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GlenWyvis
Distillery has announced the launch of
the GoodWill Fund to benefit which will
benefit the local community in
Ross-shire. The first funding round of
£10,000 is now available to apply for
via the GlenWyvis Distillery website. A
further two rounds of funding will be
launched throughout 2023, making a total
of £30,000 available this year, with
further funding rounds being launched
each year.
Nestled beneath the sprawling mass of
Ben Wyvis in the Scottish Highlands is
the GlenWyvis Distillery was established in
2015, the idea behind the distillery was to unite the
community of Dingwall through the
creation of a distillery principally
owned by local people. Eight years on
and the GlenWyvis Distillery has today
launched The GoodWill Fund, a fantastic
initiative to benefit good causes in the
local communities in Ross-shire.
The first funding round of £10,000 is
now available to apply for via the
GlenWyvis Distillery website. A further
two rounds of funding will be launched
throughout 2023, making a total of
£30,000 available this year, with
further funding rounds being launched
each year.
The GoodWill Fund, which is administered
by the GlenWyvis Distillery Community
Benefit Society, is made up from five
per cent of all online sales of
GlenWyvis whisky and gin, and is
available for communities and
organisations to apply for until 3rd
March 2023.
Applications are being accepted from
Ross-shire communities and organisations
for initiatives with educational,
cultural or entrepreneurial benefits, as
follows:
- Educational: To support the
learning needs of disadvantaged
children in Ross-shire, to provide
laptop computers or other IT support
to children at school who would not
otherwise be able to afford them and
whose education would suffer without
such equipment. Awards of up to £400
can be given to educational
initiatives.
- Cultural: To provide education
and information about the culture,
history and society of Ross-shire.
This is open to community groups for
projects that provide engagement in
these cultural facets. Awards of up
to £2,500 can be given to cultural
initiatives.
- Entrepreneurial: To encourage
economic activity in the IV postcode
area and support the recovery or
development of new or existing
sustainable businesses which benefit
the community. Grants will be
awarded with the hope that these
businesses will flourish in the
future and will themselves
contribute to the GoodWill Fund.
Awards of up to £2,500 can be given
to entrepreneurial initiatives.
Commenting on the launch of the
GoodWill Fund, Dr Jock Ramsey,
Management Committee Member for The
GoodWill Fund, said: "This is a
significant step forward for the
GlenWyvis Community Benefit Society as
we are now able to start giving
something back to the community through
the GoodWill Fund – something we have
been working towards since GlenWyvis
Distillery was created.
"We will be promoting the GoodWill Fund
to schools, community groups and
sustainable businesses in Ross-shire and
I would encourage anyone interested to
get their applications in before 3rd
March 2023."
All applications will be vetted
objectively by the GoodWill Fund
sub-committee with oversight and input
from the Board.
Jock continues: "This first call for
applications to the GoodWill Fund is
just the start. Sales of GlenWyvis
four-year-old Single Malt Whisky are
going very well so we are now building
up the GoodWill Fund for next year. I
look forward to seeing how the GoodWill
Fund will benefit educational, cultural
and entrepreneurial initiatives in our
community this year and well into the
future."
Any individuals, organisations or
businesses interested in applying for
the GoodWill Fund can do so by filling
in an application form by 3rd March 2023
here: https://glenwyvis.com/goodwill-fund/
You will find GlenWyvis whisky available from
specialist online whisky shops such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop,
Hard To Find Whisky
and
Master of Malt
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