Community-led Planning Funding
Developing your Local Place Plan
Borders Community Action held funds to support the process of developing Local Place Plans during our pilot project. The pilot has now ended (end of August 2024) and so we no longer have funds available for distribution. To find out the latest on funds available for this work please contact the SBC Community Engagement Team: communityengagement@scotborders.gov.uk
Project funding
Scottish Borders Council (SBC) have funds available for projects which form part of a community-led plan. To access these funds complete the Scottish Borders Councils’s Expression of Interest form.
We have collaborated with SBC to put together a Frequently Asked Questions document to help communities understand better how the delivery of some projects within community-led plans can be funded through funds and budgets held by SBC.
You can also view the recording of a presentation given at our peer support network in August. Shona Haddow (Economic Development) and Gillian Jardine (Communities and Partnerships) from SBC gave this presentation on funding held by SBC for distribution for community projects.
SBC have information on project funding here.
Borders Community Action has a funding section on our website with information about other funds.
Borderlands Place Programme funding is available to support the delivery of Town Investment Plans in Eyemouth, Galashiels, Jedburgh and Hawick. The first stage to accessing this funding for projects is the development of a Place Plan. This can be the same thing as a Local Place Plan but has additional requirements. For examples of Borderlands Place Plans, visit SBC’s Place Programme website.