Investing in Communities Fund - round 2 2023 to 2026: approved awards

The Investing in Communities Fund (ICF) is a multiyear communities fund that is delivered as part of the Empowering Communities Programme. The fund targets our most disadvantaged communities to deliver projects, services and activities that address poverty and disadvantage on their own terms. Read more in the Empowering Communities Programme page. 

2023 to 2026 projects approved by Independent Assessment Panel on 24 January 2023

• Community Food Initiatives North East Limited, Aberdeen Partnership Action Communities Together (A-PACT), Aberdeen City, £271,197
• Station House Media Unit, Connecting Communities, Aberdeen City, £322,627
• Aberdeen Foyer, Foyer Connects Communities, Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire, £309,042
• Murton Trust For Education And The Environment, Education Programme, Angus, £131,105
• Dunoon Community Development Trust , Connecting Dunoon to Improve Wellbeing, Argyll and Bute, £296,248
• Fyne Homes, Advocates for Household and Community Resilience, Argyll and Bute, £304,001
• Lorn and Oban Healthy Options Ltd, Developing Communities and Collaborations in Oban and Lorn, Argyll and Bute, £335,341
• About Youth, Calder Youth Action Project (part of Wester Hailes Together), City of Edinburgh, £105,822
• Community Renewal Trust, Our Neighbourhood: A new hyperlocal Community Wealth Building partnership, City of Edinburgh, £300,732
• Dr. Bell's Family Centre, Start Well, Live Well: Wellbeing Support for Families in Leith, City of Edinburgh, £348,067
• Edinburgh Food Social Cic, Changing Craigmillar Food Culture, City of Edinburgh, £325,847
• Fresh Start, Fresh Connections, City of Edinburgh, £280,201
• North Edinburgh Arts, North Edinburgh Arts Link Up, City of Edinburgh, £331,400
• Space @ The Broomhouse Hub, Together We Can, City of Edinburgh, £350,000
• The Venchie Children And Young People's Project, Family Support Service, City of Edinburgh, £208,732
• Transition Edinburgh South (Scotland) Ltd, Investing in Gracemount, City of Edinburgh, £302,196
• Whale, The Arts Agency, Creativity, Place and Enterprise in Wester Hailes (part of Wester Hailes Together), City of Edinburgh, £332,494
• Hawkhill Community Association Ltd, Hawkhill Community Life, Clackmannanshire, £331,946
• Council On Disability (Stirling) SCIO, Tackling Inequalities, Clackmannanshire; Falkirk; Stirling £22,050
• Cunninghame Housing Association Ltd, D&G Lemon Aid Fuel Poverty Advice Service, Dumfries and Galloway, £43,635
• Dumfries High Street Ltd, Midsteeple Quarter Phase 2, Dumfries and Galloway, £243,498
• Kirkconnel And Kelloholm Development Trust, A Community Led Approach to the Sustainable Regeneration of Kirkconnel and Kelloholm, Dumfries and Galloway, £289,651
• Lockerbie Old School Community Hub, The Lockerbie Old School Wellbeing and Enterprise Centre, Dumfries and Galloway, £95,987
• Stranraer Development Trust, SDT Pride, Growth, Opportunity – Organisational Capacity Building, Dumfries and Galloway, £230,100
• Brooksbank Centre & Services, Lifting Linlathen, Dundee City, £335,000
• Dundee International Women's Centre, Expanding Horizons, Dundee City, £349,618
• Dundee Volunteer And Voluntary Action, Community Hubs, Dundee City, £349,728
• Maxwelltown Information Centre, MAXwell Centre & Garden, Dundee City, £244,715
• Auchinleck Community Development Initiative, Support To Engage Programme, East Ayrshire, £295,160
• Cunninghame Housing Association Ltd, East Ayrshire Lemon Aid Fuel Poverty Advice Service, East Ayrshire, £45,447
• Take A Bow Development Trust, Take A Bow - Youth Engagement Programme, East Ayrshire, £197,413
• The Zone Initiative Limited, Food/Fuel/Fell well project, East Ayrshire, £205,728
• Yipworld, Strong Connections, East Ayrshire, £192,087
• Group Recovery Aftercare Community Enterprise (Grace), GRACE, East Dunbartonshire, £216,582
• The Fraser Centre Community Trust, The Fraser Centre: Strengthening Our Community, East Lothian, £146,572
• The Ridge Scio, Our Place of Opportunity, East Lothian, £349,061
• Barrhead Housing Association, Brighter Futures Barrhead, East Renfrewshire, £261,785
• B.R.A.G. Enterprises Limited, Food for Thought – Benarty, Fife, £284,901
• Clear Buckhaven & Methil, Making the Most of Methil and Buckhaven, Fife, £193,615
• Fife Housing Group, The Big IDEA (Income, Debt & Energy Advice), Fife £347,979
• Fife Young Carers, Young Adult Carer Service, Fife, £204,231
• Greener Kirkcaldy Ltd, Good food, fresh skills, Fife, £347,092
• Methilhill Community Children's Initiative Ltd, Outdoor Learning, Fife, £161,370
• Annexe Communities, Partick Healthy Living Centre, Glasgow City, £292,625
• Ardenglen Housing Association Limited, Castlemilk Community Pantry, Glasgow City, £328,708
• Calvay Housing Association, Calvay Centre Community Development Project, Glasgow City, £290,000
• Castlemilk Law & Money Advice Centre, The Cost of Living Crisis Project, Glasgow City, £294,361
• Connect Community Trust Ltd, Community Connections, Glasgow City, £320,498
• Copperworks Housing Association, Supporting our Neighbourhood, Glasgow City, £208,800
• Cranhill Development Trust, Cranhill Urban Neighbourhood, Glasgow City, £350,000
• Crookston Community Group, Crookston Community Kitchen, Glasgow City, £336,754
• Govanhill Baths Community Trust, Community Wellbeing, Glasgow City, £349,756
• Growing21 Ltd, The Fireclay Café, Glasgow City, £350,000
• Kingsway Community Connections, Proud Capable Confident, Glasgow City, £284,015
• Make Do And Grow Cic, Make Do and Grow Families, Glasgow City, £248,762
• New Gorbals Housing Association, Rebuilding Resilience Gorbals, Glasgow City, £346,429
• Parkhead Housing Association, Parkhead - Growing Together; a local food economy, Glasgow City, £247,781
• Royston Youth Action, Raising Royston’s Youth’s Aspirations (RRYA), Glasgow City, £348,825
• St. Paul's Youth Forum, Blackhill's growing and eating, Glasgow City, £150,920
• The DRC Youth Project (Scio), The DRC Youth Project Community Investment Programme, Glasgow City, £348,501
• Working Rite, Pathfinder, Glasgow City, £348,567
• Growing2gether, Growing2gether in Partnership, Highland, £233,944
• Isle Of Eigg Heritage Trust, Reducing Fuel Poverty on Eigg, Highland, £131,311
• Kyle Of Sutherland Development Trust, Kyle FEEDS (Food, Environment & Exercise; delivering sustainability), Highland, £324,937
• Merkinch Partnership Ltd, Local Solutions for Local People, Highland, £121,497
• New Start Highland, Furnishing Futures, Highland, £336,839
• Pulteneytown People's Project, CAN-DO Community Project, Highland, £319,831
• Cloch Housing Association, My Cloch Plus, Inverclyde, £325,538
• CVS Inverclyde, Inverclyde's Community Enterprise Project (ICEP), Inverclyde, £278,474
• Parklea Association Branching Out Ltd., Parklea Developing People Project, Inverclyde, £346,327
• Rig Arts Ltd, RIG Communities, Inverclyde, £344,478
• Mayfield & Easthouses Youth 2000 Project, Y2K's Health and Wellbeing Service, Midlothian, £213,646
• Midlothian Voluntary Action, Resilient Woodburn & Central Dalkeith, Midlothian, £222,854
• Rosewell Development Trust Community Company Ltd, Rosewell - Creating a strong, safe and sustainable community for all, Midlothian, £94,624
• Moray Food Plus, Supporting the community, Moray, £337,970
• The West Harris Trust, Bail’ Ùr, Na h-Eileanan Siar, £86,212
• Ancho Ltd, KANDO, North Ayrshire, £279,981
• Beith Community Development Trust, Beith means Business, North Ayrshire, £350,111
• Cunninghame Housing Association Ltd, North Ayrshire Lemon Aid Fuel Poverty Advice Service, North Ayrshire, £72,330
• Kilwinning Community Sports Club, Train Today Work Tomorrow, North Ayrshire, £330,299
• The Ayrshire Community Trust, Saltcoats Link Up (SLU), North Ayrshire, £291,987
• Cumbernauld And Carbrain Community Hub, Cumbernauld and Carbrain Community Hub, North Lanarkshire, £332,282
• Forgewood Housing Cooperative, Forgewood and Gowkthrapple - Addressing poverty and creating positivity, North Lanarkshire, £279,069
• Getting Better Together Ltd, Shotts Healthy Living Centre, North Lanarkshire, £319,856
• Glencassels Community Development Project (Scio), Glencassels Community Development Project, North Lanarkshire, £211,303
• Utheo Limited,  Orbiston  Neighbourhood Centre, North Lanarkshire, £330,000
• Letham4All SCIO, The Letham Community Hub, Perth and Kinross, £289,859
• Killin And Ardeonaig Community Development Trust Limited, Growing Community Sustainability, Perth and Kinross; Stirling, £186,154
• Active Communities (Scotland) Limited, "Round The Table", Renfrewshire, £347,517
• The New Tannahill Centre Limited, Placemakers Ferguslie, Renfrewshire, £300,000
• Cheviot Youth, Under One Roof, Scottish Borders, £155,831
• Retweed, ReTweed - Creative Futures, Scottish Borders, £103,654
• Moving On Employment Project Limited , Transition Service, Shetland Islands, £323,580
• Ayr United Football Academy, We Are United, South Ayrshire, £260,000
• Girvan Youth Trust, Life’s a Journey, South Ayrshire, £183,954
• Community Links (South Lanarkshire), Local Links to Poverty and Net Zero, South Lanarkshire, £346,397
• Healthy N Happy, Creating Confident Communities, South Lanarkshire, £299,682
• Healthy Valleys, Community Matters, South Lanarkshire, £313,068
• Leap Enterprise Roots Community Hub, Generation Weave, South Lanarkshire, £320,815
• Inspiring Communities SCIO, Inspiring Communities – Stirling, Stirling, £346,320
• Clydebank Housing Association, Sustainable and Active Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, £341,398
• West Dunbartonshire Community Foodshare, Community Foodshare, West Dunbartonshire, £267,703
• Almond Housing Association Limited, Working Together Craigshill, West Lothian, £297,000
• The Bridge Community Project, Financial Wellbeing in West Lothian, West Lothian, £112,204
• The Larder West Lothian, Catalyst Kitchen, West Lothian, £345,540