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 – £5,040
Drumoak & Durris Community Group – £3,500
Maryculter Community Hall Association – £4,450
Cookney Public Hall – £1,197
Banchory-Devenick Parent Council – £2,500
Maryculter Woodlands Trust – £1,250
Jubilee Hall – £1,600
Kincardine & Mearns Citizens Advice Bureau – £1,000
1297 Stonehaven Squadron Air Training Corps – £1,660
Stonehaven Folk Festival – £1,104
Stonehaven Fireballs Association – £ 1,209.96
The Larder & Covid Support Group – £3,348
3rd Stonehaven Brownies – £1,000
Stonehaven & District Floral Art Club – £1,540
865 (Portlethen) Squadron ATC – £3,113.43
Portlethen & District Voluntary Community Ambulance – £2,500
K&M Youth Clubs – £1,037
Kincardine & Deeside Befriending – £3,000
Mearns Singers – £750
Panthers Basketball Club – £1,280
Edinburgh Science Foundation – £3,150
For more information please visit, www.kdp.scot or contact the KDP office on 07903 156864 and windfarms@kdp.scot