Community Resilience Fund

Aim of the Fund

To support Aberdeenshire focused community resilience work as follows;

1. Vulnerability – to protect the welfare of vulnerable community members through enhancing their resilience and improving community participation and effectiveness.
2. Resilience in Emergency Events – to enhance community facilities, services and communication specifically to support the local response in the event of a significant emergency event

Who can apply?

• Constituted Community Groups
• Registered Charities
• Community Groups, Resilience Groups and Not for Profit organisations (that are affiliated to a constituted community group)

(The Fund is not available to individuals or private organisations operating as a business to make a profit)

Eligibility:

The Aberdeenshire Community Resilience Fund is for community or resilience groups seeking funding to support community resilience in connection with:

• Vulnerability - protecting the welfare of vulnerable community members through enhancing their resilience and improving community participation and effectiveness
• Resilience in Emergency Events - to enhance community facilities, services and communication specifically to support the local response in the event of a significant emergency event

If the group applying is not constituted, they should affiliate with an existing constituted group, for example, a community council.