£2,216,500 was awarded to 67 organisations in February 2024, with a success rate of 78%. If you would like to receive our award announcements directly to your inbox, please sign up to our mailing list.
Currently, our funding is aimed at constituted community groups and registered charities who are working to alleviate poverty and trauma in Scotland, and who have an annual income of under £2 million. We have four funds under our strategy: Wee Grants, Small Grants, Large Grants, and Community Vehicles. Each of these funds is designed to be clear, transparent and accessible to meet the needs of those we fund and potential applicants, and make sure our funding is targeted. If you would like to find out more about our funds, please click here.
Each of the organisations below demonstrated in their application how their work is contributing to the alleviation of poverty and trauma in Scotland.
We have awarded £18,966,205 to 601 organisations since the beginning of this financial year. View a full list of our awards here.
Award Focus - Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCiL)
"Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living provides support and solutions to live an independent life for disabled people, people with long-term health conditions and older people across Edinburgh and the Lothians.
We do this by providing a range of support, advice and information services that are developed and managed by and for disabled people. Our services support Independent Living, empower person-led choice and support the right for disabled people to take control of their own lives.
We challenge the attitudes, the physical and social barriers that create disability.
From our work, we clearly see the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on the lives of disabled people, their families and carers. We are delighted to be awarded funding from the Robertson Trust which over the next three years, will enable our Disability Information Service to provide a focused response to this difficult financial climate by helping more disabled people who are struggling with day-to-day costs by offering accessible advice, information, and casework around welfare benefits, income maximisation and better financial security”. Gaby Nolan, LCiL CEO
Our team says... 'We know from research that disabled people are twice as likely to live in poverty and that the cost of living for disabled people is generally higher than for non-disabled people. Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living work is strongly aligned with our Financial Security theme - helping to mitigate these issues and inequalities by providing access to essential services and advice, as well as targeted support to reduce costs for those who are disabled. LCiL aims to support disabled people to live independently and have the same opportunities, freedom, choice, dignity and control as non-disabled people. We are pleased to be supporting their work for the next three years and we look forward to learning of their progress." Susan Lennartson, Funding Officer
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.
February 2024 Awards:
| Primary Issue | Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Project Location | Total Amount Awarded |
| Lack of access to advice services & support | Large Grant | Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service | Core running costs | Dumfries and Galloway | £90,000 |
| Large Grant | Glasgow North West Citizens Advice Bureau | Core costs of Glasgow NW CAB | Glasgow City | £90,000 | |
| Large Grant | Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau | The core running costs of Drumchapel CAB | Glasgow City | £90,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Prior Communities | Running Costs | West Lothian | £2,000 | |
| Struggling with outgoing costs | Large Grant | Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCiL) | The Disability Information Service | East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Midlothian; West Lothian | £105,000 |
| Large Grant | Faith in Community Dundee | Dundee Community Food Network (DCFN) | Dundee City | £94,500 | |
| Small Grant | Edinburgh School Uniform Bank | Running costs of Edinburgh School Uniform Bank | Edinburgh City | £45,000 | |
| Small Grant | The Community Bureau | The costs of the Living Well Project | Argyll and Bute | £24,000 | |
| Small Grant | Children's Clothing Bank Dunfermline SCIO | Running Costs | Fife | £15,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Irvine royal academy parent council | Cost of Uniform & Toiletries | North Ayrshire | £2,000 |
Emotional Wellbeing and Relationships
Through our Emotional Wellbeing and Relationships theme, we want to see a Scotland that builds stronger wellbeing and relationships for people, families, communities and with services, to maximise the potential and wellbeing of those currently held back by poverty and trauma.
February 2024 awards:
| Primary Issue | Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Project Location | Total Amount Awarded |
| Diversion from risk taking behaviours | Wee Grant | Stirling Street Pastors | Running Costs (Exc. Salary/Volunteer Expenses) | Stirling | £2,000 |
| Social isolation & loneliness | Small Grant | Thurso Community Development Trust | The core costs of Thurso Community Development Trust | Highland | £36,000 |
| Small Grant | Drylaw Telford Community Association | Running Costs | Edinburgh City | £27,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Sutherland Women's Football Club | Running Costs | Highland | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Barrmill Jolly Beggars Burns Club | Running Costs | North Ayrshire | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Tarbert Soup Group | Running Costs | Argyll and Bute | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Elgin and District Men's Shed | Running Costs | Moray | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | P.A.L.S | Running Costs | North Lanarkshire | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Buckie Men's Shed | Running Costs | Moray | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Arnisdale & Loch Hourn Community Association | Running Costs | Highland | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Colonsay Book Festival | Running Costs | Argyll and Bute | £1,000 | |
| Poor mental health & wellbeing | Large Grant | S.M.I.L.E Counselling | The salary costs of the Core Counselling Team Leader | West Lothian | £114,000 |
| Large Grant | Connecting Carers | Young Carers Service | Highland | £90,000 | |
| Large Grant | Edinburgh Young Carers | Core costs of Edinburgh Young Carers | Edinburgh City | £81,000 | |
| Large Grant | OPEN SCIO | Running Costs | Shetland Islands | £81,000 | |
| Large Grant | Feeling Strong SCIO | Running Costs | Dundee City | £54,000 | |
| Small Grant | Strathmore Centre for Youth Development SCYD (SCIO) | Core Costs of SCYD | Perth and Kinross | £45,000 | |
| Small Grant | Reachout With Arts In Mind | Running costs of Reachout With Arts in Mind | Clackmannanshire | £45,000 | |
| Small Grant | RockSolid Dundee | Towards the Youth Service | Dundee City | £45,000 | |
| Small Grant | G15 Thriving Places | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £42,000 | |
| Small Grant | Pachedu | Salary costs of the Operations Manager | Renfrewshire | £39,000 | |
| Small Grant | Western Isles Association for Mental Health | The Catch 23 Project | Western Isles | £36,000 | |
| Small Grant | Express Group Fife | The salary costs of the Case Worker & Group Co-ordinator | Fife | £30,000 | |
| Small Grant | Balintore & District Residents Group | Running Costs of the Youth Work Programme | Highland | £28,500 | |
| Community Vehicle | Passion4Fusion | The capital costs of the Multi-Purpose Vehicle | Edinburgh City; Western Isles | £10,000 | |
| Community Vehicle | Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society | The capital costs of a Minibus | Dumfries and Galloway | £10,000 | |
| Community Vehicle | MCFB (Multi-Cultural Family Base) | The capital costs of the 7-seater Vehicle | Edinburgh City | £5,000 | |
| Community Vehicle | Sporting Chances Alba | The capital costs of a Minibus | East Dunbartonshire; East Renfrewshire; Glasgow City; Renfrewshire | £5,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Parkinson's UK | Parkinson's UK - Perth Branch Running Costs | Perth and Kinross | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Kelvingrove Community Tennis Club | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Garnock Valley Pipes and Drums SCIO | Running Costs | North Ayrshire | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Queer History of Dance Music | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | 2nd Alva Rainbows | Running Costs | Clackmannanshire | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | 1st Brechin/9th Angus Scout Group | Running Costs | Angus | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Rising Stars (Charity) | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Healy Arts Charity | The Costs of free educational art and craft workshops | Glasgow City | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Methil & District Sea & Royal Marine Cadets | Running Costs | Fife | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Ama-zing Harmonies | Running Costs | Edinburgh City | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Blue Light Minds | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | 2nd Alva Brownie Unit | Running Costs | Clackmannanshire | £2,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Friends of Hartwood Paupers Cemetery | Running Costs | North Lanarkshire | £1,000 | |
| Wee Grant | The Warriors | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £1,000 | |
| Wee Grant | Carron Huskies Football Club | Running Costs | Falkirk | £1,000 | |
| Early years parenting and attachment | Large Grant | Relationships Scotland Tayside and Fife | The Running Costs of RSTF | Angus; Dundee City; Fife; Perth and Kinross | £99,000 |
| Large Grant | Relationships Scotland Orkney | The Running Costs of RS Orkney | Orkney Islands | £75,000 | |
| Large Grant | Big Hearts Community Trust | The Kinship Care Programme | Edinburgh City | £75,000 | |
| Small Grant | Trauma Informed Parenting | The Costs of Free Trauma Informed Parenting Workshops in Scotland | Scotland Wide | £30,000 | |
| Gender based violence | Large Grant | Edinburgh Women's Aid | Running Costs | Edinburgh City | £120,000 |
| Large Grant | Shetland Rape Crisis | Running costs of Shetland Rape Crisis | Shetland Islands | £95,000 | |
| Experience of Hard Edges issues | Large Grant | Group Recovery Aftercare Community Enterprise | Running costs of GRACE (Group Recovery Aftercare Community Enterprise) | East Dunbartonshire | £84,000 |
| Small Grant | The Folan Trust | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £40,500 | |
| Small Grant | Living Hope (Skye & Lochalsh) | The salary costs of the Café Supervisor | Highland | £30,000 |
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.
February 2024 awards:
| Primary Issue | Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Project Location | Total Amount Awarded |
| Poor educational outcomes | Large Grant | Screen Education Edinburgh | Through the Lens project | Edinburgh City | £51,000 |
| Small Grant | Cambuslang Childcare Project | The running costs of Cambuslang Childcare Project | South Lanarkshire | £45,000 | |
| Small Grant | The Catherine McEwan Foundation | The costs of the Catherine McEwan Foundation's Scholarship programme | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City | £36,000 | |
| Small Grant | Strathspey Works - Grantown Remakery | Running costs of Strathspey Works - Grantown Remakery | Highland | £8,000 | |
| Lack of skills | Small Grant | Assemblies of God | The costs of the Basic English classes (known as BE @ Springburn) | Glasgow City | £3,000 |
Large Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £100,000 and £2 million
- Revenue funding of between £15,000 and £50,000 for up to five years
- Unrestricted or restricted funding
- Can include the costs of equipment to support your work.
February 2024 awards:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Project Location | Total Amount Awarded |
| Edinburgh Women's Aid | Running Costs | Edinburgh City | £120,000 |
| S.M.I.L.E Counselling | The salary costs of the Core Counselling Team Leader | West Lothian | £114,000 |
| Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living (LCiL) | The Disability Information Service | East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Midlothian; West Lothian | £105,000 |
| Relationships Scotland Tayside and Fife | The Running Costs of RSTF | Angus; Dundee City; Fife; Perth and Kinross | £99,000 |
| Shetland Rape Crisis | Running costs of Shetland Rape Crisis | Shetland Islands | £95,000 |
| Faith in Community Dundee | Dundee Community Food Network (DCFN) | Dundee City | £94,500 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service | Core running costs | Dumfries and Galloway | £90,000 |
| Glasgow North West Citizens Advice Bureau | Core costs of Glasgow NW CAB | Glasgow City | £90,000 |
| Connecting Carers | Young Carers Service | Highland | £90,000 |
| Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau | The core running costs of Drumchapel CAB | Glasgow City | £90,000 |
| Group Recovery Aftercare Community Enterprise | Running costs of GRACE (Group Recovery Aftercare Community Enterprise) | East Dunbartonshire | £84,000 |
| Edinburgh Young Carers | Core costs of Edinburgh Young Carers | Edinburgh City | £81,000 |
| OPEN SCIO | Running Costs | Shetland Islands | £81,000 |
| Relationships Scotland Orkney | The Running Costs of RS Orkney | Orkney Islands | £75,000 |
| Big Hearts Community Trust | The Kinship Care Programme | Edinburgh City | £75,000 |
| Feeling Strong SCIO | Running Costs | Dundee City | £54,000 |
| Screen Education Edinburgh | Through the Lens project | Edinburgh City | £51,000 |
Small Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £25,000 and £100,000
- Revenue funding of between £2,000 and £15,000 for up to five years
- Unrestricted or restricted funding
- Can include the costs of equipment to support your work.
February 2024 awards:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Project Location | Total Amount Awarded |
| Strathmore Centre for Youth Development SCYD (SCIO) | Core Costs of SCYD | Perth and Kinross | £45,000 |
| Reachout With Arts In Mind | Running costs of Reachout With Arts in Mind | Clackmannanshire | £45,000 |
| RockSolid Dundee | Towards the Youth Service | Dundee City | £45,000 |
| Cambuslang Childcare Project | The running costs of Cambuslang Childcare Project | South Lanarkshire | £45,000 |
| Edinburgh School Uniform Bank | Running costs of Edinburgh School Uniform Bank | Edinburgh City | £45,000 |
| G15 Thriving Places | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £42,000 |
| The Folan Trust | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £40,500 |
| Pachedu | Salary costs of the Operations Manager | Renfrewshire | £39,000 |
| The Catherine McEwan Foundation | The costs of the Catherine McEwan Foundation's Scholarship programme | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City | £36,000 |
| Thurso Community Development Trust | The core costs of Thurso Community Development Trust | Highland | £36,000 |
| Western Isles Association for Mental Health | The Catch 23 Project | Western Isles | £36,000 |
| Express Group Fife | The salary costs of the Case Worker & Group Co-ordinator | Fife | £30,000 |
| Living Hope (Skye & Lochalsh) | The salary costs of the Café Supervisor | Highland | £30,000 |
| Trauma Informed Parenting | The Costs of Free Trauma Informed Parenting Workshops in Scotland | Scotland Wide | £30,000 |
| Balintore & District Residents Group | Running Costs of the Youth Work Programme | Highland | £28,500 |
| Drylaw Telford Community Association | Running Costs | Edinburgh City | £27,000 |
| The Community Bureau | The costs of the Living Well Project | Argyll and Bute | £24,000 |
| Children's Clothing Bank Dunfermline SCIO | Running Costs | Fife | £15,000 |
| Strathspey Works - Grantown Remakery | Running costs of Strathspey Works - Grantown Remakery | Highland | £8,000 |
| Assemblies of God | The costs of the Basic English classes (known as BE @ Springburn) | Glasgow City | £3,000 |
Wee Grants
- For constituted community groups and charities with an annual income of less than £25,000
- Funding of up to £2,000 for one year only
- Could cover revenue* or capital costs to support your work.
February 2024 awards:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Project Location | Total Amount Awarded |
| Sutherland Women's Football Club | Running Costs | Highland | £2,000 |
| Parkinson's UK | Parkinson's UK - Perth Branch Running Costs | Perth and Kinross | £2,000 |
| Barrmill Jolly Beggars Burns Club | Running Costs | North Ayrshire | £2,000 |
| Kelvingrove Community Tennis Club | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| Irvine royal academy parent council | Cost of Uniform & Toiletries | North Ayrshire | £2,000 |
| Tarbert Soup Group | Running Costs | Argyll and Bute | £2,000 |
| Garnock Valley Pipes and Drums SCIO | Running Costs | North Ayrshire | £2,000 |
| Elgin and District Men's Shed | Running Costs | Moray | £2,000 |
| Queer History of Dance Music | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| 2nd Alva Rainbows | Running Costs | Clackmannanshire | £2,000 |
| 1st Brechin/9th Angus Scout Group | Running Costs | Angus | £2,000 |
| Rising Stars (Charity) | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| Healy Arts Charity | The Costs of free educational art and craft workshops | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| P.A.L.S | Running Costs | North Lanarkshire | £2,000 |
| Buckie Men's Shed | Running Costs | Moray | £2,000 |
| Methil & District Sea & Royal Marine Cadets | Running Costs | Fife | £2,000 |
| Stirling Street Pastors | Running Costs (Exc. Salary/Volunteer Expenses) | Stirling | £2,000 |
| Ama-zing Harmonies | Running Costs | Edinburgh City | £2,000 |
| Prior Communities | Running Costs | West Lothian | £2,000 |
| Arnisdale & Loch Hourn Community Association | Running Costs | Highland | £2,000 |
| Blue Light Minds | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| 2nd Alva Brownie Unit | Running Costs | Clackmannanshire | £2,000 |
| Friends of Hartwood Paupers Cemetery | Running Costs | North Lanarkshire | £1,000 |
| The Warriors | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £1,000 |
| Carron Huskies Football Club | Running Costs | Falkirk | £1,000 |
| Colonsay Book Festival | Running Costs | Argyll and Bute | £1,000 |
Community Vehicle Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £25,000 and £2 million
- Funding of up to £10,000 for a vehicle to support your work
February 2024 awards:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Project Location | Total Amount Awarded |
| Passion4Fusion | The capital costs of the Multi-Purpose Vehicle | Edinburgh City; Western Isles | £10,000 |
| Kirkconnel Parish Heritage Society | The capital costs of a Minibus | Dumfries and Galloway | £10,000 |
| MCFB (Multi-Cultural Family Base) | The capital costs of the 7-seater Vehicle | Edinburgh City | £5,000 |
| Sporting Chances Alba | The capital costs of a Minibus | East Dunbartonshire; East Renfrewshire; Glasgow City; Renfrewshire | £5,000 |
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