Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has launched a community resilience fund to support communities in their power distribution network area to improve local resilience.

SSEN says the fund can be used to purchase equipment such as generators. If the fund is oversubscribed then priority will be given to projects that support:
• communities who are particularly remote or isolated and have experienced emergency events due to poor weather in the past.
• in areas affected by recent significant storms which resulted in extended power loss.
• support areas which can be difficult for emergency services to respond to during events.
• communities who reference local resilience plans.

To be eligible a group must be based within the SSEN distribution area, and although there is no need to be a charity, the group must have a constitution and be set up on a not-for-profit basis. The deadline for applications is Friday 29 April.

Further information can be found at https://www.ssen.co.uk/about-ssen/our-communities/resilient-communities-fund/north-of-scotland-fund/?utm_source=KDP+Bulletin&utm_campaign=3b42ac0514-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_01_09_19_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_764b19c244-3b42ac0514-106117039.