Clyde Borders | SSE Renewables

Through our Clyde Borders wind farm we make around £150,000 per year available for community and charitable projects. Over its lifetime we expect to invest around £4million in local projects.

Additional funding is committed to the regional Sustainable Development Fund. This fund runs every two years and supports transformational projects across the Scottish Borders local authority area.

RECENTLY FUNDED PROJECTS:

Broughton Village Store: £54,326 to convert the village hall to house the village shop.
Southern Upland Partnership: £4,630 to produce a short film about the Talla-Hartfell Wild Land area.
Skirling Community Council: £14,000 to undertake a Community Action Plan.
Broughton Village Store: £100,000 to extend the Broughton Village Shop to increase capacity.
Upper Tweed Community Drivers: £1,532 to support community transport provision.
Tweedsmuir Community Company: £22,578 to recruit a Project Manager to deliver strategic priorities in the area.
Broughton & District Bowling Club: £1,000 to purchase an adapted wheelchair to increase participation.
Broughton Village Hall: £9,629 to upgrade the village hall.
Arthur Trail Association: £10,000 to conduct a feasibility study for a Scottish Dark Ages Visitor Experience.
Broughton Primary School Parent Council: £6,035 to support the schools breakfast club and p7 residential trip

PROJECT ELIGIBILITY

The community fund can support projects which:

enhance quality of life for local residents
contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities
promote community spirit and encourage community activity

Projects in the following community council areas can apply:

Upper Tweed
Tweedsmuir
Skirling

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 not be set up for individual profit. If you are unsure if your group is eligible, please contact us for advice.

FUND TIMETABLE

Application deadlines:

19^th April 2024
12^th July 2024
18^th October 2024

HOW TO APPLY

First, read the Fund guidance, available to download below.

Clyde Borders Fund Guidance

Click on the ‘Apply’ button below if you wish to begin a new application.

If you have started a grant application and saved your progress, you can return to it by logging in to our Community Investment Portal here and navigating to My Applications.