Haventus Ardersier Port Community Benefit Fund

Ardersier Port Community Benefit Fund supports community projects benefitting those living in the areas covered by the Community Councils of: Petty and Ardersier, Cawdor and West Nairnshire, Croy and Culloden Moor and Nairn West and Suburban. The fund is provided by Haventus, the owners of the Ardersier Energy Transition Facility (Ardersier Port). The fund opened in August 2024, with an annual amount of £100,000, rising in line with inflation, paid into the fund for ten years. The Fund supports charitable activity that helps improve people's quality of life. Applications focus on activities or projects that enhance quality of life for local communities, promote community spirit and encourage community activity, and contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities. Grant requests support a wide range of costs and activities including equipment costs, running costs for local groups, staff or sessional worker costs, consultations, and maintenance or refurbishment of community facilities. A Community Panel, made up of people who live, work or volunteer in the four communities, makes recommendations on grant awards. The Panel has up to twelve members (three from each community council area), with each area's community council nominating one member. Groups and organisations working to benefit people in any of the four communities can apply, and the organization does not need to be a registered charity to apply, though funded activities must be charitable in nature.