£2,426,200 was awarded to 73 organisations in June 2023, with a success rate of 83%. 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.
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We have awarded £4,751,605 to 140 organisations since the beginning of our financial year in March 2023. Download our report here which shows the full list of awards.
Award Focus - Super Power Agency
The Super Power Agency is a charity working across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Scottish Borders, delivering a targeted programme of workshops for over 700 children and young people across a school term aimed at improving literacy levels, confidence, creativity and imagination.
"Our creative writing workshops and mentoring make learning fun so that young people can express themselves confidently and in their own voice. The workshop topics give young people the chance to explore different forms of writing, from creative to personal narrative, poetry to playwriting, guidebooks to children’s books. Our goal is to provide young people the opportunity to explore writing in a nourishing, supportive environment, free from the strict guidelines they get with other school assignments. It’s with this freedom we have seen our young writers flourish, their skills increase and their confidence soar.
At the end of the workshop, each young writer is presented with their work in a professionally published book. It is the feeling of accomplishment that comes from having a finished product and being a published author that gives a boost to our young participants’ aspirations and self-esteem. To date we have published more than 35 books filled with youth writing which are sold on our website, in local bookstores and on Amazon helping to bring the work to a larger audience helping to amplify youth voice.
We held our first workshop six years ago with 20 high school pupils at Leith Academy in Edinburgh and since then have expanded to work in 25 primary and high schools across five local councils, providing workshops to more than 5,000 young people. Workshops topics range The demand for our workshops continues to grow and we are excited to champion the importance that writing has in the future success of young people." Gerald Richards, Founding CEO, Super Power Agency
What our team says... "At The Robertson Trust, we are keen to understand how we can best maximise the contribution of education in reducing poverty. Recent analysis, undertaken by the Poverty Alliance on behalf of The Robertson Trust, explored the effectiveness of targeted mentoring and tutoring for children and young people living in poverty. We know from our review that mentoring can have a positive effect on personal outcomes, particularly emotional, attitudinal and behavioural, and contribute to better educational outcomes.
Through our Funds, we are particularly interested in work that focuses on support for educational engagement and attainment, including mentoring schemes for young people. The Super Power Agency is well established in their local community, and their approach with young people is relational and collaborative, both of which we recognise as vital for building resilience and confidence within education. We are pleased to be supporting their work for the next three years and look forward to learning from them as they progress." Wendy Knowles, Funding Manager.
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.
June 2023 awards:
| Rape Crisis Grampian | Salary costs of FT Sexual Violence Prevention Worker | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire | £117,000 |
| Grassmarket Community Project | The salary of the Service Manager and associated Members Programme costs. | Edinburgh City | £114,000 |
| Shetland Womens Aid (SCIO) | Towards the running costs of Shetland Womens Aid | Shetland Islands | £108,000 |
| North Ayrshire Womens Aid | The salary costs of the Service Manager | North Ayrshire | £105,000 |
| Airdrie Citizens Advice Bureau | The salary costs of the Crisis & Early Intervention Officer | North Lanarkshire | £105,000 |
| Moray Citizens Advice Bureau | The costs of the Empower Project Adviser | Moray | £96,000 |
| LAMH Recycle Ltd | The salary costs of the Operations & Development Manager and Support Worker | North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire | £90,000 |
| Bridgeton Citizens Advice Bureau | The running costs of Bridgeton CAB | Glasgow City | £90,000 |
| West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service | Towards the salary costs of the Art Psychotherapist and general running costs. | West Lothian | £90,000 |
| North United Communities | Core Running Costs | Glasgow City | £84,000 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum | Scottish Maritime Museum Employability Programme | North Ayrshire | £75,000 |
| Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd | The 'Creative Pathways' Programme | Glasgow City | £75,000 |
| Skye & Lochalsh Community Care Forum SCIO | Towards The Running Cost of The Young Carers Service | Highland | £75,000 |
| Penicuik Citizens Advice Bureau | The AIM-HI Project costs | Midlothian | £75,000 |
| East Ayrshire Carers Centre Ltd | The salary costs of the Adult, Young Carers and Employability Support Worker | East Ayrshire | £75,000 |
| The Super Power Agency | The Running Costs of The Super Power Agency | Clackmannanshire; East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Fife; Scottish Borders | £75,000 |
| Refuweegee | Core costs of Refuweegee | Glasgow City | £69,000 |
| Falkirk and District Association for Mental Health | Costs of the Distress Response Service (DRS) | Falkirk | £51,000 |
| Beith Trust | Salary costs of the Training and Development Coordinator | North Ayrshire | £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
June 2023 awards:
| The Green Team (Edinburgh and Lothians) Limited | Electric Minibus | East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Midlothian; West Lothian | £10,000 |
| Courtyard Pantry Enterprise | The Electric Cargo Bike | Glasgow City | £5,700 |
| Govan Youth Information Project | Minibus | Glasgow City | £5,000 |
| Govanhill Baths Community Trust | Community Vehicle for The People's Pantry | Glasgow City | £5,000 |
| The Scottish Pantry Network | Car to support The Scottish Pantry Network's Activities | Scotland Wide | £5,000 |
| B.J.O Amara Association | Wheelchair Accessible Mini Bus | Glasgow City | £2,500 |
| Bestway Community Development | A Van for the Street Mobile Food Project | Glasgow City | £2,500 |
| Safebase Scotland | Vehicle Upgrade | Falkirk; Stirling | £2,500 |
| Reanimate | The New Vehicle | Stirling | £2,500 |
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.
June 2023 awards:
| Milan senior welfare organisation | Towards the salary costs of the PT Financial Wellbeing Officer post | Edinburgh City | £45,000 |
| Touched by Suicide Scotland | The salary costs of the part-time Support Worker | Scotland Wide | £45,000 |
| WHITEROSE ADMINISTRATION AND SOCIAL CENTRE (SCIO) | The salary costs of the Full-time Development Worker/Centre Manager | Glasgow City | £45,000 |
| Maslow's Community | The salary costs of the Programmes Manager | Glasgow City | £45,000 |
| Tweeddale Youth Action | Running costs of Tweeddale Youth Action | Scottish Borders | £45,000 |
| Heart of Scotstoun | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £45,000 |
| St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation | The salary costs of the Chief Executive | Renfrewshire | £45,000 |
| Rosyth Community Projects Ltd (trading as EATS Rosyth) | The running costs of Rosyth Community Projects Ltd | Fife | £39,000 |
| Healthy and Active in East Kilbride | Running Costs of The Meeting Place | South Lanarkshire | £36,000 |
| Youth Auchmuty Project | Running Costs | Fife | £36,000 |
| Kyle & Lochalsh Community Trust | The costs of the Reuse/Recycle Hub | Highland | £33,000 |
| Motherwell & District Women's Aid | The development work for the 24 Hour Support Centre | North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire | £33,000 |
| Cumnock Juniors Community Enterprise | Towards the salary costs of the PT Community Outreach Coach | East Ayrshire | £30,000 |
| Granton Community Gardeners SCIO | Running Costs | Edinburgh City | £30,000 |
| Comunn Eachdraidh Nis | The salary costs of the Operations Manager | Western Isles | £30,000 |
| Sunshine Club | Running Costs | Fife | £27,000 |
| Cliftonville & Coatdyke Community Group | Running Costs | North Lanarkshire | £24,000 |
| South Machars Community Centre | The Salary Costs of the Business Development Manager & Facilities Supervisor | Dumfries and Galloway | £24,000 |
| Twechar Community Action | The Youth & Family Workers' Salary Costs | East Dunbartonshire | £24,000 |
| Beyond Earlston | Youth Worker Salary Costs | Scottish Borders | £24,000 |
| Spotlights Community Youth Theatre | Sessional Worker Salary Costs | Angus | £15,000 |
| The Holding Space | Running Costs | North Lanarkshire | £7,000 |
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.
June 2023 awards:
| Highland Action for Little Ones | How big are my feet project | Highland | £2,000 |
| Thornton Rose Riding for Disabled | Running Costs | Midlothian | £2,000 |
| Children's Theatre Bo'ness | Running Costs | Falkirk | £2,000 |
| Home Comforts North Lanarkshire | Running Costs | North Lanarkshire | £2,000 |
| Glasgow Eagles Sports Club | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| Gambian Community in Edinburgh | Gambia Cultural Event | Edinburgh City | £2,000 |
| Menopause Warriors Scotland | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| Environmental Arts and Action | The Costs of a Van | North Lanarkshire | £2,000 |
| Film Forres | Running Costs | Moray | £2,000 |
| Lochgelly Band | Running Costs | Fife | £2,000 |
| Fife Chinese Older Peoples Association | Running Costs | Fife | £2,000 |
| SAPC Community Sports Hub SCIO | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| 2nd Vale of Leven Brownies | The PGL Adventure Holiday | West Dunbartonshire | £2,000 |
| Parkinson's Disease Society Of The United Kingdom | Parkinson's UK - Glasgow Young Onset Parkinson's Group | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| Inverness Hospitals Broadcasting Service | Studio Upgrade & Equipment Costs | Highland | £2,000 |
| Friends of Inchyra park | Outdoor Activities/Events | Falkirk | £2,000 |
| The Busy Bees | Running Costs | South Lanarkshire | £2,000 |
| Spice Goals Football Collective | Running Costs | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| Contin Jamestown and Tarvie Projects (CJTProjects) | The Hot Meals Project | Highland | £1,500 |
| West Coast Beach Volleyball Club | Running Costs | East Ayrshire | £1,000 |
| The Outpost | Disabled toilet | Shetland Islands | £1,000 |
| Athletics Trust Scotland | The Transforming Lives Project | Glasgow City | £1,000 |
| Edinburgh Rays Baseball Club | Running Costs | Edinburgh City | £1,000 |
