May 2023 Funding Committed

The Board of Fife Environment Trust recently met to consider 15 large grant requests for funding.

Of the 15 applications submitted, the Board agreed to approve 12 projects including:

• £24,956.86 to BRAG Enterprises towards costs associated with creating a community growing space and creating a training and test space.
• £33,228 to Dalgety Community Trust towards costs associated with creation of a pump track promoting cycling and other wheeled sports for all ages and abilities.
• £50,000 to St Andrews Preservation Trust towards costs associated with the redevelopment of St Andrews Heritage Museum and Garden.
• £50,000 to Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools Ltd towards costs associated with retrofitting a disused building on Murtle Estate into an energy efficient building operating a community recycling project.
• £30,000 to Forth Rivers Trust towards costs associated with delivering a series of landscape scale restorative interventions on Balcaskie Estate, in the upper reaches of the Dreel Burn.

In total £477,757.62 was committed by the Trust for projects to improve public amenities and helping improve biodiversity.