Environmental Key Fund - Blacklaw Windfarm Community Benefit Fund
Details
The Blacklaw Windfarm Community Benefit Fund is open to communities living closest to the windfarm development through a community and environmental grants scheme. The Fund provides funding through three different grant schemes: a community grant scheme, a small grants programme and main grants scheme.
Community grants aims are:
- Provide or improve a public green space
- Encourage positive use in public green spaces
- Remove litter and waste from public green spaces
- Provide or improve biodiversity in public spaces
- Encourage environmental education and engagement
Small grants aims are:
- Provide or improve a park or other public amenity for leisure or recreational purposes
- Conserve biodiversity at a specific site
- Maintain, repair or restore a place of worship or building of historical or architectural significance
- Improve energy efficiency
- Reduce fuel poverty
Main grants aims are:
- Remediate contaminated land or water
- Reduce or mitigate the effects of pollution
- Provide or improve a park or other public amenity for leisure or recreational purposes
- Conserve biodiversity at a specific site
- Maintain, repair or restore a place of worship or building of historical or architectural significance
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Geographical areas funded: North Lanarkshire
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant
- Type of cost:
- Capital, Revenue
Fund award sizes
- Maximum:
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- Average:
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- Annually awarded:
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- Notes on award amounts:
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Who can apply
Any not for profit organisation or community group (except North Lanarkshire Council or Council controlled bodies) within the Shotts, Allanton, Bonkle and Hartwood areas of North Lanarkshire and their immediate surrounds – the precise eligible grant area is highlighted on a map on the website.
When to apply
Upcoming deadlines are 12 noon on:
- 3 December 2024
Next deadline: 3 Dec 2024
How to apply
Apply online via the Fund website, there are separate applications for each programme. They do not accept applications via email or post, however you can download a PDF version of the form for reference.
Activites funded: Community facilities Environment Heritage and building preservation Recreation and social activities
Beneficiaries funded: Local communities
Last reviewed 3 months ago
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