Applicants are advised to contact the Technical Team at Aberdeen City Council by phone to inquire about the requirements for Planning consent and/or Building Warrant for proposed works. A Duty Planning/ Building Standards Officer is available Monday to Friday from 10 am to 4 pm and can be reached by phone at 01224 053746. The technical Team can also be contacted via Email at pi@aberdeencity.gov.uk. This advice is free of charge.

Applications can be accepted from a range of community, voluntary, and third sector ‘not for profit’ organisations, associations, groups and clubs or consortiums/partnerships who have a strong community focus for their activities.

The range of organisations that can apply are: 

• Community Amateur Sports Club

• Community Benefit Society

• Community Council

• Community Interest Company Ltd by Guarantee

• Community Interest Company Ltd by Shares

• Company Ltd by Guarantee

• Co-operative

• Friendly Society

• Industrial & Provident Society

• Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)

• Trust

• Voluntary or Unincorporated Association

If your organisation is managed through a legal structure that is not listed here, please complete the short support request form that can be found at the following link and include the words ‘legal structure’: https://www.jtpbfund.scot/contact.

Social Enterprises can also apply to this fund if they operate in line with the following principles:

1. They operate in an asset locked manner (surplus funds will not be used to pay a dividend of any sort to directors or shareholders).

2. They agree that any assets purchased and/or owned by the social enterprise will belong to the social enterprise and not to any individuals associated with the social enterprise.

Organisations with an annual income of up to £1m can apply to this fund. Previous applicants to the fund can apply for funding during round 3 providing they meet the criteria of what can and can’t be funded.

Applications can be received for grants of up to £50,000.

Unconstituted groups can apply for the funds, but they must be working in partnership with aconstituted group/organisation and use that group/organisation’s bank account for managing the grant. Any item(s) purchased using the grant will remain the property of the constituted group and they must be willing to provide access to the item(s) as required for the unconstituted group. A letter of partnership will be required with the application form, signed by all parties, to be considered for the grant. This is to enable smaller, ‘heart of the community’ type groups to benefit from The Fund and deliver their services/projects within their communities.

Due to the ambition of The Fund being to support local community activity, it is anticipated that many applications being considered will be for smaller grants. However, we understand that larger organisations, and partnerships of similarly minded organisations may wish to apply for grants together, so we do welcome a smaller proportion of bids up to the maximum value of £50,000.

Your project needs to be within Aberdeen; it must strengthen and benefit your local community and demonstrate to those within your community, and region, how they can best take action to deliver outcomes that support the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Priorities:

Environmental

• on reducing carbon emissions          

and/or

• adapting to the changes brought by climate change and building resilience to these changes

and/ or

• protecting or restoring nature and biodiversity

together with

Social

• Increasing ‘green’ skills and knowledge to take forward sustainable projects and/ or gain work in a net zero economy

and/or

• Deepening inclusiveness and reducing inequalities during the journey towards net zero

Applications must be able to demonstrate that they deliver at least one environmental outcome and at least one social outcome.

• Equipment and/or items

• Any contractor costs directly associated with installation of the equipment

• Purchase of buildings and/or land (any purchase would have to be complete by 31st March 2025)

• Adaptation of buildings or land (evidence must be provided that planning permission or building/land owner permission has been granted before the application is submitted; where planning permission may be required, evidence must be provided to show that Aberdeen City Council’s planning department have been consulted about this which clearly indicates whether permission is needed or not)

• Revenue costs (e.g., staff, utilities, rent, mortgage, or other normal running costs)

• Retrospective costs (e.g. costs associated with planning applications)

• Professional support costs (e.g. legal costs)

• Fossil fuel-based heating systems

• Contingency costs, loans, endowments, or interest

• Political or religious campaigning or activity

• Profit-making/fundraising activities

• VAT you can reclaim

• Statutory activities

• Overseas travel

• Alcohol or any other drugs

• If an organisation has previously gained funding from the JT PB Fund for a vehicle, they cannot apply for funding for another vehicle

• Fossil fuel-powered vehicles

Applications received for consideration within Aberdeen City must be led by a group/organisation whose address is within Aberdeen City.