Shetland Community Benefit Fund - Viking Community Fund - Community Grant Scheme
Details
Community-focussed or charitable activities which:
- Sustains and develops the local community
- Represents value for money – evidence that the project has a high impact for the amount of grant
- Shows community involvement – evidence that the community is engaged in the development and implementation of the project
- Is financially viable – evidence that the project will be maintained beyond the period of grant funding (if applicable)
Grant requests to support a wide range of costs and activities will be considered, for example equipment costs, consultations, maintenance, or refurbishment of community facilities etc.
All 18 community councils are allocated funds from the Viking Community Fund on a share basis. The areas hosting the wind turbines are allocated 5 shares and all others are allocated a single share.
The five-share areas are Delting, Nesting and Lunnasting, Sandsting and Aithsting and Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale and each has an annual allocation of £32,575.
Single share areas are Bressay, Burra and Trondra, Dunrossness, Fetlar, Gulberwick, Quarff and Cunningsburgh, Lerwick, Northmaven, Sandness and Walls, Sandwick, Scalloway, Skerries, Unst, Whalsay and Yell and have an annual allocation of £6,515.
Applicants applying to a specific community council area should complete a Tier 1 or Tier 2 application. For applicants whose projects cover more than three community council areas, complete a Tier 3 application.
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Geographical areas funded: Shetland
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant
- Type of cost:
- Capital, Revenue
Fund award sizes
- Minimum:
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- Maximum:
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- Annually awarded:
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- Notes on award amounts:
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Who can apply
Groups and organisations in the community council areas of Bressay, Burra and Trondra, Delting, Dunrossness, Fetlar, Gulberwick, Quarff and Cunningsburgh, Lerwick, Nesting and Lunnasting, Northmaven, Sandness and Walls, Sandsting and Aithsting, Sandwick, Scalloway, Skerries, Tingwall, Whiteness and Weisdale, Unst, Whalsay and Yell.
When to apply
Tiers 1 and 2: applications can be made at any time. Tier 3: open three times a year. Deadlines:
- 30 September (for decision mid November)
- 31 January (for decision mid March)
- 31 May (for decision mid July)
How to apply
Apply via website.
Exclusions
Activites funded: Citizenship and community involvement Community development and regeneration Community facilities Community safety General charitable activities
Beneficiaries funded: General public Rural communities Local communities
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Market House 14 Market Street, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 9JP
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