Projects which received grant-funding
2001 - 2002
Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Orkney Councils £10,200 over two years to present a co-ordinated message on sustainable development at a local level across the north of Scotland which ties in with the Scottish Executive's national campaign, Do A Little, Change A Lot.
The Bike Station £29,700 over three years to fund a Community Outreach Worker to promote bicycle use among disadvantaged groups in Edinburgh.
BTCV Scotland £100,000 over three years to re-launch BTCV Scotland's countrywide community group network as part of a UK-wide re-launch of the BTCV community network.
Community Service Volunteers £84,000 over three years to run a pilot project promoting the relevance of sustainable development to people living in the Radio Clyde catchment area.
Concern for Swifts (Scotland) £3,700 to put in place 10 "swift-friendly" sites, and website development, to act as a catalyst for further action across Scotland.
Forth Valley Food Links £61,000 over three years to develop the local food sector in the Forth Valley area and enhance access to local produce, working with other organisations in the community, farming and health sectors.
Friends of the Earth Scotland £88,000 over three years to promote good environmental practice in office management in the difficult to reach, small professional office and Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise sectors.
Islay Development Community £36,000 over three years to continue and develop the work initiated by the IDC, Scotland's first sustainable development company.
Business Environment Partnership £30,000 over two years to promote sustainable development to Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in a way that actively encourages and supports their participation.
Moffat and District Community Initiative £25,200 over three years to open an office and employ part-time staff to support community sustainable development activities.
Newmains Action Group £2,600 to provide funding for the design and printing of the Newmains Community Action Plan.
Recycling Advisory Group Scotland £34,900 to set up a formal network for community organisations involved in recycling and associated activities in Scotland.
The Royal Town Planning Institute £11,800 for children to build a model of the Drumchapel of the future. Working with architects, urban designers, teachers, planners, environmentalists and children's workers to plan, design and build a scale model of an environmentally-friendly Drumchapel.
Scottish Borders Rural Partnership £35,000 over three years to employ an Environmental Community Development Worker to inspire communities to understand, value and care for their local natural environment.
Scottish Institute of Sustainable Technology £50,000 over two years to establish the Sustainability Information Scotland (SIS) website to provide guidance and information on sustainable development to all sectors of Scottish society.
Shetland Amenity Trust £29,000 to purchase a multi-functional recycling unit in order to consolidate all of Shetland's recycling activities into one area.
Smarter Salsburgh £2,400 to provide funding for the design and printing of the Salsburgh Community Action Plan.
Sphinx Association £2,900 to support the costs of a feasibility study to determine how the Association should proceed with facilitating the purchase and environmental renovation of its housing.
Woodfellas Partnership £20,000 to pilot a bio-diesel project. Bio-diesel is a carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels which is made from recycled vegetable oil.
Woodschool Ltd £60,000 over three years to co-ordinate a composite awareness package to demonstrate that Scotland's under-used timber supply can provide local jobs.
Youth Scotland £75,800 over three years to fund a new programme called "Dynamic Youth" which focuses on young people and sustainable development.
2002 - 2003
Angus Council £5,000 to provide heating from a renewable source for eight village halls in the area. Employing a heating engineer to work with local communities to design a heating system to operate on renewable energy.
Dundee City Council £2,000 to help establish Sustain Dundee, a charitable company to work with landfill operators to use money from the Landfill Tax to commission community-based sustainability projects in Dundee.
Edinburgh Youth Social Inclusion Partnership £12,246 to promote the use of public transport to young people in Edinburgh. Creating a young transport user's forum, advising public transport companies on how to deal with young people and delivering recommendations on how to sustain the use of public transport by young people into adulthood.
Environmental Arts Theatre Company £6,726 to explain the issues of sustainable resource use to school children across Scotland through two theatre productions.
Grangemouth Enterprises Ltd £20,000 to run Falkirk ICT Reycling and Training Project, recycling computers and redistributing them to disadvantaged families - and providing training and employment to New Deal employees.
Highland Birchwoods £15,000 to encourage sustainable use of forests in Rosshire by finding new uses for wood, to investigate the use of wood fuel as a heating source in domestic and industrial situations, and more broadly to find uses for wood within manufacturing and tourism.
Keep Scotland Beautiful £14,099 to promote resource use, energy and travel issues, starting the Scotland-wide Eco-Congregations programme. Employing a part time Project Officer to help churches manage the delivery of small projects that tackle energy, waste and transport issues in local communities.
Lochaber Environmental Group £6,905 to extend their household furniture recycling scheme to include white goods. Employing a part time electrician to repair and maintain electrical goods, saving them from being dumped in landfill and redistributing them to disadvantaged families.
Silver Birch (Scotland) Ltd £9,950 to look at the viability of a community composting scheme for Glasgow and surrounding areas, providing supported employment to adults with learning disabilities within a horticultural context.
Skye and Lochalsh Food Van Link Group £10,887 to support local food production and reduce the amount of miles food is transported. Running a distribution van delivering locally produced food to the 12,000 inhabitants of Skye and Lochalsh.
Sustainable Technology, Information and Research Network £5,413 to develop the skill base of young disabled people to work with recycling companies to increase recycling rates in Edinburgh.