What is the Caithness & North Sutherland Fund?
The Caithness & North Sutherland fund was established by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd to distribute funding to community organisations for projects that will increase the attractiveness of Caithness & North Sutherland as a place to live, work and invest with particular emphasis on achieving environment, social, culture and infrastructure improvements.
The funding package was agreed as part of the development of a new disposal facility for low-level waste from decommissioning Dounreay.
The NDA will provide £4M to the fund – £1m at the start of construction in 2011 and £300,000 in 2014 and each year until 2023.

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03/3/21 - PR Grant Awards 2020-R4 2021-R1
PRESS RELEASE CNSF2021PR038 (03-03-2021) COMMUNITY GROUPS BENEFIT FROM CNSFUND GRANTS The CNSFund has committed over £79k to community groups in Caithness & North Sutherland in its recent grant rounds. Funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, a wide range of community-led projects throughout the Dounreay travel to work area are to benefit from the grant support. […]
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01/3/21 - CNSFund 2021 Grant Application Schedule
The CNSFund assesses applications on a quarterly basis. Please ensure that you submit your initial enquiry form well in advance of the closing dates to allow yourself sufficient time to complete your full application form, which we will provide you with after we receive your initial enquiry form and have concluded our eligibility screening checks. […]
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11/1/21 - CNSF 2020 AGM REPORT
The CNSFund 2020 AGM Report can be downloaded from the following link: CNSFund 2020 AGM Report Chairperson’s Report I am pleased to present my report for 2020 which is the ninth year of the Fund’s operation. Since the last AGM, the Fund has held four assessment meetings and has assessed 24 applications, awarding a total […]
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03/12/20 - CNSFund Festive Break Office Closure Dates
The CNSFund office will be closed for the festive period from Wednesday 23rd of December – Wednesday 6th of January.
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