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KDP is delighted to share the 2023 Annual Report for the Hillhead of Auquhirie Community Fund.

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Twenty-One Local Groups Benefit from Wind Farm Community Fund

Last month, funding worth a total of £36,599.30 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 company, operates 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 Public Hall Trust - £3000; Drumoak Durris Warm Space - £1500; Drumoak & Durris Playgroup - £781.98; Drumoak School Council - £2500; Drumotters Swimming Club - £1100; Muchalls Village Association - £3000; Newtonhill Out of School Club - £1500; Lairhillock Parent Council - £294; Lethen Archers - £1590; 1st Portlethen Scouts - £2500; Stonehaven & District Horticultural Society - £956; Cowie Junior Netball Club - £1600; Stonehaven Fireballs Association - £839.84; Exercise After Stroke - £1113.48; Stonehaven Horizon Project - £1870; Maryculter Driving for the Disabled - £2000; K&M Youth Clubs - £574; Portlethen & District Voluntary Community Ambulance - £5000; The Larder & Covid Support Group - £2000; Stonehaven Amateur Swimming Club - £1500 and Kilwhang Ringers - £1380. 

The St John’s Hill Wind Farm Community Fund opens for applications on 1 January 2024.  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, Bluefield Services, 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 2024, there will be a fund of approximately £20,000, split equally between the two areas, along with a historical underspend of £6015 for 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 2024 to 31 March 2024.  The Decision-Making Panel, along with a representative from Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), will then meet to consider applications.

KDP is delighted to share the 2022 Annual Report for the Hillhead of Auquhirie Community Fund.

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Download this file (2022 - Hillhead of Auquhirie Report.pdf)2022 - Hillhead of Auquhirie Report.pdf 581 kB

KDP is delighted to share the 2022-2023 Annual Report for the St John's Hill Community Fund.

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Download this file (2023 - St Johns Hill Report.pdf)2023 - St Johns Hill Report.pdf 578 kB

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