WILLIAM GRANT FOUNDATION

Grant criteria

The William Grant Foundation is committed to a future where everyone in Scotland has the opportunity to thrive, a belief that is deeply rooted in the core values shared by the family and the company. William Grant & Sons has always taken a long-term view to support its people, its communities and its business. Building on a long tradition of supporting community groups and charities, the company now sets aside 1% of pre-tax profits each year for use by the William Grant Foundation.

Grant details

This commitment is deeply rooted in the core values shared by the William Grant family and the company. The Foundation aims to: • Ensure greater opportunities for those who are disadvantaged • Strengthen the local communities in which the company operates • Improve Scotland’s natural and built environment • Sustain the unique culture and heritage of Scotland

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Analysis of Grants Made

In this period 453 donations have been made totalling £18,191,488 to 217 organisations
This grant maker is prepared to support unregistered organisations

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Average annual spending of registered grantees: £4,427,520

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Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)

Individual Grants Made

When	Amount/ Spending	Recipient	To be used for
27/06/2024	£20,000 £2,028,417	OVER THE WALL	A contribution over 1 year to the costs of Over the Wall’s work in Scotland, running free residential camps for children affected by serious illness and disability. Keywords: Long-term conditions; siblings; families.
05/06/2024	£20,000	WILD TROUT TRUST	Funding over 2-years to boost the Wild Trout Trust's capacity to support Scottish organisations and stakeholders working to improve river habitats and ecosystems. Key words: Freshwater, conservation
05/06/2024	£45,000	REGEN	Support for a 1-year programme of work on developing evidence and leadership to support a just transition to net zero energy in Scotland.
05/06/2024	£3,000 £21,268	COIGACH HERITAGE	A general contribution to an appeal to raise funds to create a monument on the hillside above Acheninver commemorating when the people of Coigach, led by its women, successfully resisted five attempts to evict them from the land.
29/05/2024	£27,471	SCULPTURE PLACEMENT GROUP	Unrestricted funding over one year for this arts and research organisation, supporting their work to prolong the life-span of sculptures, make arts practice more sustainable, bring sculpture to wider audiences and to offer economic and practical solutions for artists.
29/05/2024	£30,000	PUSH THE BOAT OUT	Unrestricted funding over 2 years towards the 2024 and 2025 editions of Push the Boat Out, a festival of new poetry and spoken word that takes place annually in Edinburgh.
29/05/2024	£20,000 £148,138	FIFE CONTEMPORARY	Unrestricted funding over 1 year but made in response to a request for support with three projects: 'Hags!' an exhibition celebrating the work of older women craftspeople in Scotland; a collaboration with Fife Afro Caribbean Network; towards creating a showcase for 10 new graduates from Scottish art schools.
29/05/2024	£20,000 £4,051,453	GLASGOW FILM THEATRE	Unrestricted funding over 2 years made in response to a request for support with the New Talent Mentorship Scheme, which supports emerging filmmakers from under-represented backgrounds, including (but not limited to) those from minority ethnic groups, LGBTQIA+, low or no income backgrounds, and people with disabilities.
29/05/2024	£60,000 £1,771,583	FèISEAN NAN GàIDHEAL	Unrestricted funds over two years to support Fèisean nan Gàidheal's work to support Gaelic arts youth tuition festivals around Scotland, including their Fèis Grants Scheme, which re-grants funds on to local Fèisean. Keywords: traditional music; community arts; festivals
29/05/2024	£40,000	THE SCOTTISH ARTS TRUST	Core funding over two years to help this small Scottish arts charity during a period of transitional change and development, in particular enabling them to have more paid staff capacity and to fund a second phase of strategic consultancy.
29/05/2024	£30,000 £7,260,209	NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND	To be used flexibly towards the cost of the Creative Engagement strategy over 2 years, including delivery of schools outreach and resources, participatory theatre projects, and career development initiatives.
29/05/2024	£30,000 £1,725,185	OUT OF THE BLUE ARTS & EDUCATION TRUST	To contribute to the cost of a 12-month programme of workshops and outreach activity to engage young people – from school age to students and early career artists – to learn about and use RISO printing for creative projects. This involves a tiered programme of activity from one-off opportunities through to residencies and creative business workshops for college leavers. Keywords: Graphic design, visual art
29/05/2024	£74,430 £365,319	SCOTTISH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP	Unrestricted funding over 2 years made in response to a request for support for residencies at the Scottish Sculpture Workshops for 10 artists who are caregivers and/or disabled, from a wide range of artistic disciplines.
29/05/2024	£30,000 £93,369	TIM STEAD TRUST	Unrestricted funding over one year, made in response to request for support with replacing the original Thyme Roof artwork created by the late sculptor and furniture maker Tim Stead at his former house, the Steading, in the Scottish Borders. This project will coincide with the 25th anniversary of Stead's death and will also involve an accompanying public engagement programme. Key words: wood; archive; green roof; craft.
28/05/2024	£112,750	HOME-START GLASGOW NORTH AND NORTH LANARKSHIRE	Contribution to the costs of the charity's Lanarkshire Home-Start service for 2 years.
23/05/2024	£3,300	ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS CENTRE FOR SCOTLAND	Supporting the costs of a workshop (held in partnership with CEMVO/Ethnic Minority Environmental Network, Nourish and The Poverty Alliance) to identify the experiences and needs of BAME communities relating to access to a healthy environment.
21/05/2024	£105,000 £928,356	WHALE, THE ARTS AGENCY	A three-year grant to help sustain this building-based community arts organisation, contributing to both core costs and the ongoing development of a range of activities designed to promote health and wellbeing among adults, including those with long-term conditions.
21/05/2024	£100,000 £1,473,823	PLAY WORKS	Unrestricted funding to support the core costs of this family support charity over two years. Keywords: play, outdoor learning.
21/05/2024	£30,000 £378,559	PARENT-INFANT FOUNDATION	A contribution towards the Parent Infant Foundation's work in Scotland for one year, including supporting local parent-infant mental health teams in health boards; policy work; and exploring long-term solutions to the sustainability of infant mental health services in Scotland. Keywords: perinatal; NHS; local authorities; Scottish Government; families; babies; early intervention; prevention.
16/05/2024	£21,037	ACTION FOR CHILDREN	Contribution to the costs of the Moray Sonas Wellbeing Service in 2024/2025. The Service supports the emotional wellbeing and resilience of children and young people aged 5-26. Keywords: youth mental health.
16/05/2024	£40,000 £271,975	SURF - SCOTLAND'S REGENERATION FORUM	Contribution to the costs of the (place-based) Alliance for Action regeneration programme in Girvan for 2 years.
16/05/2024	£56,562	ENABLE SCOTLAND (LEADING THE WAY)	To support the costs of maintaining the Stepping Up programme in 5 schools in North Lanarkshire in the 2024/25 school year.
16/05/2024	£75,338 £2,605,918	ONE PARENT FAMILIES SCOTLAND	Contribution to the costs of the Connecting Young Parents Progression Pathway programme in North Lanarkshire for two years.
15/05/2024	£80,000 £1,015,503	HOMELESS NETWORK SCOTLAND	To contribute to an action learning partnership between Homeless Network Scotland and four local delivery partners in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Fife for 2 years. The partnership is seeking to understand how to deliver a ‘No Wrong Door’ i.e. more holistic and joined up approach to supporting people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantage, and to feed this learning into decision makers, to influence systems and policy. Keywords: system change
15/05/2024	£15,000 £24,887,000	FOUNDATION SCOTLAND	To support the selection and commissioning of a learning partner for one year during ‘year 0’ of this new innovative fund which will provide long-term unrestricted funding to organisations working to tackle poverty and climate change in Edinburgh. The learning partner will work with stakeholders on development of a monitoring, evaluation and learning framework that will promote effectiveness and maximise learning during the main 10-year life of the Fund.
03/05/2024	£3,000	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK	Annual contribution
22/04/2024	£50,000 £490,023	SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT LINK	1-year grant to support the work of Scottish Environment LINK's Ocean Recovery strand of activity in the 2024/25 financial year. Keywords: marine
22/04/2024	£16,500	SEA-CHANGERS	Funding for re-granting through the Marine Innovation Fund grants scheme which will support innovative solutions to marine conservation problems. The Foundation's grant will specifically support innovation activity in Scotland.
02/04/2024	£3,250	JOANNE YEADON TEXTILE DESIGN STUDIO	Training costs and loom hire to develop Bernat Klein inspired hand-woven swatches into larger quantities of commercially viable fabric. The ultimate aim is to use the fabric for the development of products such as cushions, glasses cases, purses and eye masks which, if selected, would be sold on the Bernat Klein Foundation's online shop.
26/03/2024	£40,000 £39,788	APROXIMA SCIO	To support this arts charity over two years during which they will deliver their Glasgow Requiem programme - a creative exploration of the heritage of the area surrounding Glasgow Cathedral.
08/03/2024	£11,000	GLENDOUNE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	Unrestricted funding to support this local community association to sustain its activity in 2024/25.
29/02/2024	£50,000 £2,229,552	ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND TRUST	Continued support over one year for 1) the research and purchase of digital technologies, enabling digital skills development and 2) to creatively engage with care experienced and estranged young people, including students, artists and school age young people, supporting them in their creative and personal development.
29/02/2024	£35,000	GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL PIPING FESTIVAL	Towards the cost of staging the annual Piping Live! festival in Glasgow, celebrating bagpipe music from around the world, including a programme of linked masterclasses by visiting musicians. Keywords: traditional music
29/02/2024	£32,000 £2,685,200	THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE	Towards the cost of staging the Glenfiddich Piping Championship competition for solo pipers (bagpipes) held at Blair Castle, Perthshire, in October 2024. Other keywords: traditional music
29/02/2024	£12,000 £218,613	DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY ARTS FESTIVAL	To contribute to the costs of administering and programming the annual Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival during 2024. Keywords: festivals; arts and culture; rural communities.
29/02/2024	£25,000 £5,819,264	SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST	A contribution towards Scottish Book Trust’s New Writers Awards, over one year. Support for awardees - all unpublished writers - includes a bursary, training, mentoring and a retreat. Keywords: literature; poetry; fiction; non-fiction; Scots.
29/02/2024	£40,000 £409,661	GUILD OF PLAYERS	An unrestricted contribution to the community-owned and operated Theatre Royal Dumfries over 2 years. The theatre provides performances, training and volunteering opportunities, participatory workshops and an archive.
29/02/2024	£22,650 £202,727	HERITAGE CRAFTS	Support over 1 year for a range of work to support heritage craftspeople in Scotland: three training bursaries for people experiencing financial hardship; three Endangered Crafts Fund grants; and a Scottish Maker of the Year Award.
29/02/2024	£40,000 £35,118,883	THE KING'S FOUNDATION	Towards an education and training programme based at Dumfries House teaching young people and adults skills required to sustain a thriving textile industry, over two years. As well as introducing key skills, the programme aims to inspire more people to pursue careers in the textile industry.
28/02/2024	£4,400	COMPETING PIPERS ASSOCIATION	To support (through re-granting) the costs of B and C grade solo piping competitions around Scotland and also the third annual Bronze Medal competition to be held in Glasgow in August 2024, which is organised by the Competing Pipers Association directly. Keywords: Bagpipe music; traditional music
22/02/2024	£50,000	CHANGING FACES	Support over 1 year towards Changing Faces’ work programme in Scotland, supporting_x000D_ people with a visible difference. This includes the Skin Camouflage Service and the Wellbeing Service.
22/02/2024	£20,000 £44,804,000	THE CORRA FOUNDATION	A contribution over 1 year to the Making it Happen Fund, a pot of money available to families and communities as part of the What Matters to You programme. Through small grants for individuals or parent/young people led collaborations, families and communities will have the resources they need to realise their ideas for how they want their lives and communities to improve.
21/02/2024	£25,000 £15,694,277	SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS	A contribution, alongside other funders, to a year-long programme of awareness-raising, support. and insight gathering regarding Scottish third sector organisations' contribution to net zero and other forms of climate action, including their role in climate adaptation. Keywords: capacity building
20/02/2024	£5,000	THIRD SECTOR LAB	Towards the cost of a series of free online workshops for third sector organisations on digital tools and ways of working, running throughout 2024/25. Key words: capacity building; coronavirus recovery
19/02/2024	£30,750 £12,473	COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF LOCHS AND SOUNDS	Unrestricted funding for this local marine conservation charity over 2-years. Keywords: Marine, restoration, conservation
19/02/2024	£73,800 £233,080	BANNOCKBURN HOUSE TRUST	Supporting the costs of the Operations Manager post for 2 years. Keywords: Heritage, assets, capital, community asset, community ownership
09/02/2024	£40,000 £1,296,202	COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ENABLING YOU LTD	Contribution to the general operating costs of this youth support charity. Key words: Youth; young people; families; children; Lanarkshire
08/02/2024	£5,000 £368,236	HERITAGE TRUST NETWORK	Contribution to the costs of the Heritage Trust Network Annual Conference to be held in Dunfermline in 2024
25/01/2024	£3,000 £1,473,823	PLAY WORKS	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for support with Play Works' Annual Conference in 2024. This is a one-day professional development opportunity for early years workers, play workers, family support workers and similar from any organisation, hosted by Play Works.
15/01/2024	£15,000 £660,125	OBAN COMMUNITIES TRUST	Unrestricted contribution to the charity's core costs, made in response to the need for short term funding to support the running costs of the Rockfield Centre, Oban.
09/01/2024	£40,000 £478,992	KNOCKANDO WOOLMILL TRUST	To part-fund a two-year apprenticeship in traditional weaving skills for two local people at the Woolmill. Keywords: craft; textiles; heritage; cloth.
08/01/2024	£50,000	ATLANTIC SALMON TRUST	Contribution to the costs of a pilot river restoration initiative on the River Deveron. Keywords: biodiversity; fish; freshwater; nature; restoration
08/01/2024	£10,000 £307,865	HANDS UP FOR TRAD	Unrestricted funding over 1 year awarded in response to a request for support with the Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin' - a traditional Scottish music and culture course for young people aged 13-18, run in partnership with Tradfest, in spring 2024. The majority of participants are expected to be young carers and/or have little or no previous musical experience.
04/01/2024	£30,300 £9,822,275	CHANGEWORKS RESOURCES FOR LIFE	Support for the costs of further testing, development and integration of a new energy information and advice service for housing association tenants.
21/12/2023	£78,884 £2,442,643	DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND	To contribute to the costs over two years of a Facilities Management support service to help communities who own buildings, to successfully look after and manage them post-acquisition and redevelopment.
20/12/2023	£82,000 £37,308,000	ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST	Contribution to the Aberlour Youthpoint Moray service in 2024 and 2025. Key words: youth work
07/12/2023	£7,800 £109,947	ISLE OF KERRERA DEVELOPMENT TRUST	Grant to support general operating costs, made in response to a need for revenue funding for account audit fees.
07/12/2023	£100,000 £24,543,000	MAGGIE KESWICK JENCKS CANCER CARING CENTRES TRUST	To contribute to the funds required to make Maggie’s practical, emotional and social support available for people with cancer and their loved ones from Maggie’s network of 8 centres in Scotland, over one year.
07/12/2023	£120,000 £1,648,216	GOVERNORS OF DEAN ORPHANAGE & CAUVINS TRUST	Unrestricted support for care experienced young people, but made in response to a proposal to help fund their work with young families. Keywords: holistic; trauma; early years; babies; infants; prevention; early intervention.
04/12/2023	£75,000 £311,417	NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND CHARITABLE TRUST	To fund the involvement of 15 craftspeople in a collaborative project which explores the shared Celtic craft heritage of Scotland and Northern Ireland, inspiring the creation of contemporary craft pieces, to be exhibited in both nations.
04/12/2023	£7,700	STRANGE FIELD	To fund an exhibition, short film and community engagement events as part of a creative project looking at the legacy of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the community of Dalmarnock – an area that was transformed by the Games. Key words: Glasgow East End; regeneration; photography; artist in residence. Keywords: regeneration; community arts
04/12/2023	£33,500 £101,134	THE SOUNDHOUSE ORGANISATION	Unrestricted funding. The grant was made in response to the charity's plans to deliver the Tradfest traditional music festival in Edinburgh in May 2024 and 2025.
01/12/2023	£60,000 £884,564	THE RIDGE	Contribution to the costs of the redevelopment of Black Bull Close in Dunbar into a multi-purpose community facility offering support for a range of beneficiaries. Keywords: town centre, heritage, regeneration, capital project, community ownership
01/12/2023	£55,000 £37,308,000	ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST	Contribution to a fund providing crisis cash grants to families in need across Scotland. Keywords: cost of living
16/11/2023	£41,557	PLACE2BE	To support the costs of a Community Mental Health Practitioner to work with young people disengaged from education in Girvan and Carrick Academy areas.
16/11/2023	£17,165	ACTION FOR CHILDREN	Contribution to the costs of the Moray Sonas Wellbeing Service in 2024. The project supports young people aged 5-26 who are experiencing emotional health difficulties and need support to improve their wellbeing. Keywords: youth mental health
10/11/2023	£5,500 £140,578	2050 CLIMATE GROUP	To support the costs of 2050 Climate Group taking forward local climate conversations with young people and youth organisations in Moray.
10/11/2023	£11,000	SEA-CHANGERS	To support the costs of a Scottish Learning Fund to support small scale grassroots marine conservation groups to engage in learning, knowledge sharing and networking & skills development.
10/11/2023	£26,000	PROJECT SEAGRASS	To support the work of Project Seagrass in Scotland in 2024. Made in response to their need for support for their Marine Survey Lead. Keywords: marine, conservation, environment
06/11/2023	£3,000	CARRICK ACADEMY	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2023/24
02/11/2023	£49,273 £349,325	ALCHEMY FILM & ARTS	Unrestricted funding over 2 years but made in response to a request for support for an Assistant Producer role. This role will assist with producing and_x000D_coordinating all aspects of Alchemy's flagship annual experimental film festival in Hawick, Scottish Borders.
01/11/2023	£3,000	GIRVAN ACADEMY	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2023/24
01/11/2023	£10,000	CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2023/24
01/11/2023	£10,000	BELLSHILL ACADEMY	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2023/24
01/11/2023	£3,000	SPEYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2023/24
12/10/2023	£110,338 £30,403,428	FAUNA & FLORA	3-year support for FFI’ s work to empower and connect Scottish community-based conservation groups and organisations.
10/10/2023	£37,500 £3,861,463	NPC	To support the costs of co-ordinating one or more strands in a collaborative UK-wide initiative to accelerate action by social charities in response to the climate and nature crises. Keywords: climate change; research; policy
10/10/2023	£150,000 £44,804,000	THE CORRA FOUNDATION	A contribution to a pooled fund supporting human rights-related infrastructure and activity in Scotland, to be used over 3 years. Keywords: Funder collaboration
06/10/2023	£48,000 £9,822,275	CHANGEWORKS RESOURCES FOR LIFE	Support for the CERG’s 2023/24 programme of work - focussed on informing the Scottish Government's response to the climate emergency and helping it achieve its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Keywords: climate change; policy
06/10/2023	£30,750	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK	2-year grant to support the work of EFN to support, grow and develop environmental philanthropy, funding and fundraising in Scotland, 2023-2025.
30/09/2023	£44,000 £458,955	3D DRUMCHAPEL	Unrestricted funding for this family support charity in Glasgow in 2023. Keywords: holistic family support; first 1,000 days; parenting support; perinatal; peer support.
30/09/2023	£33,000 £1,292,880	STEPPING STONES FOR FAMILIES	Unrestricted funding for this family support charity in Glasgow and South Ayrshire in 2024. Keywords: holistic family support; first 1,000 days; parenting support; perinatal; peer support
21/09/2023	£71,750	LOCO HOME RETROFIT CIC	General operating support for this specialist member-led home energy retrofit initiative for 2 years. Keywords: retrofit, home energy, carbon footprint, energy,
21/09/2023	£50,000 £1,671,783	LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND	Contribution to general operating costs in the 2023/24 financial year
21/09/2023	£50,000	ATLANTIC SALMON TRUST	To support the costs of a pilot river restoration initiative on the River Deveron. Keywords: biodiversity, fish
15/09/2023	£73,085 £435,715	GIRVAN YOUTH TRUST	Supporting the costs of the Project Search (Culzean) Job Coach and associated costs. Key words: employability, additional support needs, youth, young people.
13/09/2023	£5,500	THE SCOTTISH ARTS TRUST	To fund a consultant to support the Scottish Arts Trust to guide them in determining the most appropriate strategy to enable it to continue its programmes in the long-term. Keywords: organisational development.
13/09/2023	£15,000 £519,195	THE SCOTTISH SCHOOLS PIPES AND DRUMS TRUST	Towards the cost of organising and staging the Schools Pipe Bands Championships in Kilmarnock in March 2024. Keywords: bagpipes, youth music
13/09/2023	£45,000 £519,195	THE SCOTTISH SCHOOLS PIPES AND DRUMS TRUST	Towards the cost of starting or sustaining schools piping and drumming tuition in communities across Scotland over 3 years. Keywords: youth music; bagpipes; pipe bands; traditional music
28/08/2023	£4,600	EAGLE PIPERS SOCIETY	Towards the cost of staging the 2024 Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner-Recital in Edinburgh. Keywords: bagpipes; traditional music
28/08/2023	£11,000	SCOTTISH PIPING SOCIETY OF LONDON	Towards the costs of the annual London Competition in 2024; Keywords: bagpiping, traditional music
18/08/2023	£25,000	GIRVAN COMMUNITY SPORTS HUB	To support general operating costs of this local Sports Development Charity for a further year – August 2023 to August 2024. Keywords: 'Community Sport'
17/08/2023	£5,000	AYR RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED	A contribution towards the cost of planning and implementing upgrades to the access, pitches and clubhouse at the club's home ground, Millbrae, Ayr. Keywords: sport; youth; community assets
08/08/2023	£35,000	CARERS TRUST	Funding towards the organisation's work in Scotland supporting unpaid carers, over one year.
08/08/2023	£90,000 £158,028	SCOTTISH MEN'S SHEDS ASSOCIATION	Scottish Men’s Sheds Association is the umbrella organisation for Men’s Sheds in Scotland, providing Sheds with support, advice and a shared voice. This is an unrestricted grant to contribute to their costs. Key words: health; wellbeing; isolation; loneliness; infrastructure; long-term conditions; ageing; infrastructure
27/07/2023	£5,000 £101,134	THE SOUNDHOUSE ORGANISATION	A general contribution to the work of this music promoter charity, made in response to the costs associated with staging a season of Scottish jazz and folk concerts at the Rose Theatre during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
27/07/2023	£10,000 £4,051,453	GLASGOW FILM THEATRE	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for support with the New Talent Mentorship Scheme, which supports emerging filmmakers from under-represented backgrounds, including (but not limited to) those from minority ethnic groups, LGBTQIA+, low or no income backgrounds, and people with disabilities.
24/07/2023	£15,000	YOUNG SEA CHANGERS SCOTLAND	General operating support to assist this youth-led marine NGO to establish its activities.
27/06/2023	£110,337	ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS CENTRE FOR SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding for 3 years to support the work of this national environmental charity working to support communities and civil society on legal rights and remedies on environmental matters. Key words: Rights, Legal, Advocacy, Advice, ENGO
14/06/2023	£300,000 £893,344	THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY	A contribution to the Youth Action Fund over two years. The Youth Action Fund aims to transform the life chances of people, aged between 16 and 25, in Scotland who are facing significant barriers to reach their potential, and empower them to create positive change in their lives and their communities. Funds are distributed to a portfolio of charities via the fund manager, Inspiring Scotland. Keywords: youth work; employability
07/06/2023	£33,000 £3,537,314	CENTRESTAGE COMMUNITIES LTD	Unrestricted funding over one year for this community organisation in Kilmarnock, using music and the arts to help people build their social connections and improve their wellbeing.
05/06/2023	£25,650 £289,198	SCOTTISH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for support for three funded residencies for artists who have an experimental approach to working with clay, culminating in a symposium event called Clay Commons. Activities will take place at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop, in Lumsden, North East Scotland, in autumn 2023.
05/06/2023	£10,000	PUSH THE BOAT OUT	Unrestricted funding towards the 3rd edition of Push the Boat Out, a festival of new poetry and spoken word that takes place annually in Edinburgh.
05/06/2023	£63,000 £362,867	INDEPEN-DANCE	Unrestricted funding to support a range of activities of this inclusive dance company based in Glasgow for three years. Keywords: disability; disabled; arts.
05/06/2023	£30,000 £444,418	TOONSPEAK YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE	General operating support over two years for this young people's organisation in Glasgow, enabling 0-25 year olds to take part in a range of arts opportunities, with a focus on the performing arts. Keywords: theatre, creativity, North Glasgow, Barmulloch, Townhead.
02/06/2023	£52,183	ENABLE SCOTLAND (LEADING THE WAY)	To support the costs of maintaining the Stepping Up programme in 5 schools in North Lanarkshire in the 2023/24 school year.
18/05/2023	£15,000 £865,106	INSTITUTE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH	To support the further development and implementation of the Open and Trusting Grant-making initiative, including a programme of research, facilitating a community of practice amongst funders, and enabling charities to hold funders to account for their commitments. Keywords: philanthropy, trust-based, funding practice, foundations
18/05/2023	£11,000 £42,634	QUARRIERS	Contribution to the costs of supporting young carers in Moray for one year.
18/05/2023	£48,092 £14,561,000	CHILDREN 1ST	Contribution to the costs of the South Ayrshire Family Wellbeing Hub for 1 year. Keywords: family support
18/05/2023	£98,695 £14,561,000	CHILDREN 1ST	Contribution to the costs of the Moray Family Wellbeing Service over 2 years. Keywords: family support
12/05/2023	£3,000 £1,321,414	PLAY WORKS	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request from Cattanach to co-fund Play Work's conference for play and family support workers in September 2023.
28/04/2023	£18,150 £23,670	DUFFTOWN AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	To contribute to development costs for the renovation of the Dufftown Clock Tower, plus an additional unrestricted contribution. The project is co-funded by the Architectural Heritage Fund.
28/04/2023	£15,300 £259,778	BANNOCKBURN HOUSE TRUST	Unrestricted funding to support this local charity to sustain services during the year ahead. The grant is unrestricted but was made in response to the organisation's need to strengthen its immediate fundraising capacity. Keywords: community ownership, community asset, heritage, historic building, volunteering.
27/04/2023	£15,000	HOME-START FALKIRK LTD	Unrestricted funding for this local family support charity over one year. Keywords: early years; volunteer befriending; holistic family support.
27/04/2023	£120,000 £1,034,463	SAHELIYA STEERING GROUP	Unrestricted funding over three years made in response to Saheliya's support for black, minority ethnic, asylum seeker, refugee and migrant women and children under 3 years focusing on promoting attachment and infant mental health. Key words: trauma; abuse; exploitation; trafficking; FGM; forced marriage; racism; discrimination.
02/04/2023	£11,000 £25,875	SCOTTISH PIPING SOCIETY OF LONDON	Towards the costs of the annual London Competition in 2023; Keywords: bagpiping, traditional music
01/04/2023	£2,500	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK	Annual contribution
24/03/2023	£15,000 £247,719	SURF - SCOTLAND'S REGENERATION FORUM	Contribution to the costs of SURF's Girvan (place-based) Alliance for Action regeneration programme.
23/03/2023	£5,000	OSTRERO	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for support with the Making Circles project, a Circular Design programme for schools. In particular, to support the first year of a 3-year trial of an expanded programme that aims to help schools become zero waste. Keywords: sustainability; climate.
23/03/2023	£5,000 £139,136	FIFE CONTEMPORARY	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for support with the Crafted Selves exhibition, specifically to help produce sound recordings of the featured artists and towards a publication. The exhibition will open in St Andrews in October 2023, and will explore the idea of dual identities, and the relationship between making and the artists' sense of self and their identity. Keywords: diversity; inclusion; cultural heritage; trans; non-binary.
23/03/2023	£33,000 £198,244	THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE	Towards the cost of staging the Glenfiddich Piping Championship competition for solo pipers (bagpipes) held at Blair Castle, Perthshire, in October 2023. Other keywords: traditional music
23/03/2023	£46,000 £274,469	TINDERBOX COLLECTIVE	Unrestricted funding for two years for this young people's participatory music collective.
23/03/2023	£25,683	SCULPTURE PLACEMENT GROUP	Unrestricted funding over one year for this arts and research organisation, supporting their work to prolong the life-span of sculptures, bring sculptural joy into people’s lives, offer economic and practical solutions for artists and to make arts practice more sustainable.
23/03/2023	£35,000	GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL PIPING FESTIVAL	Towards the cost of staging the annual Piping Live! festival in Glasgow in August 2023, celebrating bagpipe music from around the world, including a programme of linked masterclasses by visiting musicians.
16/03/2023	£30,000 £635,034	WHALE, THE ARTS AGENCY	A one-year unrestricted grant to help sustain this building-based community arts organisation in the 2023/24 financial year, contributing to both core costs and the ongoing development of a range of activities designed to promote health and wellbeing, which we have previously supported.
13/03/2023	£20,000 £1,087,799	POSITIVE ACTION IN HOUSING LTD	Unrestricted funding for this anti-racist homelessness and human rights charity dedicated to supporting refugees and migrants to rebuild their lives.
13/03/2023	£20,000 £3,705,290	SCOTTISH REFUGEE COUNCIL	The grant is unrestricted but was made in response to the organisation's ongoing role responding to the increased number of new arrivals in Scotland as a result of the Ukraine war.
13/03/2023	£20,000 £347,613	REFUWEEGEE	Unrestricted funding to support the running costs of this charity supporting refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants in Glasgow, including providing language-specific support to Ukrainian refugees via its Ukrainian Information Centre.
13/03/2023	£20,000 £9,124,152	SIMON COMMUNITY SCOTLAND	To support the work of this homelessness charity and its work with asylum seekers, in particular the Safe In Scotland project that provides accommodation and support to rights-exhausted asylum seekers at risk of destitution, as efforts are made to secure a sustainable future for the project. Other keywords: Refugees; rough sleeping
24/02/2023	£37,800 £23,333	FRIENDS OF THE SOUND OF JURA	Contribution to support the activities and costs of the Argyll Coast and Islands Hope Spot project in 2023 and 2024. Keywords: Marine conservation; education; engagement
21/02/2023	£110,337 £452,596	SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT LINK	Unrestricted funding to support this national environmental infrastructure body to sustain activity over the next 3 years.
15/02/2023	£10,000 £195,008	APROXIMA SCIO	Funding to bring in specialist creatives and consultants to support development of a possible event celebrating the history of the Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the surrounding area.
04/02/2023	£66,000 £204,721	THE GLASGOW BARONS	Unrestricted funding for two years for this community-based music organisation in Govan, Glasgow.
30/01/2023	£12,000	RECOLLECTIVE	Funding over 18 months to support the design and print of a book collating stories, photographs and illustrations of Cumbernauld, ahead of the planned demolition of the town centre. These will be collected through a process of creative documentation and exploration of the town through the eyes of its residents. Keywords: architecture; design; collective memory; brutalism; urban development; heritage; North Lanarkshire.
20/01/2023	£220,000	THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND	Funding for re-granting over two years through a grants scheme, the Tailored Support Fund. This scheme will make grants to architectural heritage projects in Scotland which fall outside the parameters of AHF's existing schemes, but which will support work to establish viable futures for local heritage assets. The grant includes a contribution to AHF reflecting the cost of administering the scheme.
20/01/2023	£109,250 £980,036	COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ENABLING YOU LTD	Contribution to the costs of developing and delivering the ANGELS service, for young people with Additional Support Needs, across Clydesdale over 3 years.
20/01/2023	£82,500 £427,088	GALLOWAY FISHERIES TRUST	Contribution to the costs of the River Bladnoch Climate Change Resilience Project over 3 years (2023 to 2025). The grant includes an additional 10% unrestricted contribution to general operating costs.
20/01/2023	£75,000 £593,660	HUNTLY DEVELOPMENT TRUST	Contribution to the costs of the renovation and refitting of No. 30 The Square, Huntly. Keywords: Community ownership; community asset; social enterprise; town centre
20/01/2023	£51,000 £980,036	COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ENABLING YOU LTD	Unrestricted funding in 2023 in response to the organisation’s plans to progress work to redevelop and update key systems and processes.
20/01/2023	£102,500 £1,448,309	STEPPING STONES FOR FAMILIES	Contribution to the costs of the Carrick Money Advice Service for two years. Keywords: cost of living; financial advice; poverty; rural; families; income maximisation
15/12/2022	£8,500 £807	SKYE AND LOCHALSH ENVIRONMENT FORUM	Support for the costs of purchasing and installing a new pontoon for the South Skye Seas Initiative's survey boat.
13/12/2022	£49,650 £115,553	SUSTAINABLE INSHORE FISHERIES TRUST	Unresticted funding to support this marine foussed environmental charity from January 2023 to December 2025.
08/12/2022	£4,500	EAGLE PIPERS SOCIETY	Towards the cost of staging the 2023 Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner-Recital.
06/12/2022	£50,000 £25,480,000	ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST	Contribution to a fund providing crisis cash grants to families in need across Scotland. Keywords: cost of living
06/12/2022	£5,000	THIRD SECTOR LAB	Towards the cost of a series of free online workshops for third sector organisations on digital tools and ways of working, running throughout 2023/24. Key words: capacity building; coronavirus recovery
06/12/2022	£10,000 £186,387	REELTIME MUSIC	Unrestricted funding to support this youth music charity. The grant was made in response to the organisation’s ongoing funding requirements relating to its new premises capital project.
06/12/2022	£35,000 £295,028	FAITH IN COMMUNITY (SCOTLAND)	Unrestricted funding to support this organisation working alongside faith groups across Scotland to tackle poverty and need in their communities. The grant is made in response to its plans to continue a project working with faith groups (of all creeds) across Scotland to inspire and enable them to better welcome and support refugees and asylum seekers in their communities.
06/12/2022	£10,000 £28,890,610	SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS	Towards the cost of commissioning a further four rounds of a quarterly survey of a representative sample of Scottish third sector organisations to monitor how the sector is faring in response to the challenging external environment. Key words: Research, longitudinal panel study
05/12/2022	£5,000 £729,683	TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding but made in response to plans for a freelance researcher to identify and collate existing archives of Scottish traditional music, as a first step towards creating a single Scottish Traditional Music Archive.
05/12/2022	£58,000 £485,210	CREATIVE CARBON SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for support towards Creative Carbon Scotland’s strategy and thought leadership work. This aims to help to bring about more understanding of the potential of culture in helping society move to a sustainable future, and action towards this.
05/12/2022	£72,000 £671,468	DRAKE MUSIC SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a shortfall in the budget for their DMS Create strand, enabling disabled musicians and composers to develop artistically and professionally. This includes creating a new Creative Access Support Co-ordinator post. Keywords: inclusive; music; artists; technology.
05/12/2022	£50,000 £1,773,858	ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND TRUST	Unrestricted funding but made in response to continuing support for 1) the research and purchase of digital technologies, enabling digital skills development and 2) to create work to engage care experienced and estranged young people, including students, artists and school age young people.
05/12/2022	£60,000 £367,374	STILLS LTD	Unrestricted funding for two years for this centre for photography in Edinburgh. Keywords: exhibitions; training; production; outreach; creative learning.
05/12/2022	£9,500 £21,224,000	NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request to support the Festival of Broadcasting, celebrating 100 years of broadcasting in Scotland, encompassing a wide programme of public events and activities. This will be based at the Moving Image Archive at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. Keywords: radio; television; centenary.
05/12/2022	£27,500 £1,455,135	OUT OF THE BLUE ARTS & EDUCATION TRUST	To contribute to the cost of a 12-month programme of workshops and outreach activity to engage young people – from school age to students and early career artists – to learn about and use RISO printing for creative projects. This involves a tiered programme of activity from one-off opportunities through to residencies and creative business workshops for college leavers. Keywords: Graphic design, visual art
05/12/2022	£60,000 £983,555	PATRICK ALLAN-FRASER OF HOSPITALFIELD TRUST	Unrestricted funding for this arts charity hosting artist residencies in an historic building. The grant was made in response to the organisation’s plans to continue to develop its programme of public engagement and volunteering with the aim of increasing public engagement with the building, gardens, collections and arts programme at Hospitalfield over two years. Keywords: visual arts, heritage
30/11/2022	£70,000 £371,578	AYR UNITED FOOTBALL ACADEMY LTD	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for continued funding for Football for Life, its programme of community activities which help a wide range of people to be active, improve their physical and mental health, and to build social connections. Keywords: walking football; older people; long term conditions.
30/11/2022	£33,356 £1,450,655	GOVERNORS OF DEAN ORPHANAGE & CAUVINS TRUST	Unrestricted support for care experienced young people, but made in response to a proposal to help fund their work with young families. Keywords: holistic; trauma; early years; babies; infants; prevention; early intervention.
30/11/2022	£100,000 £23,092,000	MAGGIE KESWICK JENCKS CANCER CARING CENTRES TRUST	To contribute to the funds required to make Maggie’s practical, emotional and social support available for people with cancer and their loved ones from Maggie’s network of 8 centres in Scotland.
24/11/2022	£15,000 £448,835	COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED	To support the costs of research into ‘cold spots’ in Scotland relating to community-led asset development.
24/11/2022	£45,780 £51,250	EXISTING HOMES ALLIANCE SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding to support this national network body to progress its work in Scotland on informing and influencing policy and practice, on the interlinked issues of fuel poverty, energy efficiency and a just transition to low carbon homes.
21/11/2022	£4,200	COMPETING PIPERS ASSOCIATION	To support (through re-granting) the costs of B and C grade solo piping competitions around Scotland and also the second annual Bronze Medal competition to be held in Glasgow in August 2023, which is organised by the Competing Pipers Association directly. Keywords: Bagpipe music
17/11/2022	£135,000 £292,749	THE CARRICK CENTRE	To contribute to the costs of the delivery and development of the Carrick Centre’s youth work programme over 3 years. The 1st year's grant payment has been made as a contribution to general operating costs.
17/11/2022	£84,000 £571,465	OUTF!T MORAY	Unrestricted funding to support this youth focused outdoor learning and adventure charity to develop and sustain its support and services.
17/11/2022	£44,000 £1,320,992	LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding to support this LGBTI charity to sustain services and plans in 2022/23. The grant is unrestricted but was made in response to the organisation's need for support for core operating costs.
15/11/2022	£60,000 £2,632,833	FARE SCOTLAND LTD	Unrestricted funding to support the work of this community-based charity. It is understood the grant will allow the charity to increase the scale and scope of its employability programmes for young people.
15/11/2022	£70,000 £5,942,386	CYRENIANS	Unrestricted funding to support this charity focused on tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness. The donation is made in response to the charity's intent to develop work with young people at the Cyrenians farm.
15/11/2022	£70,000 £432,981	3D DRUMCHAPEL	Unrestricted funding for this family support charity in Glasgow in 2023. Keywords: holistic family support; first 1,000 days; parenting support; perinatal; peer support.
14/11/2022	£11,000 £101,134	THE SOUNDHOUSE ORGANISATION	Towards costs associated with the Tradfest traditional music festival in Edinburgh in May 2023.
11/11/2022	£31,500 £9,824	SEA THE CHANGE	Unrestricted funding to this local environmental charity over 2 years. The grant was made in response to the charity's marine focussed activity.
06/10/2022	£30,000	ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS CENTRE FOR SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding for 1 year to support this environmental rights charity to deliver its work in 2022/23. Keywords: Environment, human rights, advocacy, legislation, policy
16/09/2022	£7,000 £172,231	HANDS UP FOR TRAD	Unrestricted funding but awarded in response to a request for support with the Edinburgh Youth Gaitherin' in May 2023 - a traditional Scottish music and culture course for young people aged 13-18, run in partnership with Tradfest.
16/09/2022	£48,960 £313,128	ARTICULATE CULTURAL TRUST	Unrestricted funding but amount designed to enable the charity to fund a part-time Project Lead for the Made with Care programme for three years. The programme will support care experienced young people in Glasgow and beyond to develop fledgling creative enterprises, making and selling art or craft, and developing creative and business skills.
16/09/2022	£60,000 £1,548,426	FèISEAN NAN GàIDHEAL	Unrestricted funds over two years to support Fèisean nan Gàidheal's work to support Gaelic arts youth tuition festivals around Scotland. Made in response to a proposal to support their Fèis Grants Scheme, which re-grants funds on to local Fèisean - it is expected some or all of the grant will be used for this purpose.
16/09/2022	£60,000	THE FRUITMARKET GALLERY	Support towards the Fruitmarket Gallery’s community engagement and outreach programme over 3 years, working with diverse communities across Edinburgh to enable participation in creative activities and to support wellbeing and social and cultural inclusion. Keywords: art; diversity; inclusion.
16/09/2022	£10,000 £198,244	THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE	To research and produce an updated report on the breadth, variety, scale and current health of the organisations, institutions and activities that make up the ecology of Scottish bagpiping and drumming. Keywords: Music
16/09/2022	£30,000 £64,161	THE ARGYLL PIPING TRUST	To contribute to maintaining and expanding the Trust's programme of bagpipe tuition in primary schools delivered in partnership with Argyll & Bute Council, over three years. Keywords: music education; young people; cultural heritage
08/09/2022	£12,000	BELLSHILL ACADEMY	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for_x000D_ supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the_x000D_ school year 2022/23
08/09/2022	£72,765 £206,169	ADVENTURE CENTRE FOR EDUCATION (ACE)	Contribution to general operating costs, however it is anticipated that funds will be used to support the costs of the Finding the Spark trainee programme for 2 years.
08/09/2022	£8,000	GREENTWEED ECO	Supporting the costs of the Moray Primary Schools Birdbox Project.
08/09/2022	£7,000	GLENDOUNE YOUTH CLUB	Contribution to the costs of Club’s youth work activity programme
08/09/2022	£5,000	GIRVAN ACADEMY	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for_x000D_ supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the_x000D_ school year 2022/23
08/09/2022	£46,661 £1,517,000	UNITY ENTERPRISE	Contribution to the costs of supporting young carers in Girvan and South Carrick over two years
08/09/2022	£83,790	BARNARDO'S SCOTLAND	Supporting the ongoing costs of the Access to Opportunities project in North Lanarkshire. Keywords: homeless, young people, life-skills, confidence, resilience, independence
08/09/2022	£5,000	ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for_x000D_ supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the_x000D_ school year 2022/23
08/09/2022	£5,000	SPEYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for_x000D_ supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the_x000D_ school year 2022/23
08/09/2022	£71,400 £402,631	GIRVAN YOUTH TRUST	The charity sought funds to support the continued delivery and development of their StreetLights detached youth outreach project. The grant is made as unrestricted funding over two years. but it is understood that it is likely it will be used for the Streetlight projects
08/09/2022	£5,000	CARRICK ACADEMY	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for_x000D_ supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the_x000D_ school year 2022/23
08/09/2022	£12,000	CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for_x000D_ supporting mental wellbeing and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the_x000D_ school year 2022/23
08/09/2022	£52,500	ACTION FOR CHILDREN	Contribution to support the work of Action for Children's North and South Lanarkshire Young Carers services over two years.
08/09/2022	£10,000	GLENDOUNE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	Unrestricted funding for 1 year to this local community-led organisaion which is focussed on improving the quality of life of people living in the Glendoune area of Girvan
07/09/2022	£120,000 £118,281	HOME-START WIGTOWNSHIRE	Support towards the set up and initial running costs over 2 years of a new satellite Home-Start project in Dumfries. Keywords: family support; early years; first 1001 days.
07/09/2022	£58,145 £654,403	THE MARIE TRUST	Unrestricted funding over one year, but given in response to a request for support for their Counselling and Psychotherapy Service, supporting people who are homeless or at-risk. Key words: mental health; psychodynamic; trauma.
07/09/2022	£120,000 £25,480,000	ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST	Unrestricted funding over two years given in response to a request for support towards expanding Aberlour's perinatal befriending service across the Lothians area. Including community-based volunteer support for expectant and new mums; support for families with moderately premature babies in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); and a new digital support offer.
26/08/2022	£66,382 £165,019	STEP BY STEP IN MORAY	Unresticted funding for 3 years for this local family support and early years charity. It is anticipated that the funds will be used to support the development of a satellite family support group in the community of Lhanbryde and the rent costs of the charity.
12/08/2022	£44,225 £7,448,834	CHANGEWORKS RESOURCES FOR LIFE	Support for the Climate Emergency Response Group's 2022/23 programme of work. This is focused on informing the Scottish Government's response to the climate emergency. Key words: Climate Change
02/08/2022	£16,000 £15,902	MORTLACH MEMORIAL HALL DUFFTOWN	Contribution to costs of resurfacing the Mortlach Memorial Hall Dufftown car park
08/07/2022	£63,828 £235,250	REACH LANARKSHIRE AUTISM	Contribution to the costs of the organisation's work to reach, support, enable, include and empower families with children and young people with autism over 2 years
28/06/2022	£255,000 £853,624	ENERGY ACTION SCOTLAND	To support the costs of a Fuel Poverty Challenge Fund which supports projects that deliver tailored support to hard to reach households experiencing, or at risk of, fuel poverty.
21/06/2022	£75,000 £3,012,738	NPC	To support the costs of co-ordinating one or more strands in a collaborative UK-wide initiative to accelerate action by social charities in response to the climate and nature crises. Keywords: climate change; research
15/06/2022	£40,000	ACTION FOR CHILDREN	Contribution to the costs of the Moray Sonas Wellbeing Service
15/06/2022	£55,000 £3,537,314	CENTRESTAGE COMMUNITIES LTD	Unrestricted funding for this community organisation in Kilmarnock, using music and the arts to help people build their social connections and improve their wellbeing.
15/06/2022	£40,000 £12,814,000	CHILDREN 1ST	Contribution to the costs of the South Ayrshire Family Wellbeing Hub
15/06/2022	£32,450	CARERS TRUST	Funding towards the organisation's work in Scotland supporting unpaid carers, over one year. Made in response to a request for support with identifying carers and in raising awareness of the impact of cost of living increases on them.
15/06/2022	£70,000	HOME-START GLASGOW SOUTH	Unrestricted funding over one year for this family support charity.
15/06/2022	£73,500 £942,049	CONNECTING CARERS	Towards the costs associated with running a new telephone listening service for unpaid carers living in the Highlands, over two years.
15/06/2022	£84,000 £1,321,414	FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEST LOTHIAN	Unrestricted funding to support the core costs of this family support charity over two years. Keywords: play, outdoor learning.
15/06/2022	£9,000 £192,208	2050 CLIMATE GROUP	Supporting the costs of 3 places on the 2022/23 Young Leaders Development Programme
08/06/2022	£33,000 £3,680,713	DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND	To support the expansion, to Inverclyde, of piloting a model of support for communities taking on assets in areas of disadvantage. Key words: Commuity ownership; community assets
01/06/2022	£25,000	SCULPTURE PLACEMENT GROUP	Unrestricted funding for this arts and research organisation, supporting their work to prolong the life-span of sculptures, bring sculptural joy into people’s lives, offer economic and practical solutions for artists and to make arts practice more sustainable.
01/06/2022	£4,000 £3,164,856	GLASGOW FILM THEATRE	Unrestricted funding but made in response to a request for support with the New Talent Mentorship Scheme, which supports emerging filmmakers from under-represented backgrounds, including (but not limited to) those from minority ethnic groups, LGBTQIA+, low or no income backgrounds, and people with disabilities.
01/06/2022	£12,000	WE ARE PANEL C.I.C.	Towards web development and costs associated with a social media campaign to build on the MAKE Learn initiative showcasing and advocating for craft in schools and education in Scotland. £1400 of the grant is unrestricted for general use by the organisation.
16/05/2022	£30,000 £3,659,288	DYNAMIC EARTH CHARITABLE TRUST	Contribution to the costs of the Discovering the Deep exhibition and engagement programme
03/05/2022	£21,000 £378,559	PARENT-INFANT FOUNDATION	A contribution towards the Parent Infant Foundation's work in Scotland, including policy influencing work around infant mental health and scoping work around the idea of a Centre for Excellence in Infant Mental Health in Scotland. Keywords: perinatal; NHS; local authorities; Scottish Government; families; babies; early intervention; prevention. Cost of Living uplift: total funding increased by £1,000 to £21,000 . Agreed June 2022
21/04/2022	£73,500 £2,548,162	ONE PARENT FAMILIES SCOTLAND	Contribution to the costs of the North Lanarkshire Young Parents Pathway of Support programme for two years
21/04/2022	£3,500 £865,106	INSTITUTE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH	A general contribution in recognition of IVAR's work supporting the Open & Trusting grant-making community of practice and the Evaluation Roundtable for funders during 2022.
21/04/2022	£15,022 £2,371,743	NORTH EAST SENSORY SERVICES	Contribution to work with young people with sensory loss in the Moray area over one year.
21/04/2022	£108,161	HOME-START GLASGOW NORTH	Contribution to the costs of the Home-Start North Lanarkshire service for two years
21/04/2022	£10,000 £42,634	QUARRIERS	Contribution to the costs of supporting young carers in Moray
20/04/2022	£17,900 £198,244	THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE	To pilot an outreach programme in Dumfries & Galloway during Autumn 2022. This will offer in-person workshops led by the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland (NYPBS), alongside guest tutors, creating a space for the bands' members to connect with local young musicians, as well as a collaborative performance for the local community. The project will also include a pilot paid work-experience programme for four trainee tutors aged 18-25. Keywords: youth music; bagpipes
19/04/2022	£25,000 £578,625	CLYDESIDE INITIATIVE FOR ARTS	A contribution towards extending the BODYHEAT renewable heating and cooling system into the Yard Works Studio at SWG3. Key words: energy; climate change; mitigation; ground source heat pumps; low carbon technology innovation.
19/04/2022	£2,500	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK	Annual contribution
15/04/2022	£55,000 £1,240,617	ABOVE ADVENTURE	Contribution to the capital costs of the transformation of the Grange Church in Kilmarnock into a (social enterprise) climbing centre; plus an additional unrestricted contribution.
16/03/2022	£5,000	GLUT1 DEFICIENCY UK	Unrestricted funding for this small, parent-led charity working to improve the lives of those affected by Glut1 Deficiency, a rare genetic condition that affects brain metabolism. Amount designed to help them to attend the 14th European Paediatric Neurology Society Congress in Glasgow in April-May 2022.
15/03/2022	£5,000	THIRD SECTOR LAB	Towards the cost of a series of free online workshops for third sector organisations on digital tools and ways of working, running throughout 2022. Key words: capacity building; coronavirus recovery
15/03/2022	£15,000 £3,516,263	EDINBURGH VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS COUNCIL	Towards the cost of employing a development worker for one year to engage stakeholders and potential funders to scope the potential for a long-term funding mechanism for community organisations tackling poverty and climate change in Edinburgh. Keywords: place-based, voluntary sector funding, philanthropy, community-led
08/03/2022	£30,586 £7,448,834	CHANGEWORKS RESOURCES FOR LIFE	To contribute to the costs of a design of a new energy information and advice service for new tenants.
08/03/2022	£26,750	THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND	To provide additional funding for one year for re-granting through a grants scheme, the Tailored Support Fund. This scheme will make grants to architectural heritage projects.
08/03/2022	£97,000 £1,509,276	SCOTTISH SEABIRD CENTRE	Unrestricted funding over three years to support the work of the Scottish Seabird Centre. Keywords: nature; environment; conservation; education
08/03/2022	£11,000	SEA-CHANGERS	To provide funding for re-granting through a grants scheme - the Scottish Marine Innovation Fund - which will support innovative solutions to marine conservation problems.
04/03/2022	£33,600 £30,165	THE SCOTTISH ARTS TRUST	A contribution towards seed funding for the first iteration of the biennial Scottish Landscape Awards – primarily fees for a part time Communications Manager role to publicise and help coordinate the Awards. Keywords: art; artists; competition.
04/03/2022	£56,000 £212,467	THE CUMNOCK TRYST	Unrestricted funding for three years towards supporting The Cumnock Tryst festival and its wider activities, supporting music-making and regeneration in East Ayrshire and beyond. Keywords: classical music; composition.
04/03/2022	£30,000 £635,034	WHALE, THE ARTS AGENCY	A one-year grant to help sustain this building-based community arts organisation in the 2022/23 financial year, contributing to both core costs and the ongoing development of a range of activities designed to promote health and wellbeing, which we have previously supported.
04/03/2022	£10,000 £896,907	DOVECOT STUDIOS	To fund a variety of costs associated with an exhibition of the Scottish artist Alan Davie, including transportation of works, gallery build, Project Curator fees and creating a digital presentation of the exhibition and supporting events.
04/03/2022	£80,220 £396,986	NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND CHARITABLE TRUST	To fund a full-time Research Fellow for a further year (year 5) and additional costs associated with new acquisitions, a video and online resources to share their research into the Museums' collections of textiles and other artefacts relating to highland dress.
04/03/2022	£15,000 £101,134	THE SOUNDHOUSE ORGANISATION	Towards the cost of Tradfest Edinburgh in May 2022 and a series of music concerts throughout the year. Keywords: festival, traditional music, performance, events
04/03/2022	£42,000 £5,482,692	SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST	A contribution towards Scottish Book Trust’s support for new writers, primarily their New Writers Awards, over two years.
04/03/2022	£30,000	GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL PIPING FESTIVAL	Towards the cost of staging the annual Piping Live! festival in Glasgow, celebrating bagpipe music from around the world, including a programme of linked masterclasses by visiting musicians, Learn @ Live.
04/03/2022	£78,750 £57,425	APROXIMA SCIO	To support the core costs of this arts charity during a period following its involvement with the Scotland-wide Dandelion arts and community growing festival, to support the legacy of that initiative and enable future project development.
04/03/2022	£4,000	COMPETING PIPERS ASSOCIATION	To support the costs of B and C grade solo piping competitions around Scotland and the inaugural Bronze Medal competition to be held in Glasgow in August 2022. Keywords: Bagpipe music
04/03/2022	£40,000 £362,867	INDEPEN-DANCE	To support a range of activities of this inclusive dance company based in Glasgow for one year, including contributions towards the costs of: their core programme of dance classes for disabled people; their fourth International Inclusive Dance Festival in July 2022; fit-out of their new premises.
04/03/2022	£11,000 £25,875	SCOTTISH PIPING SOCIETY OF LONDON	Towards the costs of the annual London Competition in 2022; Keywords: bagpiping, traditional music
03/03/2022	£72,230 £66,743	SEAWILDING	To contribute to the costs of supporting community-led restoration of native oyster beds in the Wester Ross region and the creation of a native oyster nursery in Loch Broom.
03/03/2022	£37,500	NATURESCOT	Contribution towards the costs of supporting Scottish marine community groups to undertake marine biodiversity monitoring activity.
11/01/2022	£75,197 £3,680,713	DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND	Support for the costs of delivering a new post-acquisition pathfinder programme of support to community asset groups and projects in Scotland over 2 years.
17/12/2021	£16,500 £1,735	FRIENDS OF THE SOUND OF JURA	Contribution towards the costs of the Argyll Coast and Islands Hope Spot in 2022. Keywords: marine environment
15/12/2021	£100,000 £247,153	BANNOCKBURN HOUSE TRUST	Unrestricted funding towards the costs of Bannockburn House Trust over 3 years. Keywords: community ownership, community asset, heritage, historic building, volunteering
08/12/2021	£41,580	PROJECT SEAGRASS	Contribution towards the Marine Survey Lead staff post for 2 years plus an additional unrestricted contribution. Cost of Living uplift: total funding increased by £1,980 to £41,580. Agreed June 2022
02/12/2021	£90,000 £1,502,958	EARLY YEARS SCOTLAND	Support towards a programme to help imprisoned fathers to build better relationships with their infant and young children, for three years. Keywords: prisons; families.
02/12/2021	£33,306	NURTURE THE BORDERS	General operating support for three years. Amount designed to support their outreach work via The Cherish Project. Keywords: perinatal and maternal mental health; family support; child development.
02/12/2021	£30,000 £2,774,002	ONE PARENT FAMILIES SCOTLAND	General operating support for three years. Amount designed to support Growing Not Waiting project in Edinburgh. Keywords: lone parents; homelessness; temporary accommodation; child development; family support.
02/12/2021	£98,605	CHANGING FACES	To support delivery of the Skin Camouflage Service in Scotland, for people who have a visible difference, for two years.
23/11/2021	£60,000 £3,436,798	SISTEMA SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding over three years for this music and social change organisation, working with children living in disadvantaged communities.
23/11/2021	£47,000 £106,659	THE SCOTTISH GOLDSMITHS TRUST	To fund an 18-month period of development work to set up a centre of excellence for silversmithing at Marchmont House in the Scottish Borders. The grant includes the cost of a part-time development role, direct costs associated with the project and an additional £4,000 as an unrestricted contribution to the future work of the Trust. Keywords: craft
23/11/2021	£20,000 £5,525,981	NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND	To be used flexibly towards the cost of the Creative Engagement strategy during 2022 and 2023, including delivery of schools outreach and resources, participatory theatre projects, and career development initiatives.
23/11/2021	£90,000 £98,521	NEVIS ENSEMBLE	Unrestricted grant to support the work of the organisation, 'Scotland's street orchestra'. Keywords: classical music
23/11/2021	£11,000 £186,387	REELTIME MUSIC	To support salary costs including that of the new Development Officer post, for one year. £1K of the grant is unrestricted, for general use by the charity.
23/11/2021	£25,000 £144,957	GEORGE WYLLIE FOUNDATION 2019	Towards the costs of developing plans for opening a gallery and visitor centre celebrating the work and ideas of Scottish artist George Wyllie in a new building on Greenock waterfront. This unrestricted grant will assist with a range of costs including fundraising support, specialist planning and project management. Keywords: art, regeneration
23/11/2021	£7,704 £11,473	THE BERNAT KLEIN FOUNDATION	Towards the cost of compiling and publishing a book on Bernat Klein and his legacy to coincide with the 2022 centenary of his birth. Keywords: Textiles; design
23/11/2021	£15,000 £568,715	THE SCOTTISH SCHOOLS PIPES AND DRUMS TRUST	Towards the cost of organising and staging the Schools Pipe Bands Championships in Kilmarnock in March 2023. Keywords: bagpipes, youth music
11/11/2021	£10,000	CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental well-being and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2021/22
11/11/2021	£34,721 £402,442	OUTF!T MORAY	Unrestricted contribution towards the charity's work to support young people in Moray. Keywords: Adventure, outdoor
11/11/2021	£3,000	CARRICK ACADEMY	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental well-being and welfare of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2021/22
11/11/2021	£66,000 £39,222	SPEYSIDE YOUTH	Contribution to the costs of Speyside Youth over 3 years from April 2022. Key works: young people, youth, youth work
11/11/2021	£15,714 £140,852	REACH LANARKSHIRE AUTISM	The majority of the grant is a contribution to the Project Manager costs in 2021/22. An additional unrestricted contribution was also made to support general operating costs.
11/11/2021	£3,000	SPEYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage in the school year 2021/22.
11/11/2021	£3,000	ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage in the school year 2021/22.
11/11/2021	£3,000	GIRVAN ACADEMY	Contribution to the additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage in the school year 2021/22.
11/11/2021	£51,380 £47,385,598	ENABLE	1-year grant supporting the re-establishment of ENABLE Work's Stepping Up school transitions programme, for young people who have learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder or additional support needs, in a number of North Lanarkshire schools
28/09/2021	£60,000 £1,372,703	STEPPING STONES FOR FAMILIES	Unrestricted funding for this family support charity in Glasgow and South Ayrshire in 2022 & 2023. Keywords: holistic family support; first 1,000 days; parenting support; perinatal; peer support
28/09/2021	£154,272 £1,534,514	SCOTTISH HUNTINGTON'S ASSOCIATION	General operating support for SHA's specialist Huntington's Disease service in 2021-23. Keywords: degenerative neurological conditions; hereditary conditions; self-management for long-term conditions; holistic support.
28/09/2021	£80,000 £457,619	3D DRUMCHAPEL	Unrestricted funding for this family support charity in Glasgow in 2021-2023. Keywords: holistic family support; first 1,000 days; parenting support; perinatal; peer support.
28/09/2021	£50,000	HOME-START GLASGOW SOUTH	General operating support for 2021-22 financial year. Keywords: holistic family support; intensive support; first 1,000 days;
28/09/2021	£60,000 £172,111	THE SPORTING MEMORIES FOUNDATION SCOTLAND SCIO	Unrestricted funding to support the charity's programme of face-to-face and online Sporting Memories clubs and activities for isolated older people with long-term conditions. The grant is unrestricted but was made in response to the organisation's intent to expand their activities beyond the Central Belt and Fife. Keywords: dementia; mental health; isolation; mental and physical health and wellbeing.
23/09/2021	£105,585 £307,920	ELGIN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GROUP	Contribution to the costs of the charity over 3 years. Key words: Youth, young people, youth work
23/09/2021	£70,000 £20,122,000	ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST	Contribution to the Aberlour Youthpoint Moray service over 2 years.
23/09/2021	£5,000	GIRVAN COMMUNITY SPORTS HUB	To support the costs of professional business planning consultancy support
23/09/2021	£38,000	BARNARDO'S SCOTLAND	To support the costs of the North Lanarkshire Youth Housing Support Service’s Access to Opportunities project in 2022
17/09/2021	£2,500	TEDXGLASGOW	To assist with the costs of the TedX Glasgow conference in October 2021 and the subsequent annual programme of events.
14/09/2021	£33,000 £44,521	HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON	To support the costs of administering and promoting the annual Highland Book Prize and related public engagement events for books published in 2022, 2023 and 2024. The Prize is presented by the Highland Society of London and facilitated by Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre. This literary prize aims to bring recognition to books created in or about the Highlands. Keywords: Scottish literature.
14/09/2021	£44,000 £352,308	SCOTTISH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP	To fund the furnishings, fittings and equipment for the newly refurbished community making space, ceramics studio, and artists' accommodation over 12 months. This award includes a £4K unrestricted contribution to general operating costs. Keywords: sculpture; rural arts; community arts; Scottish culture; capital
14/09/2021	£50,000 £1,289,185	ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND TRUST	The 12-month grant was made in response to the organisation's plans to (a) expand and embed its growing capacity and skills for working with digital tools across teaching, practice and performance, engagement, outreach and audience development; (b) build on an initial pilot project to develop a strand of activity with and for care-experienced and estranged young people creating opportunities both for students in this group and for young people in the community who may face barriers to engaging with the arts. Keywords: performing arts education; music; drama; film; production; dance.
14/09/2021	£3,000 £33,322	THE SCOTTISH ARTS TRUST	Towards the costs of mounting the 2022 Scottish Portrait Awards exhibition at Duff House in Banff (October 2022 - January 2023) and a 360 degree virtual show. The grant includes an unrestricted contribution to general operating costs. Keywords: fine art; photography; digital.
14/09/2021	£78,000 £348,526	CRAFT SCOTLAND	To broadly support a further three-year programme of tailored support for makers to develop sustainable and successful businesses, targeted at recent graduates, emerging makers and established makers, in line with the aims of the organisation's proposal. The award includes an unrestricted contribution to general operating costs. Keywords: craft; business support; entrepreneurship
14/09/2021	£6,000 £5,173	CARNYX & CO	To commission four new compositions from young Scottish composers for brass and choir, three to be premiered in May and June 2022 and the fourth in 2023. To be performed by Carnyx Brass ensemble and the choirs of St Giles Cathedral and Eclectic Voices. Keywords: contemporary Scottish music.
26/08/2021	£3,825 £1,527	MACDIARMID'S BROWNSBANK	To fund the production of the exhibition catalogue and catering for the preview event for an exhibition, Landmarks: Hugh MacDiarmid: The Brownsbank Years at Biggar Museum, Oct-Nov 2021
20/08/2021	£5,000 £40,653	CARRICK RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB	Contribution to the costs of the Club. Key words: Youth, young people, community sport
02/08/2021	£61,536 £371,133	GIRVAN YOUTH TRUST	Supporting the costs of the Project Search (Culzean) Job Coach and associated costs for 2 years. Key words: employability, additional support needs, youth, young people
09/07/2021	£79,901	PLACE2BE	To contribute to the cost of sustaining the Place2Be service in the school communities of Girvan Academy and Carrick Academy (Maybole) for two years. The grant will contribute to the costs of a full-time Mental Health Practitioner in each school and a part-time Mental Health Practitioner working in the community across both locations. Key words: Mental health; young people; whole-school approach
29/06/2021	£50,000 £305,459	BRAEMAR COMMUNITY LIMITED	Contribution to the ‘Raising The Standard’ project: A programme of capital works to repair, conserve and restore Braemar Castle and associated 3-year activity plan to support its development as a community led and managed visitor attraction.
29/06/2021	£17,315 £6,439,205	CHANGEWORKS RESOURCES FOR LIFE	To support the costs of research in the area of fuel poverty, focussing on time of use tariffs and support needs of vulnerable consumers related to these. Keywords: domestic energy
29/06/2021	£154,546 £131,621,518	EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY - SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES	To support a three-year research project focused on filling knowledge gaps to help identify, conserve and potentially restore essential herring spawning habitats and inform herring management.
07/06/2021	£74,000 £759,159	GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO LTD	To fund additional staff capacity and a small amount of capital equipment. This will enable the Print Studio to continue researching and developing its unique archive, enabling it to play a central part in a range of exhibitions, outreach and education activities planned around the Studio’s 50th anniversary in 2022. Keywords: fine art printmaking; visual arts; visual culture
07/06/2021	£20,000 £2,742,170	THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE	To fund the compilation and printing of a collection of pipe music composed by current and previous staff, students and associates of the National Piping Centre, marking its 25th anniversary. It is hoped the substantial publication – which will be the only such collection to reflect recent developments in composition and style – will become a landmark in the repertoire. Keywords: Scottish culture; bagpipes
07/06/2021	£3,000 £42,883	THE SOUNDHOUSE ORGANISATION	To fund the recording of a further ten Spotlight traditional music concerts that will be streamed online, used by artists to promote themselves, and placed in the archive of the University of Edinburgh’s School of Scottish Studies. Keywords: traditional music
01/06/2021	£29,075 £253,528	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK	Support for the costs of EFN’s Scotland Coordinator post for two years.
28/05/2021	£39,000 £6,238	COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF LOCHS AND SOUNDS	Contribution to the costs of the CAOLAS's work to improve, protect and involve local people in the marine environments of Loch Sunart and the Sound of Mull.
20/05/2021	£20,000 £224,583	ADVENTURE CENTRE FOR EDUCATION (ACE)	To support a programme of outdoor activity for young people in Girvan and Carrick who are struggling to reconnect after lockdown.
20/05/2021	£50,907 £401,580	HOME-START GLASGOW NORTH	Contribution to the general operating costs of the North Lanarkshire Home-Start service. Key words: Early years, family support
20/05/2021	£35,000 £3,328,414	ONE PARENT FAMILIES SCOTLAND	Contribution to the costs of OPFS’s support for young single parents in Lanarkshire for one year.
20/05/2021	£20,000 £39,164	SPEYSIDE YOUTH	To support Speyside Youth's work with young people in Speyside.
18/05/2021	£5,000	TRASH MUSIC PROJECTS LTD	General operating support for a new community music project.
07/05/2021	£11,000 £3,178	SCOTTISH PIPING SOCIETY OF LONDON	Towards the cost of staging the Annual London Competition for solo pipers in November 2021. Keywords: bagpipes
06/05/2021	£67,000 £114,560,000	NSPCC	To contribute to the costs of developing and delivering NSPCC's attainment and attachment programme in Govan, Glasgow, over three years. Keywords: holistic family support; first 1000 days; parents; early years; parenting support
06/05/2021	£111,000 £9,971,588	CHILDREN 1ST	Towards the cost of increasing the capacity of Children 1st's Father and Child Wellbeing Service in Edinburgh, to enable them to support more families directly and to share learning and influence practice across their networks. This grant is restricted to the service's work with the families of children aged 0-3. Keywords: parents; parenting support; early years; dads; perinatal and infant mental health; holistic family support
06/05/2021	£30,000 £23,156	MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding to support MMHS's core work of establishing a national practice network for perinatal and infant mental health in Scotland over the next 12 months. Keywords: early years; maternal mental health; holistic family support
30/04/2021	£10,000	NATURESCOT	Contribution to the costs of the re-building of the Mill Bird Hide at Loch Leven.
30/04/2021	£10,000 £613,625	GLASGOW BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST	Contribution to the costs of a study to identify which Glasgow City Council owned Heritage Assets could potentially be transferred to community organisations.
21/04/2021	£5,000 £620,731	POSITIVE ACTION IN HOUSING LTD	Towards the cost of providing crisis support for vulnerable people in refugee and asylum seeking communities, in particular the Lifeline project which directly supports families, including mothers with children who are seeking asylum.
09/04/2021	£32,000 £160,474	STEP BY STEP IN MORAY	Unrestricted funding for this family support charity for two years.
07/04/2021	£2,000	WE ARE PANEL C.I.C.	To pay for web development costs to publish online case studies of how craft is being taught or used in schools in Scotland and to create an interactive Craft Education Map of Scotland. These will be part of the MAKE website.
31/03/2021	£2,000 £442,714	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK	Annual contribution
24/03/2021	£62,238	GIRVAN COMMUNITY SPORTS HUB	To fund the Project Manager and Girls Getting Active worker posts and project costs for a further year. Key words: young people; sport
15/03/2021	£50,000 £14,352,842	SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS	A programme of diagnostic and training support for third sector organisations in Scotland supporting their use of digital tools and ways of working. The grant will enable SCVO to step-up its free digital capacity-building activities for sector organisations as they consolidate and evolve the rapid shift to digital seen during the coronavirus crisis.
15/03/2021	£5,000	THIRD SECTOR LAB	Towards the cost of a series of free online workshops for third sector organisations on digital tools and ways of working, running throughout 2021. Key words: capacity building; coronavirus recovery
08/03/2021	£6,000 £2,564,624	JOHN MUIR TRUST	Support for costs of a pilot project for collecting and recycling agricultural plastic on the Isle of Skye.
08/03/2021	£32,000 £6,439,205	CHANGEWORKS RESOURCES FOR LIFE	Support for the Group's 2021/22 programme of work. This is focused on informing the Scottish Government's response to the climate emergency and helping it achieve its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2045.
08/03/2021	£60,000 £82,283	BERWICKSHIRE MARINE RESERVE	Unrestricted contribution to project costs for three years. Key words: environment
08/03/2021	£65,000 £24,042,918	FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL	Contribution to the costs over two years of establishing a wide-ranging network of environmental community organisations in Scotland, based upon the Coastal Communities Network model.
08/03/2021	£90,000 £417,063	SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT LINK	Three-year general contribution to LINK's marine strand of work 'Save Scottish Seas'.
05/03/2021	£50,000 £394,921	THE MELTING POT	To support the costs of The Melting Pot's relocation to new, larger premises in central Edinburgh and the start-up phase of its operations there. The Melting Pot provides co-working facilities for mission-led organisations and entrepreneurs, and actively cultivates a community of social innovators through its member network, events and social innovation incubator programme. The demand for facilities that support agile and distributed working is anticipated to increase during the recovery phase of the coronavirus crisis, and The Melting Pot will help to meet that need in Scotland's social sector.
16/02/2021	£55,000 £722,665	COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ENABLING YOU LTD	Unrestricted grant to support core costs.
11/02/2021	£45,000 £545,516	MULTI CULTURAL FAMILY BASE	A three-year unrestricted grant to support the consolidation and continuation of MCFB's early years work with Minority Ethnic families in Edinburgh. Key words; Family support; BAME; parents
11/02/2021	£30,000 £367,892	WHALE, THE ARTS AGENCY	A one-year grant to help sustain this building-based community arts organisation in the 2021/22 financial year, contributing to both core costs (which continue to be affected by income lost due to Covid) and the ongoing development of a range of activities designed to promote health and wellbeing, which we have previously supported.
04/02/2021	£25,000 £1,312,387	OUT OF THE BLUE ARTS & EDUCATION TRUST	To contribute to the cost of a 12-month programme of workshops and outreach activity to engage young people – from school age to students and early career artists – to learn about and use RISO printing for creative projects. This involves a tiered programme of activity from one-off opportunities through to residencies and creative business workshops for college leavers. Keywords: Graphic design
04/02/2021	£50,000 £137,678	DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY ARTS FESTIVAL	To contribute to the costs of administering and programming the annual Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival during 2022 and 2023. Keywords: festivals; arts and culture; rural communities; rural arts
04/02/2021	£30,000 £136,438	ALCHEMY FILM & ARTS	A two-year contribution towards a programme of film-maker residencies in Hawick, engaging the local community and resulting in moving-image art that is informed by and reflective of the local context of the Scottish Borders.
04/02/2021	£15,000 £464,289	DRAKE MUSIC SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding for this disabled music organisation working across Scotland. Keywords: disability arts; music technology
04/02/2021	£29,730 £59,526	GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL PIPING FESTIVAL	Towards the cost of staging the annual Piping Live! festival in Glasgow, celebrating bagpipe music from around the world. The grant includes the cost of a programme of linked masterclasses by visiting musicians, Learn @ Live.
04/02/2021	£30,000 £2,742,170	THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE	Towards the cost of staging the Glenfiddich Piping Championship competition for solo pipers (bagpipes)
04/02/2021	£40,000 £201,339	TINDERBOX COLLECTIVE	Unrestricted funding for two years for this young people's participatory music collective.
04/02/2021	£60,000 £116,541	THE GLASGOW BARONS	Unrestricted funding for two years for this community-based music organisation in Govan, Glasgow.
04/02/2021	£20,000 £437,022	INDEPEN-DANCE	Unrestricted funding for one year for this inclusive dance company based in Glasgow. Keywords: disability arts
04/02/2021	£40,000 £578,625	CLYDESIDE INITIATIVE FOR ARTS	A contribution towards the capital costs of a purpose built street arts / graffiti facility at SWG3 in Glasgow, to help grow the Yardworks street arts programme.
04/02/2021	£2,000	COMPETING PIPERS ASSOCIATION	Unrestricted funding to support the costs of the Association's work representing and supporting the competitive solo piping community in Scotland. Keywords: bagpipes, music
24/12/2020	£160,000 £9,971,588	CHILDREN 1ST	Supporting the provision of two specialist early years staff as part of a family wellbeing service in Moray for two years. Keywords: Family support
15/12/2020	£11,548 £324,374	DAVID HUME INSTITUTE	Towards the cost of funding a data analyst to interrogate and analyse geospatial data with the aim of developing new insight into the distribution of assets, needs and vulnerabilities across Scotland's communities. Keywords: Open Data
11/12/2020	£65,000 £14,556	TIM STEAD TRUST	£30,000 towards the cost of purchasing The Steading, former home of artist, craftsperson and woodworker and environmentalist Tim Stead, plus £15,000 towards repairs to the building. A further £20,000 towards consultancy, capacity building or business planning to support plans to develop the property as a Centre for Wood Culture in Scotland. Keywords: Craft, capital, community asset
09/12/2020	£54,878 £2,441,310	CENTRESTAGE COMMUNITIES LTD	A contribution towards the creative learning programmes and arts and wellbeing activities run by Centrestage in the Kilmarnock area.
09/12/2020	£25,000 £9,320,170	LIFE CHANGES TRUST	A contribution towards Life Changes Trust's Caring for the Carer Fund, that will provide individual awards to the unpaid carers of people with dementia to help support their health and wellbeing which have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
09/12/2020	£45,000 £86,899	HOME-START FALKIRK LTD	Unrestricted funding for this local family support charity. Keywords: early years
09/12/2020	£45,000 £68,296	HOME-START LORN	Unrestricted funding for this family support charity working in North Argyll and Mull. Keywords: early years
08/12/2020	£100,000 £222,874	COMMUNITY LAND SCOTLAND	Contribution to the costs of an Urban Community Land Hub pilot project in Glasgow and west of Scotland. The Hub will provide tailored support to enable urban communities to progress ownership of community assets in ways that meet their/local needs. Key words: community ownership
08/12/2020	£187,250 £5,896,677	THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND	To provide funding for re-granting over two years through a grants scheme, the Tailored Support Fund. This scheme will make grants to architectural heritage projects which fall outside the parameters of AHF's existing schemes, but which will support work to establish viable futures for local heritage assets. The grant includes a contribution to AHF reflecting the cost of administering the scheme.
07/12/2020	£15,000 £18,998	ISLE OF KERRERA DEVELOPMENT TRUST	Contribution to capital costs of the renovation of the Old School Building on the island. Keywords: community assets; community ownership
30/11/2020	£20,000 £14,352,842	SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS	Towards the cost of commissioning six rounds of a quarterly survey of a representative sample of Scottish third sector organisations to monitor the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and other events during 2021 and 2022. Key words: Research, longitudinal panel study
26/11/2020	£20,000 £7,375,049	NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND	Towards the general costs of commissioning, creating and delivering a programme of theatre and participatory arts, online and in person. Although the Foundation is particularly interested in the participatory theatre outreach activities that are planned, the grant is unrestricted to allow the organisation maximum flexibility to adapt and respond to the ongoing challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic
26/11/2020	£60,000 £18,253,098	THE PRINCE'S FOUNDATION	Towards an education and training programme based at Dumfries House teaching young people and adults skills required to sustain a thriving textile industry, over three years. As well as introducing key skills, the programme aims to inspire more people to pursue careers in the textile industry.
26/11/2020	£30,000 £1,128,789	DOVECOT STUDIOS	Support towards a retrospective exhibition, 'Archie Brennan: Tapestry Goes Pop!', celebrating the work of leading 20th Century Scottish tapestry weaver Archie Brennan. Including support for exhibition costs, photography and digital content.
26/11/2020	£25,000	LATERAL NORTH	Towards the cost of running a participatory design project engaging schools, residents and workers in Pollok, a large post-war housing scheme in the south-west of Glasgow. People will be invited to participate in devising and planning solutions to address a range of issues – from reviving derelict land, to promoting local heritage, to improving health and education. Partnerships with local agencies and groups – across all sectors – are already being developed to facilitate this engagement, which will happen in the run-up to Easter 2021. Lateral North will co-ordinate design workshops and help develop ideas, drawing in a wide range of partners, as appropriate, so they can be showcased at the end of the process. Glasgow City Council departments and other relevant agencies will be encouraged to then take proposals forward, where possible. The project is co-funded by Glasgow City Council's Centre for Civic Innovation. Keywords: Regeneration, climate change, COP26
26/11/2020	£28,500 £652,844	PATRICK ALLAN-FRASER OF HOSPITALFIELD TRUST	To contribute to the costs of Hospitalfield's Graduate Residency Programme in 2021, helping to support the professional development of graduate artists through residencies at Hospitalfields, bursaries, peer support and mentoring.
26/11/2020	£8,000 £42,883	THE SOUNDHOUSE ORGANISATION	Towards costs associated with the Tradfest traditional music festival in Edinburgh and online in May 2021.
26/11/2020	£25,000 £1,287,206	THE FRUITMARKET GALLERY	To support a programme of community engagement and outreach activities for 12 months, following the re-opening of the art gallery. Key words: visual art
26/11/2020	£20,000	GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL	Towards the cost of commissioning an economic feasibility assessment and high level business plan for the transformation of the historic stable block in Pollok Park into a multi-purpose centre focused on the Clydesdale Horse breed.
17/11/2020	£15,000	CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL	Grant for additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental well-being, welfare and nurturing activities of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2020/2021.
17/11/2020	£15,000	BELLSHILL ACADEMY	Grant for additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage and for supporting mental well-being, welfare and nurturing activities of the school’s most vulnerable students in the school year 2020/2021.
17/11/2020	£3,000	ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL	Grant for additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage.
17/11/2020	£3,000	SPEYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL	Grant for additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage.
17/11/2020	£115,000 £1,449,016	STEPPING STONES FOR FAMILIES	Towards the cost of sustaining the Carrick Money Advice Service which provides income maximisation and financial literacy support to families with children and young people up to the age of 24.
17/11/2020	£30,000 £1,704,856	IMPACT ARTS (PROJECTS) LTD	Support towards delivery of the Creative Pathways programme in North Lanarkshire, which supports young people employability through the arts.
17/11/2020	£30,000 £5,030,621	STREET LEAGUE	Supporting Street League's North Lanarkshire Academy provision in 2021 including contributing to the Progression Coordinator’s salary. Keywords: Football, youth work, employability
17/11/2020	£3,000	GIRVAN ACADEMY	Grant for additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage.
17/11/2020	£3,000	CARRICK ACADEMY	Grant for additional costs of supporting pupils facing disadvantage.
17/11/2020	£5,000 £45,714,000	QUARRIERS	To support miscellaneous costs such as outings.
17/11/2020	£31,125 £362,347	OUTF!T MORAY	The grant is provided in response to a request for funding for the costs of the Lead Instructor post for this outdoor education charity, however it is provided on an unrestricted basis.
11/11/2020	£83,158 £1,567,971	ATLANTIC SALMON TRUST	Research project investigating declining salmon numbers in the Moray Firth catchment. Keywords: rivers, biodiversity, fish, fishing
11/11/2020	£4,000 £3,806	DUFFTOWN AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	To contribute to the cost of commissioning consultants to work with the Association to produce an updated community plan.
29/10/2020	£23,100 £652,808	WILD TROUT TRUST	Supporting a programme of activity to demonstrate the value of the Trust's work in Scotland. Keywords: rivers, biodiversity, fish, fishing
28/10/2020	£120,000 £4,978,762	HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ALLIANCE SCOTLAND (THE ALLIANCE),	For re-granting to applicants to the Alliance's Self Management Fund alongside Scottish Government funds distributed through that scheme. The Self Management Fund 2020/21 will support projects across Scotland which increase the capacity of people to live well with long term health conditions.
23/10/2020	£38,000 £297,900,000	BARNARDO'S SCOTLAND	Support for the Access to Opportunities project in North Lanarkshire which provides employability support to homeless young people.
21/10/2020	£7,000 £106,422	DUNCAN MACKINNON MUSIC AND ARTS TRUST	A programme of activity inspired by the activities of Duncan MacKinnon, a music promoter in the Borders during the 50s and 60s, culminating in an exhibition at MacArts in Galashiels. The grant will be used to gather and archive oral histories of those who were involved in the Borders Dances during that period.
20/10/2020	£80,179 £390,044	HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST LTD	This grant is for the implementation and delivery of a new data management system which will revolutionise the way HWDT manage, interrogate, use and share their data. Keywords: biodiversity; cetaceans
20/10/2020	£40,000 £417,063	SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT LINK	Unrestricted funding for core costs over two years.
20/10/2020	£10,000 £9,170	PROJECT SEAGRASS	To support collaborative research work with NatureScot and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on the genetic diversity of Scottish seagrasses. Keywords: biodiversity
19/10/2020	£3,000 £329,764	BANNOCKBURN HOUSE TRUST	To install toilet facilities at the Bannockburn House site for the benefit of volunteers working onsite as plans progress towards comprehensive renovation of the house and gardens. Keywords: heritage; community assets
15/10/2020	£30,000 £421,940	3D DRUMCHAPEL	Unrestricted funding for the core costs of this family support charity over one year.
15/10/2020	£75,000 £401,580	HOME-START GLASGOW NORTH	Unrestricted funding over three years. Keywords: early years; family support
15/10/2020	£33,670 £170,441	MIND MOSAIC CHILD AND FAMILY THERAPIES	Unrestricted funding for core costs over three years. Keywords: early years; family therapy; counselling; play therapy
15/10/2020	£34,000 £567,504	STARCATCHERS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED	Unrestricted funding for Starcatchers to provide performances and creative activities for children under five.
15/10/2020	£30,000 £504,699	THE COTTAGE FAMILY CENTRE	General operating support for core costs for three years for this family support charity.
15/10/2020	£15,000 £297,900,000	BARNARDO'S SCOTLAND	General operating support for the Barnardo's Nurture Service for three years, providing a range of support services to families in Inverclyde.
15/10/2020	£35,000 £691,217	CATTANACH CHARITABLE TRUST	Co-funding alongside the Cattanach Trust to support the Parent Infant Foundation’s Phase 2 work to support the development of specialist parent-infant teams in Scotland, promoting infant mental health.
01/10/2020	£150,000 £18,050,000	MAGGIE KESWICK JENCKS CANCER CARING CENTRES TRUST	To contribute to the programme of support available at their eight centres in Scotland for people with any type of cancer and their loved ones - including ‘Where Now’ group support and psychological support.
01/10/2020	£110,000 £4,721,000	NHS GRAMPIAN ENDOWMENT FUND	Donation nominated by employees at the Glenfiddich Distillery and brand team with funds raised from the Spirit of Speyside 2020 special bottling, to support the charity's work relating to the coronavirus crisis.
01/10/2020	£110,000 £196,936	MORAY FOOD PLUS	Donation nominated by employees at the Glenfiddich Distillery and brand team with funds raised from the Spirit of Speyside 2020 special bottling, to support the charity's work relating to the coronavirus crisis.
01/10/2020	£20,000 £47,183	KEIRANS LEGACY	Donation nominated by employees at the Glenfiddich Distillery and brand team with funds raised from the Spirit of Speyside 2020 special bottling, to support the charity's work relating to the coronavirus crisis.
29/09/2020	£2,500	TEDXGLASGOW	Towards the cost of events and campaigns on the theme of climate change and responsible business as an alternative to holding a full TEDx Glasgow conference in 2020.
24/09/2020	£93,259 £367,367	GIRVAN YOUTH TRUST	Unrestricted contribution to core costs from 01 April 2021 to 31st March 2024
17/09/2020	£50,000 £1,289,185	ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND TRUST	The grant will help support the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland to broaden its reach and increase access to the arts and arts education. This will include widening access activities and providing opportunities for the public to engage in the arts and culture. Keywords: creative industries; higher education
17/09/2020	£20,000 £98,521	NEVIS ENSEMBLE	Unrestricted grant to support the work of the organisation, 'Scotland's street orchestra'. Keywords: classical music
17/09/2020	£5,000 £4,200	THE BERNAT KLEIN FOUNDATION	To allow the Bernat Klein Foundation to pay honoraria to contributors to a book of essays planned for publication to mark the centenary of Bernat Klein's birth in 2022. Key words: textiles, design
17/09/2020	£30,000 £47,260	APROXIMA SCIO	To support the continued development of this new arts charity over 12 months as it develops a roster of new projects and commissions.
17/09/2020	£8,023 £28,465	THE SCOTTISH ARTS CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST	To meet the costs of installing the Scottish Portrait Awards 2020 exhibition at Duff House, Banff for display between 1 April to 30 June 2021. The grant includes the cost of purchasing display equipment which can be reused for other exhibitions, also creation of a 360-degree online presentation of the exhibition.
09/09/2020	£40,000 £543,273	THE LENS	The unrestricted grant is intended to support some core costs of the organisation as its income has been affected by the coronavirus crisis, and to enable the team to develop a refined suite of training products and resources that adapts its programme to largely online delivery and meets a gap in the market for resources to help develop entrepreneurial skills and culture within organisations. These resources will also enhance The Lens offer once in-person delivery is possible again.
03/09/2020	£50,000 £409,952	AYR UNITED FOOTBALL ACADEMY LTD	Ayr United Football Academy (AUFA) delivers sport, through football, to the local community. It encourages participation in sport amongst people of all ages and abilities via a varied community programme. This includes Football for Life – a programme targeting over 50s, elderly, people with dementia, carers, socially isolated and people with mental health issues. The programme consists of 6 projects: Walking Football centres for over 50s. Weigh to go, Football Memories, Strollers walking group, The Shed and Football For Life Group. This grant contributes to the Football for Life running costs for the next 24 months.
03/09/2020	£120,000 £99,347	SCOTTISH MEN'S SHEDS ASSOCIATION	Scottish Men’s Sheds Association is the umbrella organisation for Men’s Sheds in Scotland, providing Sheds with support, advice and a shared voice. This is an unrestricted grant to contribute to their costs, including to give the organisation greater administrative capacity.
13/07/2020	£5,000 £620,731	POSITIVE ACTION IN HOUSING LTD	Towards the cost of providing crisis support for vulnerable people in refugee and asylum seeking communities, in particular the Lifeline project which directly supports families, including mothers with children who are seeking asylum. Keywords: migrants, destitution
11/06/2020	£49,007 £401,580	HOME-START GLASGOW NORTH	To support the costs of the Home -Start North Lanarkshire family support service for a further year.
11/06/2020	£25,000 £694,878	FAITH IN COMMUNITY (SCOTLAND)	A programme of funding and support to approx. 20 faith groups across Scotland to assist them to work within their communities to enable people to be better supported, connected and resilient during and beyond the coronavirus crisis.
13/05/2020	£8,500 £58,528,000	THE CORRA FOUNDATION	To part fund additional costs of the Listening Fund.
13/05/2020	£4,963 £304,737	COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED	To meet the cost of publishing the report 'A different approach to community asset development', the research and writing of which was funded by a previous grant to Community Enterprise.
06/05/2020	£38,000 £276,978	THE CARRICK CENTRE	Towards the cost of the Centre's youth work programme for one year.
01/05/2020	£5,000 £99,347	SCOTTISH MEN'S SHEDS ASSOCIATION	To sustain the organisation's support for local Men's Sheds during the Covid-19 crisis.
23/04/2020	£90,000 £413,531	DEWAR ARTS AWARDS	To be distributed over three years as awards to talented individuals who lack the financial means to achieve their full potential. Awards are to be made at the discretion of the Dewar Awards panel, but the grant is intended to increase the ability of the panel to make awards to applicants from backgrounds, locations or creative fields that have been less well represented in awards to date.
22/04/2020	£15,000 £367,892	WHALE, THE ARTS AGENCY	To enable the organisation to deliver support within the Wester Hailes community during the Covid-19 crisis, working in partnership with other local organisations and agencies.
20/04/2020	£30,000 £1,454,283	FARE SCOTLAND LTD	Unrestricted funding to support the charity's work in Glasgow providing food to people experiencing food insecurity during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
20/04/2020	£20,000 £2,070,310	THE FOOD TRAIN	Unrestricted funding to support the charity's work addressing food insecurity and isolation in multiple locations across Scotland as a result of the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
20/04/2020	£30,000 £9,902	LAUNCH FOODS	Unrestricted funding to support the charity's work providing hot meals and food to people experiencing food insecurity due to the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
20/04/2020	£30,000 £553,193	HOME-START GLASGOW SOUTH	Unrestricted funding to support the charity's work during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. Keywords: family support, children and families.
20/04/2020	£50,000 £401,580	HOME-START GLASGOW NORTH	Unrestricted funding to support the charity's work during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. Keywords: family support, children and families, perinatal mentalHealth, refugees and asylum seekers
20/04/2020	£60,000 £19,666,000	ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST	Unrestricted funding to support the charity's work during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. Keywords: family support, young people, children
20/04/2020	£50,000 £1,449,016	STEPPING STONES FOR FAMILIES	Unrestricted funding to support this family support charity to sustain services during the year ahead. The grant is unrestricted but was made in response to the organisation's intent to sustain its Family Wellbeing service in North Glasgow.
20/04/2020	£20,000 £9,320,170	LIFE CHANGES TRUST	To be regranted as grants to care experienced people in Scotland through the one-off Keep Well Fund to enable them to purchase items or meet costs to help maintain their wellbeing during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
16/04/2020	£50,000 £12,133,000	FOUNDATION SCOTLAND	To redistribute to charities and community groups providing support to people affected by the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. This is a second grant for this purpose - an initial £100,000 was donated in March 2020.
16/04/2020	£30,000 £4,841,097	WHO CARES? SCOTLAND	Unrestricted funding to assist the charity during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. Keywords: Care experienced, young people, advocacy.
13/04/2020	£35,000 £3,328,414	ONE PARENT FAMILIES SCOTLAND	Towards the cost of a range of services and activities supporting one parent families in Lanarkshire for one year, including activities addressing the impact of the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
01/04/2020	£7,500 £627,259	REFUGEE SURVIVAL TRUST	Unrestricted funding to support the charity's work with refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants affected by the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
27/03/2020	£20,000 £39,164	SPEYSIDE YOUTH	Unrestricted funding to support the running costs of this youth-led organisation serving young people in Dufftown and the surrounding villages for one year.
25/03/2020	£35,000 £9,971,588	CHILDREN 1ST	To increase capacity of the charity's online and web-based parent support advice line Parentline during the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis. Keywords: families, family support
25/03/2020	£25,000 £14,352,842	SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS	A fund for re-granting to organisations to assist with the costs of moving to remote and digital working as a result of the coronavirus Covid-19 restrictions.
25/03/2020	£100,000 £12,133,000	FOUNDATION SCOTLAND	To redistribute to charities and community groups providing support to people affected by the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
25/03/2020	£40,000 £694,878	FAITH IN COMMUNITY (SCOTLAND)	To be redistributed as small grants to faith organisations across Scotland supporting people in their communities affected by the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
25/03/2020	£20,000 £4,841,097	WHO CARES? SCOTLAND	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.
25/03/2020	£40,000 £19,666,000	ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST	To be distributed as crisis grants to individuals and families affected by the Covid-19 crisis through the charity's Urgent Assistance Fund.
20/03/2020	£10,000 £745,892	TSIMORAY	To be distributed as immediate/emergency funding support for local voluntary and community organisations in Moray at the front line of the sector’s support for people and communities disproportionately_x000D_ affected by Covid-19.
20/03/2020	£15,000 £1,873,115	VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LANARKSHIRE	To be distributed as immediate/emergency funding support for local voluntary and community organisations in North Lanarkshire at the front line of the sector’s support for people and communities disproportionately_x000D_ affected by Covid-19.
20/03/2020	£10,000 £529,221	VOLUNTARY ACTION SOUTH AYRSHIRE	To be distributed as immediate/emergency funding support for local voluntary and community organisations in South Ayrshire at the front line of the sector’s support for people and communities disproportionately affected by Covid-19
20/03/2020	£15,000 £646,914	VOLUNTARY ACTION SOUTH LANARKSHIRE	To be distributed as immediate/emergency funding support for local voluntary and community organisations in South Lanarkshire at the front line of the sector’s support for people and communities disproportionately_x000D_ affected by Covid-19.
18/03/2020	£16,038	NORTH CARRICK COMMUNITY SPORTS HUB	To contribute to the cost of employing a new Project Co-ordinator for one year. The role will lead on creation of various community sport and physical activity opportunities for both children and adults, based on the needs of the individual communities in the area.
16/03/2020	£15,000 £160,474	STEP BY STEP MORAY	Unrestricted funding to support the work of this family support charity, including activities addressing the impact on families of the coronavirus Covid-19 crisis.
11/03/2020	£38,304 £367,367	GIRVAN YOUTH TRUST	Towards the cost of employing two part-time detached youth workers in Girvan for two years. The grant fully funds the project in year 1, and half of the cost in year 2.
01/03/2020	£29,730 £59,526	GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL PIPING FESTIVAL	Towards the cost of staging the annual Piping Live! festival in Glasgow, celebrating bagpipe music from around the world. The grant includes the cost of a programme of linked masterclasses by visiting musicians, Learn @ Live.
10/02/2020	£4,000 £10,025	CAPTAIN JOHN MACLELLAN MEMORIAL TRUST	Towards the cost of staging the 2020 Captain John A. MacLellan MBE Memorial Dinner-Recital. Keywords: Bagpipes, music
10/02/2020	£16,300 £1,312,387	OUT OF THE BLUE ARTS & EDUCATION TRUST	To contribute to the cost of a programme of workshops and outreach activity to engage young people – from school age to students and early career artists – to learn about and use RISO printing for creative projects. This involves a tiered programme of activity from one-off opportunities through to residencies and creative business workshops for college leavers. Keywords: Graphic design
10/02/2020	£5,000 £42,883	THE SOUNDHOUSE ORGANISATION	Towards costs associated with the Tradfest traditional music festival in Edinburgh in May 2020.
10/02/2020	£11,000 £20,794	SCOTTISH PIPING SOCIETY OF LONDON	Towards the costs of staging the Society's Annual Competition for solo pipers (bagpipes). Keywords: music
10/02/2020	£30,000 £116,541	THE GLASGOW BARONS	Unrestricted funding to support the further development of this community music charity.
07/02/2020	£50,000 £195,652	REEL TIME MUSIC	Towards the cost of fitting out new premises in Motherwell to accommodate rehearsal spaces, recording studio, offices and workshop space. Keywords: capital, music, youth work.
03/02/2020	£25,000 £137,678	DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY ARTS FESTIVAL	To support the costs of administering and programming the annual arts festival during 2021.
03/02/2020	£33,000 £2,742,170	THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE	Towards the cost of staging the Glenfiddich Piping Championship for solo pipers (bagpipes).
03/02/2020	£15,000 £39,467	BOTHY PROJECT	To allow the board and staff team to prepare a new business plan and associated funding applications. Future plans include construction of new architect-designed bothies in locations around Scotland and management of creative residency programmes. Keywords: Arts, architecture
15/01/2020	£48,308 £18,375,000	PLACE2BE	To provide a community mentalHealth and well-being service for young people based in the secondary schools of Girvan Academy and Carrick Academy in South Ayrshire for one year.
10/01/2020	£50,000 £1,449,016	STEPPING STONES FOR FAMILIES	Towards the cost of sustaining for one year the Carrick Money Advice Service which provides income maximisation and financial literacy support to families with children and young people up to the age of 24 in Girvan, Maybole and the surrounding areas.
20/12/2019	£5,000 £99,347	SCOTTISH MEN'S SHEDS ASSOCIATION	Unrestricted funding
12/12/2019	£100,000 £1,894,161	CHANGING FACES	To support the cost of carry out scoping, research and piloting over a 2-year period, to define and implement the best delivery model of a skin camouflage service for Scotland, working in partnership with the NHS.
11/12/2019	£25,606 £396,048	GOVANHILL BATHS BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST	To meet the cost of employing a Clerk of Works to oversee work on site during the Govanhill Baths refurbishment project. Keywords: heritage building; community asset
10/12/2019	£20,000 £421,940	3D DRUMCHAPEL	A second unrestricted award this year to this community-based holistic family support charity working in Drumchapel, northeast Glasgow. The award is unrestricted but made in response to the organisation's plans to move into new dedicated premises.
10/12/2019	£60,000 £1,492,585	FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEST LOTHIAN	Unrestricted funding to support the core costs of this family support charity over two years.
10/12/2019	£75,000 £12,133,000	FOUNDATION SCOTLAND	To provide funds for a grant from Foundation Scotland to COVEY to support the Pathways to Confidence project for one year. The project, which is delivered in partnership with YMCA Bellshill and Mossend, works with young people aged 8 - 14 yrs and their parents or caregivers, using a befriending and mentoring approach to support them both to set and achieve individual and family goals.
10/12/2019	£45,000 £1,513,221	GOVERNORS OF DEAN ORPHANAGE & CAUVINS TRUST	A grant to co-fund with Cattanach Trust a new programme to provide one-to-one intensive parenting support to young mothers who have recently left fostered or residential care and who are at high risk of having their own children taken into care. This will be a 'bolt-on' programme to Dean and Cauvin's existing residential and aftercare/transitional work with care-experienced young people generally, which includes a residential unit for new teenage mothers and a specialist mother and baby fostering service. The new programme will support mothers who are leaving or have left fostered or residential care and are trying to live independently but assessed as at high risk of experiencing parenting difficulties.
10/12/2019	£30,000 £18,047,000	MAGGIE KESWICK JENCKS CANCER CARING CENTRES TRUST	Core funding for the operation of Maggie's Lanarkshire at Monklands Hospital, Airdrie during 2019-20.
10/12/2019	£52,177 £1,223,708	SAHELIYA STEERING GROUP	Towards the cost of a programme of support for BAME women and children under 3 years focusing on promoting attachment and infant mental health. The project is co-funded with Cattanach and will run for 3 years.
04/12/2019	£23,000	GIRVAN COMMUNITY SPORTS HUB	Girls Getting Active is a physical activity project using sport as a tool to engage with girls and women in Girvan and South Carrick. The grant will support the costs of a dedicated co-ordinator and associated expenses for one year.

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Cumulative Grants

Amount	Recipient
£492,787	CHILDREN 1ST
£477,000	ABERLOUR CHILD CARE TRUST
£445,825	HOME-START GLASGOW NORTH AND NORTH LANARKSHIRE
£434,000	THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND
£410,500	STEPPING STONES FOR FAMILIES
£380,000	MAGGIE KESWICK JENCKS CANCER CARING CENTRES TRUST
£337,584	GIRVAN YOUTH TRUST
£300,000	THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY
£290,337	SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT LINK
£255,250	COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ENABLING YOU LTD
£255,000	ENERGY ACTION SCOTLAND
£250,000	PLAY WORKS
£248,838	ONE PARENT FAMILIES SCOTLAND
£248,605	CHANGING FACES
£244,000	3D DRUMCHAPEL
£240,000	FOUNDATION SCOTLAND
£220,000	SCOTTISH MEN'S SHEDS ASSOCIATION
£210,000	WHALE, THE ARTS AGENCY
£202,426	CHANGEWORKS RESOURCES FOR LIFE
£200,000	ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF SCOTLAND TRUST
£198,356	GOVERNORS OF DEAN ORPHANAGE & CAUVINS TRUST
£192,100	BANNOCKBURN HOUSE TRUST
£187,081	DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND
£183,158	ATLANTIC SALMON TRUST
£178,500	THE CORRA FOUNDATION
£175,900	THE NATIONAL PIPING CENTRE
£175,338	FAUNA & FLORA
£174,790	BARNARDO'S SCOTLAND
£173,000	THE CARRICK CENTRE
£172,177	SAHELIYA STEERING GROUP
£169,766	PLACE2BE
£159,460	GLASGOW INTERNATIONAL PIPING FESTIVAL
£158,750	APROXIMA SCIO
£156,000	THE GLASGOW BARONS
£155,220	NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND CHARITABLE TRUST
£154,546	EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY - SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES
£154,272	SCOTTISH HUNTINGTON'S ASSOCIATION
£150,000	HOME-START GLASGOW SOUTH
£149,846	OUTF!T MORAY
£144,080	SCOTTISH SCULPTURE WORKSHOP
£143,637	ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS CENTRE FOR SCOTLAND
£142,878	CENTRESTAGE COMMUNITIES LTD
£130,702	ACTION FOR CHILDREN
£130,000	SCOTTISH COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
£123,000	INDEPEN-DANCE
£120,000	HOME-START WIGTOWNSHIRE
£120,000	HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ALLIANCE SCOTLAND (THE ALLIANCE),
£120,000	FèISEAN NAN GàIDHEAL
£120,000	AYR UNITED FOOTBALL ACADEMY LTD
£115,238	GIRVAN COMMUNITY SPORTS HUB
£113,382	STEP BY STEP IN MORAY
£112,500	NPC
£110,000	NEVIS ENSEMBLE
£110,000	NHS GRAMPIAN ENDOWMENT FUND
£110,000	MORAY FOOD PLUS
£108,745	ENABLE SCOTLAND (LEADING THE WAY)
£106,000	SPEYSIDE YOUTH
£105,585	ELGIN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GROUP
£100,000	THE KING'S FOUNDATION
£100,000	FAITH IN COMMUNITY (SCOTLAND)
£100,000	COMMUNITY LAND SCOTLAND
£98,800	OUT OF THE BLUE ARTS & EDUCATION TRUST
£97,000	SCOTTISH SEABIRD CENTRE
£95,000	TIM STEAD TRUST
£94,000	LGBT YOUTH SCOTLAND
£92,765	ADVENTURE CENTRE FOR EDUCATION (ACE)
£90,123	THE SCOTTISH ARTS TRUST
£90,000	FARE SCOTLAND LTD
£90,000	EARLY YEARS SCOTLAND
£90,000	DEWAR ARTS AWARDS
£88,500	PATRICK ALLAN-FRASER OF HOSPITALFIELD TRUST
£87,000	DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY ARTS FESTIVAL
£87,000	DRAKE MUSIC SCOTLAND
£86,000	TINDERBOX COLLECTIVE
£85,000	THE FRUITMARKET GALLERY
£82,500	GALLOWAY FISHERIES TRUST
£80,500	THE SOUNDHOUSE ORGANISATION
£80,179	HEBRIDEAN WHALE AND DOLPHIN TRUST LTD
£80,000	HOMELESS NETWORK SCOTLAND
£79,542	REACH LANARKSHIRE AUTISM
£79,273	ALCHEMY FILM & ARTS
£78,154	SCULPTURE PLACEMENT GROUP
£78,000	CRAFT SCOTLAND
£77,580	PROJECT SEAGRASS
£75,000	THE SCOTTISH SCHOOLS PIPES AND DRUMS TRUST
£75,000	HUNTLY DEVELOPMENT TRUST
£74,000	GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO LTD
£73,500	CONNECTING CARERS
£72,230	SEAWILDING
£71,750	LOCO HOME RETROFIT CIC
£71,000	REELTIME MUSIC
£70,000	NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND
£70,000	CYRENIANS
£69,750	COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF LOCHS AND SOUNDS
£67,450	CARERS TRUST
£67,000	SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST
£67,000	NSPCC
£65,000	CLYDESIDE INITIATIVE FOR ARTS
£60,000	THE SPORTING MEMORIES FOUNDATION SCOTLAND SCIO
£60,000	THE RIDGE
£60,000	STILLS LTD
£60,000	SISTEMA SCOTLAND
£60,000	HOME-START FALKIRK LTD
£60,000	BERWICKSHIRE MARINE RESERVE
£58,145	THE MARIE TRUST
£58,000	CREATIVE CARBON SCOTLAND
£56,000	THE CUMNOCK TRYST
£55,000	SCOTTISH PIPING SOCIETY OF LONDON
£55,000	SURF - SCOTLAND'S REGENERATION FORUM
£55,000	ABOVE ADVENTURE
£54,300	FRIENDS OF THE SOUND OF JURA
£51,380	ENABLE
£51,000	PARENT-INFANT FOUNDATION Health: Early Years
£50,000	WHO CARES? SCOTLAND
£50,000	THE MELTING POT
£50,000	BRAEMAR COMMUNITY LIMITED
£49,650	SUSTAINABLE INSHORE FISHERIES TRUST
£48,960	ARTICULATE CULTURAL TRUST
£47,500	NATURESCOT
£47,000	THE SCOTTISH GOLDSMITHS TRUST
£47,000	CARDINAL NEWMAN HIGH SCHOOL
£46,661	UNITY ENTERPRISE
£45,780	EXISTING HOMES ALLIANCE SCOTLAND
£45,000	REGEN
£45,000	MULTI CULTURAL FAMILY BASE
£45,000	LIFE CHANGES TRUST
£45,000	HOME-START LORN
£43,100	WILD TROUT TRUST
£40,000	THE LENS
£40,000	PUSH THE BOAT OUT
£40,000	KNOCKANDO WOOLMILL TRUST
£40,000	GUILD OF PLAYERS
£40,000	DOVECOT STUDIOS
£38,750	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK
£38,500	SEA-CHANGERS
£37,000	BELLSHILL ACADEMY
£35,000	CATTANACH CHARITABLE TRUST
£34,000	STARCATCHERS PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
£34,000	GLASGOW FILM THEATRE
£33,670	MIND MOSAIC CHILD AND FAMILY THERAPIES
£33,306	NURTURE THE BORDERS
£33,000	HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON
£31,500	SEA THE CHANGE
£31,075	ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDERS NETWORK Improving Philanthropy
£30,000	TOONSPEAK YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE
£30,000	THE COTTAGE FAMILY CENTRE
£30,000	THE ARGYLL PIPING TRUST
£30,000	STREET LEAGUE
£30,000	POSITIVE ACTION IN HOUSING LTD
£30,000	MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH SCOTLAND
£30,000	LAUNCH FOODS
£30,000	IMPACT ARTS (PROJECTS) LTD
£30,000	DYNAMIC EARTH CHARITABLE TRUST
£26,000	QUARRIERS
£25,606	GOVANHILL BATHS BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST
£25,000	LATERAL NORTH
£25,000	GEORGE WYLLIE FOUNDATION 2019
£25,000	FIFE CONTEMPORARY
£22,800	ISLE OF KERRERA DEVELOPMENT TRUST
£22,650	HERITAGE CRAFTS
£22,150	DUFFTOWN AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
£21,000	GLENDOUNE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
£20,000	THIRD SECTOR LAB
£20,000	THE FOOD TRAIN
£20,000	SIMON COMMUNITY SCOTLAND
£20,000	SCOTTISH REFUGEE COUNCIL
£20,000	REFUWEEGEE
£20,000	OVER THE WALL
£20,000	KEIRANS LEGACY
£20,000	GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL
£19,963	COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE LIMITED
£18,500	INSTITUTE FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION RESEARCH
£17,000	HANDS UP FOR TRAD
£16,038	NORTH CARRICK COMMUNITY SPORTS HUB
£16,000	MORTLACH MEMORIAL HALL DUFFTOWN
£15,022	NORTH EAST SENSORY SERVICES
£15,000	YOUNG SEA CHANGERS SCOTLAND
£15,000	VOLUNTARY ACTION SOUTH LANARKSHIRE
£15,000	VOLUNTARY ACTION NORTH LANARKSHIRE
£15,000	OBAN COMMUNITIES TRUST
£15,000	EDINBURGH VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS COUNCIL
£15,000	BOTHY PROJECT
£14,600	COMPETING PIPERS ASSOCIATION
£14,500	2050 CLIMATE GROUP
£14,000	WE ARE PANEL C.I.C.
£14,000	SPEYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
£14,000	GIRVAN ACADEMY
£14,000	CARRICK ACADEMY
£12,704	THE BERNAT KLEIN FOUNDATION
£12,000	RECOLLECTIVE
£11,548	DAVID HUME INSTITUTE
£11,000	ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL
£10,000	TSIMORAY
£10,000	VOLUNTARY ACTION SOUTH AYRSHIRE
£10,000	GLASGOW BUILDING PRESERVATION TRUST
£9,500	NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND
£9,100	EAGLE PIPERS SOCIETY
£8,500	SKYE AND LOCHALSH ENVIRONMENT FORUM
£8,000	GREENTWEED ECO
£7,700	STRANGE FIELD
£7,500	REFUGEE SURVIVAL TRUST
£7,000	GLENDOUNE YOUTH CLUB
£7,000	DUNCAN MACKINNON MUSIC AND ARTS TRUST
£6,000	JOHN MUIR TRUST
£6,000	CARNYX & CO
£5,000	TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE SCOTLAND
£5,000	TRASH MUSIC PROJECTS LTD
£5,000	TEDXGLASGOW
£5,000	OSTRERO
£5,000	HERITAGE TRUST NETWORK
£5,000	GLUT1 DEFICIENCY UK
£5,000	CARRICK RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
£5,000	AYR RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED
£4,000	CAPTAIN JOHN MACLELLAN MEMORIAL TRUST
£3,825	MACDIARMID'S BROWNSBANK
£3,250	JOANNE YEADON TEXTILE DESIGN STUDIO
£3,000	COIGACH HERITAGE