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Supporting Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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Scottish Forestry - Forestry Grant Scheme - Harvesting and Processing

Details

Funding is intended to help to bring woodlands into management; promote the economic and sustainable production of timber and timber products; add value and jobs to local economies; and provide support to facilitate and enable diversification.

It supports investments in three main areas:

  1. new specialised equipment which will increase the local small-scale harvesting and processing capacity
  2. new specialised equipment for forest tree nurseries, including tree seed supply businesses and equipment for afforestation ground preparation projects, including forestry fencing projects
  3. support for the mobile equipment to help forestry businesses or enterprises to adapt and recover from Covid-19

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Geographical areas funded: Scotland

Fund type

Type of funding:
Grant
Type of cost:
Capital, Revenue

Fund award sizes

Minimum:
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Maximum:
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Who can apply

Applicants must be: private and / or other forest owners; forestry contractors and / or co-operatives; small (non-industrial) scale wood processors; fully constituted community groups; social enterprises; non-profit organisations

When to apply

One application round will normally be run each year with a closing date of 31 January for the submission of applications.

Next deadline: 31 Jan 2025

How to apply

The application form and guidance is available from the website.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Environment

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