A proposal for a National Community Wealth Fund

Working with Community Energy Scotland, Development Trust Association Scotland, Scottish Communities Finance and Scottish Community Alliance we have drawn up a proposal for how the natural capital assets of Scotland should be utilised to deliver long term transformational benefit for the people and communities of Scotland via the creation of a National Community Wealth Fund.

This would be a new source of funding to ensure all of Scotland’s communities can benefit from the renewables revolution. Taking a legacy funding approach, it would be funded through the planned community benefit contributions from developers leading Scotland’s renewables upgrade to meet Net Zero – offshore wind (and other offshore renewables), transmission grid upgrades, and onshore renewables.