2016 Energy Grant Strategy Feedback

SCBF wrote to residents in January outlining a revised grants strategy which it was piloting in 2016 whilst it solicited feedback from the community. The response to the letter has been overwhelming. This post shows the results of the received feedback graphically, with data that was correct as of 13th October […]

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Give Something Back To Your Community By Becoming A SCBF Director

The Strathnairn Community Benefit Fund (SCBF) was set up in 2004 as a charity and limited company with funds from the Farr Wind Farm, and received further funds from the Dunmaglass Wind Farm.  The key objective of the SCBF is “the promotion, for the benefit of the public, of urban […]

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Grants Awarded To Farr And Daviot Primary Schools

SCBF is pleased to announce that applications to support Farr and Daviot Primary Schools with their non-statutory fund-raising have been successful. The applications help our rural schools achieve a broad programme of non-statutory activities for the schools’ children. The SCBF funding will make a substantial contribution to ensure that the […]

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Farr Play Park Re-opens

Farr Play Park reopened on 3rd October 2016, after having been closed for approximately 2 months, while it was equipped with new features, and a shelter. The application for funding, valued at £81 500.00, to SCBF, is thought to be the largest single sum yet awarded by SCBF. In October 2014, […]

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SCBF AGM Notice

The SCBF AGM 2016 will be held on :- Wednesday 14th December 2016 at 7.30pm at Farr Hall. All members of the public are welcome to attend this meeting and raise comments. An agenda will be posted nearer the time of the AGM in the Agendas section of this website. The minutes of last […]

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SCBF Milestones for 2015/6

Over the last 12 months, SCBF has carried out activities that include the following :- Following a tendering process, appointed Brewin Dolphin to improve the management of SCBF’s investments. Began a year long trial during which the grant structure was modified from funding a wide range of specialised grants to […]

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Welcome to our new website!

This new website is one of the main ways in which SCBF will communicate with the Strathnairn community from now on. The usual application forms can be downloaded via the dropdown menus above. Also available is information on our founding documents, legal agreements with developers, board meeting dates, summarised minutes, […]

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