FUND NOW CLOSED: Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Fund

FUND NOW CLOSED

We are pleased to announce that after great interest and uptake, the Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Community Led Local Development Fund is now CLOSED for applications. Thank you to all groups who took the time to create and develop applications and ideas on how to support their communities. More information will be uploaded through our usual communication channels in due course. For other funding support, please contact our team by email: info@cvsfalkirk.org.uk.

CVS Falkirk & District is delighted to announce that the Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Fund is now open for applications with £100,000 available for revenue grants!

The Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Community Led Local Development (CLLD) Fund has been provided by the Scottish Government’s CLLD programme. The delivery will be overseen by the Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Local Action Group (LAG): a group of partner organisations representing economic, environmental and community interests in the Kelvin Valley and Falkirk area. Ian Howarth, Chair of the KVF LAG, highlights:

“This new fund provides the opportunity for community led projects to be innovative and responsive to the needs of their rural communities, creating positive change and reducing the impact of isolation and inequality. We are looking forward to seeing applications through a place based approach, that have designed their project and activities that address the unique circumstances of each area”.

This fund is administered by CVS Falkirk & District as the Accountable Body, and follows the principles of bottom-up, partnership, integration, innovation, co-operation, networking, and area-based community approaches to projects. The four priorities in this round are:

Supporting community facilities and eligible organisations to contribute to the achievement of net zero
Sustaining, improving, and adding initiatives in rural communities that are most isolated, most disconnected, most in need of investment or most likely to experience inequalities
Helping communities to address the cost-of-living crisis and eradicate poverty for individuals and families
Enabling communities to carry out research, engagement, feasibility studies or other activities supporting the development of rural communities

Projects must have spent their grant and completed their activity by 28 February 2025, with their final report submitted to CVS Falkirk & District by 21 March 2025.

Making an Application

The fund is open organisations based within the Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Rural Communities who are:

third sector groups and organisations, for example: constituted community groups, charities, SCIOs, parent councils and social enterprises
public sector bodies, for example: local authorities, schools and early learning settings and NHS Boards
partnership applications where respective partners meet the eligibility criteria are welcomed, but not essential

The Kelvin Valley and Falkirk Rural Communities include: Banton, Queenizeburn, Croy, Twechar, Torrance, Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie, Kirkintilloch (north of the Canal only), Banknock, Dennyloanhead, Bonnybridge, Denny, Fankerton, Dunipace, Airth, Slamannan, Shieldhill, Avonbridge and Whitecross.

To support your application process, please view the following information documents:

Further information and guidance about the fund is available from CVS Falkirk & District. All applications must be submitted through CVS Falkirk & District’s Grant Funding Portal.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 4 October 2024. Applications submitted after this time will not be considered for any reason.

For further information, please contact CVS Falkirk & District directly, by emailing info@cvsfalkirk.org.uk.