Deadline: 08-Sep-2025
The Foundation Scotland is thrilled to announce its Cairnryan Community Fund to support community-led activity in Cairnryan with an emphasis on rural regeneration.
Applications must benefit the community of Cairnryan, Dumfries & Galloway, which is geographically defined by the community council boundaries.
The main community fund will provide grants to support groups delivering charitable activities that support the rural regeneration and sustainability of Cairnryan community.
These grants can support a wide range of costs and activities including equipment costs, running costs for local groups, staff or sessional worker costs, consultations, maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities etc.
Thematic Areas
- The four key themes relate to:
- The village hall and other village facilities
- Thriving community life
- Environmental and outdoor pursuits
- Local Heritage
Funding Information
- The Cairnryan Community Fund can award grants from £500 – £10,000. Multi-year grants can be requested, of up to £10,000 per annum, for a maximum of three years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Groups and organisations working to benefit people in Cairnryan can apply to the main Community Fund. Your group does not need to be a registered charity to apply.
- Applications from groups outwith the fund area must demonstrate clear benefit for residents in the fund area.
- Management Committee:
- There must be a minimum of three unrelated persons on the management committee or Board. This is to ensure that the group has a range of perspectives and experiences and is not dominated by the interests of a single family or similarly connected individuals.
- For the same reasons, the majority of your management committee or Board members must be unrelated.
- Governing Documents:
- Your organisation has charitable purposes, and these are described in your governing document.
- Your governing document includes suitable restrictions on the disposal of assets under the organisation’s control (a charitable ‘asset lock’) and its management committee or board members’ remuneration. It should feature:
- A charitable dissolution clause (or ‘asset lock’) stating that on winding up the organisation’s net assets must be put towards a similar charitable purpose(s) to that of the organisation (which may include a named charitable organisation with a similar charitable purpose).
- Suitable restraints on the provision of benefit to individuals. Assets should not be distributable to, or otherwise used for, the benefit of members or individuals beyond that which can reasonably be considered charitable.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They cannot fund the following:
- Non constituted groups.
- Applications from individuals.
- Trips abroad (unless otherwise stated on the fund page).
- Costs already incurred or activities which will take place before we’ve decided on an application, i.e. retrospective funding.
- The repayment of loans or payment of debts.
For more information, visit Foundation Scotland.
