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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. £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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. £1M Lottery investment puts communities in charge Thu 2 Jul 2009 16:10 The Scottish Community Foundation will distribute £315,150 of the Big Lottery Fund Dynamic, Inclusive Communities programme (DInC) pot of £1,123,467. The aim of DInC is to strengthen communities so that they can play a bigger and more effective role in planning their own futures.
  5. Three arts organisations to battle it out for £3M Mon 22 Jun 2009 11:15 The Scottish Community Foundation today (Monday 22 June, 2009) revealed the Scottish Book Trust, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop and Edinburgh College of Art as the successful projects to progress to Stage 2 of the £3M Arts Funding Prize for Edinburgh.
  6. Community effort saves village shop Fri 19 Jun 2009 10:46 A campaign to save a Perthshire village shop has ended in triumph, in part, due to cash from the Drumderg Community Benefit Fund.
  7. Competition for £3M arts prize heats up Tue 19 May 2009 09:41 Thirteen city arts organisations have submitted entries to the £3M Arts Prize competition.
  8. Sutherland... Your Community Needs You! Wed 22 Apr 2009 10:33 Panel members needed to distribute £76,000 per year locally from the Achany Windfarm Community Benefit Fund
  9. David Williams Wed 8 Apr 2009 09:41 Scottish Community Foundation board member David Williams has died as a result of a long illness.
  10. Sanday encouraged to reap the benefit Tue 17 Mar 2009 09:41 Residents on Sanday are being encouraged to make full use of the Spurness Wind Farm Fund that Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has provided for the Sanday community.
  11. Ochil Developments Blackford Community Tue 17 Mar 2009 09:34 The Scottish Community Foundation is now accepting applications to the Ochil Developments Blackford Community Fund.
  12. Equality, inclusion, unity and belly dancing Thu 5 Mar 2009 15:33 Women's groups all over Scotland are preparing for events to celebrate International Women's Day on Sunday 8 March...
  13. £128,000 awarded to Scottish charities Thu 5 Mar 2009 11:56 Financial respite has been offered to some of Scotland’s smaller charities in the latest round of Scottish Community Foundation grant awards...
  14. Toast to LifeScan… And the haggis Mon 26 Jan 2009 12:18 Food First - a project run by local group Partnerships for Wellbeing - held a demonstration on how to prepare a Burns’ Supper at the James Cameron Centre on Thursday 22 January.
  15. Family gift £10,000 to Edinburgh Primary School Tue 20 Jan 2009 13:02 Thanks to a generous donation from the family of an ex-pupil, Tollcross Primary School, Edinburgh will have its classrooms transformed with the arrival of state-of-the-art interactive whiteboards.