forum for disabled gardeners by publishing the Garden Club magazine. The Trust committee meets once a month to consider applications. For more information, please visit: Gardening for Disabled Trust.

MAN Group plc Charitable Trust

What is it for? Support for a range of charitable activities that support disadvantaged groups. Who can apply? UK registered charities What is available? Up to £250,000 The Man Group plc operates the Charitable Trust to help support charities that focus on supporting disadvantaged youth; managing literacy and numeracy projects; and supporting vulnerable populations. The type of activities that may be funded include: Arts; Sport;Education;Relief of homelessness; Social Inclusion; Relief of domestic violence; Addressing mental health issues. There are two grant programmes - Small Grants for up to £50,000 and Large Grants for up to £250,000. For more information, please visit: MAN Group.

LEADER, Funding for innovative rural projects

LEADER is part of the Scotland Rural Development Programme, aimed at promoting economic and community development within rural areas. It replaces the Leader+ programme that ran from 2000 to 2006, and encourages new and experimental approaches to rural development. LEADER is a bottom-up method of delivering support for rural development through implementing a local rural development strategy. Support is aimed primarily at small-scale, community driven projects that are pilot and innovative in nature. Information can be found on the new Scotland National Rural website: Rural Development.

Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards

The Tesco Charity Trust has announced that it will once again be seeking applications through its Community Awards programme in early 2010. The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one off donations of between £500 and £4,000. The funding it gives goes towards providing practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and adults and children with disabilities, living in the local communities around our stores in the UK. There are two categories of Community Awards. Grants to support children's welfare and/or children's educations (including special needs schools) and grants to support elderly people and/or adults and children with disabilities. . For more information, please visit: Tesco.

The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation

The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation provides grants to charities for educational projects, music composition and performances, herbal medicine, medical research, disability, and farming related projects.Grants of up to £20,000 are available to registered charities with a turnover of less than£500,000. The Foundation favours supporting small charities that will carry out the project themselves (except in the case of medical research), who rely on volunteers and who can demonstrate a successful history of projects. The Trustees will usually meet to consider applications in January, April, July, and October. Applications need to be submitted before the last week in the month before the next meeting. For example, for an application to be considered at the January meeting, applicants will need to submit it before the last week of December. For more information, please visit Dig Big.

Peter Vardy Foundation

Peter Vardy, one of Scotland's leading car dealerships has launched the Peter Vardy Charitable Fund (PVCF) with an initial £100,000 investment. The PVCF will be run by a board of trustees which will meet regularly to review all funding applications that support underprivileged young people in communities across Scotland where Peter Vardy runs dealerships. Currently this includes Motherwell, Perth, Kirkcaldy and Edinburgh. The trustees will consider two categories for funding: applications of over £1,000 and ones for under £1,000. Interested organisations should visit: Peter Vardy.

The Archer Trust

What's it for? Support for disadvantaged people Who can apply? Small UK charities What is available? Between £250 and £3,000 The Trust helps small UK charities which support needy or deserving people, for example people with physical or mental disabilities or the disadvantaged, and operating in areas of high unemployment. For more information, please visit Archer Trust.

BBC Children in Need Small Grants Scheme

BBC Children in Need are inviting not-for-profit organisations (including registered charities, voluntary organisations, schools, local authorities, churches, social enterprises, community interest groups, universities etc) working with disadvantaged children and young people 18 years and under, living in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands, to apply for grants of up to £10,000 through their small grants scheme. BBC Children in Need can only fund projects that focus on the differences made (outcomes) to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people. For this reason, when applying for a grant organisations must provide clear evidence that disadvantaged children and young people will be the primary beneficiaries of the project;and experience positive changes in their lives from the activities or services you are providing.BBC Children in Need aims to fund projects where a small amount can make a real contribution to the success of the project. Grants can be used to cover both, capital and revenue costs. For more information, please visit: BBC Children in Need.

Balmore Trust

The Balmore Trust is a recognised charity [SC 008930], established in 1980, which owns The Coach House and distributes its profits as well as other donations. Two thirds of the money disbursed goes overseas and the other third to projects in the UK (mainly in the Glasgow area and favours families, teenagers, and women’s aid groups). The Trust works in the areas of education, health, alleviation of poverty and community development. For more information, please visit: Balmore.

CashBack for Communities (Scotland)

One million pounds of criminals' cash is to be distributed 230 youth projects in Scotland through the Scottish Government's CashBack for Communities scheme. The Scottish Government's CashBack for Communities scheme is funded from the proceeds of crime. The gains of serious organised criminals are taken from them and reinvested in communities to make a real difference to the lives of young people throughout Scotland. YouthLink Scotland, through Cash Back for Communities, has been tasked with leading the £4 million grants programme, which supports a range of activities for young people. The previous two rounds have distributed £3 million to successful projects, and this third round distributes a further £1 million with the maximum grant capped at £10,000 to maximise the number of projects which can benefit. The funding programme is currently closed to new applications, however YouthLink hopes to announce details of a 4th funding round in April 2010. For more information, please visit: Cashback for Communities.

E.ON Sustainable Energy Fund

The E.ON Sustainable Energy Fund offers grants of up to £20,000 to community groups and not for profit organisations who wish to consider and implement sustainable energy projects in their buildings. Projects that can be considered include; the purchase and installation of one or more renewable energy technologies (e.g. wind, solar thermal, PV, wood etc); the renovation of existing facilities to incorporate micro-generation technology (e.g. the reinstatement of a watermill and the purchase of a turbine to produce hydro-electricity); an energy efficiency makeover for your building that could demonstrate significant energy savings and also behavioural change amongst users; and the use of new or innovative technology to deliver either energy savings or micro-generation capacity. To be eligible organisations must benefit specific groups namely: Education, vulnerable people;and people in fuel poverty. For more information, please visit: E.ON

M&S Greener Living Spaces Round 2

Year 2 of the programme aims to develop a range of leisure spaces for all the family, which will help to make communities greener and happier places, encourage greater awareness of climate change, and promote pro-environmental behaviour. The programme aims to transform derelict or underused land into over 30 new ‘Greener Living Spaces’ across the UK, and in doing so provide a wide range of opportunities for the engagement of M&S staff and customers. For more information, please click here.

CEMEX Community Fund

The CEMEX Community Fund enables and assists communities local to CEMEX quarry and landfill sites carry out project which improve or enhance their local community facilities and places of interest. The CEMEX Community Fund offers grants of between £1,000 and £15,000 for projects that; provide and maintain public parks and amenities when the work protects the social, built and/or natural environment; or repair, restore buildings or structures which are of religious, historical or architectural interest. All projects must be; within 10 miles of any landfill site; open to the public for evenings or two days every week, a total of 84 days per year; and within England, Scotland and Wales. There is a two-stage application process. The deadline for initial expressions of interest is the 25th January 2010. For more information, please visit: CEMEX.

The Scottish Community Foundation

For a variety of local and national Scottish Charitable funding, contact the Scottish Community Foundation on 0131 524 0300 or 0141 225 6670 or to find out more visit the Foundation web pages.

The J Paul Getty Jr Charitable Trust

The majority of this funding is targeted at social welfare projects. Priority is given to long-term projects that can meet more than one area of interest. Social welfare priorities include: mental Health; Offenders ; Homelessness; Young People; Ethnic Minorities ; Volunteering. The trust is also prioritising applications from outside London and the SE of England in order to ensure that their funds are distributed to all parts of the UK.  For more information please visit the trust web pages at: J Paul Getty Trust.

Ecominds Funding Scheme

The Ecominds fund aims to help people with direct experience of mental distress become involved in environmental projects that improve mental and physical health and local communities. For more information, go to Ecominds.

The People's Millions

Why not give this a try... The Peoples Millions has funded a wide range of projects over the past few years including wildlife gardens , play areas, community halls and even an outdoor gym. Since it began in 2005 , it has given out 50 grants across Scotland totalling just over £3million. This year 14 grants of up to £50,000 are available in Scotland. For further information click here.

Rural Priorities Scheme

Rural Priorities is part of the £1.6 billion Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP), which delivers sustainable economic development for communities in Scotland's countryside. For further information and application forms, visit the SRDP web pages.

 

Centre for Social Justice Awards

Charities, small voluntary groups, or other projects tackling poverty in at the local level are invited to apply for the Centre for Social Justice Awards 2009. With a prize fund of £50,000, the Award aims to recognise and reward effective poverty fighting groups from across the UK. for further information click on this link.

Community Cash

Young people aged 14-25 can apply for awards between £250 and £5,000 to help tackle the dangers of drugs, crime and play a positive role in their community. The Royal Bank of Scotland Community Cash Awards will see £1 million of grants being distributed by youth charity, The Prince’s Trust. Applications can be made at any time. for further information click on this link.

Switch On to Climate Change

SEAD have launched their "Switch On to Climate Change" project which aims to support communities putting their ideas for tackling climate change into action. Garden projects reduce carbon emissions and climate change impacts by recycling, making compost, planting seeds and plants and protecting against soil erosion so this climate change fund may be of interest. Visit SEAD website to find out more, or contact Lorraine at SEAD on lorraine@sead.org.uk.

Paths to Health - Funding to Promote Walking

The Paths for All Partnership has funding available to fund new and innovative ways of promoting walking for health. The aim of Paths to Health is to increase the health and well being of inactive people by promoting regular walking within local communities. The funding is available to any organisation, group or partnership within Scotland, which can demonstrate that it is working in the interests of the wider community. Further information, including contact details for local development officers is available from the Paths for All webpages: Paths for All.

Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations

This web site is a great example of how your local CVO may be able to provide you with practical and useful help when it comes to resourcing funds. Particularly useful and applicable wherever you are in Scotland, is a series of funding briefings - all available to download from AVCO.

Council for Voluntary Services, Fife

CVS Fife provide voluntary, community and charitable organisations with advice, information and practical support helping the voluntary sector to network, and to take part in Community Planning processes. You can access a very good funding database service on their site here..

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