Community Benefit Fund

Looking for an application form the Community Benefit Fund? You can find it on our Community Benefit Fund Applications page.

The Islay Energy Community Benefit Fund is open to applications from Islay, Jura and Colonsay within three specific programmes:

Strengthening Communities

Funding and assisting groups/individuals to build capacity locally and to achieve social and environmental benefits. This funding can help support the provision of training activities or small-scale infrastructure to individuals or groups to build transferable skill-sets in the community, or it can be used to pilot larger scale projects. 

 The limit for funding projects in this programme is £2,000 per application.

Energy and fuel efficiency

Supporting individuals, businesses and groups in modernising outdated fuel systems and installing other energy savings measures such as new windows and additional insulation. 

 The funding limit for this programme is £1,500 per application.

Developing renewable energy

This  funding is targeted on larger-scale projects looking for investment in projects with a renewable energy element. 

Please contact the Community Grant Manager for further information prior to application for this fund.

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