£917,500 was awarded to 31 organisations across our funds in October. Our award announcements will now be monthly and anyone who would like to receive these directly to their inbox can do so by signing up to our mailing list.
If you would like to find out more about our funds, please click here. 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 five funds under our new strategy: Wee Grants, Small Grants, Large Grants, Community Buildings 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.
October 2021 awards:
| Salvesen Mindroom Centre | Team Leader - CYP Service (Direct Help & Support) | Scotland Wide | £99,000 |
| Team Jak Foundation | Running costs of Team Jak Foundation | Scotland Wide | £82,500 |
| Independent Living Support | Youth Service costs (GoBeDo) | Dumfries and Galloway | £76,500 |
| Fife Voluntary Action | From Struggle to Strength Employability Project | Fife | £76,000 |
| Front Lounge Limited | Salary costs of the Learning Manager | Dundee City | £75,000 |
| HOPE for Autism | Salary costs of the Senior Group Workers | North Lanarkshire | £75,000 |
| Community One Stop Shop (COSS) | Running costs of the Community One Stop Shop (COSS) | Edinburgh City | £69,000 |
| Highland Third Sector Interface | Social Cafe Project | Highland | £57,000 |
| Kingsway Community Connections | Salary cost of the Welfare Advice and Support Worker | Glasgow City | £54,000 |
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
October 2021 awards:
| Outpost Highlands SCIO | New Van | Highland | £7,500 |
| Edinburgh City Mission | Food Delivery Van | East Lothian; Edinburgh City | £7,500 |
| Food Facts Friends Project | Community Vehicle | Midlothian | £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.
October 2021 awards:
| Relationships Scotland - Counselling Highland | The Counselling Development Officer | Highland | £42,000 |
| Time and Space | Running costs of Time and Space | Glasgow City | £36,000 |
| Foundation for Positive Mental Health | Running costs of school programme | Scotland Wide | £30,000 |
| User and Carer Inolvement | The Hen's Shed Development Worker | Dumfries and Galloway | £28,500 |
| LEWIS & HARRIS YOUTH CLUBS ASSOCIATION | Young Leaders Programme Costs | Western Isles | £24,000 |
| Colston Milton Parish Church of Scotland | Milton Arts Project Music Workshops | Glasgow City | £24,000 |
| Renfrew Town Sea Scouts | Running Costs of the Scout Group | Renfrewshire | £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.
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.
October 2021 Awards:
| Appin Village Hall | Replacing the village hall roof | Argyll and Bute | £2,000 |
| Breasclete Parent Council | School trip costs | Western Isles | £2,000 |
| Bothwell and Uddingston Mens Shed | Equipment | South Lanarkshire | £2,000 |
| Aroha Animal Assisted Therapy and Wildlife Sanctuary | Training & insurance costs | Western Isles | £2,000 |
| Cromdale Village Hall | Electrical upgrade | Highland | £2,000 |
| Forth Valley Men's Shed | Running Costs | Clackmannanshire | £2,000 |
| Auchinairn Parent / Toddler Group | Christmas Outing & Party | East Dunbartonshire | £2,000 |
| Grow West Fife SCIO | The Walled Garden Improvements | Fife | £2,000 |
| Benarty Food Angels | the Monday Meal Club Food Parcels | Fife | £2,000 |
| Whitehill Parent Council | Breakfast Club | Glasgow City | £2,000 |
| Igbo Welfare Union Glasgow | Running Costs of Programme | Glasgow City | £1,000 |
Community Building Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £25,000 and £2 million
- Capital funding of up to £75,000 towards ‘community hubs’.
PLEASE NOTE: We have decided to close ‘Community Buildings’ as a type of funding. For more information please view Our Funds.
October 2021 awards:
| North Edinburgh Arts | MacMillan Creative and Community Hub | Edinburgh City | £25,000 |
Continuation Awards
While all the above awards have been made as part of our 2020-30 strategy, the following continuation awards were made under our 2016-19 strategy last month. If you think you may be eligible for continuation funding, please visit our Support for 2016-19 Grant Holders resource.
| Bridgend Farmhouse | The salary costs of the Skills Development Coordinator | Edinburgh City | £28,000 |