We made a new investment in Naturally Useful of £60k, supporting them to purchase the land they use. Findhorn Wind Park is currently in the middle of a major refurbishment project. In partnership with Duneland Ltd, Ekopia has been working on creative ways to increase the number of affordable housing units in the community. After…
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2022
2020/2021
We were honoured to be asked by HIE to become one of several anchoring organisations supporting communities across Moray and the Highlands during Lockdown. We supported five organisations, with a grant totalling £39,241. In 2021, we launched an inspirational, community-driven project allowing us to invest an additional £338,000 by purchasing the Moray Art Centre. On…
2019
The new social enterprise building (The Hive) was completed in February 2019, with Grand Opening and MSP Richard Lochhead as our special guest. Changes to our Rules were agreed at a General Meeting to comply with 2014 legislation and protect our ‘bencom’ status. We changed our name to Ekopia Social Investments Ltd as this better…
2018
We received grants from The Pebble Trust (£5k), Naturesave Trust (£3k) and Beatrice Fund (£20.6k). The grants supported the new hub with office furniture, landscaping, common area furniture, and a printer. Findhorn Wind Park Ltd had a positive turnaround during 2018, with uninterrupted production, which has allowed FWP to continue with capital repayment to Ekopia…
2017
With the support of the grant from the Scottish Government’s Strengthening Communities Programme. The original idea was a proposed partnership with Forres Area Community Trust regarding property purchases on Forres High Street. However, this proved impractical when the properties we were interested in became unavailable. Nonetheless, the funding that enabled this exploration has been extended…
2016
Phoenix Findhorn CIC newly registered as a Community Interest Company as of 27 April 2016. The Welcome Centre team (formerly CAD), with representatives from the various stakeholder groups involved, including Findhorn Foundation, NFD, NFA, PET and Ekopia, continue to meet as needed to monitor progress. Our bid to the Scottish Government’s Strengthening Communities programme was…
2015
2014
At this point, we have: £287,000 invested in Findhorn Wind Park, which makes The Park Ecovillage a net exporter of renewable electricity; £190,000 invested in the Phoenix – the north of Scotland’s largest health food store and we are contributing to plans to provide new premises; £370,000 invested in providing affordable housing for community members;…