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The Sustainable Development Fund as part of SSE's community benefit arrangements from its onshore renewable energy developments in Scottish Borders primarily the Clyde wind farm extension in the Clyde Valley.

The fund supports strategic projects in the Scottish Borders region and any successful application must meet one or more of the following outcomes:

• Creating opportunities: Create opportunities for education and employment through activities that develop skills and improve an individual’s chance of entering the workplace.
• Empowering communities: Empower communities to become more resilient through measures which demonstrate long-term social, environmental or economic improvements.
• Sustainable places: Stimulate meaningful regeneration to improve or enhance local infrastructure, landscape, biodiversity or heritage and make a lasting difference to the places we live, work and visit.

Additional consideration will be given to projects that demonstrate:

• Value for money – evidence that the project has a high local impact for the amount invested.
• Community involvement – evidence that the community has been engaged in developing the project. This may be in the form of surveys, community consultations, open days or letters of support.
• Financial Sustainability – evidence that the project will be maintained beyond the period of grant funding.
• Contribution to local economy – evidence that the project will have a positive impact on the local economy in the long term.

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Geographical areas funded: Scottish Borders

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Capital, Revenue

Fund award sizes

Minimum:

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Annually awarded:

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Who can apply

To be eligible for funding, your project must benefit communities that lie wholly within the Scottish Borders local authority area.

You don’t need to be a registered charity to apply, but your organisation must have a constitution and not be set up for individual profit.

When to apply

Apply now. No stated deadline at present.

How to apply

Application forms can be requested from SSE or downloaded from the website. The team is available by email and phone and encourage applicants to contact them in advance of submitting an application to discuss your proposed project.

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Activites funded: Advice and information Arts and culture Befriending and mentoring Citizenship and community involvement Community development and regeneration Community facilities Education and training Employability services Environment General charitable activities Health care and wellbeing Heritage and building preservation Recreation and social activities Energy Climate action

Beneficiaries funded: Rural communities Local communities Voluntary sector organisations

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