Shedloads of Opportunities

• Community Development

Funding for projects which contribute to collaboration and community empowerment through inclusion, equality and diversity in the Outer Hebrides.

• Community Development
• Environmental/Green Infrastructure
• General & Misc
• Health & Wellbeing
• Social Connection Projects

The Community Fund was established to ensure local communities benefit from Edinburgh Airport activities. It provides financial support to community groups and charities that are committed to improving the opportunities, facilities and services available to local people.

The fund will consider applications from Edinburgh, Falkirk, the Lothians and Fife. Priority will be given to applications which reflect the four pillars of the airport’s Greater Good sustainability strategy - Zero Carbon, Enhancing Scotland, Scotland’s Best Business and Trusted Neighbour.

Initiatives could include:

The mitigation against and reduction of the effects of a changing climate.
The reduction of local, negative environmental impacts.
Supporting local biodiversity, rewilding, and/or restoration of the natural world.
The enhancement of local business, community groups and long-term sustainable partnerships in the airport’s surrounding area.
Improving healthy working lives and increase upskilling and employment opportunities for the socially isolated, economically deprived, and/or otherwise disadvantaged persons.
Improving care, expanding opportunity, providing shelter, and enabling rehabilitation of vulnerable groups in the community.
Providing urgent, targeted, local support during the cost-of-living crisis.

• Capital & Equipment
• Renovations/Repairs
• Trusts/Foundations

Provides grants for charities improving homes and community spaces for vulnerable groups (e.g., homelessness, poor health, disability). Larger grants occasionally available.

There are two levels of grants:
• Up to £5,000 for garden projects
• Up to £10,000 for building or indoor projects.

The B & Q Foundation will consider awarding higher value grants.

• Capital & Equipment
• General & Misc
• Renovations/Repairs
• Social Connection Projects

Grants are available for grassroots groups to create, improve or repair local community spaces where people can socialise and reduce loneliness, and boost wellbeing. Improved accessibility to the community space is also funded.

A range of project costs are supported.
Examples of eligible projects include (but not limited to):
• Kitchen and bathroom refurbishments.
• Creation of a new permanent space.
• Roof and floor repairs.
• Building extensions.
• Disabled access ramps to a community building Upgrades and replacements to windows and doors.
• Boilers and heating.
• Essential building security upgrades.
• Transformation of a disused space into a functional space.
• Removable items (e.g. soft furnishings, tables and chairs, white goods and electrical items, garden machinery) provided they only make up a small portion of a wider application to repair, renovate, or develop a community space.

Grants from £10,000 to £20,000 are available.

The Asda Foundation must contribute at least 50% of the total project cost (up to £20,000) and can fund up to 90% of the total project cost.

Applicants must already have 10% of the total project cost (demonstrated in submitted accounts).

• Arts, Culture & Heritage, Community Development

Helps transform historic buildings at the heart of communities (churches, mills, police stations, etc.) into viable community assets such as workspaces, housing, or cultural centres.