A total of £1,612,000 was awarded to 32 organisations in February 2022.
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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 new 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.
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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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 2022 awards:
| The Volunteer Tutors Organisation | Core running costs | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City; Inverclyde; North Lanarkshire; Perth and Kinross | £200,000 |
| Isaro Community Initiative | Running costs | Glasgow City; West Dunbartonshire | £137,500 |
| Calman Trust Ltd | Salary costs of the Case Manager | Highland | £108,000 |
| Community Food Initiatives North East | HOPE Programme costs | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire | £105,000 |
| Community Volunteers Enabling You (COVEY) | Running costs | North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire | £96,000 |
| Inverclyde Association For Mental Health | Running costs | Inverclyde | £90,000 |
| Riverside Community Trust | Running costs | South Ayrshire | £84,000 |
| Reeltime Music | Running costs | North Lanarkshire | £84,000 |
| Machan Trust (SCIO) | Running costs | South Lanarkshire | £84,000 |
| Renfrewshire Foodbank | Running costs | Renfrewshire | £75,000 |
| Scottish Huntington's Association | Financial Wellbeing Service costs | Scotland-wide | £75,000 |
| Dundee Women's Aid | Salary costs of Prevention Worker | Dundee City | £66,000 |
| Headway Ayrshire | Salary costs of the Community Outreach Support Officers | East Ayrshire; North Ayrshire; South Ayrshire | £60,000 |
| Carers of West Dunbartonshire | Salary costs of a PT Carer Support Worker | West Dunbartonshire | £60,000 |
| North Lanarkshire Disability Forum | Running costs | North Lanarkshire | £54,000 |
| Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland | Family Support Service | Scotland-wide | £51,000 |
| Voluntary Action Shetland | The running costs of the OPEN Project | Shetland Islands | £48,000 |
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 2022 awards:
| KLSB Community Group | Community Vehicle | Falkirk | £5,000 |
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 2022 awards:
| Carefree Kids East Lothian | Running costs | East Lothian | £36,000 |
| Advocacy Shetland SCIO | Part-time Advocacy Caseworker | Shetland Islands | £33,000 |
| Greatway Foundation | Mental Health Support Project | East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Midlothian; West Lothian | £30,000 |
| Gael Music | The 'Wait Till You Hear This' Project | South Lanarkshire | £12,000 |
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.
PLEASE NOTE: As our Wee Grants fund offers small amounts of funding for grassroots groups, with a light-touch application and assessment process, we are able to fund some projects here which we would not consider supporting through our other Funds. This includes, for example, activities focused on wellbeing for groups of people we know are more likely to experience poverty and/or trauma. For our larger awards, we look for applicants to clearly demonstrate how their work seeks to address poverty and/or trauma, in line with our funding strategy. All awardees listed below have, however, shown that their work fits with one of our funding themes and may be aimed at one of our priority beneficiary groups.
February 2022 awards:
| Helensburgh Youth Club | Running costs | Argyll and Bute | £2,000 |
| Dunterlie Community Yoga and Well-being Group (DCYWG) | Health and Wellbeing Sessions | East Renfrewshire | £2,000 |
| Help Kassi Kunda | Support for Asylum Seekers & Refugees in Glasgow | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| No-one Dies Alone Ayrshire | Sessional Worker | North Ayrshire | £2,000 |
| 1st Gourock (CDO) 6th Greenock & District Scout Group | Hall upgrades | Inverclyde | £2,000 |
| The Bright Action Team | Support for food, clothing & heating | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| Cove and Kilcreggan Youth Cafe | Youth Worker costs | Argyll and Bute | £2,000 |
| The Better Days for Men Foundation | Men's Football Sessions | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| The Rotary Club of Burntisland and Kinghorn | The Children's Clothes Bank | Fife | £1,700 |
| Paisley Bears American Football Club | Equipment and storage costs | Renfrewshire | £1,000 |
Continuation Awards
There were no continuation awards made in February 2022