Deadline: 31-Jul-23
The 2023 Resilient Communities Fund is now open to applications in the North of Scotland network area.
Funding Information
- £157,000 will be available to eligible communities, councils, and charities in grants ranging from £1,000 to £10,000. In exceptional cases, involving multi-community applications, funding up to a maximum of £40,000 can be considered.
Duration
- All grants received should be spent within 12 months of being awarded, with the exception of long-term projects (such as building work or multi-year projects) which will be released in stages and must demonstrate progress within one year of award.
What can grants be used for?
- The fund will provide support for projects which create a stronger, coordinated resilience framework for local communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community 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 not for-profit basis. If you are unsure if your group is eligible.
What are the criteria for the fund?
- 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 Resilient Communities Fund.