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 continue to experience high demand for our funding, we have taken the decision to continue operating with our extended timescale for decisions of 10-12 weeks. This will help us manage demand and streamline our decision-making processes across all of our Funds.
£1,827,300 was awarded to 40 organisations in March 2026, with a success rate of 61%.
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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Award in Focus - Tullochan
"Tullochan is a youth development charity working alongside individuals in West Dunbartonshire to address the impacts of poverty and disadvantage. Through our Training Academy, we support people to build confidence, strengthen wellbeing and progress into sustainable education, training or employment, with lived experiences shaping how our services are designed and delivered. As we celebrate our 30th anniversary this year, we're pleased to have secured three years of funding from The Robertson Trust to sustain and develop this work." Rhona Blue, Funding and Communications Officer
Our team says... “We are pleased to continue our support for Tullochan's Training Academy, which has a strong record of delivering support for young people in West Dunbartonshire. The Training Academy will support young people to move towards positive steps in education and work by offering a wide range of activities that aims to build confidence and new skills. We look forward to learning from Tullochan as their work progresses.” Gillian Morton, Funding Manager
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 | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | Musselburgh Community Pantry | Running Costs | £4,000 | East Lothian |
| Community Transport | Inspire Motivate Celebrate SCIO | Towards the capital costs of a Van | £7,500 | North Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | Little Albas Kids Club | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City; South Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Seham & Najma | Running Costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Martha's Pantry Slamannan & Limerigg | Running Costs | £5,000 | Falkirk |
| Community Space | North East Fife Community Hub | Running Costs | £30,000 | Fife |
| Wee Grant | Maddiston Old Folks Association | The Weekly Lunch Club | £2,000 | Falkirk |
| Small Grant | Funeral Link | Towards the running costs of Funeral Link | £60,000 | Dundee City |
| Small Grant | Spirit Aid | Running costs in Scotland | £49,500 | East Ayrshire; East Renfrewshire; Glasgow City; North Ayrshire; Renfrewshire; South Lanarkshire |
Primary Priority: Access to advice, support and advocacy
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Bridge Community Project | Financial Wellbeing Service | £84,000 | West Lothian |
| Large Grant | Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisation Scotland | Towards the financial capability programme costs | £148,000 | Scotland Wide |
| Large Grant | Glasgow Disability Alliance | Towards the Rights Now project | £160,000 | 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 2026:
Primary Priority: Preventative support for families
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Lochaber Hope | Running Cost of Lochaber Hope | £105,000 | Highland |
| Large Grant | Home-Start Perth and Kinross | Running costs of Home-Start Perth & Kinross | £105,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| Community Transport | Home-Start Clackmannanshire | Towards the transport costs of Home-Start Clackmannanshire | £8,500 | Clackmannanshire |
Primary Priority: Crisis support and family breakdown/ domestic abuse
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Stirling and District Women's Aid | Running costs of Stirling and District Women's Aid | £115,500 | Stirling |
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 2026:
Primary Priority: Educational Engagement
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | TYKES | Towards the Running Costs of TYKES | £84,000 | Highland |
| Community Transport | Kingdom Off Road Motorcyle Club | Towards the capital costs of a Van | £10,000 | Fife |
| Large Grant | Spartans Community Foundation | Towards the costs of the Youth and Education work | £105,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Small Grant | Sauchie Active 8 | Running Costs | £43,500 | Clackmannanshire |
| Large Grant | Reeltime Music | Running costs of Reeltime Music | £93,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Community Transport | FetLor Youth Club | Towards the transport running costs | £6,800 | Edinburgh City |
| Small Grant | Active Life Club (ALC) SCIO | Running Costs | £49,500 | Glasgow City |
Primary Priority: Educational Attainment
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Tullochan | Running costs of the Training Academy | £108,000 | Argyll and Bute; West Dunbartonshire |
| Small Grant | Clyde FC Community Foundation | The cost of the Education Programmes and free holiday activities | £42,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | SAPC Community Sports Hub SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
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.
March 2026:
Primary Priority: Skills for employment
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Small Grant | Front Lounge Limited | Running Costs | £45,000 | Dundee City; Orkney Islands |
| Small Grant | Be United | The Employability Programme | £49,500 | Edinburgh City |
Preventing or reducing poverty at a community level
March 2026:
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | Renfrewshire Community Transport | Staff and Associated Running Costs | £24,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Community Space | Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre | Running Costs | £57,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Community Space | Brechin Community Football Trust | The Running Costs of Jars Community Hub | £30,000 | Angus |
| Community Transport | Local Energy Action Plan | Towards the running costs of LEAP Shared Transport | £16,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Community Space | St Matthews Centre | Running costs of the centre | £45,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Aberchirder Village Hall, SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Community Space | Kingsway Community Connections | Salary costs for the F/T Managing Director and F/T Admin/Finance Officer | £60,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Gallowshade Community Links | Running Costs | £3,000 | Angus |
| Wee Grant | Creation Corner | Towards the family craft group | £2,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | Alliance4Growth | Running Costs | £2,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Community Space | Mayfield and Easthouses Development Trust | Core running costs of MAEDT | £51,000 | Midlothian |
| Wee Grant | Soul of the Junction SCIO | Running Costs | £5,000 | South Lanarkshire |
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 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Aberchirder Village Hall, SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Musselburgh Community Pantry | Running Costs | £4,000 | East Lothian |
| Little Albas Kids Club | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City; South Lanarkshire |
| Seham & Najma | Running Costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City |
| Gallowshade Community Links | Running Costs | £3,000 | Angus |
| Creation Corner | Towards the family craft group | £2,000 | Renfrewshire |
| SAPC Community Sports Hub SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| Alliance4Growth | Running Costs | £2,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Martha's Pantry Slamannan & Limerigg | Running Costs | £5,000 | Falkirk |
| Maddiston Old Folks Association | The Weekly Lunch Club | £2,000 | Falkirk |
| Soul of the Junction SCIO | Running Costs | £5,000 | South Lanarkshire |
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.
March 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre | Running Costs | £57,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Brechin Community Football Trust | The Running Costs of Jars Community Hub | £30,000 | Angus |
| St Matthews Centre | Running costs of the centre | £45,000 | Glasgow City |
| Kingsway Community Connections | Salary costs for the F/T Managing Director and F/T Admin/Finance Officer | £60,000 | Glasgow City |
| Mayfield and Easthouses Development Trust | Core running costs of MAEDT | £51,000 | Midlothian |
| North East Fife Community Hub | Running Costs | £30,000 | Fife |
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 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Renfrewshire Community Transport | Staff and Associated Running Costs | £24,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Local Energy Action Plan | Towards the running costs of LEAP Shared Transport | £16,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Kingdom Off Road Motorcyle Club | Towards the capital costs of a Van | £10,000 | Fife |
| Inspire Motivate Celebrate SCIO | Towards the capital costs of a Van | £7,500 | North Ayrshire |
| FetLor Youth Club | Towards the transport running costs | £6,800 | Edinburgh City |
| Home-Start Clackmannanshire | Towards the transport costs of Home-Start Clackmannanshire | £8,500 | Clackmannanshire |
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 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Front Lounge Limited | Running Costs | £45,000 | Dundee City; Orkney Islands |
| Be United | The Employability Programme | £49,500 | Edinburgh City |
| Clyde FC Community Foundation | The cost of the Education Programmes and free holiday activities | £42,000 | Glasgow City |
| Sauchie Active 8 | Running Costs | £43,500 | Clackmannanshire |
| Active Life Club (ALC) SCIO | Running Costs | £49,500 | Glasgow City |
| Funeral Link | Towards the running costs of Funeral Link | £60,000 | Dundee City |
| Spirit Aid | Running costs in Scotland | £49,500 | East Ayrshire; East Renfrewshire; Glasgow City; North Ayrshire; Renfrewshire; South Lanarkshire |
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 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Lochaber Hope | Running Cost of Lochaber Hope | £105,000 | Highland |
| TYKES | Towards the Running Costs of TYKES | £84,000 | Highland |
| Tullochan | Running costs of the Training Academy | £108,000 | Argyll and Bute; West Dunbartonshire |
| Bridge Community Project | Financial Wellbeing Service | £84,000 | West Lothian |
| Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisation Scotland | Towards the financial capability programme costs | £148,000 | Scotland Wide |
| Spartans Community Foundation | Towards the costs of the Youth and Education work | £105,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Reeltime Music | Running costs of Reeltime Music | £93,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Glasgow Disability Alliance | Towards the Rights Now project | £160,000 | Glasgow City |
| Home-Start Perth and Kinross | Running costs of Home-Start Perth & Kinross | £105,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| Stirling and District Women's Aid | Running costs of Stirling and District Women's Aid | £115,500 | Stirling |
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If you have any questions about applying for Our Funds, please contact us on 0141 353 4321 or funding@therobertsontrust.org.uk.