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  • Into the trees!

    Blackwood Estate Community Association is a Scottish charity working to protect and improve their local environment for the betterment...

    Funding received: £4,988

    Awarded from: Scottish Government funding (distributed by Lanarkshire Local Action Group)

  • Celebrating community ownership

    A community business is any type of business that trades for community benefit and is democratically owned and controlled...

    Funding received: Business support

    Awarded from: Plunkett UK

  • Ewe should be so lucky!

    Lucky Ewe offer support and opportunities to young people looking to gain skills and confidence. They give young people...

    Funding received: £16,000

    Awarded from: Scottish Government funding (distributed by Fife Local Action Group)

  • Wind of change

    Carloway Estate Trust (Urras Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh) is a community landowner on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. The estate covers 11,500 acres on the North West coast of the Isle of Lewis, with...

    Funding received: £16,740

    Awarded from: Scottish Government funding (distributed by Outer Hebrides Local Action Group)

  • Gimme shelter!

    Avoch Community Rowing Club are a community based rowing club on The Black Isle. They have built and race...

    Funding received: £78,460

    Awarded from: Scottish Government funding (distributed by Highland Local Action Group)

  • You can grow your own way…

    Beechbrae is a social enterprise and charity based in Beechbrae Wood in Blackridge, West Lothian. It began as a...

    Funding received: £7,864

    Awarded from: Scottish Government funding (distributed by West Lothian Local Action Group)

  • Keep on Truckin!

    When communities across Scotland experience disruptions like severe weather incidents, they develop unique resources and strengths to get through. This case study film features Carrick...

    Funding received: £28,585

    Awarded from: Scottish Government funding (distributed by ARIA Local Action Group)

  • Community owned shop delivers the goods!

    In rural and island communities a local shop can be a life line to local residents. So, when a...

    Funding received: £9,200

    Awarded from: Scottish Government funding (distributed by Scottish Borders LAG)

  • Turning up the heat!

    When communities across Scotland experience disruptions, whether major incidents or more localised challenges, they develop unique resources and strengths...

    Funding received: £34,900

    Awarded from: Scottish Government funding (distributed by Cairngorms Local Action Group)

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