| 01/02/2024 |
£24,900 |
RURAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP |
This project will build peer support and resilience, supporting women in the farm household, be they the Farmer or Farm Family member. Providing them with the skills & techniques required to deal with increasing pressures, changes farmers are facing in cost of living & increased farm costs |
| 01/01/2024 |
£23,478£303,334 |
SHOPPER-AIDE LTD |
This project will support Shopper-Aide's shopping, housekeeping, transport and befriending services to the rural villages in South Kintyre, helping to ensure access to essential goods and services. The project will help to reduce social isolation amongst their clients and improve mental and physical wellbeing. |
| 01/01/2024 |
£25,000£186,595 |
NEW MILLS AND DISTRICT VOLUNTEER CENTRE |
This project will see New Mills provide volunteers to enable elderly & disabled people in remote villages poorly served by public transport access to medical appointments & shops. Volunteers will take people to & from medical appointments & a volunteer driven Minibus will offer door to door shopping trips |
| 01/01/2024 |
£23,000£44,205 |
BLACKHALL MILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION |
This project will develop a scalable model of their community EV car club. Building on their research this innovation will accelerate the speed at which they can support the development of new clubs, decarbonise transport, improve accessibility and strengthen the sustainability of their club for the community. |
| 01/01/2024 |
£25,000 |
NORTH ARRAN COMMUNITY BENEFIT SOCIETY LTD |
This project will secure the viability of the inn and its ability to remain open throughout the year as a hub for the community. This project will allow them to renovate 4 letting rooms and provide extra employment |
| 01/01/2024 |
£12,000£288,118 |
THE BLACKMORE VALE CHARITY |
This project will expand the space they have to deliver a wider range of services to those households facing crisis and /or hardship. They will be able to offer hands-on cookery lessons, a cafe style area for people to sit and talk, run activities, run a breakfast club and open a homework corner. |
| 01/01/2024 |
£25,000 |
THE COURTHOUSE KESH LIMITED |
This project will enable them to continue to provide the much needed services in the dispersed, sparsely populated, isolated rural area of North Fermanagh. |
| 01/01/2024 |
£9,317£4,287 |
BROADWOODKELLY VILLAGE HALL |
This project will buy equipment to underpin the delivery of their programme of activities. |
| 01/01/2024 |
£4,650 |
COCKFIELD VILLAGE GROUP |
This project will allow the CVG to replace energy inefficient fridges and freezers and also add an EPOS system that can manage sales and stocktaking. |
| 01/01/2024 |
£24,869 |
KNOYDART FARM CIC |
This project will address the issues of food insecurity and cost that this isolated rural community face whilst providing paid and skilled employment for community members. |
| 01/11/2023 |
£25,000 |
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL, MESHAW |
This project will provide local people with a dual purpose building within the village with wc and kitchen facilities. |
| 01/11/2023 |
£25,000£364,396 |
UPPER TEESDALE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES LTD (UTASS) |
This project will provide farm business support through a dedicated team to meet demand |
| 01/11/2023 |
£25,000£83,782 |
THE FARMING LIFE CENTRE |
This project will enable a new staff member to be recruited and will help to fund the charity manager role, enabling new projects to be developed in response to the needs of beneficiaries |
| 01/11/2023 |
£25,000 |
THE FARMER NETWORK LTD |
This project will part fund existing staff posts to support farmers and new IT equipment to improve productivity |
| 01/11/2023 |
£25,000 |
EXMOOR HILL FARMING NETWORK |
This project will enable at least 50 farm businesses to be assisted by providing development, direct guidance, training and signposting. Farmer led events which respond to the needs of the local farming community will also be held and there will be general facilitation of three peer support groups |
| 01/11/2023 |
£25,000 |
HEREFORDSHIRE RURAL HUB |
This project will enable a website relaunch, production of 12 newsletters and recruitment of new finance team members to improve the functionality of the organisation |
| 01/11/2023 |
£5,000 |
THE FARMER NETWORK IN LANCASHIRE |
This project will part fund the salary of a Farmer Network Facilitator to secure sponsorships and funding, support emerging groups, create a monthly newsletter and knowledge dissemination and facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing |
| 01/10/2023 |
£15,000 |
RURAL SUPPORT |
This project will fund an existing staff member and support delivery of the 'Boots on the Ground' mental health and suicide awareness training programme delivered to industry |
| 01/10/2023 |
£15,000£1,073,483 |
RSABI |
This project will enable recruitment of a consultant to manage the FRP programme in Scotland and increased media coverage of the programme |
| 01/10/2023 |
£15,000£230,130 |
TIR DEWI |
This project will fund the salary of the Head of Operations to help develop the team and provide greater resilience to the organisation |
| 01/10/2023 |
£5,000£909,318 |
BORDERLANDS RURAL CHAPLAINCY |
This project will contribute to the salaries and travel expenses of paid chaplains to maintain core activities and expand the pastoral support service in response to rising demand |
| 01/10/2023 |
£4,862£155,600 |
YANA |
The money will be used to cover 48% of the increased salary costs of the charity. Specifically to employ a Training Co-ordinator who will oversee all aspects of mental health training |
| 01/10/2023 |
£5,000£121,191 |
THE LIGHTWAVE COMMUNITY CIO |
The funding will be used for events and expenses and materials for the chaplaincy team to enable them to continue and expand the pastoral support service within the rural chaplaincy |
| 01/10/2023 |
£5,000£304,371 |
LINCOLNSHIRE RURAL SUPPORT NETWORK |
This project will contribute to the costs associated with creating a p/t administrative post to maintain increased operating hours for the helpline, increase support to helpline volunteers and provide support to the casework team |
| 01/10/2023 |
£4,869£57,931 |
DERBYSHIRE RURAL CHAPLAINCY |
The funding will enable the DRC to continue to develop and produce the Bi yearly DRC news which is posted directly to over 900 farms in Derbyshire and distributed at the Livestock market, agricultural shows and across non-farming networks |
| 24/07/2023 |
£25,000£140,258 |
ISLE OF EIGG HERITAGE TRUST |
This project will transform Eigg Tree Nursery from a pilot to a self-sustaining community enterprise, supporting employment, sustaining native species, protecting biosecurity, and helping build Eigg’s circular economy to deliver economic, environmental, and social impacts as they move to net-zero. |
| 24/07/2023 |
£25,000£164,702 |
CHOPWELL REGENERATION CIO ("CRG") |
Establish a 'front of house' and 'administration' apprenticeship programme for Chopwell - 2 apprenticeships. It will increase skills, employability and confidence in young people and low skilled adults. They will support 70 volunteers and enable vital community services they provide to be increased. |
| 24/07/2023 |
£25,000£28,654 |
BOLESKINE COMMUNITY CARE (BCC) |
This project will include the appointment of a 'Community Services Coordinator'. A part time role with a dedicated focus on community service provision at their Hub. The Coordinator will
also link with their Healthcare partner (Highland Hospice). |
| 24/07/2023 |
£18,000 |
HOO PENINSULA CARES (WHOO CARES) |
This project will enable wHoo Cares to expand their community volunteer team. Their volunteers provide befriending, transport and activity support to local residents and assist ther team in reducing social isolation and improving the health and well-being of people in the rural area of the Hoo Peninsula. |
| 24/07/2023 |
£12,370 |
BCW TRAINING LTD |
This project will provide people with hands on knowledge and experiential learning in growing food, cooking their own produce and/or cooking community fridge products, learning nutrition and eating healthier diets and using this knowledge at home and help them to reconnect post pandemic. |
| 24/07/2023 |
£16,050 |
WINGFIELD BARNS COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY |
This project will reintroduce a much needed shop to the village, a community shop for everyday essentials and good quality local produce. They will also operate a cashless trading system where excess produce can be exchanged for shop credit, reducing food waste |
| 24/07/2023 |
£20,000£310,667 |
NORTH NORFOLK COMMUNITY TRANSPORT |
The project will combat social exclusion and isolation amongst the elderly living in North Norfolk, a distinctly rural district that lacks access to transport. |
| 24/07/2023 |
£12,500£152,081 |
COUNTRYSIDE LEARNING SCOTLAND |
This project will increase career awareness and opportunities for young people in Gairloch, Kinlochbervie and Ullapool highschools. It will deliver rural work experience and training to secondary pupils, providing hands on training/placements. It will also build partnerships with schools & business. |
| 24/07/2023 |
£25,000£369,442 |
COMUNN EACHDRAIDH NIS |
This project will help CEN retain a skilled and experienced Operations Manager who can oversee the challenges of continuing to provide services to the marginalised/socially isolated groups in their community, manage staff and increase financial revenue for the centre |
| 24/07/2023 |
£13,500£175,000 |
HOUR COMMUNITY |
This project will ensure Hour Community are able to meet the demand locally for community transport for elderly and vulnerable people to medical appointments. |
| 24/07/2023 |
£10,400£288,118 |
THE BLACKMORE VALE CHARITY |
The project will enable an outreach program of food delivery along with 2 volunteers in their Pantry Van along with a range of help, support, mentoring and more with the aim of helping people to get back on their feet. |
| 01/07/2023 |
£24,400£653,324 |
THIRD SECTOR HEBRIDES |
This project will address a long-standing and ever-increasing need across the Isle of Lewis for free, easily accessible transport, enabling people living in incredibly remote rural communities to access social events and activities and services which they are currently unable to. |
| 01/06/2023 |
£12,552 |
ERNE EAST COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP LTD. |
The Project will work with individuals known to or participating in the Men's Shed, the OAK HLC's other service programmes and local Church/Community groups to identify those experiencing or at risk of social isolation and loneliness to improve and expand participation in woodcraft. |
| 06/04/2023 |
£21,400£46,030 |
BERWICKSHIRE SWAP SCIO |
This project will enable Berwickshire Swap to employ a Finance and Funding Officer between 22.02.23 and 31.01.25, 16 hours per week. This role is imperative for growth and efficient running. |
| 03/03/2023 |
£25,000 |
KILMORY COMMUNITY FUND |
This project will future proof the continuance of Kilmory Community bus by increasing the numbers of eligible drivers. |
| 01/03/2023 |
£13,650 |
TRANSITION NORTH RONALDSAY CIC |
This project will turn the island's plastic waste into usable products that will benefit the community. These products will be developed with the community, and can be traded in for remanufacturing, creating an innovative circular economy on the island whilst removing litter from the coastline. |
| 17/02/2023 |
£24,228 |
SOUTH KERRIER ALLIANCE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY |
This project will employ a Community Hub Facilitator to run a Community Hub In Helston based at the Old Cattle Market Community Hall which will support vulnerable and isolated people within the local community of Helston and surrounding villages. |
| 17/02/2023 |
£10,000£18,863 |
MEDBOURNE VILLAGE HALL |
This project will ensure that the kitchen, which is no longer hygienic or fit-for-purpose, will be replaced. The project will provide Hall users with a modern and well equipped kitchen, which will encourage wider local use than exists at present. |
| 03/02/2023 |
£21,084 |
ZERO CARBON LLANIDLOES |
This project will create a community resource by providing a store of useful tools and equipment to borrow. It saves people from having stuff they rarely use cluttering up their cupboards and means those who cannot afford to purchase equipment can have access to it |
| 03/02/2023 |
£15,000 |
MILLBROOK SKATEPARK PROJECT |
This project is about creating a community asset for the present generation of young people as well as those of the future. A replacement skatepark will provide a focal point around which young people will thrive - by being active and by learning and enjoying in a safe place. |
| 31/01/2023 |
£14,486 |
THE FISHERS ARMS HORNCLIFFE COMMUNITY PUB LIMITED |
This project will support the objectives of the Community Benefit Society 'The Fishers Arms Horncliffe Community Pub Limited' by buying and fitting a professional kitchen and cooking facilities, without which the venue would be unable to offer food to customers and villagers in need of food delivery. |
| 27/01/2023 |
£25,000£22,822 |
FIELD NURSE |
This project will enable Field Nurse to continue their drop-in sessions at local auction marts in Lancashire and North Yorkshire with their registered nurses. They also plan to attend local agricultural shows and other events providing support and advice to those who attend. |
| 27/01/2023 |
£11,250 |
MHS HERITAGE AND CULTURE LTD |
This project will enable MHS Heritage and Culture to refurbish their first floor of approx. 2500sq ft. They are currently only operating from the ground floor, but an opportunity exists to develop the upstairs function suite, into a shared space for Arts lectures, social events and community activities. |
| 27/01/2023 |
£20,150£66,550 |
HELMSDALE & DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT TRUST |
The project will establish a sustainable kitchen garden, to provide a source of locally grown food, promote greater awareness of carbon literacy and provide education for the community so they can work together towards net zero. |
| 27/01/2023 |
£11,200£272,007 |
RURAL COFFEE CARAVAN |
This project will take the coffee caravan to 4 identified villages in Suffolk, these are Sotterley (pop. 113), Kenton (pop. 237), Redlingfield (pop.200) and Tunstall (pop.513). These villages will be visited 5 times throughout 2023. |
| 03/10/2022 |
£25,000£85,479 |
WATTLESBOROUGH VILLAGE HALL |
This project will resurface the hall car park, to enable everyone in the community to be able to access the hall |
| 03/10/2022 |
£15,000£1,073,483 |
RSABI |
This project will involve the recruitment of a consultant to lead management of the FRP programme in Scotland. Mental Health First Aid training will be delivered to participants in the RCF FRP programme |
| 30/08/2022 |
£30,000 |
DARTMOOR HILL FARM PROJECT |
This project will involve recruitment of a new role to increase team capacity by 30%, enabling them to enage more effectively with their audience. This role will be involved in supporting the delivery of the HFP work programme. This will include supporting Farm for the Future, events and training and general communication. |
| 30/08/2022 |
£15,000 |
RURAL SUPPORT |
This project will fund a member of staff to coordinate proactive farm support activities and build a programme of sustained contact with farmers and farm families to provide support over time |
| 30/08/2022 |
£30,000 |
HEREFORDSHIRE RURAL HUB |
This project will involve the hire of a hub coordinator, taking on two p/t people to help with FFF delivery and purchase of basic CRM system |
| 03/08/2022 |
£30,000 |
FARM CORNWALL |
This project will involve the hire of 2 x new part time members of staff to increse team capacity |
| 01/08/2022 |
£30,000 |
EXMOOR HILL FARMING NETWORK |
This project will involve delivery of a farm safety event, promoting employment opportunities amongst network members, study trips, facilitation of 3 peer support groups and events addressing rural isolation and support available to farming families |
| 01/08/2022 |
£30,000 |
THE FARMER NETWORK LTD |
This project will recruit 2 new members of staff to increase the ability to offer Farmer Network services and deliver project activity in North Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales |
| 28/07/2022 |
£30,000£364,396 |
UPPER TEESDALE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT SERVICES LTD (UTASS) |
This project will increase capacity within the farm support team through hire of a new agricultural secretary and provide farm business support to meet demand |
| 27/07/2022 |
£25,000£647,846 |
THE FARMING HELP PARTNERSHIP (THE ADDINGTON FUND) |
This project will fund activities to help promote the reformed Farming Help group, comprising The Addington Fund, Farming Community Network and Forage Aid. Addington to be the recipient of the funding on behalf of FH. |
| 22/07/2022 |
£10,000 |
THE FARMER NETWORK IN LANCASHIRE |
This project will part fund the salary of a farmer network facilitator to work within the new Lancashire Farmer Network and lead collaborations amongst groups, facilitating information sharing as well as innovation in farming practices |
| 22/07/2022 |
£500 |
YORKSHIRE RURAL SUPPORT NETWORK |
This project provided funding for a photographer for the annual Women In Farming Autumn Gathering, which brings together women to exchange information, experience and expertise |
| 22/07/2022 |
£7,500 |
WARWICKSHIRE RURAL HUB |
This project will fund a project coordinator to help its members move towards net zero agriculture by 2040. Group members will receive training and peer support which will allow them to manage their existing wildlife habitats and create new ones.
|
| 22/07/2022 |
£9,920£214,374 |
SCOTTISH CROFTING FEDERATION |
This project will fund a gathering of crofters to explore the theme of 'Revival'. |
| 21/07/2022 |
£7,000£21,344 |
SHROPSHIRE RURAL SUPPORT |
This project will fund the coordinator salary to allow them to engage with more potential clients. Mental health and awareness training will be delivered to young farmers in conjunction with YFC and FCN. |
| 21/07/2022 |
£10,000£230,130 |
TIR DEWI |
This project will increase the hours of two staff members, enabling the organisation to carry out two projects - the 'Rest of Wales' project to launch Tir Dewi into wider Wales and 'Clwb Ffermwyr' which will be a club for farmers aged over 26 |
| 21/07/2022 |
£5,000£909,318 |
BORDERLANDS RURAL CHAPLAINCY |
This project will enable pastoral support to c 6,000 farmers in Herefordshire and South Shropshire to continue, through funding of core costs |
| 21/07/2022 |
£10,000£304,371 |
LINCOLNSHIRE RURAL SUPPORT NETWORK |
This project will enable LRSN to sustain increased helpline hours, maintain additional nursing hours, continue extra casework hours and meet increased demand |
| 21/07/2022 |
£5,000£122,802 |
THE LIGHTWAVE COMMUNITY CIO |
Funding is being provided to continue and expand the Pastoral Support Service within the Rural Chaplaincy to reach and support more vulnerable rural and isolated people.
|
| 12/07/2022 |
£3,000£82,141 |
SAMPFORD COURTENAY VILLAGE HALL |
This project will support the expansion of activities post covid and long term sustainability of this community asset by providing refurbishment of the toilets in this 150 year old building. |
| 07/07/2022 |
£12,400 |
STOKE FERRY COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED |
This project will
1. Create a 'Village Market' in the unused Annex so local people can leave surplus fruit and vegetables, plants, honey, and flowers and buy/exchange them.
2. Create an accessible, resurfaced car park, thus establishing a space where Stoke Ferry Community Enterprise can hold larger seasonal 'Village Markets' |
| 27/06/2022 |
£10,000£374,861 |
KYLE & LOCHALSH COMMUNITY TRUST |
This project will use ongoing work to develop a Viking 'living museum' at the Plock of Kyle as the basis for a scheme to establish vocational skills training and development programmes for young adults (aged 16-22) in Lochalsh. |
| 23/06/2022 |
£25,000£39,121 |
CARLOWAY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION |
The Carloway Community Shop project will support the employment of a shop manager to help set-up and start operating a shop which will be at the heart of the new Community Centre in the village of Carloway in rural Lewis, Western Isles. |
| 23/06/2022 |
£8,000 |
POSITIVE COMMUNITY ACTION CIC |
This project will allow PCA to grow; building on what they have learnt since the project began during lockdown, developing the activities that have proved successful and in demand.
Focusing on inclusion and combating food poverty, malnutrition, isolation, cultural deprivation and food waste. |
| 23/06/2022 |
£25,000 |
SOUTH WEST MULL AND IONA DEVELOPMENT |
This project will be the establishment of a local sawmill to process timber from the community forest. It will create local employment, develop new skills, build community capacity and resilience. |
| 23/06/2022 |
£22,969£62,765 |
COLINTRAIVE & GLENDARUEL DEVELOPMENT TRUST |
This project will provide vital services to a rural, under-serviced population by executing a 3 phase strategy with the goal of establishing a Sustainable Local Food Ecosystem; this includes the introduction of an innovative Vending Machine Market. |
| 23/06/2022 |
£25,000£12,848 |
TROSSACHS COMMUNITY TRUST |
This project will create a community led visitor centre (CLVC) out of a redundant village school. The CLVC will feature heritage displays, toilets, parking, café & shop and a community vegetable garden. |
| 23/06/2022 |
£12,100 |
PORTAFERRY REGENERATION LIMITED |
This project will enable the purchase of gazebos so that PRL can continue to facilitate the monthly local artisan market. |
| 23/06/2022 |
£20,000£454,408 |
THE MURTON TRUST |
This project will support young people in deprived rural communities, helping them to gain skills, experience and qualifications through a rural skills training programme. |
| 21/06/2022 |
£25,000£61,039 |
BURNTURK AND KETTLEHILL COMMUNITY TRUST |
This project will extend the main hall, create a disabled access ramp, widen access and exit doors, widen internal doors and change the internal structure of the building to allow the creation of a fully accessible toilet. This will also allow disabled access to the community garden behind the Hall. |
| 21/06/2022 |
£23,037 |
BAMPTON VALLEY COMMUNITY PUB LIMITED |
This project will secure a pub for the benefit of the community. Raising funds to purchase and refurbish The Mardale Inn in Bampton will preserve for the future a key element of the Valley’s heritage & help address key rural issues such as social cohesion & isolation, local employment & depopulation |
| 21/06/2022 |
£22,000 |
BLACK MOUNTAINS COLLEGE |
This project will increase BMC’s ability to meet the growing demand for its community based vocational short courses by appointing a part-time Short Course Co-ordinator. This post will be responsible for expanding the range of courses sought by the people and businesses of Talgarth. |
| 02/05/2022 |
£30,000£83,782 |
THE FARMING LIFE CENTRE |
The project will increase the hours for the charity manager and project development workers and allow the recruitment of a new staff member to launch new projects, raise the organisation profile and ensure more farmers are reached and provided opportunities for 1-1 support |
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