Please note that if you have an application in progress with us, we will notify you of the outcome of this via email.
As we are receiving increased numbers of applications, we have taken the decision to extend our published timescales for decisions to 10-12 weeks for applications received across all of our Funds. We plan to review this at the end of June and hope at that point to return to our normal published turnaround times.
£375,700 was awarded to 40 organisations in March 2025, with a success rate of 62%.
Each of the organisations below demonstrated in their application how their work is contributing to the alleviation of poverty and trauma in Scotland.
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Financial Security
Through our Financial Security theme, we want to fund, support, and influence to improve income adequacy, income security, reduce cost-related pressures on finances, and improve financial safety nets for people in financial trouble.
March 2025:
Primary Priority: Struggling with day-to-day costs
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Transport Grant | Raasay Development Trust | The Transport costs of the Wood Fuel Project | £19,500 | Highland |
| Transport Grant | The Halliday Foundation | Transport Costs | £19,500 | Glasgow City |
| Small Grant | Strathmartine Community Larder (SCIO) | Running Costs | £36,000 | Dundee City |
| Small Grant | Link Christian Fellowship | The Community Support Work Assistant & Associated Costs | £30,000 | Fife |
| Wee Grant | Friends of Kilsyth | Running Costs | £4,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Largs Food Hub | Running Costs | £3,000 | North Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | Port Elphinstone Community House (SCIO) | Running Costs | £3,000 | Aberdeenshire |
Primary Priority: Access to advice, support and advocacy
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Falkirk Citizens Advice Bureau | Core Running Costs of Falkirk CAB | £105,000 | Falkirk |
| Large Grant | Fife Carers Centre | Family Carer Support Worker Costs | £84,000 | Fife |
| Wee Grant | Glasgow Action for Pensioners | Running Costs | £4,500 | Glasgow City |
Nurturing Relationships
We want to see a Scotland where people, families and communities can thrive and not be trapped in cycles of poverty and trauma. We want to support nurturing relationships within families and communities, to help break the cycle between persistent poverty and intergenerational trauma, and support recovery.
March 2025:
Primary Priority: Preventative Support for Families in Poverty
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | Empowering Women Dumbarton West | Running Costs | £3,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Wee Grant | Carluke and District Community Connections | Running Costs | £3,000 | South Lanarkshire |
Education Pathways
The ultimate aim of the Education Pathways theme is to help shape an education system that maximises its contribution to wellbeing, is trauma informed with the aim of preventing and reducing poverty in Scotland.
March 2025:
Primary Priority: Educational Engagement
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | Ardrossan & Winton Parent Council | Transition Activities and Good Start Gift Bags | £4,000 | North Ayrshire |
Work Pathways
Through our Work Pathways theme, we aim to ensure work can be a better route out of poverty by tackling the drivers of in-work poverty, and supporting key population groups who are underrepresented in the labour market, and overrepresented in low paid, insecure work.low-paid
March 2025:
Primary Priority: Skills for employment
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | North Lanarkshire Muslim Women & Family Alliance | The Skills for Empowerment Project | £5,000 | North Lanarkshire |
Preventing or reducing poverty at a community level
March 2025:
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | School of African Cultures (SOAC) | Running Costs | £4,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | Women's Integration Network | Running Costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Runforever SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Wee Grant | Best Way Women | Running Costs | £2,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Cathkin Blazes CFC (Community Football Club) | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | This Is Me Highland | Running Costs | £2,000 | Highland |
| Wee Grant | Scottish Iraqi Association | The costs of the work in Scotland | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Deaf Network Cultural Centre | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | African Women Support Network | Running Costs | £2,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Wee Grant | At Home At The Theatre Limited | The OKVT Project | £2,000 | West Lothian |
| Wee Grant | Kelvingrove Community Tennis Club | Disability Tennis Sessions | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Discovery Dance | Running Costs | £2,000 | Dundee City |
| Wee Grant | Fulham Boys Club 2019 | Running Costs | £2,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Milton Arts Project | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Ayr North Exclusively Women's Group | Running Costs | £2,000 | South Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | Cactus Book Club | Running Costs | £2,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Wee Grant | Project 42 | Running Costs | £2,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Pillow Talk Scotland | Running costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Tarbolton Community Council | Towards the gala day | £2,000 | South Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | Irvine Sea Cadets | Running Costs | £2,000 | North Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | Fulham Girls 2016 | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Muiredge Primary School Parent Council | The Costs of a Summer Fair | £1,200 | South Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Coffee, Chat and Company | Running costs | £1,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Polmont Together | Running Costs | £1,000 | Falkirk |
| Wee Grant | Falla Hill Primary School Parent Council | Running costs | £1,000 | West Lothian |
| Wee Grant | Strachur Community Men's Shed | Running Costs | £1,000 | Argyll and Bute |
Wee Grants
- For constituted community groups and charities with an annual income of less than £30,000
- Funding of up to £5,000 for one year only
- Could cover revenue* or capital costs to support your work.
March 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| African Women Support Network | Running Costs | £2,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Ardrossan & Winton Parent Council | Transition Activities and Good Start Gift Bags | £4,000 | North Ayrshire |
| At Home At The Theatre Limited | The OKVT Project | £2,000 | West Lothian |
| Ayr North Exclusively Women's Group | Running Costs | £2,000 | South Ayrshire |
| Best Way Women | Running Costs | £2,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Cactus Book Club | Running Costs | £2,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Carluke and District Community Connections | Running Costs | £3,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Cathkin Blazes CFC (Community Football Club) | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Coffee, Chat and Company | Running costs | £1,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Deaf Network Cultural Centre | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Discovery Dance | Running Costs | £2,000 | Dundee City |
| Empowering Women Dumbarton West | Running Costs | £3,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Falla Hill Primary School Parent Council | Running costs | £1,000 | West Lothian |
| Friends of Kilsyth | Running Costs | £4,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Fulham Boys Club 2019 | Running Costs | £2,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Fulham Girls 2016 | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Glasgow Action for Pensioners | Running Costs | £4,500 | Glasgow City |
| Irvine Sea Cadets | Running Costs | £2,000 | North Ayrshire |
| Kelvingrove Community Tennis Club | Disability Tennis Sessions | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Largs Food Hub | Running costs | £3,000 | North Ayrshire |
| Milton Arts Project | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Muiredge Primary School Parent Council | The Costs of a Summer Fair | £1,200 | South Lanarkshire |
| North Lanarkshire Muslim Women & Family Alliance | The Skills for Empowerment Project | £5,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Pillow Talk Scotland | Running costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Polmont Together | Running Costs | £1,000 | Falkirk |
| Port Elphinstone Community House (SCIO) | Running Costs | £3,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Project 42 | Running Costs | £2,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Runforever SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| School of African Cultures (SOAC) | Running Costs | £4,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Scottish Iraqi Association | The costs of the work in Scotland | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Strachur Community Men's Shed | Running Costs | £1,000 | Argyll and Bute |
| Tarbolton Community Council | Towards the gala day | £2,000 | South Ayrshire |
| This Is Me Highland | Running Costs | £2,000 | Highland |
| Women's Integration Network | Running Costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City |
Community Spaces
- Funding to support local communities experiencing poverty and trauma in Scotland.
- Registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £500,000 are eligible to apply.
- Can provide revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to 3 years, to support the costs of community centres, hubs or anchor organisations who are delivering and/or hosting a range of services and activities to meet the needs of their community. Applicants should show how the various services they deliver and/or host relate to preventing or reducing poverty and trauma for local people.
Transport Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £2 million
- Funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for 1-3 years, to contribute towards the costs of transport to support your work.
March 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Raasay Development Trust | The transport costs of the Wood Fuel Project | £19,500 | Highland |
| The Halliday Foundation | Transport Costs | £19,500 | Glasgow City |
Small Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £200,000.
- Revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to five years.
- Unrestricted or restricted funding.
- Can include the costs of equipment to support your work.
March 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Strathmartine Community Larder (SCIO) | Running Costs | £36,000 | Dundee City |
| Link Christian Fellowship | The Community Support Work Assistant & Associated Costs | £30,000 | Fife |
Large Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of over £200,000 and up to £2 million.
- Revenue funding of between £20,000 and £50,000 per year, for up to five years.
- Unrestricted or restricted funding.
- Can include the costs of equipment to support your work.
March 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Falkirk Citizens Advice Bureau | Core running costs of Falkirk CAB | £105,000 | Falkirk |
| Fife Carers Centre | Family Carer Support Worker Costs | £84,000 | Fife |
Download our report here.
The most common decline reason was that the applicant’s request was not clearly linked to reducing or preventing poverty and trauma for the people they support, in line with our funding themes and priorities. 72% of unsuccessful applications were declined for this reason. We are interested in supporting organisations whose work clearly addresses our funding themes (and priorities), which we detail within the applicant guidance for each of our Funds. For some more examples of the types of work we have supported recently, please see our latest awards here.
If you have any questions about applying for Our Funds, please contact us on 0141 353 4321 or funding@therobertsontrust.org.uk.
