The Highland Council is pleased to confirm that over the past 3 years the Inverness Common Good Fund has supported 34 welfare related projects to the sum of £294,157.

Twenty-three organisations have received Inverness Common Good Funding for welfare projects that support those most in need in the Inverness area. These organisations include:

• Apex Scotland;
• Balloan Football Club;
• Blythswood Care;
• Care and Learning Alliance (CALA);
• Clarity Walk CIC;
• Highland Wildcats;
• Highlands and Islands Blood Bikes Inverness Motorcycle Response;
• Inverness Botanic Gardens - High Life Highland;
• Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club Development Project;
• Inverness Community Partnership
•  Inverness High School;
• Inverness Shinty;
• Junior Parkrun;
• Keep Scotland Beautiful;
• Merkinch Partnership;
• MS Therapy Centre / The Oxygen Works;
• New Start Highland
• Partnerships For Wellbeing;
• Police Scotland;
• Scottish Highland & Islands and Moray Chinese Association;
• The ARCHIE Foundation;
• The Clay Studio; and
• The Libertie Project Limited.

In addition, as at 30 November £119,250 Winter Payments have been processed for 2022/23. People on low income can apply for a one-off payment of £150 from The Highland Council’s City of Inverness Area Committee 2022/23 winter payments scheme to help them with their winter fuel bills.

The total winter payments for 2021/22 was £253,841 and for 2020/21 was £147,748.

At a December meeting of the City of Inverness Area Committee Councillors approved a grant of £20,000 to Blythswood Care towards the Highland Foodbank 2023 and approved a grant of £14,342 to Apex Scotland towards the Highland Challenge Team.

Members also approved £38,294 Inverness Common Good Funding for Inverness Business Improvement District (BID) for 4 projects: Smart Scape (£9,997); Inverness Loves Local – Especially at Christmas (£5,900); Festive Parking (£9,950); and Operation Respect Festive (£12,447).