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A new community fund has been launched, providing grants of between £500 and £50,000 to charitable groups and organisations whose work benefits the community of Cockburnspath and Cove.

The world of microgrants can generate serious conversations around meeting tables, especially when community groups come together to make awards.

Local students in Fort Augustus, Glenmoriston and Glengarry are being encouraged to apply for the for Beinneun Student Scholarship Fund ahead of the upcoming deadline on 27th September.

The last application deadline of 2024 is Sunday 8th September for the ORIT Cumberhead Community Fund.

In May 2022, The Essentia Foundation embarked on an important pilot initiative that aimed to provide long-term financial assistance to youth organisations across Scotland.

The Langhope Rig Wind Farm Community Fund is celebrating a successful year with its final round of awards for 2024.

A newly created Community Benefit Fund has launched to support local groups in the four Community Council areas of Ardersier and Petty, Cawdor, Croy and Culloden Moor and West Nairn and Suburban.

The Rumbling Bridge Hydro Community Fund has announced two new grants to local community organisations in Clackmannanshire and Kinross.

Over £610,000 has been awarded to community groups and individuals in Ross-shire over the last seven years, thanks to EDF Renewables Corriemoillie Wind Farm Funds.

Some of the funds we support at Foundation Scotland are called Donor Advised Funds. As the name suggests, this means that donations are placed in a fund specifically designated by donors themselves.

EDF Renewables Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has two reasons to celebrate, with a new round of funding just announced and a major review of the fund itself published.

The Unlock our Future Fund (UOFF) delivered its fifth year of grant making in 2023, and this milestone was marked with an external evaluation and fund review.