Spirit of Lanarkshire Wind Energy Cooperative (SOLWEC) Community Support
The SOLWEC Community Benefit Fund is now open with a closing date of 28 Feb 2025. Awards will be made in March 2025. The total funding available will be around £15,000. Constituted community groups can apply for between £500 and £10,000. We expect competition for the available funding and applications will be assessed against our funding priorities, with awards more likely for those which are a close fit. An application form and guidance are available by clicking the buttons below. Please read the guidance before making an application.
The application form is in a Word Document format which you can download and edit directly to email back, or print and post to us. There are instructions for both methods in the document.
SOLWEC Community Fund aims to support communities in the vicinity of West Browncastle and Nutberry wind farms to pursue projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve the environment and benefit the people who live in the immediate vicinity of the windfarms.
The SOLWEC Board allocate a proportion of profits every year towards a Community Fund.
The Spirit of Lanarkshire Wind Energy Cooperative's Community Fund has helped a number of local organisations in recent years. The following grants were awarded in March 2024:
Blantyre Soccer Academy - £5000 for solar panels.
Climate Action Strathaven - £5000 towards a project officer's salary.
Darvel Area Regeneration Team - £5000 towards Waterlip path improvements (western section).
Dungavel Residents' Association - £5000 for a community gardening project.
Lanark Community Development Trust - £2000 towards a rainwater collection system and tools for Castlebank Park.
Newmilns Community Association - £2,500 for a community gardening project
Offgrid Communities Clarkston - £2306 for a community gardening project.
OutLET Play Resource - £2500 towards a young foresters programme in Lesmahagow.
St John's Primary Partnership Group, Blackwood - £500 for solar lighting in a community garden.
Strathaven in Bloom - £500 for planters.
