Grants Awarded
In 2023-24 (So Far)
The Scottish Government gave the Local Action Group (LAG) just over £510,000 to spend improving life in the Borders and tackling community challenges.
The LAG chose to give £56,000 to set up a Youth LAG for young people under 30 and to provide support through Youth Borders for the Y-LAG. This includes funding for Y-LAG to distribute to young people applying for funds.
Most of the remaining funds were set aside to create a CLLD grant pot for applicants to bid for grants of up to £20,000 for community projects. The LAG has so far distributed most of it, giving funding to these projects.
Community Led Local Development Fund 2022-23
The LAG received just under £490,000 from Scottish Ministers to spend improving life in the Borders. The LAG funded Youth Borders to help set up the Borders first Youth LAG for those under 30.
Full details of projects funded, and their impacts.
Rural Communities Testing Change Fund 2020-21
As part of a post-EU funding programme the Scottish Government set up a small grant scheme to test different approaches. The learning from this national scheme was used to create the Community Led Local Development Fund.