A total of £33,141.10 has been awarded to local groups from the Meikle Carewe Wind Farm Community Fund.

Successful applicants this round were:

Drumotters Swim Club – £1230;
Newtonhill, Muchalls & Cammachmore Community Council – £2209;
Newtonhill Community Hall Association – £4518.66;
Friends of Newtonhill School – £2560.74;
Cookney Hall Baby & Toddler Group – £2323.10;
Maryculter Driving for the Disabled – £3000;
Portlethen Primary Together – £2750; Jubilee Hall – £1500;
Hillside Parents Group – £4998;
Kincardine & Mearns Citizens Advice Bureau – £2349.60;
Stonehaven Community Radio – £1000;
Stonehaven Horizon Project – £500;
Mearns Singers – £1600; and
Stonehaven & Area Riding Club – £2602.

Renewable energy developer RES established the fund to support local groups and projects in the community council areas of Crathes, Drumoak & Durris; Newtonhill, Muchalls & Cammachmore; North Kincardine Rural; Portlethen & District; and Stonehaven & District.