Funding

Meet the funder with Bank of Scotland Foundation and the National Lottery Community Fund

Are you looking for funding for your work supporting people and communities? Join Rachel Boyd, Content Design Manager, SCVO for an online meet the funder session to hear from Bank of Scotland Foundation and The National Lottery Community Fund about their grant programmes.

You'll also have the chance to ask questions to help give yourself the best chance of securing funding.

RSABI’s flagship annual outdoors team event, the Great Glen Challenge, is returning for 2024 and for the second-year running will be sponsored by expert legal advisors to the rural sector, Gillespie Macandrew. 

Legislation to support Scotland’s rural economy and communities has passed Stage 1 in Parliament.

Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s Creative Writing Centre, are working in partnership with Verb Wellington, Te-Whanganui-a-tara and Aotearoa New Zealand to offer a residency for a Scottish and Aotearoa writers. Applications are invited for 'Island to Island', a residency exchange supported by The British Council for established writers working in creative non-fiction, fiction, or long-form poetry.

This week saw the publication by the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee (RAIC) of the Stage 1 Report on The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill.

The latest round of awards from the first year of the Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) has provided fishing businesses and marine organisations in coastal communities with £7.4 million in funding.

Young people will have a key role in supporting sustainable populations in rural and island regions.  

More than 70 farmers and Crofters across Scotland are working together in a programme to share nature-friendly farming approaches to restore biodiversity and address climate change while also strengthening their livelihoods. 

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