Enoch Hill

We have a strong track record of engaging local communities in the process of deciding how each fund should be structured and administered. In the autumn/winter of 2024/2025 RWE undertook a consultation to give local people the opportunity to share their views and to shape the community fund associated with Enoch Hill Wind Farm. To read a summary of the feedback RWE received, please click here.

After careful consideration, and in line with the extensive and valuable feedback we received through our consultation, RWE has appointed Foundation Scotland to support the delivery of the fund during its initial phase.

Foundation Scotland is one of Scotland’s leading independent community grant makers and currently supports the delivery of more than £13 million of renewable energy community funding each year. They bring extensive experience of establishing impactful and locally focused community panels, and ensuring funding is delivered transparently and effectively.

A key priority highlighted during consultation was that those living closest to the development should benefit most in the early years. As a result, the fund will initially focus on the host community of New Cumnock during the first five years of operation.

Following this period, the structure and delivery of the fund will then be reviewed which could include considering if the next phase of funding should be delivered over a wider area.

Funding decisions will be made by a local community panel, made up of people who live, work or volunteer in New Cumnock and who bring a range of skills, experience and local knowledge. Foundation Scotland will provide independent professional support to ensure the process operates effectively and transparently.

Over the last few months RWE’s Community Investment Team and Foundation Scotland have been working with representatives from New Cumnock Community Council and New Cumnock Development Trust to consider the results of RWE’s community consultation on the fund and to plan how the Enoch Hill Community Fund can best be used to benefit New Cumnock residents.  The first component of the fund is now open to receive applications, with other distribution arrangements due to be put in place later in the year following some wider community discussions.

The New Cumnock Education & Training Fund provides grants to residents of New Cumnock to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment.  This element of the fund reflects the results of RWE’s community consultation which suggested jobs and training should be a high priority.  To find out more and to apply, please visit Foundation Scotland’s website: New Cumnock Education and Training Fund | Foundation Scotland

Get Involved

To help to decide how to make the best use of the remaining funding from Enoch Hill Wind Farm, two events will take place in New Cumnock on the 4th and 5th October 2026.  This will be an opportunity for the wider New Cumnock community to find out more about community benefit in the village and to help to plan how it can do even more in the future.  If you’d like more information, or would like to go along, please contact us.