To date, the Edintore Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has awarded a total of £514,091.44 as follows:
Round 7 – October 2024. Funding Awarded: £67,134.29
Strathisla Pipeband £5,604.70 for ‘Ongoing kit replacement.’
Keith & District Silver Band £10,000 for a ‘Instrument upgrade.’
Drummuir & Botriphnie Community Trust £8,136.50 for their project, ‘Traffic calming in Drummuir Village.’
Grange Community Association £9,397.40 to ‘Refurbishment of curtains & blinds for King Memorial Hall.’
The Loft Youth Project £317 for their project, ‘Carry on Christmas.’
Keith & Strathisla Regeneration Partnership £3,500 for ‘Public toilet energy saving with solar panels.’
Round 6 – September 2023. Funding Awarded: £107,208.44
St Andrews Kirk £12,239.82 for creating a toilet & kitchen facility.
Keith & District Sports Development £7,500 for youth football.
Keith Men’s Shed £3,143 for Provision of flooring & floor covering.
Keith in Flower £4,400 for workshop & store repair.
Keith Christmas Lights £33,000 purchase of access & lifting equipment.
Reap £11,766.80 for a thermal camera.
Newmill Hall Committee £2,000 for a new fire door.
Keith Golf Club £10,000 for a utility sprayer.
Glass Community Hall £23,158.82 for energy efficiency project.
Round 5 – September 2022. Funding Awarded: £44,427.99
Botriphnie Primary Parent Council £4,819.99 for New Shed & Storage Boxes.
Keith Football Club £905.75 for Upgrade of Pitch Care Equipment.
Event 1st Aid Service (Scotland) £12,000.00 for EFAS Treatment Vehicle/Ambulance.
Bin Rangers Club £943.13 for Learning together in the forest & on the hill to enjoy the natural world project.
REAP £7,364.13 for The Power Hub Technology.
The Loft Youth Project £990.00 for Winter Warmers Cooking & Tackling Food Insecurity through the rising cost of living for our young people project.
Tyred n Cranky CIC £985.25 for Pop-up Bike Repair Workshops.
Glass Community Association £16,419.74 for Renovations of Glass Hall & Community Green Space.
Round 4 – September 2021. Funding Awarded: £95,508.54
Keith Football Club £21,951.31 for Solar Panel Installation.
Keith & District Men’s Shed £27,357.60 for Phase 2 of Groundworks.
Grange Community Association £2,200.00 for ongoing refurbishment of King Memorial Hall.
Moray Food Plus £2,074.00 for Keith Community Pantry.
Strathisla Pipe Band £3,855.56 for Post COVID refresh.
Keith Royal British Legion £10,500.00 to Fit Door & Fire Exit.
Moray Wellbeing Hub £998.50 for Keith Connects 21 Project.
Keith Golf Club £10,000.00 for Drainage and Waterways Renovation.
St Andrews Kirk £5,574.00 for creating rest room and kitchen facility.
Crossroads School Council £7,026.00 for Outdoor Classroom/Shelter.
Keith Christmas Lights £3,971.57 for Refurbishment of brackets and wiring.
COVID Round – June 2020 (awarded for COVID grant applications), Funding Awarded: £15,800.00
Round 3 – April 2019. Funding Awarded: £65,480.00
Dufftown Royal British Legion £20,000 towards the costs of refurbishing the Legion.
Longmore Community Hall £15,000 towards the Hall Improvement Project (sound and lighting equipment).
Keith Golf Club £10,000 to purchase a ride on mower.
Keith Roller Bladers and Skaters (KeRBS) £7,780 towards refurbishing the skate park.
Keith Royal British Legion £7,000 towards the cost of toilet refurbishment.
Strathisla Pipe Band £5,000 towards the cost of massed pipe band Centenary Celebration.
Trefoil Guild £700 to purchase a Presentation Kit (laptop and projector).
Round 2 – April 2018. Funding Awarded: £54,472.60
Keith Golf Club £10,000.00 to part fund the replacement of the Clubhouse flat roof.
Keith Country Show £10,000.00 towards the costs of phase 2 of Keith Show Park power distribution.
George V Memorial Field Rothiemay Trust £10,000.00 to part fund the conversion of the The Lossat building.
Keith Royal British Legion £6,000.00 to part fund the cost of upgrading the kitchen.
Keith & Strathisla Regeneration Partnership £5,500.00 for the InKeith website and promotion.
Moray School Bank £3,750.00 for ‘Back to School’ 2018 – uniforms and equipment for pupils in Keith ASG area.
Keith & Dufftown Railway Association £3,630.00 to replace windows at Keith Town Station.
Keith & Dufftown Railway Association £2,495.00 for printing ‘Tales with Trains’ books.
Edinburgh International Science Festival £2,000.00 for ‘Generation Science’ workshops for Keith ASG schools.
Keith Community Radio Ltd £597.60 for branded sweatshirts for volunteers.
Longmore Hall Steering Group £500.00 towards a Hall Fighting Fund as volunteers took on the running of the hall from the local authority
Round 1 – May 2017. Funding Awarded: £64,059.58
Keith & District Men’s Shed £16,155.00 to purchase portacabins for workshop premises.
Glass Community Association £11,506.46 towards the cost of developing a new community hall for Glass.
Keith Roller Bladers & Skaters (KERBS) £9,500.00 towards a quarter pipe ramp for the skate park.
St Rufus Park Regeneration Group £4,300.00 towards an outdoor gym at St Rufus Park.
Newmill Hall Committee £3,455.82 to part fund heating in the main hall.
Friends of Newmill Primary £3,000.00 towards an outdoor learning area for the school pupils of Newmill Primary.
Keith & Dufftown Railway Association £2,750.00 for work on a shelter and waiting room at Towiemore Halt.
Newmill Community Association £2,250.00 towards Newmill War Memorial restoration.
Isla Archers £1,883.55 for refurbishment and replacement of archery equipment.
Strathspey Fiddlers £742.50 towards band uniforms for a trip to the twin town of Kronach.
Strathisla Pipe Band £600 for new uniforms.
Keith Golf Club £6,750.00 for a multi-use tractor.
Sunshine Developmental Playgroup £580 to purchase equipment and books for a Cosy Book Corner.
The Loft Youth Project £506.25 for sessional worker for the Lofties.
The Keith North Church – Tuesday Table £80.00 towards the cost of cooking equipment.