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The fund supports strategic, investment-ready projects in South Lanarkshire that will bring about transformational change and significant benefit to the community. It was created by SSE Renewables as part of its voluntary community benefit arrangements from the Clyde Extension Wind Farm. Projects must meet one or more of the following outcomes:

• Creating opportunities: create opportunities for education and employment through activities that develop skills and improve people's chances of entering the workplace
• Empowering communities: help communities become more resilient through measures that demonstrate long-term social, environmental or economic improvements
• Sustainable places: stimulate meaningful regeneration to improve or enhance local infrastructure, landscape, biodiversity or heritage
• Net Zero: help the region prepare for a net zero future, for example by enhancing young people's skills for green jobs

For this round the panel will prioritise:

• Young people and work: helping young people enter or remain in good-quality work through accredited skills development, work experience or pathways into growing sectors such as green energy
• Climate action: larger-scale projects that help communities respond to climate change, adapt to its impacts or reduce fuel poverty, such as whole-home retrofit and energy efficiency improvements

Revenue and capital costs can be supported, for single or multi-year projects.

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Geographical areas funded: South Lanarkshire

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Capital, Revenue

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Who can apply

Not-for-profit groups with a constitution or governing document, including unincorporated voluntary or community organisations, SCIOs, registered charities, companies limited by guarantee, Community Interest Companies, Community Benefit Societies and Community Councils. Groups do not need to be registered charities. Groups must have a management committee or board made up of unrelated people (the funder sets a minimum number). Projects must benefit communities lying wholly within the South Lanarkshire local authority area.

When to apply

Applications are currently open for this funding round. Decisions are expected in the spring after the round closes. The funder runs webinars during the round to provide guidance on applying.

Next deadline: 20 Jan 2027

How to apply

Applications are made online through SSE's Community Investment Portal. Applicants should read the fund guidance, available on the funder's website, and are advised to prepare answers offline before copying them into the online form. A Word template of the application questions is available from the Community Investment Manager. Supporting documents must be uploaded, including the group's constitution, a recent bank statement, the most recent approved annual accounts, a project budget and quotes for works or goods where applicable. The funder also hosts webinars during the round to provide further guidance.

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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 Community safety 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: Carers Economically/socially disadvantaged Socially isolated people Rural communities Mental health conditions Older people Ill-health Disabilities Local communities Voluntary sector organisations Young people

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