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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. Our Kyle Our Community Our Future Thu 10 Feb 2011 12:41 Kyle of Lochalsh residents pull together to ensure a bright future for their community.
  2. Red Nose Day Community Cash - Deadline Extended Thu 3 Feb 2011 10:38 Community groups in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee are being offered a share in a £150,000 cash bonanza (£50k allocated to each area).
  3. Foundation client wins Beacon Award Mon 20 Dec 2010 15:20 Entrepreneurial husband-and-wife team Angus and Michie Macdonald picked up the New Initiatives prize at the Beacon Awards in London in November 2010. The Beacon Awards were described by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown as the charitable sector’s equivalent to a Nobel Peace Prize.
  4. Achany apprenticeship scheme pilot takes off Fri 17 Dec 2010 11:42 Two local young people have begun apprenticeships, thanks to funding from SSE’s Achany Wind Farm. Andrew Bradford from Tain and Callum Smart from Bonar Bridge recently started work with local businesses, Ardgay Garage and W.M. Plumbing Ltd respectively.
  5. Women's groups urged to apply for a share of £76,000 Tue 23 Nov 2010 11:07 Grant-makers the Scottish Community Foundation today (Friday 19 November) urged women’s projects to apply for a share of a £76,000 funding pot provided by the Women’s Fund for Scotland.
  6. Debate to explore the role of philanthropy in Scotland's future Fri 29 Oct 2010 11:46 Next Wednesday (3 November) evening the Scottish Community Foundation, in association with wealth manager Adam & Company, will host Scotland’s Philanthropy Debate 2010 at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
  7. Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop scoops £3M prize Tue 26 Oct 2010 10:59 The Scottish Community Foundation today (Tuesday 26 October 2010) named Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) as the winner of the £3M Arts Funding Prize for Edinburgh.
  8. Would you like to volunteer with the Foundation Fri 1 Oct 2010 14:30
  9. Foundation scoops national excellence award Fri 24 Sep 2010 12:42 The Scottish Community Foundation came out on top in the Innovation by Trusts and Foundations category at last night’s Third Sector Excellence Awards in London.
  10. Foundation awards £583,000 in first quarter of 2010/11 Mon 20 Sep 2010 10:23 The Scottish Community Foundation today (14 September) announced it had made 250 grants since 1 April 2010, 75 more than in the same period last year. Cash-strapped charities and community groups from Lerwick to Stranraer have received funding totalling £583,000.
  11. Rio Tinto Alcan launches new community fund in the Highlands Wed 18 Aug 2010 16:06 Amidst a tough economic climate, Rio Tinto Alcan is offering a helping hand to cash-strapped volunteer and charity organisations in the Highlands, with the launch of its new Community Fund, supported by the Scottish Community Foundation.
  12. We're Third Sector Excellence Award finalists Mon 2 Aug 2010 10:24 The Scottish Community Foundation has been shortlisted for a national Third Sector Excellence Award. The Foundation has earned its place in the Innovation by Trusts and Foundations category for its work supporting communities managing large charitable investments from renewable energy companies.
  13. Tangy 2 Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund opens Mon 3 May 2010 11:28 SSE’s Tangy 2 Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has opened for its first round of applications. Constituted community groups, not-for-profit organisations and registered charities in the community council areas of Campbeltown, East Kintyre, The Laggan, West Kintyre and Southend can apply for funding.
  14. Seven communities set to benefit from £160,000 wind farm fund Fri 23 Apr 2010 09:39 Communities surrounding SSE’s Fairburn wind farm in Ross-shire are set to benefit from £160,000 this year.
  15. Energy companies work together to launch community benefit funds worth over £2.8M Thu 22 Apr 2010 16:12 Three local wind farms will soon to start generating approximately £115,000 per year in community benefit funds for the community council areas of Heriot, Oxton and Channelkirk and Stow and Fountainhall in the Scottish Borders and Moorfoot in Midlothian.