FCC Scottish Action Fund

The FCC Scottish Action Fund provides grants of between £2,000 and £40,000 to not-for-profit organisations for the following types of projects eligible under Scottish Landfill Communities Fund (SLCF).

We are able to provide funding towards the Objects of the SLFC: Land Reclamation (Object A) The reclamation, remediation, restoration or other operation on land to facilitate economic, social or environmental use.

Community Recycling (Object B) Community based recycling, re-use and waste prevention projects.

Public Amenities and Parks (Object C) To provide, maintain or improve a public park or other public amenity.

Biodiversity (Object D) The conservation or promotion of biological diversity through the provision, conservation, restoration or enhancement of a natural habitat or the maintenance or recovery of a species in its natural habitat.

Historic Buildings (Object E) The maintenance, repair or restoration of a building, other structure or a site of archaeological interest which is a place of religious worship, or a site of historic or architectural or archaeological interest and is open to the public.

All our grants require applicants to secure a contributing third party (CTP) payment. This is a very specific payment required to be paid to the landfill operator and should not be confused with match funding. Click the link above or download the guidance to learn more.

Due to limited funds we have two funding rounds a year for the FCC Scottish Action Fund. Rounds are scheduled as follows:

• 2022-2 Round opens 13 March 2022 and closes at 5.00pm on 8 June 2022. Decisions will be made by the Board in September 2022
• 2022-4 Round opens 21 September 2022 and closes at 5.00pm on 7 December 2022. Decisions will be made by the Board in March 2023.