Strathnairn Community Benefit Fund Limited

Strathnairn Community Benefit Fund advances wellbeing, development, and resilience in rural Highland communities through community-led regeneration and empowerment, channeling renewable energy benefits into lasting local impact. Core values of inclusivity, accountability, transparency, and grassroots participation drive decisions, prioritizing open membership governance, resident-led priorities, and asset-driven models that foster social cohesion, bridge generational gaps, and build long-term sustainability. They champion partnerships with community groups and Development Trusts, supporting capacity building, innovation, and collaborative interventions rooted in local knowledge to create enduring quality-of-life improvements for all residents.

They fund community development initiatives including capacity building for grassroots organizations, recruitment of development officers, and strategic planning for economic sustainability; youth engagement through after-school clubs, mentoring, skills training, and employability programs addressing youth unemployment and social exclusion for young people aged 5-25; health and wellbeing services encompassing mental health counselling, peer support groups, therapeutic activities, and respite care for families and isolated elderly residents; recreation and sports projects with facility upgrades, outdoor activities, and inclusive events promoting social inclusion; education and training grants for lifelong learning and employment pathways; environmental improvements via climate action, green spaces, renewable technology transitions, and energy efficiency upgrades tackling fuel poverty; community transport schemes reducing isolation for rural families, carers, and disabled residents; hardship relief for poverty alleviation, food insecurity, and crisis support; and social infrastructure enhancing cohesion for refugees, ethnic minorities, care leavers, and disadvantaged rural households through befriending, advocacy, and holistic community-led services.

Exclusions encompass political or religious activities, retrospective funding, and projects lacking open access or direct Strathnairn-wide benefit, prioritizing non-sectarian, inclusive groups over individuals unless community-impacting. Distinctive for hyper-local rural focus on Highland Strathnairn residents—children, families, youth, elderly, carers, and isolated individuals—they emphasize preventative resilience, youth legacy-building, evidence-based grassroots leadership, and renewable-aligned sustainability, favoring lived-experience-driven proposals from small community organizations over national entities.