From Margo Titmuss of KDP
In July, the Hillhead of Auquhirie Wind Farm Community Fund awarded a total of £16,101.95 to a range of local groups and projects in the area of benefit. Successful applicants included:
Arbuthnott Community Council – £500.00;
Enable Scotland (Milltown Community) – £1457.85;
Catterline School Parent Group – £1492.98;
Kinneff & Catterline Parish Hall – £170.00;
Catterline Community Benefit Society – £1474.85;
1st Auchenblae Scout Group – £1500.00;
Laurencekirk Out of School Club – £854.55;
Marykirk SWI – £552.00;
Mearns Academy Parents & Carers – £1498.00;
Drumlithie After School Help – £393.72;
Rotary Club of Stonehaven – £1000.00;
Air Training Corps 1297 Stonehaven Squadron – £515.00;
Dunnottar Pipes & Drums – £1494.00;
Friends of the Grassic Gibbon Centre – £500.00;
OaKley ASN – £1199.00
Tanleha Artists Collective – £1500.00
The Hillhead of Auquhirie Community Benefit Fund was established in 2014 to support local community groups and projects. Funding is available for the benefit of the communities living in the Community Council areas of Arbuthnott; Mearns; Catterline, Kinneff and Dunnottar; Stonehaven and District.
Administered by Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), applications to the fund are assessed by a Decision-Making panel made up of representatives from all four Community Council areas. The fund is available annually for the lifetime of the wind farm which is provided by current owners, Octopus Investments.
The Hillhead of Auquhirie Community Fund will reopen on 1st April 2026. For more information please visit, www.kdp.scot or contact the KDP office
on 07903 156864 and margo@kdp.sco