Spirit of Lanarkshire Wind Energy Cooperative (SOLWEC) Community Support
The SOLWEC Board allocate a proportion of profits every year towards a Community Fund. The 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 Community Benefit Fund is now closed, and will re-open in late autumn 2025. If you would like to know about our assessment criteria and whether you are eligible, you can read our guidance for applicants. You can see examples of community organisations and projects who have received funding below.
Recent funding awards:
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.
