Register of SLCF Approved Bodies
Updated: 22nd August 2024.
The Register of SLCF Approved Bodies, lists all organisations which have been approved by SEPA to receive and distribute SLCF funds and all organisations which have had their approval revoked, either voluntarily or forcibly.
| Approved bodies | Approval number | Approval date |
| Clackmannanshire and Stirling Environment Trust | SLCF/AB/009 | 22 July 2015 |
| EB Scotland Ltd | SLCF/AB/001 | 21 April 2015 |
| FCC Communities Foundation Ltd | SLCF/AB/006 | 25 June 2015 |
| Fife Environment Trust | SLCF/AB/013 | 3 November 2015 |
| Grantscape | SLCF/AB/017 | 25 January 2023 |
| LT Funding Ltd | SLCF/AB/016 | 24 January 2022 |
| The Levenseat Trust | SLCF/AB/007 | 13 July 2015 |
| South West Environmental Action Trust (Dumfries) | SLCF/AB/011 | 12 August 2015 |
| Third Sector Hebrides (An Treas Roinn Innse Gall) | SLCF/AB/015 | 29 March 2016 |
| Valencia Communities Fund | SLCF/AB/004 | 2 June 2015 |
Further information on the approved bodies:
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Environment Trust
Registration number: SLCF/AB/009
Contact details: Ms Audrey Morrison, Trust Manager. Clackmannanshire and Stirling Environment Trust c/o Stirling Council Library, 6 Borrowmeadow Road, Stirling, FK7 7TN. Email: morrisona@stirling.gov.uk.
Funding limits: Contact approved body for further information.
Timescale for application: Contact approved body for further information.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: No.
Additional funding criteria: It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that they have appropriate and adequate insurance to cover any works carried out by volunteers. The Trust will not award funds to a project that has secured or subsequently secures funding from another registered approved body. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all necessary consents are obtained prior to starting any works. Any lease or management agreement for the project location must be in place before any application is made. It is important that the future maintenance of any project is considered, and that costs and funding sources have been identified.
Exclusions (specific elements not funded): Contact approved body for further information.
EB Scotland Ltd
Registration number: SLCF/AB/001
Contact details: Tel: 0141 227 473. Email: ebscotland.co.uk/index.php/contact
Website: ebscotland.co.uk
Funding limits: Apply anytime. Contact approved body for further information.
Timescale for application: Contact approved body for further information.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: Possibly.
Additional funding criteria: ebscotland.co.uk/index.php/slcf/funding-criteria
Exclusions (specific elements not funded): Contact approved body for further information.
FCC Communities Foundation Ltd
Registration number: SLCF/AB/006
Contact details: PO Box 3801. Norwich, Norfolk. NR16 2ZQ. Email: info@fcccommunitiesfoundation.org.uk.
Tel: 01953 717 165.
Website: fcccommunitiesfoundation.org.uk
Funding limits: Grants of between £2,000 and £40,000 are available through the FCC Scottish Action Fund for projects with a maximum total project cost of £250,000 including VAT (if relevant).
Timescale for application: Funding rounds are every six months. For application deadlines see: FCC Communities Foundation website.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: Contact approved body for further information.
Additional funding criteria: For approved specific criteria see FCC Communities Foundation website.
Exclusions (specific elements not funded): The project site must be owned, leased or under long term formal management agreement by the applying organisation.
Any lease or management agreement must be in place before any application is made and have at least 5 years left to run.
Work must be targeted on a specific site at a single location.
To be eligible for funding for phased projects, you must be able to evidence that the application is distinct from other phases and can be completed as a stand‐alone project.
FCC CF does not consider the fitting out of kitchen or toilet facilities or other standard fittings in a new build community facility to be separate phases.
Projects which have received funding from FCC CF cannot apply for further funding for at least 12 months.
Fife Environment Trust
Registration number: SLCF/AB/013
Contact details: Fiona Scott (Project Officer). 5th Floor, West Wing. Fife House. North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT. Tel: 01592 583260. Email: Fiona.Scott@fife.gov.uk. Contact Fife Environment Trust.
Fife Environment Trust website
Funding limits: Small Grants Scheme: Applicants can apply for between £500 and £10,000 up to a maximum intervention rate of 90% of total eligible costs.
Large Grants Scheme: Applicants can apply for between £10,000 and £50,000 up to a maximum intervention rate of 75% of total eligible costs.
Timescale for application: Small Grants Scheme: submissions can be made at any time.
Large Grants Scheme: grant submissions take place twice per annum at the end of March and the end of September.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: No.
Additional funding criteria: Approved body specific criteria.
Exclusions (Specific elements not funded): Contact approved body for further information.
Grantscape Scotland Ltd
Registration number: SLCF/AB/017
Contact details: Email: info@grantscape.org.uk. Tel: 01908 247630.
Website: Grantscape Scotland.
Funding limits: Smaller Projects Fund: Awards between £3,000 and £20,000. Projects must have an overall cost of no more than £40,000. Projects must start within 3 months and complete within 12 months of funds being awarded.
Primary Fund: Awards between £3,000 and £50,000 Projects must have an overall cost of no more than £250,000 Projects must start within 6 months and complete within 12 months of funds being awarded.
Timescale for application: 12 weeks max from application closing date to decision. See website closing dates.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: Yes.
Additional funding criteria: To be eligible for funding the applying organisation must own or hold a lease for the project site with at least 5 years remaining. The applying organisation and the project site must be run on a not-for-profit basis.
If your project site has received SLCF funding from SUEZ donations within the last 3 years, then a new application will not be considered until three years has elapsed from the date the previous funding agreement was signed.
Exclusions (specific elements not funded): Contact approved body for further information.
LT Funding Ltd
Registration number: SLCF/AB/016
Contact details: Stephen Rees. Email: stephen.rees@ltfunding.org.uk. Tel: 07940 578167.
Website: N/A.
Funding limits: Applicants are encouraged to discuss their projects with LT Funding Ltd before submitting their proposals.
Timescale for application: Submissions can be made at any time after discussing your application with the AB.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: Yes.
Additional funding criteria: Contact approved body for further information.
Exclusions (specific elements not funded): Contact approved body for further information.
The Levenseat Trust
Registration number: SLCF/AB/007
Contact details: Catherine McGurk. The Levenseat Trust. By Forth. Lanark. ML11 8EP. Opening times: Tuesday to Thursday. 8am-3pm. Tel: 01501 772 813. Email: levenseattrust@gmail.com.
Website: Levenseat Trust.
Funding limits: Contact approved body for further information.
Timescale for application: Funding rounds through year.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: Yes.
Additional funding criteria: Contact approved body for further information.
Exclusions (specific elements not funded): Contact approved body for further information.
Third Sector Hebrides (An Treas Roinn Innse Gall)
Registration number: SLCF/AB/015
Contact details: Janet Morrison, SLCF Administrator. Third Sector Hebrides, 30 Francis Street, Stornoway, HS1 2ND. Tel: 01851 702632. Email: SLCF@tshebrides.org.uk.
Website: N/A.
Funding limits: Contact approved body for further information.
Timescale for application: TSH have 4 funding rounds per quarter which are closed at the end of March, June, Sept and Dec. This is when all received, fully completed applications are assessed.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: No.
Additional funding criteria: All successful projects must be completed within a twelve-month timescale and evidence of spend must be submitted to the SLCF board at the end of this period.
Exclusions (specific elements not funded): Contact approved body for further information.
Valencia Communities Fund
Registration number: SLCF/AB/004
Contact details: Tel: 01823 476 476. Email: enquiries@valenciacommunitiesfund.co.uk. Valencia Communities Fund. PO Box 977, Taunton, Somerset. TA1 9PQ.
Website: Valencia Communities Fund.
Funding limits: Funding is available for applications up to £25,000.
Timescale for application: Funding rounds throughout year. For application deadlines see website.
CTP Payment required from project to release funds: Yes.
Additional funding criteria: Awards will be for capital expenditure only.
The applicant must hold the freehold of the project site, or have a minimum of ten years left to run on a lease.
The applying organisation must demonstrate measures are taken to ensure their project is:
- Needed by the community and will promote community participation.
- Self-sustaining and have long-term management plans.
- Both environmentally sustainable and has minimal impact on biodiversity as possible.
- Available for use by the whole community and will not just benefit a restricted user group
See Valencia Communities Fund.
Exclusions (specific elements not funded): Projects located on/in: Allotments; School grounds; Facilities primarily used for service; provision or not considered a general public amenity, such as hospitals, day centres, hospices or accommodation.
Proportional projects.
Salaried posts or revenue funding.
Purchase or lease of vehicles.
Purchase of land or buildings that are not at risk of closure or loss to the community.
Multimedia or CCTV equipment, events, CDs, website or marketing materials.
Please contact the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund team at SLCF@sepa.org.uk if you have any questions.