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This programme provides early-stage financial support for community enterprise projects across the Scottish Crown Estate that contribute to community wealth building, local regeneration and sustainable development, and, ultimately, help create great places to live, work and visit.

The fund is open to all communities up to five miles from Scotland’s coastline or within five miles of the rural estates.

They are looking for local projects with demonstrable community support that will assist self-sustaining community enterprises. To ensure projects are sufficiently linked to the Scottish Crown Estate and its key sectors, applications should demonstrate how they will address at least one of the following themes:

• Sustainable Rural/Coastal Housing
• Climate-Resilient Communities
• Community Infrastructure
• Skills, Enterprise and Circular Economy
• Sustainable Tourism, Recreation and Heritage

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Geographical areas funded: Midlothian Aberdeenshire Highland Moray Dumfries and Galloway

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Revenue

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Who can apply

The fund is open to all communities that are situated in the following areas: up to 5 miles from coastal and estuarine foreshore in Scotland; or up to 5 miles from the Scottish Crown Estate’s four rural estates (Glenlivet, Fochabers, Whitehills and Applegirth).

A map of the eligible areas can be found on the Foundation Scotland website.

When to apply

Now open. Deadline for expressions of interest is Monday 29 September 2025. Stage 2 deadline is 8 December 2025 (for decisions February 2026).

Next deadline: 29 Sep 2025

How to apply

Applications follow a two stage process: Stage 1 is a short online expression of interest which is accessed via the Foundation Scotland website. Eligible applications will be invited to complete a full application at Stage 2.

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Activites funded: Housing and shelter Community development and regeneration Community facilities Environment Heritage and building preservation Organisational development and capacity building Climate action

Beneficiaries funded: Rural communities Local communities

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