Funding in Perth & Kinross

The Adapt and Thrive Programme aims to support organisations across the third sector to adapt to the challenges presented by COVID-19 and build back better to thrive in the future. The programme will help organisations to make the necessary changes to operate sustainably so they can continue to have a positive impact On people and communities. The Community & Third Sector Recovery programme has two strands: Adapt & Thrive Programme (support for organisational change) and Communities Recovery Fund (grants to allow organisations to reintroduce the delivery of services and support the adaptation of existing services, or develop new ones).

In partnership with the National Emergencies Trust, Foundation Scotland is delivering the Community Response, Recovery and Resilience Fund. The RRR Fund will support organisations to continue their operations in the ‘new normal’, to re-establish or re-design their activities to comply with new regulations in addition to providing emergency support for those who need it most.

Grants are distributed twice a year with the sole purpose of improving the lives of others through charitable donations in and around Scotland, and where possible on a global scale, with a focus on five core funding priorities: the advancement of education; the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of health and saving of lives; the advancement of art, heritage, science and culture; the advancement of public participation in sports.

Scottish Landfill Communities Funds are derived from tax credit on the amount of waste sent to landfill each year. The money claimed requires to be passed to an approved body to benefit community or environmental projects. BCCF Environmental is the approved body for Scottish Borders, registered to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) who regulates the fund on behalf of Revenue Scotland. The fund can offer grants for projects which: develop areas of land to assist economic, social or environmental use promote community based recycling, re-use or waste prevention; provide, maintain or improve public parks or other public amenity; conserve or promote biological diversity such as natural habitats, recovery of species, etc.; maintain, repair or restore buildings, sites or structures of archaeological interest; provide financial, administration or other similar services for projects which are enrolled with an approved body.

The Cruach Trust is a small Scottish charity, which provides financial support for gardeners, retired gardeners and for preserving gardens throughout the United Kingdom. The trustees also have discretion to make donations to a wide range of organisations in the UK and abroad. Examples of grants are for: supporting a horticultural apprenticeship, arranged through the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; gardens, wildlife and the natural environment; music, the arts and cultural charities; medical research and support; organisations working with children, the elderly and vulnerable.

Development Grants are available in 2019/20 to help Scottish community-led organisations to scope out a potential climate action project. Projects can: enable community-led organisations to develop ideas for a climate change action project which would support low-carbon behaviour changes, increase climate literacy and reduce carbon emissions; assist in progressing to a full CCF Grant application or similar activities for another funder; organise a community consultation event and survey work; engage a consultant or advisor to support project development; cover expenses associated with visit(s) to other projects/organisations; develop a low-carbon project idea; host an event using the Scottish Government's Climate Conversation toolkit.