Deadline: 29-Apr-22
The Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is seeking applications for the 2022 Resilient Communities Fund – North of Scotland to help communities become more resilient in the face of storms, severe weather and prolonged power interruptions.
SSEN has established this fund to support communities in the power distribution network area to improve local resilience. This funding comes from a proportion of the performance reward they receive from the regulator Ofgem.
The fund will provide support for projects which create a stronger, coordinated resilience framework for local communities.
Funding Information
- For the North of Scotland SSEN area, £1 million is available in 2022.
- In most cases, you can apply for funding from £1,000 up to a maximum of £20,000.
- In exceptional circumstances multi-year or multi-community funding to a maximum of £50,000 can be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Communtiy groups based within the SSEN distribution area.
- You don’t need to be a registered charity to apply, but your organisation must have a constitution (governing document or set of rules) and be set up on a notfor-profit basis. If you are unsure if your group is eligible, please contact them for advice.
Criteria
The fund will support projects that achieve one of the following criteria:
- Resilience for Emergency Events – To enhance community facilities, services and communication specifically to support the local response in the event of a significant emergency such as extended power loss.
- Vulnerability – To protect the welfare of vulnerable community members particularly during significant emergency events such as extended power loss, through enhancing their resilience and improving community participation and effectiveness.
Please note – the past rounds of the fund were significantly oversubscribed and in this round priority will be given to:
- Projects which support communities who are particularly remote or isolated and have experienced emergency events due to poor weather in the past.
- Projects in areas affected by recent significant storms which resulted in extended power loss.
- Projects which demonstrate innovative approaches to improving the resilience of vulnerable community members.
- Projects which support areas which can be difficult for emergency services to respond to events in.
- Projects from communities which have not applied before and have been identified as having low resilience.
- Projects which see communities working together and refer to local resilience plans.
For more information, visit SSEN.
For more information, visit https://www.ssen.co.uk/RCF/Scotland/
