Comhairle nan Eilean Siar’s Coastal Community Fund (replacing the Crown Estate Revenues Fund) will support community-led and supported projects at ward level.  The minimum grant award will be £5,000.

Eligible applicants will be:

• constituted community groups

• charities

• voluntary and social enterprises

• co-operatives and community ownership initiatives

• development trusts

Eligibility Criteria Projects must be able to demonstrate that they address at least one of the following priorities:

• supports economic and community regeneration

• improves community resilience

• delivers positive climate and net zero impacts

• impacts on the challenges of depopulation

Each project must also be able to demonstrate that it:

• is viable and sustainable

• offers value for money

• is additional to present activity

• has ward level support and benefit

• is environmentally sustainable and seeks to mitigate, adapt or build resilience to climate change

• has considered equality issues; and

• has ensured that value for money has been achieved by proper quotations for work and proper procurement procedures.

For further information and application details visit Coastal Community Fund 2025-26 | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar