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A CASE FOR SUPPORT

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Our Case Studies

Read about some of the wonderful projects our generous donors have funded, and stories about the difference their funding has made.

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Education and Training award drives Mel 'bananas'
Education and Training award drives Mel 'bananas'

Community Funds

Education and Training award drives Mel 'bananas'

19/10/21

Melissa Curle works at West Lothian College and recently started volunteering for the NHS at a local vaccination centre. Although happy in her current role, she wanted to develop further as an…
Thinking Outside the Box for community health and well-being
Thinking Outside the Box for community health and well-being

Community Funds

Thinking Outside the Box for community health and well-being

Charity organisation Outside the Box has been awarded £6000 to provide a community health and well-being programme in Eyemouth.
Getting along swimmingly....
Getting along swimmingly....

Community Funds

Getting along swimmingly....

Happy Swimmers has been awarded £10,000 from the Drone Hill Wind Farm Community Fund to provide free swimming lessons for primary children.
Community space support for Glencairn Memorial Institute
Community space support for Glencairn Memorial Institute

Community Funds

Community space support for Glencairn Memorial Institute

The Gelncairn Memorial Institute (GMI) was awarded £16,902 from the Annandale and Nithsdale Community Benefit Company to improve their local community space.
Case Study: Borders Pottery
Case Study: Borders Pottery

Community Funds

Case Study: Borders Pottery

In May 2023, Greencoat Drone Hill Fund awarded £7,464.75 to Borders Pottery, a Community Investment Company located within St Abs, Berwickshire.
Social Investment supports Fairfield Community Hub
Social Investment supports Fairfield Community Hub

Social investment

Social Investment supports Fairfield Community Hub

The Fairfield Sports and Leisure Club in Dundee was founded in 2008 by a committee of dedicated volunteers from local housing schemes.
Increasing access to sport in Moffat
Increasing access to sport in Moffat

Community Funds

Increasing access to sport in Moffat

The Beechgrove Sports Partnership replaces an obsolete pavilion to encourage sporting activities and provide a valuable resource to the local community of Moffat.
£20,770 helps tackle ‘holiday hunger’ in Eastern Berwickshire
£20,770 helps tackle ‘holiday hunger’ in Eastern Berwickshire

Community Funds

£20,770 helps tackle ‘holiday hunger’ in Eastern Berwickshire

Two grants totalling £20,770 have helped tackle ‘holiday hunger’ in Eastern Berwickshire over the last two years.
Showcase the Street
Showcase the Street

Social investment

Showcase the Street

SPOTLIGHT ON.... Showcase the Street
Pinkston Watersports
Pinkston Watersports

Social investment

Pinkston Watersports

SPOTLIGHT ON.... Pinkston Watersports
Carrick Futures Fund - Girvan Wheelers
Carrick Futures Fund - Girvan Wheelers

Community Funds

Carrick Futures Fund - Girvan Wheelers

Girvan Wheelers was started in 2017, with the help of Cycling UK, to organise cycle rides, tours, events and training in Girvan and South Carrick. It aims to increase the health and wellbeing of the…
Cairndow Community Childcare – sustaining a working population
Cairndow Community Childcare – sustaining a working population

Community Funds

Cairndow Community Childcare – sustaining a working population

An Suidhe Wind Farm Community Fund has supported community-owned childcare facility with over £16,000.