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Supporting Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

Summary

The annual Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards’ Programme strives to reward and showcase all that is best in Scotland’s forests and woods.

This year’s Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards are:

  • Climate Change Champion Award: For Scotland’s forests and woodlands that can demonstrate they have an important role in helping to mitigate climate change and/or adapt to the changing climate and/or share knowledge/information or raise awareness about climate change.
  • Community Woodlands Award: Community-based projects can compete for this Scotland-wide award with two competitions for both small and large community woodland groups therefore covering the full spectrum of community forestry in Scotland.
  • Farm Woodland Award: For active farmers/croftes anywhere in Scotland and for young people (40 years of age or less) whether the active farmer/crofter and/or their forester/woodland manager or both roles.
  • New Native Woods Award: New native woodland projects compete for this award.
  • Quality Timber Awards: For ‘newly-planted commercial woodland’, ‘a single stand/compartment/small wood’ or ‘whole estates and larger multi-purpose forests or woodlands’.
  • Schools Award: Schools and pre-school projects anywhere in Scotland can enter this ever-popular award.

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Geographical areas funded: Scotland

Fund type

Type of funding:
Prize/award
Type of cost:
Capital, Revenue

Fund award sizes

Minimum:
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Maximum:
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Annually awarded:
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When to apply

2024 entries close on 31 March 2024.

Next deadline: 31 Mar 2024

How to apply

Application form on the Awards website.

Contact information

Activites funded: Citizenship & community involvement Community development & regeneration Environment

Beneficiaries funded: Local communities

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