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Organisation name: Beechbrae
Funding received: £7,864 from Scottish Government funding (distributed by West Lothian Local Action Group)
Date awarded: 03/2025
Location: West Lothian
Beechbrae is a social enterprise and charity based in Beechbrae Wood in Blackridge, West Lothian.
It began as a grass roots group of people with ideas of how they could have a positive impact on their village by teaching and helping others in the community to engage with the environment.
Beechbrae holds an orchard, garden, mixed woodland with walking paths, labyrinth, woodland centre and a wild pond. These places help to connect people with nature as a way of addressing a variety of challenges.
Beechbrae received Community Led Local Development (CLLD) funding of £7,864 towards the cost of new equipment, storage facilities and materials, which allowed the group to continue their winter wellbeing activities.
The group applied for funding through their Local Action Group (LAG), one of the twenty which distributes the Scottish Government CLLD fund across rural and island Scotland.
Aims
The aims of Beechbrae are:
- Supporting, developing & improving physical, mental and emotional health through indoor and outdoor programmes
- Improving & Protecting Natural Environment
- Protecting, enhancing & restoring biodiversity in Blackridge & West Lothian
- Promoting sustainable use of natural resources
- Education
- Providing educational activities for all ages & abilities
- Developing skills
- Managing & enhancing green space woodlands, and community growing
- Community Development
- Engaging local community with green space, woodland and community growing activities
- Improving the quality of life for our whole community
- Providing Greenspace & Activities
- Improving lives of local community & public
- Promoting & improving access to woodland, greenspace, biodiversity & wildlife
About CLLD
CLLD is a Scottish Government fund which gives local rural and island communities the power to tackle their own, local challenges. By building knowledge and skills, supporting new ideas and encouraging cooperation, CLLD helps to create viable and resilient communities.
Find out more about Beechbrae at: Beechbrae Website
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