| National Lottery Community Fund - Our Community Our Voice Our Future |
| £100,000 |
18/07/2023
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The project will continue to engage with care experienced people ensuring that their voices are heard and they feel supported and empowered to influence decisions. This includes enabling participants to affecting change and offer solutions to plans
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The project will continue to engage with care experienced people ensuring that their voices are heard and they feel supported and empowered to influence decisions. This includes enabling participants to affecting change and offer solutions to plans activities services interventions policies and legislation affecting them brought about as a result of the findings and recommendations made by The Independent Care Review’s ‘The Promise’.
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Five Nations One Voice |
| £150,000 |
17/07/2023
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Who Cares? Scotland supports care experienced people to have their voice heard. The Five Nations, One Voice Alliance is a partnership between charities working to promote the rights, strengthen the voice and improve outcomes for care experienced
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Who Cares? Scotland supports care experienced people to have their voice heard. The Five Nations, One Voice Alliance is a partnership between charities working to promote the rights, strengthen the voice and improve outcomes for care experienced children and young people at a national level across the UK and the island of Ireland. Partners include Who Cares? Scotland (Scotland), Become (England), Voices of Care Cymru (Wales), Voice of Young People in Care (Northern Ireland), and Empower People in Care (Republic of Ireland). This grant will support the Alliance to strengthen their partnership to create more opportunities for shared learning, identify opportunities to collectively influence policy and public attitudes, and to facilitate exchanges between care experienced children and young people.
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Who Cares? Scotland |
| £210,000 |
05/07/2023
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Towards unrestricted core costs to implement its new strategy in pursuit of a lifetime of equality, respect and love for Care Experienced people
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Who Cares? Scotand |
| £6,000 |
27/02/2023
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Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
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| National Lottery Community Fund - Care to Connect |
| £194,974 |
15/02/2022
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This group will use the funding to improve the lives of children and young people with experience of the care system. Following a successful pilot across Renfrewshire in partnership with the STV Children’s Appeal the organisation will use the
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This group will use the funding to improve the lives of children and young people with experience of the care system. Following a successful pilot across Renfrewshire in partnership with the STV Children’s Appeal the organisation will use the funds to extend the ‘Communities that Care’ project into five key areas across Scotland; Glasgow Ayrshire Dundee Tayside Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire over a two-year period.
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| National Lottery Community Fund - Care to Connect |
| £10,000 |
12/10/2021
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This group will use the funding to deliver activities for care-experienced young people in Renfrewshire.
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding |
| £20,000 |
19/08/2020
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Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
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| Comic Relief - Who Cares? Scotland Recovery Funding |
| £29,918 |
23/06/2020
6 |
COVID19 Recovery funding
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| DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund |
| £24,496 |
20/05/2020
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NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an
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NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Who Cares? Scotland |
| £17,500 |
05/05/2020
6 |
towards unrestricted costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
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| William Grant Foundation - Coronavirus Assistance |
| £30,000 |
16/04/2020
12 |
Unrestricted funding to assist the charity during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. Keywords: Care experienced, young people, advocacy.
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - COVID19 Emergency Funding |
| £20,000 |
03/04/2020
3 |
Support to aid the organisation in dealing with the challenges posed by COVID19.
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Who Cares? Scotland |
| £20,000 |
01/04/2020
6 |
Towards an extra support grant for Who Cares? Scotland to support the care experienced community during the COVID-19 crisis.
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| John Ellerman Foundation - Salary costs for a Policy and Participation Officer, and associated costs to embed a national engagement program with our members |
| £118,656 |
26/03/2020
36 |
Salary costs for a Policy and Participation Officer, and associated costs to embed a national engagement program with our members
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| William Grant Foundation - Coronavirus Assistance |
| £20,000 |
25/03/2020
6 |
To support the charity's First Responders for Care Experienced People initiative, supporting people in the care system or with experience of it in Scotland during the Covid-19 crisis.
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| National Lottery Community Fund - care 2 camp |
| £9,210 |
19/03/2020
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This group will use the funding to take around 150 care-experienced young people to their annual summer camp in Perthshire.
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Who Cares? Scotland |
| £195,000 |
26/02/2020
36 |
Towards unrestricted core costs to support the organisation to deliver transformational change for care experienced young people.
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| RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - 40 Years of Us |
| £65,000 |
04/03/2019
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The project will bring all the knowledge, experience and evidence gathered in 40 years of Who Cares? Scotland, to 35 Care Experienced people known as the Collective, in order to seed an empowered and engaged movement, to influence the future of care.
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| Comic Relief - Reaching Higher Plus |
| £145,343 |
25/09/2018
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The project will elevate the Reaching Higher programme by supporting Care Experienced (CE) employees in the North of Scotland. In addition, it will help Care Experienced people secure progression routes into full time employment elsewhere after the
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The project will elevate the Reaching Higher programme by supporting Care Experienced (CE) employees in the North of Scotland. In addition, it will help Care Experienced people secure progression routes into full time employment elsewhere after the completion of the programme. This will allow for an evidence based approach which links with the Scottish Government agenda. Four new posts will be created, two in Head Office and two working regionally in the North of Scotland to extend and improve the coverage and capacity of the organisation.
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Backbone grants 2018/19 - supporting a thriving civil society |
| £175,000 |
21/09/2018
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Who Cares? Scotland works with children and young people with experience of the care system in Scotland to help them to speak out and access the rights to which they are entitled. The organisation focuses on influencing the people, cultures and
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Who Cares? Scotland works with children and young people with experience of the care system in Scotland to help them to speak out and access the rights to which they are entitled. The organisation focuses on influencing the people, cultures and systems that will positively affect the quality of life for care-experienced people. This grant will provide core funding to help them build on their advocacy work, ahead of the root and branch review of the care system in Scotland.
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| National Lottery Community Fund - 5 Nations, 1 Voice |
| £44,540 |
13/09/2018
3 |
5 Nations, 1 Voice
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| RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Working Together For Children In Care |
| £5,000 |
27/06/2018
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Who Cares? Scotland and Clan Childlaw are organisations which focus on upholding and improving the rights of care experienced children and young people. A scoping exercise to establish whether a formal partnership or merger of the organisations,
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Who Cares? Scotland and Clan Childlaw are organisations which focus on upholding and improving the rights of care experienced children and young people. A scoping exercise to establish whether a formal partnership or merger of the organisations, would benefit this mutual client group.
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| RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - A lifetime of love |
| £26,600 |
30/05/2018
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A lifetime of Equality, Respect and Love for care experienced people. To be able to offer meaningful group work activities and routes to connect members with each other and the organization. The role of the Development Co-ordinators is vital in
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A lifetime of Equality, Respect and Love for care experienced people. To be able to offer meaningful group work activities and routes to connect members with each other and the organization. The role of the Development Co-ordinators is vital in making this offer a reality.
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| Robertson Trust - Reaching Higher Training Programme |
| £30,000 |
30/04/2018
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Reaching Higher Training Programme
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| Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting 1000 Voices and 'Root and Branch' review in Scotland |
| £60,000 |
10/07/2017
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Who Cares? Scotland supports the voice of care experienced people across Scotland through individual advocacy support, group participation activities and campaigning. A new Director of Operations will enhance the capacity of the senior leadership
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Who Cares? Scotland supports the voice of care experienced people across Scotland through individual advocacy support, group participation activities and campaigning. A new Director of Operations will enhance the capacity of the senior leadership team, allowing the organisation to effectively manage the 1000 Voices campaign and influence the upcoming ‘Root and Branch’ review of the care system in Scotland.
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| RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Connecting Scotland's care experienced children |
| £31,875 |
25/05/2016
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Who Cares? Scotland will work across the country to support, connect and unite vulnerable care experienced children. They will offer them engaging opportunities to participate in and creating lasting memories and connections with each other.
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| Tudor Trust - Grant to Who Cares? Scotland |
| £45,000 |
04/02/2016
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over three years towards the salary of the CEO to support joint work with Voice of Young People in Care in Northern Ireland focusing on the development of the Care Identity Strategy
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| Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Who Cares? Scotland |
| £89,955 |
02/09/2015
36 |
Towards salary and other costs for activities to amplify the voice of those who have been in care to challenge the care system and raise the profile of its failings and successes.
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| Comic Relief - Reaching Higher: Employability Programme for Care Experienced Young People |
| £399,237 |
15/07/2015
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Who Cares? Scotland (WC?S) in partnership with Move On and Venture Trust wish to deliver a bespoke training and employability programme, specifically designed around the needs of care experienced young people (CEYP). This project will provide
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Who Cares? Scotland (WC?S) in partnership with Move On and Venture Trust wish to deliver a bespoke training and employability programme, specifically designed around the needs of care experienced young people (CEYP). This project will provide intensive pre-employment support to 40 CEYP and 24 new paid supported traineeships, in addition to the 16 currently available at WC?S. All trainees will receive peer-led mentoring for a minimum of 1 year. Ultimately it is hoped that 80% of the trainees will move on to and sustain a positive destination. The grant will fund an employment coordinator and contribute to the costs of an HR Manager and Evaluation Officer and sessional youth staff, plus programme costs.
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| National Lottery Community Fund - 5 Nations, 1 Voice |
| £499,745 |
13/07/2015
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Who Cares? Scotland will lead a partnership bringing together leading advocacy groups for young people with experiences of being in care in the UK and Ireland. They will develop joint strategy and advocate for greater legal protection and
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Who Cares? Scotland will lead a partnership bringing together leading advocacy groups for young people with experiences of being in care in the UK and Ireland. They will develop joint strategy and advocate for greater legal protection and recognition of the rights of young people, who will be the agents for change through sharing their stories and views on what works. The other partners are Voices for Young People in Care, the Who Cares? Trust, Voices from Care and Empowering People in Care.
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