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Over £2.4M awarded to organisations across Scotland in June
We are delighted to announce our funding recipients from June 2023. 73 organisations received just over £2.4M to support their work to alleviate poverty and trauma across Scotland.
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Social Bridging Finance Model Evaluation
We are pleased to share the final evaluation report of Social Bridging Finance (SBF), a funding model which aimed to enhance the sustainability of public services, particularly those of a preventative nature.
First commissioned in 2019, the evaluation with Iconic Consulting and Glasgow Caledonian University aimed to generate learning around each component of the model, from the early design stage to the sustaining of services. For The Robertson Trust, we were particularly keen to better understand the role of an independent funder in system change and use the learning to inform future practice.
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Over £2.3M awarded to organisations across Scotland in May
We are delighted to announce our funding recipients from May 2023. 67 organisations received just over £2.3M to support their work to alleviate poverty and trauma across Scotland.
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The Robertson Trust signs a joint statement to the UK Government
The Robertson Trust has joined up with more than 100 organisations across Scotland calling for the UK Government to scrap its ‘Refugee Ban Bill’ and open safe routes to refugee protection for people fleeing war and persecution.
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We’re calling on the UK government to Guarantee our Essentials
More than 90 charities unite behind a powerful call on party leaders to guarantee essentials for low-income households amid rising hardship.
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Over £1.8M awarded to organisations across Scotland in March
We are delighted to announce our funding recipients from March 2023. 52 organisations received just over £1.8M to support their work to alleviate poverty and trauma across Scotland.
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Over £1.8M awarded to organisations across Scotland in February
We are delighted to announce our funding recipients from February 2023. 51 organisations received just over £1.8M to support their work to alleviate poverty and trauma across Scotland.
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The Barracks Conference Centre 2023
The doors are open! We are pleased to share details of 2023 plans for The Barracks Conference Centre, our regional event hub in Stirling.
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Over £1.6M awarded to organisations across Scotland in January
We are delighted to announce our funding recipients from January 2023. 47 organisations received just over £1.6M to support their work to alleviate poverty and trauma across Scotland.
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Talking about your funding
You are welcome to publicly acknowledge funding from us. In most cases we are happy to help with promotional activities and material.
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Over £2.2M awarded to organisations across Scotland in December
We are delighted to announce our funding recipients from December 2022. 59 organisations received just over £2.2M to support their work to alleviate poverty and trauma across Scotland.
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Invitation to Tender: Evaluation of The Robertson Scholarship
The Robertson Scholarship aims to support young people aged 16 to 25 to overcome financial and social barriers to gain the university education and career they aspire to. We are commissioning an independent, participatory evaluation of the Robertson Scholarship. This will help us to understand what differences it is contributing to and how our work in this area could have the greatest impact on poverty and trauma in Scotland.
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Voices: Young Enterprise Scotland
In our Voices series, we share the stories and opinions from our funded organisations that are helping to find solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. The latest group is Young Enterprise Scotland, an East Renfrewshire based charity that supports young people aged 5-25 years to develop business knowledge, entrepreneurial skills and financial literacy through accredited training and practical experience across Scotland.
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The Robertson Trust at 60
This booklet tells the story of Scotland's largest independent grant-maker, The Robertson Trust: its formation in 1961 by three remarkable sisters, its core values and shifting funding priorities down the years, and its present strategic focus: to fund, support and champion those seeking solutions to poverty and trauma in Scotland. Published to mark the Trust's 60th year.
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Research: Maternal Mental Health
This research was commissioned by The Robertson Trust to highlight what works, what doesn’t work and why in non-clinical maternal mental health interventions that are delivered by the third sector. It focuses specifically on three areas of practice: parenting support, peer support, and counselling/psychological support.