Scots community projects to share £13m National Lottery funding, as strategy change announced
ALMOST 500 Scots community-based projects are to share almost £13m, to either help get them set up or to keep operating. Projects as diverse as…
Category: Funding
Possible funding sources (a work in progress)
IT takes patient detective work, to collate the various funding pots out there, for organisations looking to finance ‘improvements’ to our places in Scotland. Whether…
UK-wide funds allocated to support Scots communities
ALL Scotland’s local authorities have had funding applications – to support communities – approved by the UK Government. In total, £212m is being allocated –…
Visitor levy backers boosted by legislation plans
BACKERS of a visitor levy scheme in Edinburgh have been buoyed by plans by the Scottish Government to introduce the legislation required to make it…
Grants of upto £1.5m available for ‘place-based’ revival
GRANTS of upto £1.5m are to be made available, to help revive Scotland’s towns and villages. Says the organisation behind the scheme, the ‘quango’, Historic…
Edinburgh housing fund announced
EDINBURGH’S local authority has committed to spending £128m, to improve the energy efficiency of the homes it owns and to fund the building of new…
Place-related initiatives to the fore in Scottish Budget for 2022-23
SOME £150m has been earmarked for improved cycling, walking and ‘wheeling’ infrastructure – in the latest Scottish Government budget. The budget – announced (here) by…