Kilgallioch Community Benefit Company (KCBC) was incorporated in August 2017 by a steering group of community representatives to distribute the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Benefit Fund provided by Kilgallioch Windfarm, which is owned by ScottishPower Renewables (SPR).
Since 2018, KCBC has been delivering the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Benefit Fund to support voluntary groups and charities in Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway and Girvan and South Carrick, South Ayrshire. Approximately £1.2 million is available each year. Of this, 15% per community is provided directly to each of the four communities of Old Luce, New Luce, Kirkcowan and Barrhill for projects which benefit those communities. The remaining 40% or around £475,000 is made available across the whole area of benefit through the Main Kilgallioch Community Fund.
KCBC is in the process of commissioning a consultant to review the Fund in keeping with guidance set out in the revised (2019) Scottish Government Good Practice Principles for Community Benefits from Onshore Renewable Energy Developments (GPP). For further information click here.
The Review is an opportunity for KCBC to assess the overall functioning and effectiveness of arrangements for distribution of the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Benefit Fund in its first three years. It is also an opportunity to build interest in and engagement with the Fund, and to ensure that it is meeting the current needs and future aspirations of the community it serves.
The overall purpose of the Review is to assess and learn about what the Kilgallioch Windfarm Community Benefit Fund is achieving in the communities it serves and how it can become even more effective over the next three to five years. More information will be published in due course.