Greengairs East Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
Funding
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Deadline
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Location
Scotland
Applications
Rolling applications
Overview
The Greengairs East Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund provides £180,000 each year to five Scottish communities. The communities are Greengairs, Upperton, Longriggend, Caldercruix and Plains. Each community gets an equal share of the money. This means each community receives £36,000 per year. The amount increases with inflation each year. You can apply if your project benefits one of these five communities. The fund appears to run continuously with no set deadline.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Must benefit one of the five specified communities
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
This fund is for community groups and projects in five specific Scottish areas: Greengairs, Upperton, Longriggend, Caldercruix and Plains. Your project must benefit one of these communities to be eligible.
Sectors
Regions
Foundation Scotland distributes funds on behalf of other funders and donors. These figures cover awards across all funds they administer.
Awards published
8,598
Typical award
£1,500
Most awards
£500 to £5,000
Most funded region
Scotland
3,547 awards in 2025, up from 2,326 the year before.
Recent awards include Time To Heal (£5,000, 2025), Glenrothes & District Foodbank Community Project (£4,700, 2025) and Heathhall Community Council (£4,000, 2025).
Contains data from 360Giving publishers, used under open licence.
Full details from Foundation Scotland
The Greengairs East Farm Community Benefit supports the communities of Greengairs, Upperton, Longriggend, Caldercruix and Plains. Each community receives an equal share of the annual payment and which totals an index linked annual sum of £180,000.
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