Press Releases

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1. Scottish groups receive special National Lottery 25th birthday funding to bring their great community ideas to life

   14 February, 2020 in Scotland

   Over 200 projects in Scotland will receive money from the fund – called #CelebrateNationalLottery25 – after they applied to the £2 million pot last December.

2. Land for affordable homes amongst Scottish Land Fund projects

   13 February, 2020 in Scotland

   £1,586,389 for 11 community ownership projects

3. A warm welcome for the Independent Care Review's call for radical change of the Scottish Care System

   5 February, 2020 in Scotland

   The National Lottery Community Fund’s Scotland Director today welcomed the findings of the Independent Care Review (ICR) and endorsed the vision proposed by the review which plots a 10-year transformational change approach to the Scottish care system.

4. Future young leaders to benefit from £1.4m dormant accounts funding

   28 January, 2020 in Scotland

   Scottish youth projects putting young people front and centre of their work are sharing in £1.4m from the Young Start fund.

5. £1.5m National Lottery boost for sports, arts and community groups

   23 January, 2020 in Scotland

   It’s a great start to the year for 219 arts, sports and community groups across Scotland, thanks to a National Lottery cash boost of £1,551,849.

6. National Lottery funds to help tackle domestic abuse

   16 January, 2020 in Scotland

   Additional support is being made available for women and children affected by domestic abuse as the National Lottery Community Fund today announces £664k for five support organisations.

7. Funding first for new nationwide Parkinson’s exercise network

   16 January, 2020 in Scotland

   Scottish groups share £5m of National Lottery funding, including the first Scotland-wide exercise network tailored for people of all ages, ability or stages of Parkinson’s.

8. Scottish groups share £1.3M of Scottish Land Fund cash

   19 December, 2019 in Scotland

   A community centre that lies at the heart of one of Glasgow’s most culturally-diverse neighbourhoods and a former school on the island of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides are two of the projects that are set to pass into local ownership thanks to grants from the Scottish Land Fund.

9. £39,500 to help Village Hall near North Berwick pass into community hands

   19 December, 2019 in Scotland

   Whitekirk Village Hall near North Berwick in East Lothian is to be bought by the local community with a grant from the Scottish Land Fund.

10. Scottish Land Fund cash for Ettrick and Newcastleton’s community groups

    19 December, 2019 in Scotland

    A disused steading near Ettrickbridge is to be transformed into homes for affordable rent following a grant of £285,000 to Ettrick & Yarrow Community Development Company from the Scottish Land Fund.