Introduction
The Shetland CLLD Programme is a grant fund provided by the Scottish Government for the financial year 2025/26 (to March 2026). The Programme supports the previous work of LEADER and earlier CLLD Programmes.
The delivery of Shetland CLLD is overseen by the Shetland Islands Local Action Group (LAG) – a group of partner organisations representing economic, environmental and community interests in Shetland.
The Programme is administered by Shetland Islands Council on behalf of the LAG and follows the principles of bottom-up, partnership, integration, innovation, co-operation, networking, and area-based community approaches to projects.
The Scottish Government made an allocation of £146,454.75 to support projects in Shetland for 2025/26 (£111,454.75 capital projects / £35,000 revenue projects). Please note that all funds are now fully committed.
The 2025/26 Community-Led Vision for Shetland can be found here.