Community Investment Fund

The fund will close for applications on Friday 6 September 2024. In 2024/25, over £365,000 has been allocated between the 12 Perth and Kinross Wards to support projects that tackle local issues and improve quality of life for communities across the area.

If you have a project idea for your community, we encourage you to read more about the Perth and Kinross Council Corporate Plan Your application should demonstrate how your proposal will contribute towards these priorities.

To apply to the Community Investment Fund, please complete the online application form through MyPKC before September 6 2024. For any queries regarding the application process, contact the Community Investment Fund team on CIF@pkc.gov.uk.

Drop-in sessions have been arranged across Perth and Kinross if you want to find out more in person.  Please visit Community Investment Fund drop-in sessions for a full list of times and dates.

Fund criteria

To apply for funding, you must:

• demonstrate how your project tackles local issues and inequalities and improves quality of life in your community. If you are applying to cover running costs, you must be able to evidence that these are a result of Cost of Living and not any other element of your group's operations and demonstrate how your project will contribute to one or more of the priorities of the Perth and Kinross Council Corporate Plan
• be a charity, Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, community benefit society (BenCom), company limited by guarantee or other community group. Businesses, individuals, regional groups and national charities are not eligible to apply for funding. They can, of course, be partners in a community-led project
• be seeking funding for a project which benefits members of your community in a Council Ward in Perth and Kinross only.
• not already be in receipt of monies from the Council for the service or project included in your new proposal, unless the proposal clearly demonstrates that it will significantly improve the service, or make it sustainable
• have a bank account that has two signatories who are not related nor live at the same address

How much can I apply for?

The table below sets out how much funding is available in each of the wards. Whilst there is no minimum or maximum amount that you can apply for, you should bear these amounts in mind. In 23/24, the average funding award was around £4,000.

CIF funding by ward

When will I know if I have been successful?

Successful applicants will be notified in mid-October 2024.