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Read the Scottish Community Foundation's latest news by following the links below to our most recent press releases.

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  1. Women's Fund for Scotland awards £22,500 Fri 5 Mar 2010 11:08 Women's Fund for Scootland awards £22,500 to Scottish International Women's Day events
  2. Sport Relief Community Cash bonanza for Glasgow Thu 28 Jan 2010 17:04 Community groups from across Glasgow are being offered a share in a £62,500 cash bonanza.
  3. Student receives scholarship Mon 18 Jan 2010 14:55 James Watt College student, 29 year old Kirsty Conway from Greenock, has good reason to celebrate this festive season after being awarded £390 from the Jean Parker Brown Memorial Fund. The fund, established in memory of Dalry born Jean Parker Brown, is for mature female students studying in Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and the surrounding areas.
  4. Christmas opening hours Mon 21 Dec 2009 10:36 Find out our festive opening hours.
  5. Support local causes through Localgiving.com Fri 18 Dec 2009 11:50 The Scottish Community Foundation is working with Localgiving.com, a website dedicated to linking those who want to support local good causes to great charitable organisations across the country.
  6. Funding available for community environmental groups and projects in Dundee and Edinburgh Thu 26 Nov 2009 12:30 To help match more of our clients’ funding to good causes, we’re looking for applications from the following types of group:
  7. Make a Splash! With new grants for arts and crafts activities Mon 9 Nov 2009 14:32
  8. £125,000 awarded to Scottish charities Wed 28 Oct 2009 11:45 Financial respite has been offered to some of Scotland’s smaller charities in the latest round of Scottish Community Foundation grant awards. 30 Scottish charities have received amounts ranging from £2,000 to £5,000.
  9. Volunteers wanted to give away £3.5M to good causes Tue 27 Oct 2009 09:28 Are you interested in supporting Scotland’s good causes? Do you have two and a half hours a week to spare? The Scottish Community Foundation is looking for a team of volunteer assessors to support its grant-making activities.
  10. Our Community Our Future update Fri 16 Oct 2009 15:58 The Scottish Community Foundation will be running Our Community Our Future, a capacity building programme for new and emerging community groups in Scotland.
  11. £76K Achany Wind Farm fund opens for applications Mon 5 Oct 2009 12:26 Scottish and Southern Energy’s (SSE) Achany Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund opened today (Monday 5 October) for the first round of applications.
  12. Moidart Enterprising Grants programme opens for 2009 Mon 14 Sep 2009 13:22 The Moidart Trust is providing one-off grants for local businesses or social enterprises that can demonstrate a real benefit to the local community in North West Scotland.
  13. £87,000 awarded to Scottish charities Tue 25 Aug 2009 14:09 Financial respite has been offered to some of Scotland’s smaller charities in the latest round of Scottish Community Foundation grant awards. 23 Scottish charities have received amounts ranging from £2,000 to £5,000.
  14. Helensburgh Heroes on iTunes Tue 4 Aug 2009 15:48 Helensburgh Heroes have released a cover version of David Bowie's Heroes with help from a Scottish Community Foundation grant.
  15. Foundation urges women's groups to apply for a share of £135,000 Tue 21 Jul 2009 16:27 £135,000 is available to projects that support disadvantaged women and girls living in Scotland. The Scottish Community Foundation, which administers the Women’s Fund for Scotland, is urging women’s groups and charities to apply for funding.