EDINBURGH DEVELOPMENT GROUP (SCOTLAND) 

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Brokerage project
£10,000	17/01/2022	The group will support young disabled people and their families living in South Queensferry to use and manage their Self Direct Support budget to access local activities.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	14/08/2020	"Not about you without you - building community resilience"
National Lottery Community Fund - Schools out support at home
£9,950	24/04/2020 0	This group will use the funding to provide telephone and online support to families of children and young people with learning disability who are at home due to special school and settings closure ....more This group will use the funding to provide telephone and online support to families of children and young people with learning disability who are at home due to special school and settings closure due to COVID-19.
National Lottery Community Fund - Our Street Our Town Care Co-operatives
£197,832	25/03/2020 35	This group will use the funding over three years to develop two further care co-operatives, using learning from the model previously operated within the City of Edinburgh. The new co-operatives will ....more This group will use the funding over three years to develop two further care co-operatives, using learning from the model previously operated within the City of Edinburgh. The new co-operatives will be centred around South Queensferry and will involve a community of interest (people with disabilities) and a workers co-operative which will provide a range of support. The project will work directly with 45 people and involve at least ten volunteers.
Robertson Trust - The Friendship Factory
£30,000	26/06/2019	The Friendship Factory
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£20,000	28/05/2019	Not about you without you'
National Lottery Community Fund - Home Sweet Home (Pilot)
£9,860	03/04/2019 12	This group will use the funding to run a 12 week programme to give people with learning difficulties the chance to plan for the future and create a stable home environment.
National Lottery Community Fund - Self Managed Care Co-operatives Our Future in Our Hands
£346,047	08/03/2017 36	This projects will use the funding to implement an innovative model of self-managed care co-operatives in the Edinburgh area. They have already piloted one such group, the Encompass group, which ....more This projects will use the funding to implement an innovative model of self-managed care co-operatives in the Edinburgh area. They have already piloted one such group, the Encompass group, which works with families and support workers of older adults (40-55) with learning difficulties and believe that the model they have developed can be rolled out and adapted for use by other groups. They are aiming to have five groups running and sustainable by the end of the three year award.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Getting the Right Support for Flamboyant Dreaming
£29,632	10/03/2016 18	AJP Dreams’ tagline is “If I can, you can, we can!” Alexander Warren is a young man who has overcome obstacles to become a conference speaker, businessman and entrepreneur, using his ....more AJP Dreams’ tagline is “If I can, you can, we can!” Alexander Warren is a young man who has overcome obstacles to become a conference speaker, businessman and entrepreneur, using his experiences to inspire and motivate others to improve care and support for people with learning disabilities. Alexander plans to work with Edinburgh Development Group, an academic from Edinburgh University and drama experts to research, develop, test and pilot an empathy training programme for support workers, which will help them to listen to and empathise with their clients’ dreams, no matter how flamboyant. PHF funding will pay Alexander, his support team and these experts for 18 months to create a training product that can be delivered more widely and become commercially sustainable.
National Lottery Community Fund - Care Cooperatives
£14,681	22/12/2015 12	Care Cooperatives
National Lottery Community Fund - EDG Homeshare
£122,000	09/12/2015 36	This project will support people of all ages with learning disabilities and match them with an appropriate home-sharer who can support them to live more independently. This includes older people, ....more This project will support people of all ages with learning disabilities and match them with an appropriate home-sharer who can support them to live more independently. This includes older people, students, carers and early careers professionals. The project steering group will include l’Arche, Camphill, Share Scotland: Local Area Co-ordination, and City of Edinburgh Council.
RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Keys to the Door - beginning the next conversation
£4,950	25/11/2015	Production of a set of video clips that show older parent carers with adults with learning disabilities in conversation with each other. To facilitate useful discussion that will focus on the need ....more Production of a set of video clips that show older parent carers with adults with learning disabilities in conversation with each other. To facilitate useful discussion that will focus on the need for early planning and use the video clips to explore these key themes for families.
Robertson Trust - the 'Keys to the Door' Video Resource Project
£10,000	30/06/2015	the 'Keys to the Door' Video Resource Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Shared Vision
£10,000	01/11/2012 12	This group will use the grant to develop a range of short films designed to promote and inform people about approaches and methods of social inclusion currently being used. They will also update ....more This group will use the grant to develop a range of short films designed to promote and inform people about approaches and methods of social inclusion currently being used. They will also update their website so that they can show the films.
National Lottery Community Fund - There is no project name available for this record
£10,000	21/05/2010 12	This group seek funding for a pilot project, which aims to support disabled people to make the transition from receiving directly provided care services to arranging their own support (Self Directed ....more This group seek funding for a pilot project, which aims to support disabled people to make the transition from receiving directly provided care services to arranging their own support (Self Directed Support, SDS). This grant will be used to commission an external researcher for evaluation and financial modelling.

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Directors (6)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in Scotland on 15/06/1999, number: SC020079
• Registered at Companies House on 09/04/2001, number: SC217922

Filing Record

Main office

Unit 16B, Castlebrae Business Centre, Peffer Place, Edinburgh, EH16 4BB

Objectives

To provide relief and promote the benefit of people of all ages with learning difficulties and of their families and carers residing within the Area of Benefit (the 'beneficiaries') through the provision of services and activities that aim to improve the beneficiaries' condititons of life and enable them to participate fully in the social, economic and civic life of their communities. and to advance education through the provision of trainin, information, advice and guidance to professional bodies and practitioners, the general public and the said beneficiaries on the planning, co-ordination and delivery of services which best meet the needs and choices of the beneficiaries.