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➡️ Link to news story:

www.strath.ac.uk/business/hun...

➡️ Read SISC's report here:

strathprints.strath.ac.uk/94730/

🟢 Foundation Scotland also bring value to the sector as a whole; they are highly active in terms of sectoral leadership and advocacy, and play key roles in developing, testing and disseminating innovative approaches to CBF good practice.

📚 The research finds that Foundation Scotland is a ‘one stop shop’ that plays a critical role in supporting communities and project developers to initiate, design, operate and evaluate CBFs.

🧩 This report aims to fill that gap by examining Foundation Scotland's approach to CBFs; who are responsible for helping to govern approximately 1/3 of Scotland's total CBF spend.

🔎 Despite the current scale and growth trajectory of CBFs there has been little research exploring the different types of CBF operation and governance, and the respective strengths and weaknesses of these different approaches in generating impactful and resilient community benefit, so far.

📈 CBFs support communities affected by developments such as renewable energy. Last year, CBFs distributed over £30m every year across Scotland's communities; a number which is set to increase over the coming years.