KDP is delighted to share the 2022 Annual Report for the Hillhead of Auquhirie Community Fund.

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2022 - Hillhead of Auquhirie Report.pdf		581 kB

KDP is delighted to share the 2022-2023 Annual Report for the St John's Hill Community Fund.

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2023 - St Johns Hill Report.pdf		578 kB

Eight Local Groups Benefit from Wind Farm Community Fund

Funding worth a total of £38,982.08 was awarded earlier this year to a range of local groups and projects from the St John’s Hill Wind Farm Community Fund. 

Quintas Energy, a leading independent renewable energy developer, established the St John’s Hill Windfarm Community Benefit Fund to support local groups and projects. Funding is available for the benefit of not-for-profit groups and organisations in the Community Council areas of Arbuthnott and Catterline, Kinneff and Dunnottar. Administered by Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), applications to the fund are assessed by a Decision-Making Panel made up of representatives from both Community Council areas, and local representatives.  The fund is available annually for the lifetime of the wind farm.

Successful applicants this round included Arbuthnott Art & Craft Group; Arbuthnott Community Association; Arbuthnott Community Council; Catterline Coastal Rowing Club;  Catterline, Kinneff & Dunnottar Community Association;  Friends of the Grassic Gibbon Centre; Kinneff & Catterline Parish Hall Committee and  Kinneff Old Church Preservation Trust Ltd.

The Meikle Carewe Wind Farm Community Fund opens for applications on 1 July 2023. 

The 2023 Fund is £37,676.93.

Applications to the fund can be made from not-for-profit groups and organisations based in the following Community Council areas:

• Crathes, Drumoak and Durris
• Newtonhill, Muchalls & Cammachmore
• North Kincardine Rural
• Portlethen and District
• Stonehaven and District

The energy company RES has established a community fund which will see more than £25,000 available to support local community projects every year during the lifetime of the Meikle Carewe Wind Farm. The fund is managed by Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), with successful applicants being chosen by a Decision Making Panel, made up of representatives from the local Community Councils.

The fund is open for applications from 1 July to 30 September 2023.  The Decision Making Panel, along with a non-voting representative from Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), will then meet to consider applications.

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Meikle Carewe Application Form 2023.doc		348 kB
Meikle Carewe Guidelines 2023.pdf		112 kB

THIS FUND IS NOW CLOSED

The St John’s Hill Wind Farm Community Fund opens for applications on 1 January 2023.  Applications can be made from not-for-profit groups and organisations based in the following Community Council areas:    

• Arbuthnott
• Catterline, Kinneff & Dunnottar

The energy company, Quintas Energy, has established a community fund which will see grants available to support local community projects every year during the lifetime of the St John’s Hill Wind Farm. In 2023 there will be £28,482.30 available to Arbuthnott, and £11,533.13 to Catterline, Kinneff & Dunnottar.

The fund is administered by Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP) and managed by a Decision-Making Panel made up of representatives from the local Community Councils.

The fund is open for applications from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023.  The Decision-Making Panel, along with a representative from Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), will then meet to consider applications.

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Application Form - St Johns Hill wind Farm Community Fund 2023.doc		289 kB
St Johns Hill - Guidance Sheet 2023.pdf		182 kB