The Customer and Community Investment Fund (CCIF), is a funding scheme for community projects. The fund allows LNER to work in partnership with charities, their customers and the communities located along the LNER route. They are looking for projects that support the key themes of: - Mental health: Creating a culture of positive mental health, bringing people and communities together and taking positive action to prevent suicide. - Education and employability skills: A focus on building skills, promoting employability and education amongst marginalised groups by investing in the skills requirements of now and the future. - Diversity and inclusion: Supporting diverse and inclusive community projects, creating opportunities for learning and the social mobility of vulnerable groups. - Environmental Sustainability: By providing support to environmental projects and encouraging sustainable mobility, our aim is to reduce the impact of congestion on our customers and communities, cutting emissions and improving air quality.

The Orcome Trust is administered and located in Newhall on the borders of Midlothian and Tweeddale. Preference is given to smaller charities and projects that benefit the general geographical area as well as further afield for worthwhile causes including the support of arts, crafts and historical work.

The Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund is a Micro Grant fund being supported by The Robertson Trust and The Gannochy Trust. This fund has been created in response to the challenges which rural youth groups are facing in funding the delivery of community based universal youth work. It will make small awards to enable youth groups operating in rural communities to provide more and/or better youth work opportunities for young people.

This charitable fund is provided by Greencoat UK Wind, the owners of Langhope Rig Wind Farm located near Hawick in the Scottish Borders. The Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the areas covered by the Community Councils of: Ettrick & Yarrow, Lilliesleaf, Ashkirk & Midlem and Upper Teviotdale & Borthwick Water. It provides grants to: - encourage community activity and promote community spirit - ensure adequate access to services for all community members -improve local transport infrastructure; build the local economy - build community capacity and cohesion between groups - develop or maintain community assets. It can cover equipment costs, running costs for local groups, staff or sessional worker costs, consultations, maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities etc.

Funding for village halls each year, which is distributed via the 4 Federations of Village Halls in the Borders area. Each Federation aims to support the development of the village halls in their area as well as provide training and ongoing advice to Village Hall Committees. With the assistance of this funding they also administer small grant schemes which can offer project funding, and in some cases revenue support.

The Stevenston Charitable Trust was established in 2000 with the particular aim of supporting the arts, and particularly the art of music, in the Lothians and Borders regions of Scotland. It makes grants to charities which work in the following fields: - the advancement of the arts and culture: the Trustees favour musical and visual arts, but other aspects of the arts and culture will be considered. Charities which promote access to the arts by young people are of particular interest to the Trustees. The vast majority of grants are made in this field - the advancement of health: the Trustees consider only a small number of grants in this field in any one year focused on the Lothians and Borders regions of Scotland only. Large national health charities are unlikely to be successful.

The trust can grant funding to any project which will improve the communities and environments within the area of the participating communities: Fala, Heriot, Humbie and Oxton & Channelkirk. It can also grant funding to any project which will support the education of and learning experience available to the residents and to any other initiative that will benefit the participating communities.

Fallago Environment Fund aims to enhance the quality of life for local communities and visitors to the Borders through investment in the protection, enhancement and appreciation of the natural, built and cultural heritage of the Scottish Borders environment. The main emphasis of the Fund is on capital projects that leave a long-term legacy (Main Grants Programme). However, core funding support will be considered, in exceptional circumstances, to those organisations that can clearly demonstrate how their activities complement and deliver on the aim of the Fund (Core Funding Programme).

The Clyde Borders wind farm supports year community and charitable projects in the community council areas of Upper Tweed, Tweedsmuir and Skirling. It supports projects which: - enhance quality of life for local residents - contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities - and promote community spirit and encourage community activity.

This Fund is provided by Infinis, the owner of the Glenkerie Wind Farm. The fund will benefit charities and community groups within 15km of the wind farm, including those in the Upper Tweed Community Council area and parts of Biggar, Symington, Stobo, Skirling, Roberton and Lamington. The overall aims of the fund are 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. Applications that address one or more of the following outcomes are particularly welcome: - Adequate access to services for all community members - Improved local transport - Opportunities to grow the local economy - Developed or maintained community assets