Aspiring Communities Fund: approved projects
A list of all the projects approved to receive funding from the Aspiring Communities Fund.
| Lead Organisation Name | Project Name | Total Grant Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Aberlour Childcare Trust | Govan Community Consultation | £23,622 |
| Abertay Housing Association | Enhancing the quality of life in our communities | £115,162 |
| Action for Children | Catalyst | £246,048 |
| Action for Children | Growing Our Own | £172,149 |
| Active Communities | Feel good Ferguslie | £21,493 |
| AddAction | The Stations Project | £47,335 |
| Airdrie CAB | North Lanarkshire Tribunal Representation Unit | £216,203 |
| Aspire2Access | Tandem | £19,286 |
| Barrhead Housing Association | Make It Your Own | £188,819 |
| Bethany Christian Trust | Building Stronger Communities | £43,947 |
| Birchwood Highland | Highland Migrants & Refugee Advocacy Alliance | £122,561 |
| Brag Enterprises Ltd | The Fairer Fife Consortium Project | £34,201 |
| Branchton Community Centre Association | Greenock South West Community Activators | £177,049 |
| Broadford and Strath Community Company Ltd | Broadford & Strath Forest School | £32,500 |
| Calman Trust | Your Voice | £23,265 |
| Cassiltoun Stables Nursery | Active Children Active Communities | £173,566 |
| Castlemilk Law Centre | Foodbank Support Project | £194,327 |
| CCI Scotland | Supported Woodcraft Social Enterprise | £83,298 |
| Centrestage Communities Ltd | EAT (Eat And Train) on the Road | £234,749 |
| Cernach Housing Association | Drumchapel Community Connecting Plan | £23,380 |
| Childcare in The Community | Sharing the Voice of Single Parents | £48,739 |
| Churches Action for the Homeless (CATH) | Homeless Employability Research: A feasibility study of the scope for a furniture and decoration employability project for homeless people in Perth & Kinross | £39,021 |
| Citizens Advice Edinburgh | Improving outcomes through Citizens Advice | £23,254 |
| CLEAR Buckhaven | Methil & Buckhaven Green Regeneration | £150,504 |
| Cloch Housing Association | Community Art Works | £35,845 |
| Clydebank HA | Connecting Clydebank | £123,926 |
| Coalfields Regeneration Trust | Reclaiming Our Coalfield Communities | £38,064 |
| Collydean Community Centre | Collydean Community Centre Development Project | £57,735 |
| Community Central Hall | C Squared | £91,284 |
| Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE) | Food Access Regeneration Education/Enterprise (FARE) | £123,562 |
| Community InfoSource | Developing W-ASH Sustainbly | £38,191 |
| Community Links (South Lanarkshire) | HUB Legacy Project | £59,811 |
| Craigshill Good Neighbour Project | Connected Good Neighbour Networks | £168,911 |
| Cunninghame Housing Association | Lemon Aid Fuel Poverty | £206,364 |
| CVS Falkirk & District | Community Capacity Building in Falkirk | £248,440 |
| CVS Inverclyde | Our Place Our Future | £30,682 |
| Cyrenians | PSS – Prepare, Support and Sustain | £13,609 |
| Darvel Community Trust | Darvel & Newmilns – a Hub to Deliver Improved Life Chances and Social Inclusion | £33,354 |
| Deaf Connections | Sharing and Co-working for an Inclusive Community | £49,874 |
| Deveron Projects | The Al-Nofara Café | £44,081 |
| Dr. Bell's Family Centre | Breaking Barriers for Families in Leith | £144,648 |
| Dumfries & Galloway Citizens Advice Service | Financial Fitness & Resilience | £225,540 |
| Dundee and Angus ADHD Support Group | Research into ADHD Support Needs in Dundee and Angus | £42,000 |
| Dundee International Women's Centre (took over from Dundee Social Enterprise Network) | Childcare for All | £49,101 |
| Dundee Voluntary Action | Lochee Community HUB | £178,396 |
| Ecologia Youth Trust | Growing 2gether | £244,069 |
| Edinburgh Food Project | Edinburgh Money Advice Centre Research | £8,667 |
| Elderpark Housing Association | Integrating Built Assets into Alleviating Poverty | £22,335 |
| ELREC | Young People Against Hate | £77,472 |
| Falkirk & District Association for Mental Health | Prevention is better than cure | £64,232 |
| Families Like US | Juniors Child & Adult Activity Centre | £127,750 |
| FEAT Trading CIC | Silverburn Community Development | £9,343 |
| Food Fruition | Bridge the Gap | £75,637 |
| Forward Coupar Angus | Community Led Education and Training | £20,585 |
| Furniture Plus Ltd | Dunfermline Advice Hub | £15,400 |
| Gairloch and Loch Ewe Action Forum (GALE) | GALE Centre Capacity Building and Community Services | £82,274 |
| GalGael Trust | Weans Work Wisdom | £14,325 |
| Glasgow Homelessness Network | Community Budgeting: Building capacity in Thriving Places | £137,244 |
| Lead Organisation Name | Project Name | Total Grant Approved |
| Glasgow Homelessness Network | Tenancy Sustainment | £17,878 |
| Glen Housing Association | Balmaise Community Centre | £13,585 |
| Glen Oaks Housing Association | Community Connections | £170,811 |
| Govan Workspace | Accessing the potential of the Govan community to expand, enhance and promote the area's heritage | £58,585 |
| Govanhill Housing Association | Enterprising Green Govanhill | £112,256 |
| Govanhill Housing Association | South West Govanhill: raising and meeting aspirations | £248,452 |
| Harris Development Limited | Harris Marina Hub – Developing the Vision | £74,689 |
| Healthy n Happy CDT | Understand Imagine Create | £43,179 |
| Impact Arts | Creative Ageing Volunteer Development Programme | £111,920 |
| Inch Park Community Sports Club | Creating a hub for the community to thrive | £19,448 |
| Inverclyde Community Care Forum | Places, People & Peers | £49,594 |
| Irvine Community Sports Club | Get up and Go Irvine | £12,000 |
| Kirkcaldy YMCA | Aspiring Gallatown | £49,182 |
| Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust | Business Development | £151,870 |
| Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust (took project over from Helmsdale & District Development Trust) | Community Engagement Across Sutherland | £146,394 |
| Letham Community Sports Club (previously Letham Wellbeing Community Hub Project team) | Letham Wellbeing Community Hub - Consortium and Community Capacity Building Development | £28,865 |
| Linwood Community Development Trust | Woodland Nursery | £221,344 |
| Love Learning Scotland | Inside Out | £121,536 |
| Maryhill Mobile Children's Services | Maryhill Mobile Children's Services | £55,557 |
| Midlothian Voluntary Action | Woodburn & Central Dalkeith Development Project | £20,266 |
| Moffat Town Hall Redevelopment Trust | Monday well-being centre | £85,440 |
| Money Matters Money Advice Centre | Money MAP | £47,783 |
| Move On | Glasgow Holiday Hunger Network | £213,007 |
| Lead Organisation Name | Project Name | Total Grant Approved |
| Muirhouse Millennium Centre | Supporting Lone Parents & Low Income Families in North Edinburgh | £90,720 |
| Nari Kallyan Shangho (NKS) | Assessing Capacity Building Needs of South Asian Women | £30,081 |
| New Gorbals Housing Association | Community development to support Gorbals Thriving Place | £185,516 |
| Next Step Initiative | Dream to Reality | £172,539 |
| North Edinburgh Arts (previously Old Kirk and Muirhouse) | Community Action North | £189,996 |
| North Kelvin Sports Development Group | North Kelvin Academy - After-School Club | £88,849 |
| North Lands Creative Glass | Glass Collective: Getting Creative with Glass Skills | £17,508 |
| North West Women's Centre | Changing Lives Shaping Futures | £143,638 |
| Ore Valley Housing Association | Ore Valley Community Growing Project | £13,175 |
| Outside the Box | Borders Happiness Habits | £79,913 |
| Paisley Housing Association | West End Transformation (WET) | £150,252 |
| Parklea Branching Out | Parklea Community Options Project | £86,660 |
| PAS (Planning Aid for Scotland) | Making Places – Bridging the Gaps | £31,791 |
| PKAVS Mental Health & Wellbeing Hub | Lost in Transition – Improving Mental Health Outcomes for Young People, with Creative Action | £77,404 |
| Play Alloa | Bowmar Community Development Worker | £60,372 |
| Possobilities | Possobilities Life Skills | £64,917 |
| Prospect Community Housing | Tasting Change | £245,740 |
| Radiant & Brighter | Bright Futures Women's Groups | £69,827 |
| RAMH | Connectedness in Our Communities | £20,492 |
| Regenfx Youth Trust | GoTo | £28,694 |
| RockSolid Dundee | RockSolid Destinations | £15,204 |
| Sacro | Antisocial Behaviour Reduction Scoping Project | £47,768 |
| Sacro | Sacro's Positive Intervention Programme (PIP) | £79,579 |
| Saheliya | Saheliya Enterprise | £228,112 |
| Simon Community Scotland | Maryhill peer-led landlord model | £8,698 |
| Soul Soup | Community Heart and Soul | £235,498 |
| South West Community Cycles | Southside Volunteer Support Services | £90,649 |
| Studio Pop C.I.C. | DOT TO DOT© Maryhill Station [www.dots.scot] Community Development & Social Innovation | £48,875 |
| Support In Mind Scotland | Well Connected Communities | £31,183 |
| SURF | Exploring Community Assets & Aspirations in Three Disadvantaged Places | £39,304 |
| Task Gorbals Childcare | Family and Childcare Services in Gorbals | £198,289 |
| The Ayrshire Community Trust | Be Inspired | £36,644 |
| The Furniture Project Stranraer | Re Use Plus | £125,110 |
| The Haven CCC Centre | Be Included Be Involved | £67,389 |
| The New Tannahill Centre | New Tannahill Campus | £50,000 |
| The Pollokshields Trust | Mark Makers | £46,788 |
| The STAR Project | Support, Equip, Include | £56,964 |
| The Village Storytelling Centre | Pollok 80/20 | £33,621 |
| The Yard Adventure Centre | The Yard Dundee | £40,445 |
| Third Sector Dumfries & Galloway | Community Food Growing Network | £25,415 |
| Thistle Health and Wellbeing | Craigmillar: Community of Wellbeing | £215,855 |
| Tighean Innse Gall | Gluasad Comhla | £244,838 |
| Tollcross Housing Association | Glasgow East End Parks Community Led Regeneration Project | £49,000 |
| Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust | Community Participation project | £57,163 |
| Toonspeak Young People's Theatre | Hello Barmulloch: Research & Consultation | £23,073 |
| Transform Community Development | FareShare Fife | £169,407 |
| Visibility | Listen & Link West Dunbartonshire | £12,126 |
| Voluntary Action Angus | Together Angus: Combating Poverty | £198,181 |
| Voluntary Action East Renfrewshire | Collaboration for Transformation | £248,945 |
| Voluntary Action Orkney | Community Led Care | £26,390 |
| West Calder & Harburn Community Development Trust | Aspiring West Lothian | £247,398 |
| West Dunbartonshire CVS | Social Prescribing Network | £102,206 |
| West Of Scotland Regional Equality Council (WSREC) | Minority Ethnic Advocacy Project (MEAP) | £221,793 |
| Whiteinch & Scotstoun Housing Association Limited | WSHA Social Enterprise | £125,243 |
| With Kids | Calders Children's Zone | £47,945 |
Approved Round 2 Projects (H&I areas only)
| Lead Organisation Name |
Project Name |
Total Grant Approved |
|---|---|---|
| An Lanntair |
Full Circle Western Isles |
£85,680 |
| British Red Cross |
Enhancing Resilience in Remote Island Communities |
£87,332 |
| Broadford and Strath Community Company Ltd |
Broadford and Strath Forest School |
£133,940 |
| Caithness Voluntary Group |
Caithness Development Officers |
£183,296 |
| Care Lochaber |
West Lochaber Community Transport |
£47,489 |
| Cearns Community Association |
Cearns Community Development Project |
£53,136 |
| Community Energy Scotland |
Western Isles Community Energy Trust |
£26,450 |
| Comunn Eachdraidh Nis |
Integrated Pathways |
£41,860 |
| Cothrom Ltd. |
Grow Me |
£51,737 |
| Ecologia Youth Trust |
Growing2gether in the Community |
£219,252 |
| Highland Third Sector Interface |
Community Led Solutions to Tackle Poverty and Reduce Inequality |
£226,821 |
| Kilmarnock Station Railway Heritage Trust |
The Station Hub Project (Garelochhead) |
£52,938 |
| Kinloch Historical Society |
Kinloch Community Inclusion Project |
£61,181 |
| Kyle of Sutherland Hub Ltd |
Hub Community Outreach & Development |
£82,061 |
| Mhor Collective |
Our Places, Our Stories |
£45,078 |
| North Lands Creative |
Community Design House |
£94,297 |
| Support in Mind Scotland (SiMS) |
Highland and Islands Connections |
£227,027 |
| Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust |
Cridhe Ar(t) Taigh Chearsabhagh |
£88,550 |
| Timespan |
Helmsdale Heritage and Arts Society - Engagement and Education Programme |
£68,031 |
| Urachadh Uibhist |
Consulting and Preparing the Case for an Outdoor Nursery Service in Uist |
£51,240 |
| Urras Coimhearsnachd Bhradhagair agus Arnoil |
Grinneabhat Taigh Ceilidh |
£42,953 |
| Voluntary Action Orkney |
Enhancing Well-Being Within Our Island Communities |
£143,919 |
Approved Round 3 Projects (rest of Scotland only)
| Lead Organisation Name |
Project Name |
Total Grant Approved |
| Aberlour Child Care Trust |
Govan Youth Connectors Project |
£116,685 |
| Bethany Christian Trust |
Building Stronger Communities |
£124,806 |
| Brag Enterprises |
Square Start Levenmouth |
£125,000 |
| CEiS Ayrshire (prev Aspire2Access) |
Tandem 2 |
£106,178 |
| Cernach Housing Association |
Implementation of the Drumchapel Community Connecting Plan |
£76,800 |
| Childcare in the Community |
Childcare Options for Single Parents in South Lanarkshire |
£113,192 |
| CVS Inverclyde |
Our Place Our Future |
£121,824 |
| Darvel Community Trust |
Rising to the Challenges of a Deprived Community |
£93,304 |
| Deveron Projects |
Neeps and Okra Kitchen (Huntly Town) |
£125,000 |
| Dundee And Angus ADHD Support Group |
Implementation of ADHD Research Findings |
£125,000 |
| Edinburgh Food Project |
More than Food Community Support Hubs |
£52,796 |
| FEAT Trading CIC |
Heart, Mind & Soul Silverburn |
£115,206 |
| Glasgow Homelessness Network (GHN) |
Keys to the Community |
£123,370 |
| Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust |
Building Positive Futures – The Circuit and Halfway |
£105,621 |
| Inch Park Community Sports Club (IPCSC) |
Creating a Hub for our Community to Thrive |
£123,615 |
| Irvine Community Sports Club |
Get Up and Go Irvine |
£56,000 |
| Kirkcaldy YMCA |
Aspiring Gallatown |
£124,578 |
| Letham4All |
Letham Community Wellbeing Hub |
£94,028 |
| Midlothian Voluntary Action |
Woodburn & Central Dalkeith Development Project |
£118,909 |
| Networking Key Services (NKS) |
Enhancing Digital skills and Addressing Learning Needs of South Asian Women |
£50,001 |
| One Parent Families Scotland |
Flexible Childcare Services Community Hub |
£120,890 |
| Ore Valley Housing Association |
The Carden Eden Project |
£68,869 |
| RAMH (Recovery Across Mental Health) |
Connectedness Champions |
£49,357 |
| Regenfx Youth Trust |
Goto |
£123,887 |
| RockSolid Dundee |
RockSolid Destinations |
£125,000 |
| SACRO |
Young People Inclusion Project |
£116,450 |
| The Ayrshire Community Trust |
Be Inspired – Stage 2 - Implementation |
£117,533 |
| The New Tannahill Centre Limited |
Together for Ferguslie |
£125,000 |
| The Pollokshields Trust |
Mark Makers Stage 2 |
£127,729 |
| The Yard Adventure Centre |
The Yard Dundee |
£125,000 |
| Toonspeak Young People's Theatre Ltd |
Hello Barmulloch Stage 2 |
£106,622 |
| With Kids |
Wester Hailes Children’s Zone |
£103,417 |
Approved Round 4 Projects (H&I Only)
| Lead Organisation Name |
Project Name |
Total Grant Approved |
| Action for Children |
Catalyst 2 |
£196,681 |
| Birchwood Highland |
Highland Migrants & Refugee Advocacy Alliance 2 |
£69,697 |
| Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE) |
FARE 2 |
£70,021 |
| Gairloch and Loch Ewe Action Forum (GALE) |
GALE Centre Capacity Building and Community Services 2 |
£17,539 |
| Harris Development Limited |
Harris Marina Hub Developing the Vision 2 |
£39,643 |
| Tighean Innse Gall |
Gluasad Comhla 2 |
£164,969 |
| Tomintoul & Glenlivet Development Trust |
Community Participation Project 2 |
£19,887 |
Approved Round 5 Projects (H&I Only)
| Lead Organisation Name |
Project Name |
Total Grant Approved |
| An Lanntair |
Stepping Stones |
£175,858 |
| Caithness Voluntary Group |
Adaptive and Collaborative Communities - Caithness |
£200,584 |
| Carloway Community Association |
Building Brighter Futures |
£75,550 |
| Ceolas Uibhist Ltd |
“Crossing Over” integration and inclusion of all forms of activity |
£116,115 |
| Garadh a Bhagh a Tuath* |
Growing the Garadh |
£50,232 |
| Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust |
Adaptive and Collaborative Communities - Sutherland |
£249,168 |
| Pairc Playgroup |
Pairc Nursery Expansion |
£96,940 |
| The Shieling Project |
Celebrating Places: Community-Based Learning |
£130,934 |
| Voluntary Action Orkney |
Community engagement – dismantling barriers, co-producing solutions |
£85,688 |
| Voluntary Action Orkney |
Extending the reach of the EWIOIC project |
£247,187 |
| West Harris Trust |
Community Participation Project |
£102,004 |
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