Twenty-Four Local Groups Benefit from Wind Farm Community Fund

Last month, funding worth a total of £139,891.72 was awarded to a range of local groups and projects in the area of benefit of the Tullo & Twinshiels Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.

Eneco UK Ltd, the Windfarm operator, set up the Tullo & Twinshiels Community Fund to contribute to the area in which it operates, and aims to support community and voluntary organisations that demonstrate real community impetus and benefits.  Funding is available for not-for-profit groups and organisations in the Community Council areas of Arbuthnott; Benholm & Johnshaven; Gourdon: Royal Burgh of Inverbervie; Mearns and St Cyrus.

Administered by Kincardineshire Development Partnership (KDP), applications to the fund are assessed by a Decision-Making Panel made up of representatives from all six Community Council areas.  The fund is available annually for the lifetime of the wind farm.

Successful applicants this round were:

Marykirk Bowling Club – £872.40; St Cyrus Netball – £600; Brighter Bervie – £999; Mearns Academy Parents & Carers – £540.96; Kincardine & Deeside Befriending – £10,000; St Laurence Youth Football – £9,238.87; Mearns Minibus Link – £5,000; Redmyre School Parent Council – £3,300; Esk Rivers & Fisheries Trust – £5765.60; Howe of the Mearns Parish Church Youth Outreach Project – £2,000; HomeStart South Aberdeenshire – £6,950; Johnshaven Bowling Club – £4,130; Laurencekirk Hanging Baskets -£3,298.50; Fettercairn Farmers Club – £7,620; Mearns Community Radio – £1,284; St Cyrus Community Council – £3774; Gourdon Lower Park Improvement Group – £2,357; Wairds Park Committee – £7,916.67; Howe of the Mearns Parish Church The Caim – £6,990; Inverbervie Burgh Hall Management Committee – £1,339; OaKley ASN – £7,181.72; Drumlithie Bowling Club – £16,734; Mearns & Coastal Healthy Living Network – £15,000 and Arbuthnott Community Association – £17,000.