THE URBAN ROOTS INITIATIVE 

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
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Urban Roots - Woodland Kids Club
£1,035	22/10/2022	We wish to hire outdoor play workers including a therapeutic play worker to provide free outdoor children's clubs in Malls Mire Community Woodland, a local nature reserve in Toryglen.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Urban Roots Initiative
£44,500	29/03/2021	towards one year's running costs of a project providing food, growing and cookery training sessions for people from disadvantaged communities who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in ....more towards one year's running costs of a project providing food, growing and cookery training sessions for people from disadvantaged communities who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Castlemilk, Scotland.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Urban Roots
£2,000	19/02/2021	as an additional grant to support staff, volunteer and trustee wellbeing, to assist the organisation deliver its charitable purpose more effectively
Scottish Government - The Urban Roots Initiative
£12,000	20/05/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Scottish Government - The Urban Roots Initiative
£119,800	29/04/2020	Detailed description not provided.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to The Urban Roots Initiative
£2,000	27/04/2020	To contribute to a coordinated programme to provide food parcels to over 800 people in the southside of Glasgow and enable Urban Roots activities and support to vulnerable young people, children and ....more To contribute to a coordinated programme to provide food parcels to over 800 people in the southside of Glasgow and enable Urban Roots activities and support to vulnerable young people, children and their families to continue online.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Urban Roots
£75,000	18/07/2019 36	over three years towards salaries at an environment and community-focused charity working across the Southside of Glasgow
National Lottery Community Fund - Preisthill Planting Out
£3,500	15/04/2019 12	This group will use the funding to provide Priesthill with a community garden through their community growing project.
Robertson Trust - The Capital Development of the Polmadie Plots
£5,000	31/03/2019	The Capital Development of the Polmadie Plots
Glasgow City Council - South East Health Improvement Programme: The Great Grub and Get Cooking Get Shopping Programme
£9,000	28/02/2019	Coordinate and deliver a programme of healthy cookery workshops.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Urban Roots Initiative
£7,600	25/02/2019	Southside Schools Digging into Nature
National Lottery Community Fund - The Urban Roots Initiative
£118,427	14/12/2018 36	This group will use the funding to deliver community activities for people living in Toryglen in the southside of Glasgow which will help to reduce social isolation, strengthen community connections, ....more This group will use the funding to deliver community activities for people living in Toryglen in the southside of Glasgow which will help to reduce social isolation, strengthen community connections, create opportunities for learning new skills and improve health and wellbeing. Activities will include new community growing spaces, continued development across the existing community gardens and a programme of volunteering opportunities which will run throughout the year.
Corra Foundation - HDA-18/458
£4,000	04/10/2018	Towards the salary of a new part-time youth worker to deliver the pilot gardening project for vulnerable young people aged 12-18 years living in Toryglen, conditional on written confirmation that the ....more Towards the salary of a new part-time youth worker to deliver the pilot gardening project for vulnerable young people aged 12-18 years living in Toryglen, conditional on written confirmation that the post has been recruited.
Glasgow City Council - South East Health Improvement Programme: The Great Grub and Get Cooking Get Shopping Programme
£9,000	06/06/2018	Coordinate and deliver a programme of healthy cookery workshops.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Urban Roots Initiative
£100,000	14/03/2018 36	towards three years' salary of a Project Coordinator at a project providing community-led environmental and health improvement activities for people in Castlemilk, Glasgow
Robertson Trust - Salary costs of the part-time Project Development Workers
£45,000	19/09/2017	Salary costs of the part-time Project Development Workers
BBC Children in Need - Grant to Urban Roots Initiative
£30,000	09/03/2017 36	164 children and young people from Toryglen and Burnhill will take part in gardening, cooking, play and crafts activities after school and during the holidays in woodland. They will have improved ....more 164 children and young people from Toryglen and Burnhill will take part in gardening, cooking, play and crafts activities after school and during the holidays in woodland. They will have improved health, confidence and have more positive relationships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Polmadie Plots- community allotments & market garden (Community Spaces Scot
£63,830	31/01/2014 24	Polmadie Plots- community allotments & market garden (Community Spaces Scot
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Urban Roots
£72,100	24/06/2013	Malls Mire Community Woodland
National Lottery Community Fund - The Big Move!
£10,000	27/02/2013 12	This group will use the grant to carry out the necessary repair works prior to their move to new premises.
National Lottery Community Fund - There is no project name available for this record
£10,000	16/01/2013 12	This group will pilot the idea of establishing a social enterprise through their market garden by selling produce, providing volunteering opportunities and developing the garden into a centre of ....more This group will pilot the idea of establishing a social enterprise through their market garden by selling produce, providing volunteering opportunities and developing the garden into a centre of excellence for environmental projects.

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Directors (9)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in Scotland on 07/07/2009, number: SC040647
• Registered at Companies House on 03/07/2009, number: SC362134

Filing Record

Main office

Toryglen Community Base, 179 Prospecthill Circus, Toryglen, Glasgow, G42 0LA

Objectives

The company's objects are: (1) To advance education, particurlarly in relation to gardening, local food growing, healthy eating, traditional craft skills and matters relating to the environment. (2) To advance health through encouraging people to become involved in healthy exercise by participating in gardening, environmental improvement projects and similar activities, and by promoting healthy eating and healthier life styles. (3) To advance citizenship and community development (including the promotion of volunteering and the promotion of the voluntary sector and the effectiveness and efficiency of charities) by involving people who might otherwise be socially excluded in gardening, environmental improvement projects and other appropriate activities, and by encouraging the formation and development of local groups which harness the skills and energy of the local community and promote community cohesion. (4) To advance environmental protection or improvement (5) To relieve those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, and in particular by encouraging them to engage in gardening, environmental improvement projects and other appropriate activities. (6) To promote, establish. operate and/or support other similar schemes and projects which further charitable purposes.