The St John’s Hill Wind Farm Community Fund opens for applications on 1 January 2023.  Applications can be made from not-for-profit groups and organisations based in the following Community Council areas:    

• Arbuthnott
• Catterline, Kinneff & Dunnottar

The energy company, Quintas Energy, has established a community fund which will see grants available to support local community projects every year during the lifetime of the St John’s Hill Wind Farm. In 2023 there will be £28,482.30 available to Arbuthnott, and £11,533.13 to Catterline, Kinneff & Dunnottar.

The fund is administered by Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP) and managed by a Decision-Making Panel made up of representatives from the local Community Councils.

The fund is open for applications from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023.  The Decision-Making Panel, along with a representative from Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), will then meet to consider applications.

Attachments:

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Application Form - St Johns Hill wind Farm Community Fund 2023.doc		289 kB
St Johns Hill - Guidance Sheet 2023.pdf		182 kB

Twenty-One Local Groups Benefit from Wind Farm Community Fund

Last month, funding worth a total of £45,229.39 was awarded to a range of local groups and projects in the area of benefit of the Meikle Carewe Wind Farm Community Fund.

RES, a leading independent renewable energy developer, established the Meikle Carewe Windfarm Community Benefit Fund to support local groups and projects. Funding is available for the benefit of not-for-profit groups and organisations in the Community Council areas of Crathes, Drumoak & Durris, Newtonhill, Muchalls & Cammachmore, North Kincardine Rural, Portlethen & District and Stonehaven & District.  Administered by Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), applications to the fund are assessed by a Decision-Making Panel made up of representatives from all five Community Council areas.  The fund is available annually for the lifetime of the wind farm.

Successful applicants this round were:

Crathes, Drumoak & Durris Community Council - £5040; Drumoak & Durris Community Group - £3500; Maryculter Community Hall Association - £4450; Cookney Public Hall - £1197: Banchory-Devenick Parent Council - £2500; Maryculter Woodlands Trust - £1250; Jubilee Hall - £1600; Kincardine & Mearns Citizens Advice Bureau - £1000; 1297 Stonehaven Squadron Air Training Corps - £1660; Stonehaven Folk Festival - £1104; Stonehaven Fireballs Association - £ 1209.96; The Larder & Covid Support Group - £3348; 3^rd Stonehaven Brownies - £1000; Stonehaven & District Floral Art Club - £1540; 865 (Portlethen) Squadron ATC - £3113.43; Portlethen & District Voluntary Community Ambulance - £2500; K&M Youth Clubs - £1037; Kincardine & Deeside Befriending - £3000; Mearns Singers - £750: Panthers Basketball Club - £1280 and Edinburgh Science Foundation - £3150.

Funding worth a total of £15,218.43 was awarded in May to a range of local groups and projects from the St John’s Hill Wind Farm Community Fund.  

Quintas Energy, a leading independent renewable energy developer, established the St John’s Hill Windfarm Community Benefit Fund to support local groups and projects. Funding is available for the benefit of not-for-profit groups and organisations in the Community Council areas of Arbuthnott and Catterline, Kinneff and Dunnottar. Administered by Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), applications to the fund are assessed by a Decision-Making Panel made up of representatives from both Community Council areas, and local representatives.  The fund is available annually for the lifetime of the wind farm.

Successful applicants this round included Arbuthnott Community Association, Arbuthnott Community Council, Friends of the Grassic Gibbon Centre, Catterline Community Church, Catterline Scottish Women's Institute, Kinneff Old Church Preservation Trust Ltd, Kinneff & Catterline Parish Hall Committee and St Philip's Episcopal Church.

KDP is delighted to share the 2022 Annual Report for the St John's Hill Community Fund.

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2022 - St Johns Hill Report.pdf		255 kB

KDP is delighted to share the 2020/2021 Annual Report for the St John's Hill Community Fund.

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2021 - St Johns Hill Report.pdf		285 kB