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.
PRESS RELEASE CNSF2018PR030 (29/06/2018) THE CNSFUND AWARDS OVER £100K TO COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS! The Caithness & North Sutherland Fund has committed over £100k to seven community projects in its latest round of grant awards. Jim MacGregor, CNSFund Chair said, ‘We are pleased the Fund continues to attract a good level of funding applications from groups […]
PRESS RELEASE CNSF2018PR029 (13/03/2018) COMMUNITY GROUPS REWARDED TO DELIVER IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS! Community groups across Caithness and north Sutherland have gained more than £178,000 from a local fund’s recent awards. The Caithness & North Sutherland Fund, which is provided by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has held two funding rounds since October and awarded money to […]
The CNSFund office will be closed for the festive period from Friday 22nd December – Monday 8th of January.
Please select the following link to download the CNSF 2017 AGM Report. CNSF(2017)AGM006-P001 Chairperson’s Report This year we find ourselves at a significant milestone for the Caithness and North Sutherland Fund as 2017 is now half way through the Fund’s lifetime plan. At this noteworthy stage, the Fund has committed a total of £1,673,669 towards one […]