Please see message from SSE:
We recently opened our Highland Sustainable Development Fund for applications.
The closing date for applications is Noon on Wednesday 19 January 2022 and applications should be submitted to my e-mail address ([email protected]). Awards will be made in the Spring of 2022, and if any group you are working with might be keen to discuss an application with us, we would be happy to arrange that with them.
I have included the application form and guidance information and there is more information regarding our funds on our website (https://www.sserenewables.com/communities/sustainable-development-fund/). This round of the fund, which is worth £1 million, has a focus on supporting the net zero ambitions of the region. There is a minimum application value of £30k, and the fund is to be used to provide support for strategic projects in the Highland region. Any successful application must meet one or more of the following outcomes:
- Creating opportunities: Create opportunities for education and employment through activities that develop skills and improve an individual’s chance of entering the workplace.
- Empowering communities: Empower communities to become more resilient through measures which demonstrate long-term social, environmental or economic improvements.
- Sustainable places: Stimulate meaningful regeneration to improve or enhance local infrastructure, landscape, biodiversity or heritage and make a lasting difference to the places we live, work and visit.
Any Community Council that would like to discuss the fund direct with us, please don’t hesitate to send them my details (I’ve included them below for ease!).
Thanks,
Marianne