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Forest Schools change lives in Larbert, Stenhousemuir & Torwood
A grant of £3,000 from the Todhill Wind Farm (Larbert, Stenhousemuir & Torwood) Community Fund kick-started the project with 'Under The Trees' in late 2020.Partnering with Kinnaird, St. Bernadette's, Larbert Village, Ladeside and Stenhousemuir primary schools, Under The Trees has provided a series of eight-week courses for groups of ten children, using carefully designed outdoor activities to give children time and space a...
Education and training support exceeds £1 million
Growing numbers of Scottish communities are setting up dedicated Education and Training grants programmes across Scotland, thanks to community benefit funds provided by the renewable energy sector and onshore wind farms. Foundation Scotland has been able to support the distribution of more than 900 of these grants, worth over £1 million, since the first Education and Training fund was established in 2015. These funds have...
Home-start Cowdenbeath providing local support
They provide a range of services including one-to-one support, family and parenting groups, resilience work, a summer holiday programme, and social events and activities.Project background/historyIn 2022, the organisation partnered with The Cottage Family Centre’s ‘Big Hoose’ project. The Big Hoose connects major retailers, such as Amazon, with support organisations across Fife to redistribute surplus items which would otherwi...
Bridging Generations: Borders Youth Theatre Brings History to Life
Borders Youth Theatre was awarded £3,500 by the Drone Hill Wind Farm Community Fund to support the costs of a Project Leader and a small production budget to produce an intergenerational community performance project with local primary pupils and older members of the community to break down barriers and develop skills and confidence.About Borders Youth TheatreBorders Youth Theatre was founded in 1993, originally establishing a...