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Community Fund
2018/19
The Forestry Commission Scotland
Community Fund supports community groups
and organisations that encourage people to
use woods more.
The Fund is now open for applications to support
activities in 2018/19 financial year.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants include community
groups, voluntary groups, development
trusts, social enterprises, charities, local
authorities etc., with objectives supporting
the above outcome and objectives.
The Community Fund is not available to
private individuals.
Funding can support activities on the
National Forest Estate.
The minimum requirement is that the
applicant has a bank account, and
for community-based groups, a basic
constitution. Further information on model
constitutions can be accessed at:
www.scvo.org.uk
Community Fund 2018/19
Eligible activities
These include: This funding is not suitable for:
• Schemes that promote physical • Land based and infrastructure
activity e.g. walking schemes, expenditure that can be
safe routes to school, natural play supported by the Scotland Rural
and adventure play. Development Programme.
• Developing materials that • Funding staff who work for
promote the health and public sector organisations
well-being benefits of e.g. Local Authorities.
using woodlands.
• Capital funding for the
• Facilitation of volunteering for acquisition of fixed assets
skills training, health improvement e.g. land and buildings, or
and community development. mobile assets except hand
tools and under certain
• Establishment of volunteer groups
circumstances chainsaws.
and the induction of volunteers.
• Providing resources to involve
communities in the decision
making process of managing
their local woodland.
• Costs associated with developing
Community Asset Transfer Scheme
applications, from community
bodies e.g. valuations. Funding
will not normally cover legal fees.
Community Fund 2018/19
Examples
TCV - Greenability Learning Kilfinan Community Woodland
Programme Company (KCFC)-Wood working
workshops
This project delivered a series of four
seasonally themed woodland-based KCFC ran a two day educational event
workshops, called the Greenability in their forest, focusing on different
Learning Programme. The programme areas of woodworking, from how to
was aimed at staff and/or volunteers build a timber structure to creating a
from disability sector organisations. sculpture out of woodland materials.
The workshops were designed to
The event attracted 32 participants
increase skills and confidence around
from a wide range of age groups, over
involving people with disabilities in
the course of the weekend, including
a woodland setting across different
people from the local community and
seasons. The project was designed to
from other groups further afield.
pass on a range of ideas, tools and
techniques to grow the capacity of A key outcome was to strengthen the
non-environmental organisations to local community through increased
engage people with disabilities with involvement in forest activities. This
their local woodlands. was achieved, as people with a
shared interest in developing their
A key component of each project was
skills in woodworking were able to
to collectively identify new ways of
work together towards common goals
providing meaningful experiences for
(e.g. creation of a forest sculpture) with
people with a variety of disabilities.
the help of local specialists. They were
The sessions included: also able to benefit from the health
• Nature play and wellbeing advantages of being
• Environmental art active in the forest.
• Woodland conservation Participants were encouraged to
/Green Gym progress their own wood working
• Forest skills projects in the knowledge that there is
a network of local expertise on hand,
Community Fund 2018/19
Examples
Open Aye – Winter Woodland
Photo Walks
Open Aye devised and ran a series For each session the participants
of participatory winter photography were provided with a waterproof
workshops, with a group of camera. The photography
participants from Govanhill Housing training included; Top Photo
Association’s Minority Ethnic Taking Tips, advice on portraiture,
Residents Group (MERG). The project macro photography and nature
ran over five workshops, at around photography. Activities included
four hours each, with 10 participants photo treasure hunts (“Find the
visiting four separate woodlands, following photos”), exploration photo
whilst using the medium of nature- walks, discussions and hands on
based photography as a tool teaching. Planned guest facilitators
for exploration. Locations visited included a Forger, a Herbalist and a
included Pollok Country Park, Boden Forest School teacher.
Boo, Queen Elizabeth Forest Park
and Mugdock Country Park.
Hopefully these examples have
sparked your imagination of how
your group or organisation could
use woodlands.
If you are interested in applying
for funding then there is more
information on the next page.
Application
There are two separate application processes:
i) for applications up to £1,000 (via an application letter); and
ii) for applications above £1,000 (via an application form)
The level of funding will be on a sliding scale as follows:
• 100% for projects up to a total cost of £5,000
• Up to 90% for projects with a total cost of between £5,001- £20,000
• Up to 75% for projects with a total cost exceeding £20,000
If you require an application form,
have any queries, or want to discuss Central Scotland Conservancy
a potential application you should
Tel: 0300 067 6006
contact your local Conservancy office:
centralscotland.cons@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Highland & Islands Conservancy Perth and Argyll Conservancy
Tel: 0300 067 6950 Tel: 0300 067 6005
highland.cons@forestry.gsi.gov.uk panda.cons@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Grampian Conservancy South Scotland Conservancy
Tel: 0300 067 6210 Tel: 0300 067 6500
grampian.cons@forestry.gsi.gov.uk southscotland.cons@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Community Fund 2018/19
Contact Forestry Commission Scotland Silvan House 231 Corstorphine Rd Edinburgh EH12 7AT Tel: 0300 067 5000 E-mail: fcscotland@forestry.gsi.gov.uk Web: www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland If you need this publication in an alternative format, for example in large print, please contact: The Diversity Team Tel: 0300 067 5000 E-mail: diversity@forestry.gsi.gov.uk Published by: Forestry Commission Scotland, May 2018 © Crown Copyright 2018 Designed by SBP Creative for Design and Interpretation Services, Forestry Commission Scotland, Edinburgh DIS/PDF
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