National Lottery Awards for All offers funding to support what matters to people and communities. The programme is a partnership between the National Lottery Community Fund Scotland, sportscotland and Creative Scotland. It has three funding priorities: bringing people together and building strong relationships in and across communities; improving the places and spaces that matter to communities; enabling more people to fulfil their potential by working to address issues at the earliest possible stage. If you are applying for a project involving the arts, they will prioritise projects that: engage people from areas of high deprivation; remove financial barriers to access creative activities; address rural isolation and encourage activity in rural areas; engage older people, people in care homes and carers; engage care leavers; support integration of refugees and asylum seekers. If you are applying for a project focused on sport, they will prioritise projects that: engage young people from our most deprived areas; engage girls and young women; engage disabled young people. The National Lottery Community Fund is the new name for the Big Lottery.

Funding to support communities to bring real improvements to the places they live and the wellbeing of those in need. They will fund organisations to deliver work that achieves the following outcomes: Everyone in the community has the opportunity to influence and get involved in community led activity; people in the community are better connected and work together to improve their wellbeing. The National Lottery Community Fund is the new name for the Big Lottery.

Funding for people experiencing challenges in their lives to help them overcome this and become more resilient. They want to fund activity which means people: are better able to identify solutions that enable them to take control over their lives and build resilience; are able to shape the projects and services they use to better meet their needs; have more access to support and opportunities to improve their lives. The National Lottery Community Fund is the new name for the Big Lottery.

This Fund is provided by Ventient Energy, the owner of the Gordonstown Wind Farm. The fund will benefit charities and community groups within each of the Auchterless, Inverkeithny & Fisherford Community Council and the Fyvie and Rothienorman Community Council areas. The Fund purpose is to support activity which will sustain and develop the life of the community and ensure that the area is an attractive and vibrant place to live, work and visit.

Through funding from South Lanarkshire’s Renewable Energy Fund Community Councils in South Lanarkshire have been awarded £5,000 to administer a micro grant fund. Each Community Council can award grants of up to £500 to support local constituted and non-constituted groups and where appropriate individuals. The micro grants are available for activity which is community focused and supports the following objectives: enhance quality of life for local residents; contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities; and/or promote community spirit and encourage community activity.

The Road Safety Trust is an independent grant-giving trust which supports projects and research that make UK roads safer for all road users - pedestrians, cyclists, mobility scooter users, car drivers, lorry and van drivers, and motorcyclists. Each round of funding available from the Road Safety Trust has its own theme. The main aim of the Small Grants Programme is to improve road safety at a local level. They are looking for measurable interventions that link to local priorities and show a proposed link to reducing casualties either directly or through clear interim measures. In 2020 they are particularly encourage applications that respond to changing road use and emerging road safety issues as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Eligible projects are pilots/trials, expanding successful trials across a new area, and/or the evaluation of interventions. Projects should have the potential for being brought to scale - with the ultimate goal of reducing deaths and injuries both locally and across the UK. The theme for the 2020 major grants round will be “How can technology be used to reduce road offending and promote safe driving?”.

The Charitable trust was set up to disburse the funds received in respect to the Farr Windfarm. It supports: community benefit including advancing the education of the public concerning energy efficiency and the environment and providing facilities for the inhabitants of the Strathdearn area in the interest of social welfare for recreation and other leisure-time occupation; to benefit charitable institutions charitable purposes as the Trustees may from time to time select.

Argyll Community Housing Association has a small fund from which the Association can make donations to registered charitable organisations for worthwhile causes which have some housing connection or follow the Associations mission statement. This includes: culture and recreation, the environment, community facilities, community cohesion and engagement; social activities; health, wellbeing and personal and social development; unemployment; financial hardship; training and education and community safety.

The over-arching principle for grant allocation will be to deliver lasting change within communities using the following criteria: Health and health promotion; Education with schools and for life-long learning; Personal development that leads to enhancement of the community; Community projects that benefit the majority.

The trust supports the relief of poverty, aid for the aged, the infirm and handicapped, the advancement of education, the provision of recreational facilities and the preservation of buildings or other items of national or historic interest. The Trustees also tend to favour capital projects rather than running costs. Categories of funding include: child and adult welfare; environment and conservation; animal welfare; medical research and support; research and education; international welfare and arts.