Community Benefit Fund
CBF 2024 June award decisions
LUCT is delighted to announce the following projects have been successful in their bids for the June funding round of the. A total of £9,016.16 was awarded. There will be a second round of funding this Autumn dates will be announced in the Ullapool News, on our website and on social media.
Ullapool Museum: Geikie Centenary Exhibition -£1,000
Ullapool Village Hall: all access pathway to Youth Space - £1,731
Ullapool Flower & Produce Show- £1,070
Scoraig Community Centre Group: defibrillators for the peninsular - £2,000
Lochbroom Sailing Club: SCIO asset transfer costs - £1,700
Ross & Cromarty Citizens Advice Bureau: Ullapool Outreach Project - £1,515.16
This round of funding was resourced from surplus income from the Broom Power Hydro scheme and individual donations. Thank you.
The community benefit fund, has been established as a means of enabling LUCT to financially support community projects within its remit area. The fund came into existence through a partnership between Lochbroom Community Renewables (Broom Power) and LUCT. We are actively seeking further funding sources and welcome individual donations to the fund.
The funding will be allocated by the Community Benefit Fund Panel which represents the community, LUCT, Loch Broom Renewables and the Community Council. Funding will be allocated on an ongoing basis. Payments from £250 up to £4,000 are available . Non-constituted groups and/or individuals may apply if they are sponsored by another non-profit group who can receive the grant on their behalf.
Queries and requests for printed application packs should be directed to:
Lochbroom & Ullapool Community Trust, The New Broom, 28 Argyle Street, Ullapool, IV26 2UB email info@ullapoolcommunity.org
We will run two rounds of funding in 2024, first in late Spring and the second in Autumn. Each set of awards will have a fund of at least £7,000 available for grants. In the past an annual balance of between £7K and £12K has been available, with slightly more funds available this year we are opening the two rounds, as we encourage new donors to join the fund, we hope to continue this system of a Spring and Autumn award in future.
Watch this page for next application round dates.
Decisions about which projects receive funding are made by an independent panel of volunteers from the community with input from LUCT, the Community Council and LCR. The work of the CBF panel is reliant on volunteers and LUCT would like to thank those individuals for their commitment and time in refining and delivering the fund. We hope it will be even more successful this year.
