Caithness Community Groups Among 258 Scottish Awards By Scottish Government

10th May 2020

Local groups in Scotland get a £10 million boost.

Families on lower incomes and older people are to get more support with extra funding for lifeline services to cope with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The funding from the Scottish Government's Supporting Communities Fund will go directly to more than 250 community groups.

The community groups operate as ‘anchors', bringing together charities, volunteers, social enterprises and the public sector to co-ordinate the local response and channel support where it is needed. This includes making hot meals, organising grocery and prescription deliveries and providing wellbeing support.

Communities Secretary Aileen Campbell said:"We know that community groups working in the heart of our communities and neighbourhoods have a wealth of experience in responding to challenges. We have seen this through many examples of the incredible response to COVID-19 in the past weeks that have made such a huge difference to so many people. This inspiring work that is already underway in our neighbourhoods is proving essential to our nation's resilience.

"This funding will be a valuable lifeline for the range of innovative support available for people in our communities, and we are working fast to get that support to where it is needed most."
Background

The Supporting Communities Fund was announced on 18 March 2020 as part of a £350 million package to help those most affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Up to £10 million is being made available as an initial sum available to support community anchor organisations, and a further allocation of £10 million has been approved to support the second phase of the fund.

Caithness Groups Awards
Caithness Community Connections Highland Council £3,453
Caithness Voluntary Group Highland Council £16,121
Caithness Voluntary Group Highland Council £11,800
John O' Groats Development Trust Highland Council £10,000
Pulteneytown People's Project Highland Council £31,075
Thurso Community Development Trust Highland Council £53,000

From SVO
Supporting Communities Fund
The Supporting Communities Fund has been established with an initial £20m investment.

It is providing funding to Community Anchor Organisations, such as charities, voluntary organisations, community controlled housing associations and social enterprises to help support local responses to the pandemic.

These community anchor organisations are already playing a key active role in providing services within their community and through this funding will be supported expand their existing networks and connections.

They are well placed to work collaboratively and will help to support a coordinated approach locally, working with other active local charities, third sector organisations, volunteers, communities of interest and making links with the Local Authority, Third Sector Interfaces and other statutory providers, and can act as a conduit for funding to help channel support to where it is needed.

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Full list of awards

Organisation Local Authority/
Council Area
Funding Amount

A Heart for Duns Scottish Borders £4,800
Aberdeen Council for Voluntary
Organisations
Aberdeen £100,000
Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action Aberdeenshire £55,000
Alva Development Trust Clackmannanshire £13,000
Alyth Development Trust Perth & Kinross £5,000
Annexe Communities Glasgow City Council £32,520
Appin Community Development
Trust
Argyll & Bute Council £35,000
Applecross Community Company Highland Council £20,000
Arran CVS North Ayrshire £14,661
Assynt Development Trust Highland Council £29,008
Auchinleck Community
Development Initiative
East Ayrshire £23,700
Ballachulish Community Association Highland Council £40,000
Ballater (RD) Ltd Aberdeenshire £20,000
Banchory & District Initiative Ltd Aberdeenshire £7,536
Banffshire Partnership Aberdeenshire £56,464
Barmulloch Community
Development Company
Glasgow £49,992
Barrhead HA East Renfrewshire £85,000
Beith Community Development
Trust
North Ayrshire £90,000
Berwickshire Association for
Voluntary Services (BAVS)
Scottish Borders £64,000
Bettyhill, Strathnaver and Altnaharra
Community Council
Highland Council £9,770
Bridgend Farmhouse Edinburgh City £18,100
Bridgewater HA Renfrewshire £27,000
Broadford & Strath Community
Company
Highland Council £19,900
Brora & District Action Group Highland Council £31,350
Buckie & District Community
Council
Moray Council £31,381
Burghead Amenities Association Moray Council £6,120
Burnfoot Community Futures Scottish Borders £8,756
Burra and Trondra Community
Council
Shetland Islands
Council
£5,000
Caithness Community Connections Highland Council £3,453
Caithness Voluntary Group Highland Council £16,121
Caithness Voluntary Group Highland Council £11,800
Callander Community Development
Trust
Stirling £15,000
Camuscross & Duisdale Initiative Highland Council £12,810
Carloway Estate Trust (Urras
Oighreachd Chàrlabhaigh)
Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£10,700
Carradale Community Trust Argyll & Bute Council £10,600
Castle Douglas Development Forum Dumfries & Galloway £21,220
Castlemilk Together / Ardenglen HA Glasgow City Council £54,292
Castletown Community Council Highland Council £6,628
Cernach HA Glasgow City Council £40,000
Clackmannan Development Trust Clackmannanshire £29,320
Coigach Community Development
Company
Highland Council £15,000
Colintraive and Glendaruel
Development Trust
Argyll & Bute Council £19,800
Collydean Community Centre Fife £60,000
Colonsay Community Development
Company
Argyll & Bute Council £17,000
Community Central Halls Glasgow £149,379
Community Links South Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire £79,600
Community Transport Glasgow Glasgow City Council £33,200
Cornerstone House Centre North Lanarkshire £78,450
Corra Foundation - Blacklands North Ayrshire £17,239
Corra Foundation - Buckhaven &
Methil
Fife £24,600
Corra Foundation - Carbrain North Lanarkshire
Corra Foundation - Castlehill West Dunbartonshire £21,500
Corra Foundation - Cumnock East Ayrshire £39,600
Corra Foundation - Fernhill South Lanarkshire £8,260
Corra Foundation - Langlees Falkirk £11,130
Craignish Community Council Argyll & Bute Council £24,875
Cranhill Development Trust Glasgow £93,820
Creetown Initiative Ltd Dumfries & Galloway £13,340
Cyrenians £71,596
Dalavich Improvement Group Argyll & Bute Council £5,009
Delting Community Council Shetland Islands
Council
£4,700
Development Coll Argyll & Bute Council £10,000
Dollar Community Development
Trust
Clackmannanshire £11,293
Dores Community Development
Trust
£4,000
Dornoch Firth Group Highland Council £47,788
Dufftown & District Community
Association
Moray Council £7,605
Dunblane Development Trust Stirling £8,600
Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary
Action
Dundee £60,000
Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust Argyll & Bute Council £32,000
EATS Rosyth Fife £68,400
Edinburgh City Youth Cafe Edinburgh
City/Midlothia
£82,713
Edinburgh Community Food Edinburgh City £25,800
Edinburgh Community Health
Forum
Edinburgh £56,693
Edinburgh Old Town Development
Trust
Edinburgh £27,720
Ekopia Resource Exchange Limited Moray Council £21,441
Elgin Youth Development Group Moray Council £20,000
Fair Isle Development Company Shetland Islands
Council
£8,200
FARE Scotland Glasgow City Council £329,720
Fauldhouse & Breich Valley
Community Development Trust
West Lothian £49,060
Finderne Community Development
Trust
Moray Council £11,746
Forres Area Community Trust
(FACT)
Moray Council £48,382
Fort Augustus & Glenmoriston
Community Company
Highland Council £27,000
Foula Airstrip Trust Shetland Islands
Council
£10,000
Fyne Futures Limited Argyll & Bute Council £20,000
Gairloch & Loch Ewe Action Forum
(GALE)
Highland Council £24,000
Geeza Break Glasgow City Council £25,680
Getting Better Together Ltd North Lanarkshire £21,258
Glasgow Community Food Network Glasgow City Council £234,510
Glasgow Council for Voluntary
Sector
Glasgow City Council £104,000
Glen Urquhart Rural Community
Association
Highland Council £24,460
Glenboig Development Trust North Lanarkshire £33,101
Glencoe & Glen Etive Community
Council
Highland Council £3,000
Glendale Trust, The Highland Council £1,500
Go Golspie Development Trust Highland Council £10,000
Gorebridge Community
Development Trust
Midlothian £57,000
Govanhill Baths Community Trust Glasgow £17,376
Govanhill HA Glasgow City Council £200,000
Greener Kirkcaldy Fife £251,500
Gulberwick, Quarff & Cunningburgh
Community Council
Shetland Islands
Council
£12,130
Harris Development Limited Comhairle nan Eiliean
Siar
£40,000
Healthy n Happy Community
Development Trust
Glasgow £137,118
Healthy Valleys South Lanarkshire £46,284
Helmsdale & District Community
Council
Highland Council £8,700
Hillhead HA 2000 East Dunbartonshire £8,500
Horshader Community Development Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£35,627
In This Together (formerly Signpost) Highland Council £156,729
Inchgarth Community Centre £70,376
Inverclyde Community Development
Trust
Inverclyde £40,000
Invergordon Development Trust Highland Council £33,000
Ionad Loch a Tuath Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£5,600
Island of Hoy Development Trust Orkney Islands Council £12,500
Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust Argyll & Bute Council £11,000
Isle of Jura Development Trust Argyll & Bute Council £3,320
Isle of Luing Community Trust Argyll & Bute Council £5,000
John O' Groats Development Trust Highland Council £10,000
Killin and Ardeonaig Community
Development Trust
Stirlingshire £3,027
Kilmallie Community Council Highland Council £2,551
Kilninver & Kilmelford Community
Council
Argyll & Bute Council £4,250
Kincardine Community Association Fife £21,000
Kinlochbervie Ceilidh House Highland Council £19,047
Kinlochleven Community Trust Highland Council £21,284
Kinning Park Complex Glasgow £100,000
Kirkconnel & Kelloholm
Development Trust
Dumfries & Galloway £17,000
Kirkhill Community Centre SCIO Highland Council £25,000
Kirknewton Community
Development Trust Ltd
West Lothian £40,000
Knoydart Foundation Highland Council £18,000
Kyle & Lochalsh Community Trust Highland Council £24,125
Kyle of Sutherland Development
Trust
Highland Council £37,207
Lambhill Stables Glasgow £24,926
Largo Communities Together Fife £15,000
Larkhall and District Volunteer
Group
South Lanarkshire £81,882
Lerwick Community Council Shetland Islands
Council
£24,950
Letham4All Perth and Kinross £100,000
Linlithgow Community Development
Trust
West Lothian £32,900
Linstone HA Renfrewshire £200,000
Linthouse HA Glasgow City Council £200,000
Linwood Community Development
Trust
Renfrewshire £47,464
Lochcarron Community
Development Company
Highland Council £36,840
Lochgoil Community Trust Argyll & Bute Council £7,660
Lossiemouth Community
Development Trust
Moray Council £21,500
Maryhill HA Glasgow City Council £94,000
Maxwell Centre Dundee
Mayfield & Easthouses
Development Trust
Midlothian £35,000
Menstrie Community Action Group Clackmannanshire £11,500
Merkinch Partnership Highland Council £24,380
Milnbank HA Glasgow City Council £45,000
Minginish Community Hall
Association
Highland Council £14,000
Moffat Town Hall Re-development
Trust
Dumfries & Galloway £7,800
Morar Community Trust Highland Council £5,500
Morvern Community Development
Company
Highland Council £20,000
Muaitheabhal Community Windfarm
Trust
Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£30,096
Muir of Ord Hall & Facilities
Company
Highland Council £22,000
Mull & Iona Community Trust Argyll & Bute Council £50,000
Nether Lochaber Community
Council
Highland Council £8,000
New Cumnock Development Trust East Ayrshire £47,200
New Gorbals HA Glasgow City Council £140,888
New Tannahill Centre Renfrewshire £60,548
New Wine Church Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£9,941
Newcastleton & District Community
Trust
Scottish Borders £171,750
Newlands Community Development
Trust
Scottish Borders £45,999
Newmains Community Trust Ltd North Lanarkshire £87,090
North Edinburgh Arts Edinburgh City £96,370
North Glasgow Communtiy Food
Initaitive
Glasgow City Council £38,840
North Knapdale Community Council Argyll & Bute Council £6,850
North Ronaldsay Trust Orkney Islands Council £6,089
Northmavine Community
Development Company
Shetland Islands
Council
£14,070
Oak Tree HA Inverclyde £140,190
Oban Communities Trust Argyll & Bute Council £33,672
Ore Valley Housing Association Fife £15,500
Out of the Blue Arts and Education
Trust
Edinburgh £49,157
Papay Development Trust Orkney Islands Council £5,000
Parkhead HA Glasgow City Council £96,080
Peebles Community Trust Scottish Borders £70,000
Penicuik Community Development
Trust
Midlothian £52,000
Peterhead Area Community Trust Aberdeenshire £18,000
Pinwherry and Pinmore Community
Development SCIO
South Ayrshire £12,095
PKAVS Perth and Kinross £93,000
Point & Sandwick Trust Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£55,600
Polbeth Community HUB SCIO West Lothian £24,710
Portree & Braes Community Trust Highland Council £24,000
Pulteneytown People's Project Highland Council £31,075
Queens Cross HA Glasgow City Council £23,199
Raasay Development Trust Limited Highland Council £23,807
REAP Moray Council £8,900
Rogart Development Trust Highland Council £10,000
Rosemount Development Trust Glasgow £32,400
Rosewell Development Trust Midlothian £15,725
Ross-shire Voluntary Action Highland Council £51,700
Rousay, Egilsay & Wyre
Development Trust
Orkney Islands Council £22,069
Ruchazie HA Glasgow City Council £10,000
Sanday Development Trust Orkney Islands Council £23,650
Sandness & Walls Community
Council
Shetland Islands
Council
£5,500
Sandsting & Aithsting Community
Council
Shetland Islands
Council
£10,000
Sauchie Community Group Clackmannanshire £12,000
Scourie Community Development
Company
Highland Council £11,500
Seaboard Memorial Hall Highland Council £13,000
Shapinsay Development Trust Orkney Islands Council £39,224
Shieldaig Community Council Highland Council £20,000
SHMU (Station House Media Unit) Aberdeen £75,000
Skerries Community Council Shetland Islands
Council
£8,640
South Cowal Community Enterprise Argyll & Bute Council £9,700
South Islay Development Argyll & Bute Council £50,000
South Kintyre Development Trust Argyll & Bute Council £35,000
Southside HA Glasgow City Council £100,000
Spean Bridge, Achnacarry and Roy
Bridge SCIO
Highland Council £22,700
Speyside Community Council Moray Council £13,002
Spire View Housing Association Glasgow City Council £48,605
St Andrews Environmental Network
Limited
Fife £10,316
Staffin Community Trust Limited Highland Council £10,000
Stenhousemuir Community Football
Club
£41,350
Stirling Voluntary Enterprise Stirling £50,000
Stove Network Dumfries & Galloway £52,970
Stranraer Development Trust Dumfries & Galloway £19,879
Strathdearn Community
Developments
Highland Council £20,000
Strathglass and Affric Community
Company
Highland Council £23,600
STRIVE East Lothian £95,000
Stronsay Development Trust Orkney Islands Council £19,776
Sunart Community Company Highland Council £8,540
Sustaining Dunbar East Lothian £88,014
Swamp Creative Media Centre Glasgow £47,000
Tain Development Limited Highland Council £35,000
Tarbert & Skipness Community
Trust
Argyll & Bute Council £23,607
Thenue HA Glasgow City Council £60,000
Three Kings Cullen Association, The Moray Council £16,700
Thurso Community Development
Trust
Highland Council £53,000
Tingwall, Whiteness & Weisdae
Community Council
Shetland Islands
Council
£9,500
Tiree Community Development
Trust
Argyll & Bute Council £17,140
Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development
Trust
Moray Council £19,457
Toonspeak Young People's Theatre Glasgow City Council £96,797
Twechar Community Action East Dunbartonshire £44,500
Uig Community Council Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£8,600
Uig Community Trust Highland Council £24,500
Uist Council of Voluntary
Organisations
Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£17,400
Ullapool Community Trust Highland Council £27,847
Unst Partnership Limited Shetland Islands
Council
£4,800
Urban Roots £119,800
Urras Oighreachd Ghabhsainn
(Galson Estate Trust)
Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£9,415
Voluntary Action Angus Angus £50,000
Voluntary Action Barra and Vatersay Comhairle nan Eilean
Siar
£14,480
Voluntary Action in Badenoch
& Strathspey
Highland Council £123,420
Voluntary Action Lochaber Highland Council £15,000
Voluntary Action Orkney (TSI) Orkney Islands Council £48,245
Voluntary Action Shetland Shetland Islands
Council
£24,750
Voluntary Action South Ayrshire South Ayrshire £56,325
Voluntary Groups Sutherland Highland Council £4,263
WAT IF? South Lanarkshire £31,667
West Ardnamurchan Community
Development Company
Highland Council £4,500
West Calder & Harburn Community
Development Trust
West Lothian £49,470
West Dunbartonshire CVS West Dunbartonshire £10,000
West Kilbride Community Initiative
Ltd
North Ayrshire £15,000
West of Scotland HA (WSHA) * Glasgow, South
Lanarkshire, North
Lanarkshire, East,
South and North
Ayrshire
£73,596
West Whitlawburn Housing Cooperative
South Lanarkshire -
Whitlawburn
£5,980
Whalsay Community Council Shetland Islands
Council
£20,000
Whitburn & District Community
Development Trust
West Lothian £40,000
Winchburgh Community
Development Trust
West Lothian £22,500
Woodlands Community
Development Trust
Glasgow £33,000
Woodside Arran CIC North Ayrshire £24,999
Yell Community Council Shetland Islands
Council
£20,000