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RS Macdonald Charitable Trust

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In every part of Scotland our awards are helping charities to make an impact by giving support and help to those who need it most. The research that we fund is helping to create better futures for children and adults who are facing multiple challenges. The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust aims to provide £3 million in grants every year to Scottish charities. We believe in the importance of wider networks and support services that involve families, carers and communities and encourage participation for people who are often excluded.

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In this period 296 donations have been made totalling £9,064,866 to 232 organisations

  • The average annual spending of grantees has been £12 million
  • The average age of charities supported has been 23 years.

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15/03/2023 £12,000 £179,913 SOUTH AYRSHIRE BEFRIENDING PROJECT This project is towards equipment and infrastructure costs associated with a move to new premises. This is a one one-off piece of work that will help to improve and develop our charity.
15/03/2023 £1,000 £4,405 GLASGOW EAGLES SPORTS CLUB Funding is required to pay for rent of a sports hall to hold table tennis sessions weekly for those with special needs.
21/02/2023 £13,500 £62,300 SPECIAL NEEDS ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND Running and developing the ASN Playscheme
21/02/2023 £7,470 £191,092 INTERNATIONAL OTTER SURVIVAL FUND IOSF cares for orphaned and injured otters from around the UK. Through nearly 30 years of experience, we have placed ourselves as one of the world’s leading experts. Application to help support the costs of a new enclosure to help with ever-increasing otter presence.
21/02/2023 £9,000 £106,110 FRIENDS OF ASHTON Our community cafe and sales project has successfully helped young people with complex and severe additional needs develop skills and confidence to look after themselves, to integrate and obtain jobs. Whilst the business aspects of our project are met, ongoing help is needed for training for this group and volunteer support.
21/02/2023 £12,600 £300,218 HOPSCOTCH CHILDREN'S CHARITY Funding sought so that 40 children/young people can experience a fun and restorative break at Ardvullin during 2023.
21/02/2023 £2,910 £25,963 SPEECH BUBBLE Funding to cover film making block during which a number of individual films will be written, filmed and edited by young people.
02/02/2023 £34,045 £507,196 PERTH AND KINROSS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND KNOWN AS VISIONPK VisionPK is seeking a one-year capital funding grant to fund the costs of a bespoke, cutting edge, unique lighting system in our new, innovative Sensory Hub being developed in Perth High Street. This would also offer a working model for others to learn from.
18/01/2023 £6,871 £36,634 SOUTH OF SCOTLAND WILDLIFE HOSPITAL Funding towards replacement windows as they are no longer fit for purpose. They are warped and there is a major damp problem which would eventually lead to the hospital not being able to take in casualties.
18/01/2023 £8,500 £31,689 CETACEAN RESEARCH & RESCUE UNIT (CRRU) Purchase of a rollercoaster trailer and weatherproof cover for the CRRU rescue boat “Hermes”
07/12/2022 £2,132 £168,900 NEVIS ENSEMBLE Established in 2018, Nevis Ensemble has quickly developed and occupies a crucial space in Scotland’s cultural landscape. The project will give people living with Dementia the opportunity to experience, create and perform live music. Two musicians will develop songs and music based on the participants own lives, experiences, likes and wants in an impactful and person centred way.
07/12/2022 £13,000 £36,924 SAMS CHARITY We seek funding towards running our core services for vulnerable children and young people aged 3-18 living with a range of complex disabilities/multiple ASN and their Parents/Carers. As a result of engaging in our services, vulnerable disabled children and their families feel stronger, more resilient, healthier, and less isolated overall: improving their long-term wellbeing and quality of life.
07/12/2022 £14,850 £35,176,428 SCOTTISH AUTISM This project will pump prime the development and capacity of APOs (Autistic People-Led Organisations) particularly in rural areas of Scotland, and those supporting ethnic minority groups. The autistic voice will be core to the development of the organisation, with strategic experience and expertise acting as a catalyst for growth.
24/11/2022 £45,000 £1,321,414 PLAY WORKS (THE OPERATING NAME OF FAMILY & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEST LOTHIAN) A contribution to the mobile project, which uses a play-based approach to improve people’s outcomes and wellbeing and create as positive a home environment as possible for children growing up. To consolidate the mobile service for isolated communities and increase their 1-1 support capacity.
24/11/2022 £45,000 £212,008 YOUTH INTERVENTIONS A highly specialised support by trained psychotherapists is delivered to young people in the community who have suffered from and are impacted by trauma. This confidential and sensitive work includes young people who are victims of sexual abuse, neglect in all of its form and/or abuse. The charity is seeking core funding.
24/11/2022 £63,129 £345,444 NHS FORTH VALLEY ENDOWMENT FUNDS A trial of digital vision testing for patient group
24/11/2022 £140,000 £39,802,000 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH This application outlines the request to continue the flagship seedcorn funding programme. Aiming to develop this existing programme to focus on Early Career Researchers and those affected by Covid19. The aim is to grow a cohort of skilled researchers by pump-priming new and bold research ideas.
24/11/2022 £45,000 WHIZZ-KIDZ A contribution towards the cost of delivering a programme of confidence-building, fun and inclusive training and activity sessions for Scottish young wheelchair users. Ensuring that young people are central to the design of activities, the focus will be on reducing isolation, developing skills, building connections and creating new experiences.
24/11/2022 £40,110 £68,897 ANGUS SPECIAL PLAYSCHEME Towards a contribution to the cost of managing the service
24/11/2022 £45,000 £432,981 3D DRUMCHAPEL Seeking 3 year funding (£45k over 3 years) towards the children & families work team and the programme costs related to this. This team support children & families in Drumchapel, Knightswood and Yoker by providing vital family support including perinatal support, children & family sessions, peer support groups, parenting support and 1-1 support.
24/11/2022 £46,665 £314,246 HEARTS & MINDS LTD Clowndoctors in the Classroom is a pioneering arts-in-healthcare provision that supports children with special educational needs to engage more fully with their education. Over the coming year, we will deliver regular sessions at The Royal Blind School in Edinburgh, supporting children suffering from blindness.
24/11/2022 £105,000 ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION (RNLI) Save lives at sea by supporting core costs at three Scottish RNLI stations for three years. From fuel to crew kit and training, to boat maintenance, and everything else it takes to operate a lifesaving service, core funding will help to ensure that the lifeboats can launch whenever needed.
24/11/2022 £47,057 £155,697 FIRSTHAND LOTHIAN This is to enable tailored 1:1 support for children up to 16 years living across Edinburgh who are affected by neurological conditions including autism, development delay, communication challenges etc who are not in receipt of any other supports.
24/11/2022 £32,659 £50,490 HAWICK CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY CHURCH To support those in Hawick with neurological and neurodevelopmental disabilities with a dedicated Befriender providing one to one assistance and peer support through social activities, reducing loneliness, increasing self worth and independence, encouraging new skills, friendship, and connections to local community
24/11/2022 £45,000 £362,867 INDEPEN-DANCE (SCOTLAND) A request for a contribution towards the core programme of activities, this includes 6 weekly online creative sessions which includes a variety of activities including creative movement and dance sessions, chair based yoga and creative journaling and 6 weekly in person creative movement and dance classes for disabled children, young people and adults. These will be run over 42 weeks of the year.
24/11/2022 £30,000 £520,442,000 UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE A total of £30,000 is requested to help fund the proposed study to determine the effect of lysozyme encapsulated gold nanoclusters on modulating the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's Disease, which may lead to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for patients.
24/11/2022 £41,193 £219,725 REIDVALE ADVENTURE PLAY ASSOCIATION LTD Additional staff resource at our playground would prove crucial to offer ongoing support to the most vulnerable/affected Children/YP impacted by negative effects of extreme social isolation, abusive home environments and exposure to violence and neglect. The focussed work will assist Children/YP’s in their recovery of positive wellbeing.
24/11/2022 £45,000 £453,192 INCLUDE ME 2 CLUB SCIO Request to allow continued delivery and growth of services to benefit children with an ASN/disability.
24/11/2022 £45,000 £3,047,690 GARVALD EDINBURGH Garvald Edinburgh offers creative activities and skills training for adults with learning and physical disabilities. 221 Members with mobility issues and sensory/neurological impairments attend five workshop sites across Edinburgh/Midlothian; care and support are provided in a friendly environment where people feel valued, included and experience a sense of community.
24/11/2022 £50,000 STROKE ASSOCIATION To support a lectureship at Glasgow Caledonian University for the next three years. This will enable development of treatments and improve clinical services for the estimated 240,000 stroke survivors in the UK who experience sustained visual impairment after a stroke.
24/11/2022 £28,000 £6,550,044 HARMENY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED Consideration of an uplift on an existing grant award to cover the increased build costs of a support room within new learning facilities at Harmeny. The Learning Hub is designed to support the education and personal development of young people impacted by early years trauma due to abuse and neglect.
24/11/2022 £45,000 £519,831 HOME LINK FAMILY SUPPORT Back on Track - providing community based art therapy for children/young people with multiple ACEs referred due to their poor mental health and disengagement. Back on Track uses Art Therapy as a form of psychotherapy, delivered by a professional, using different art mediums enabling C&YP individual or in groups to express and communicate distressing emotions helping them understand their emotions and how to maintain good mental health.
24/11/2022 £20,000 £13,908,000 ROYAL BLIND ASYLUM AND SCHOOL T/A SIGHT SCOTLAND Funding for a part time Activity Assistant to develop the Family Wellbeing Service across North and South Lanarkshire to support Individuals with sight loss and their families
24/11/2022 £45,000 £387,296 MIND MOSAIC CHILD AND FAMILY THERAPIES We are applying for £15,000 per year over 3 years to provide Play Therapy specifically for children affected by abuse and neglect.
24/11/2022 £55,265 £504,077 MORAY RAPE CRISIS Funding to help grow the ‘Rise Up’ project, a specialist, trauma-informed therapeutic support and advocacy service for young people aged 11 to 18 in Moray, who have experienced sexual violence and abuse.
24/11/2022 £49,806 £698,126 DOWN'S SYNDROME SCOTLAND Funding is requested to support vital Scotland wide Family Support Service for people with Down's Syndrome and their families to help meet the increasing demand for more intensive support due to struggles recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic and issues related to the cost of living crisis.
24/11/2022 £23,337 £417,660 POLAR ACADEMY, THE The Polar Academy seeks £23,337 to support a proportion of annual costs for our 22/23 Programme working with 9 young people who are at risk of or have experienced abuse and neglect as part of our overall programme from Arbroath and Monifieth High Schools.
24/11/2022 £42,153 £2,148,778 UPWARD MOBILITY LTD Upmo has adapted at pace to the challenges of the pandemic including the development of a suite of digital content and interactive workshops. We need to develop this digital, blended service to address disadvantage and social exclusion, opening up more opportunities for Upmo students and potential external users.
06/10/2022 £4,600 £426,047 FORTH VALLEY SENSORY CENTRE Forth Valley Sensory Centre needs to replace its out of date and no longer functioning Braille equipment. This involved purchasing a new PC as well as software and Braille printer. This will be used for the benefit of Centre users with visual impairment as well as partner organisations.
06/10/2022 £9,750 £847,439 ERIC LIDDELL COMMUNITY, THE A contribution towards the implementation of a new and innovative financial system that will allow to become more financially robust in today’s climate. The current financial system is out dated and is not built for speed therefore does not meet demands.
16/09/2022 £5,000 £4,285,092 DUNDEE REP AND SCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE LIMITED A pilot project working with the children and incarcerated fathers, to build stronger familial bonds and provide evidence to the Scottish Prison Service of the need to view parental imprisonment from the viewpoint of the child/family rather than the lens of the offender and the criminal justice system.
26/08/2022 £120,571 £8,557,000 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, THE To seek funding for development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) prediction models for early identification of eye/ brain diseases for at risk individuals in the community.
16/08/2022 £5,000 £30,421 FORGET ME NOTES PROJECT, THE A project to deliver music memory experiences to people in their own homes with the aims of increasing wellbeing, enhancing communication through music and combating isolation. Volunteers will also create a personalised Music Care Plan that can be used by family and other professionals to enhance support.
15/08/2022 £150,000 £25,258,373 CAPABILITY SCOTLAND Request to fund Corseford College. Scotland's first specialist college for young people with additional and complex needs.
02/08/2022 £12,052 £326,920 ABILITY SHETLAND To provide a Holiday Club for children and young people in Shetland who have disabilities, including neurological conditions. We will offer a programme of fun recreational activities for six weeks a year for children of pre-school age up to their 19th birthday. Supported by staff and volunteers, it will provide respite and child care for families during the school holidays.
21/06/2022 £3,955 £20,964 BORDERS TALKING NEWSPAPERS A mixer for simultaneous recording of three news readers, a high speed 1:19 USB stick copier and 20 user friendly USB stick players - which we lend to our listeners for them to listen to the news from the weekly local papers.
21/06/2022 £15,000 £4,265,598 COSGROVE CARE Funding towards the design and delivery of an immersive sensory space and outdoor sensory garden. The development of this space will enhance the support and services that can be provided for children and adults with neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions, helping use nature and environment as inspiration.
26/05/2022 £37,500 £172,588 GET2GETHER The project is to support the Ambassadors for a further three years
26/05/2022 £37,639 £294,446 SPINAL INJURIES SCOTLAND Requesting a grant of £36,000 over 3 years (£12,000 per annum) towards the running costs of services supporting those living with Spinal Cord Injury in Aberdeen and Inverness.
26/05/2022 £32,700 £1,894,412 GLASGOW CITY MISSION Applying for funding towards the work with families where the children are at risk of being taken into care due to abuse and neglect, and to work preventatively to ensure children are growing up in safe environments where they can flourish
26/05/2022 £50,000 £10,078,447 CAMPHILL RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOLS LIMITED Camphill School Aberdeen is requesting £50,000 to transform the lives of young people with neurological conditions who need a minimum of 1:1 very specialist support. Providing a new 11 bed residential home. Supporting an additional 14 young people, over the next ten years, who are desperately requiring residential care.
26/05/2022 £7,500 £62,519 FOSTERING COMPASSION (SCIO) Creation of a programme addressing the safety and care of family dogs in environments with children exhibiting challenging, erratic behaviour. Teaching children how to interact calmly, empathically and appropriately with dogs not teasing or hurting them, ensuring the dog feels safe and secure rather than anxious confused or under threat.
26/05/2022 £38,700 EPILEPSY RESEARCH UK Funding to support research into eplispsy being conducted at the University of Edinburgh.
26/05/2022 £47,500 £7,120,000 CYRENIANS This application requests 3 year funding towards extending the availability of supported visits during the evening and weekends for children visiting a family member at HMP Addiewell. Having a dad in prison can be traumatic for children and can have a hugely negative impact on their self-esteem, learning and life chances. This project creates an opportunity to repair relationships in a safe and managed environment.
26/05/2022 £50,904 £571,465 OUTF!T MORAY Application to run two 5-day residential respite breaks in the 2023, 2024 and 2025 Easter and October holidays for young people aged 7-18 living in Moray who are suffering from, or at risk of, sexual, mental or physical abuse. The breaks will provide the young people with a range of fun and challenging outdoor learning and adventure activities including rock climbing, canoeing and mountain biking.
26/05/2022 £33,000 £73,871 HOPE GARDEN SCIO This would be towards the cost of a Garden Manager
26/05/2022 £50,527 MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY UK Multi-year funding sought for a research project to improve understanding of motor neuron activity in people with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, plus test potential new treatments.
26/05/2022 £31,065 £825,392 CITADEL YOUTH CENTRE Seeking continuation funding over three years for the Junior Support group (for children aged 5 to 8) whose social and emotional development has been impaired by family circumstances. The group is part of the Families project for vulnerable children aged 5 to 12, which also encompasses support for parents/carers.
26/05/2022 £40,723 £66,548 ST CRISPIN'S OUT OF SCHOOL CARE ASSOCIATION A funding contribution towards our play work. This will allow us to continue to run our unique service supporting some of Edinburgh’s most vulnerable children with play and leisure activities.
26/05/2022 £36,000 £352,085 DUNDEE AND ANGUS ADHD SUPPORT GROUP After a move to Arbroath to expand services and the work done throughout Angus in the aim of reaching more families that are affected by ADHD but are isolated and have not been able to receive support due to lack of services and being so rural.
26/05/2022 £51,000 £847,439 ERIC LIDDELL COMMUNITY, THE We are applying to The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust for a contribution of £17,000 each year for 3 years towards the core costs of running our dementia services
26/05/2022 £49,635 £211,321 PLAY MIDLOTHIAN A piloted a service supporting disabled children’s play, which The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust helped to launch (with sessions starting January 2019), an application towards a main grant as match funding towards an expanded service.
26/05/2022 £45,000 £176,190 HOME-START LORN We are looking for a contribution towards our core costs over the next three years so that we can continue to offer a lifeline service to vulnerable young families in our rural community.
26/05/2022 £50,000 LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION / STOP IT NOW! SCOTLAND The goal of the project is to develop an evidence-based toolkit that helps current child protection processes in schools pro-actively pivot towards prevention of abuse before it happens. Our project will see us: • work with three schools to develop a place-based model of prevention of sexual harm • develop a “Tackling Sexual Harm” toolkit for use across Scotland • offer a city-wide case consultation service to the City of Edinburgh Council
26/05/2022 £34,000 £308,787 ONEKIND Making a difference for Wild, Companion, Farmed and Laboratory Animals in Scotland. Funding would allow improvement to the welfare of farmed, domestic and wild animals in Scotland. The charity will deliver well respected and high-quality projects, driving public interest in this area and promoting it within policy makers.
26/05/2022 £45,500 £1,683,624 WELLBEING SCOTLAND Supporting children, young people and families to prevent childhood abuse and support those who have experienced abuse and neglect. The project will provide a range of holistic interventions to ensure safety and protection. The project would support children and young people of all ages to 18 including family support.
26/05/2022 £75,097 FIGHT FOR SIGHT Inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) are the leading cause of visual loss in children and working adults .This request will support the identify of a cell death pathway responsible for photoreceptor loss in IRDs, and help identify a drug to help stop this. Fight for Sight are funding a three year project at Edinburgh University and looking for R S Macdonald to jointly help fund the research.
26/05/2022 £45,000 £161,843 DADS ROCK Funding over three years (£15k per annum) towards the Young Dads Project. This project aims to help vulnerable babies and infants have the best possible start in life. Working with disadvantaged young men to help them understand the impact they have on their child’s development and give them the skills and confidence to care for their children and become better fathers.
26/05/2022 £36,000 £352,840 INTEREST LINK BORDERS Core funding request for a volunteer befriending service for children, young people and adults with learning disabilities in the Scottish Borders. Over three years the social and emotional welfare of 260 members will be improved by friendships with peer-age volunteers, and respite will be provided to 300 family carers.
26/05/2022 £21,000 £36,634 SOUTH OF SCOTLAND WILDLIFE HOSPITAL To contribute to core costs to enable our wildlife hospital to continue with our valuable animal welfare work.
26/05/2022 £24,853 £73,520 SPIRAL - CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES Spiral Creative Arts Therapies, is seeking funding towards our Kinship Project. This contribution will provide 1 to 1 Arts Therapy Session and group sessions with children and young in kinship care.
26/05/2022 £36,000 £49,189 PET FOSTERING SERVICE SCOTLAND (PFSS) Focused on animal welfare, PFSS provides short term emergency care for pets, when their owner is unable to do so due to illness, homelessness or domestic abuse. There is no charge for this service and all costs are funded by donation.
26/05/2022 £45,000 £400,335 GOVAN HOME AND EDUCATION LINK PROJECT (GOVAN HELP) Govan HELP is requesting funding to support the ongoing delivery and development of our Children's Therapeutic Service providing support to disadvantaged children from the Govan area of Glasgow.
26/05/2022 £26,176 £168,687,000 UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING Provision of educational workshops to family carers and volunteers who support a person living with dementia, throughout Scotland. Workshops provide practical hints and tips to support improved quality of life for both the person and the informal carer.
26/04/2022 £8,422 £64,987 ONE COMMUNITY SCOTLAND One Community Scotland seek funding for a six-month programme of support for a group of 8 young girls (from refugee/ asylum backgrounds), including a residential weekend.
26/04/2022 £5,000 GO KIDS GO A grant to support the cost of delivering 4 wheelchair skills workshops across Scotland for children and young people who are disabled and wheelchair users. This will include running workshops in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness & Aberdeen.
15/03/2022 £12,820 £140,306 SHAPER/CAPER Proposing continuation of a full year of Dance for Parkinson's Scotland in Dundee. It includes a hybrid model of in-person and livestream access to the dance sessions; a social cafe gathering space; and access to on-demand digital archive of relaxation and creative exercises.
15/03/2022 £3,520 £696,166 IMAGINATE Seeking support for a new theatre performance created for visually impaired children.
15/03/2022 £6,987 £48,574 FRIENDS OF ASHTON Raise funding for an on-site café and sales counter to teach students, all of whom have health, physical and learning disabilities, life and work skills that will enable them to become contributing and active members of society and the workplace once they leave our school.
15/03/2022 £4,500 £80,170 BELOVED RABBITS To repurpose our existing space and add two additional full-sized rabbit environments, allowing us to admit more rehoming requests to the rescue. To improve the current overall environment, to ensure rabbits feel secure and are comfortable at the Hoppy Hub.
15/03/2022 £7,200 £166,553 HOPSCOTCH CHILDREN'S CHARITY Funding to enable two groups of children and young people who fit the Trust's Tackling Child Abuse and Neglect theme to experience a free respite break at Ardvullin this year.
04/02/2022 £9,200 £1,962,689 UPWARD MOBILITY (UPMO) Building on the creation and development of Upmo Connect, our online multiplatform education and support service for adults with learning disabilities and autism, we wish to commence a business scaling programme to develop the commercial potential of this innovative service model across 3 distinct markets.
04/02/2022 £3,000 £218,927 FROZEN LIGHT The Spring Tour of our new theatre production for audiences with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. This grant will go towards performances at Platform (Glasgow), Macroberts Arts Centre (Stirling), Lyth Arts Centre (Wick), Rothes Hall (Glenrothes), Lemon Tree (Aberdeen) and Eden Court (Inverness), reaching 144 people with PMLD in Scotland.
04/02/2022 £10,600 £123,833 CEREBRAL PALSY INTERNATIONAL SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION (CPISRA) Funding for five Scottish young people with cerebral palsy or a related condition and their families to attend the CPISRA Family Outdoor Recreation Camp in August 2022.
10/12/2021 £10,000 £181,467 MUSICALL SCOTLAND musicALL seeks funding as a contribution towards the cost of the 'Sounds Like a Story' project. This will enable their resident band "The Fridays" to collaborate with schools to create original music. The band is made up of talented visually impaired musicians with neurological conditions, working alongside professional music tutors and volunteers. This project benefits a wide age range from 9-65+
10/12/2021 £15,000 £124,221 STRATHMORE COMMUNITY RUGBY TRUST Funding to support global budget for the Autism Friendly Rugby programme. Currently running 3 sessions per week in Forfar and Brechin catering for a maximum of 72 young people (5-12 year old) with a diagnosis or undergoing a diagnosis of autism.
10/12/2021 £9,620 £649,953 FIFE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND T/A SEESCAPE A new pilot project to deliver smart technology demonstrations, training and support for all new referrals of clients with visual impairment throughout Fife.
24/11/2021 £36,000 £15,451 DASH CLUB, THE Requesting £36,000 to contribute to the overall project and running costs of the Dash Club's after school club: a social club for young people (aged 11 to 18) with multiple disabilities who are unable to access the kinds of social activities and sport that their mainstream peers enjoy
24/11/2021 £24,000 ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE (RNIB) Support costs of the Haggeye Youth Engagement Forum for blind and partially sighted young adults between the ages of 16 and 27. The forum will relaunch in early 2022 following difficulties created by coronavirus over the last 18 months or so.
24/11/2021 £150,000 £6,343,790 SCOTTISH BALLET Proposing to create a pathway for SB Health into more diverse mainstream health and social care settings, thus supporting a culture change in the health and arts sectors. Encourage more people who are living with neurological conditions to benefit from a person-centred health care provision in Scotland.
24/11/2021 £45,000 £3,667,177 UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN DEVELOPMENT TRUST Requesting a flexible two-year grant to enable the continuation of this important study. As well as its vital, direct impact on the project, such a grant would also help to leverage additional funds from other grantmakers.
24/11/2021 £42,525 £702,578 SALVESEN MINDROOM CENTRE Funding towards the salary and on costs of one of a full-time Children and Young Person Outreach Specialists who provides 1:1 support and advice to neurodiverse young people across Scotland.
24/11/2021 £36,000 £877,995 VISIBILITY SCOTLAND Visibility Scotland's 'REACH' project aims to ensure that anyone living with a visual impairment in Scotland has easy access to support and services, regardless of their location, mobility, or other barriers. This project is achieved through 2 strands, REACH IN and REACH OUT.
24/11/2021 £44,696 £552,380 MOIRA ANDERSON FOUNDATION, THE Support and nurture children and young people who have been affected by sexual abuse. Enabling them to cope with the trauma they have experienced, so that they do not allow it to define their lives and can grow into confident and happy adults, making positive life choices.
24/11/2021 £46,480 £146,600 HEAR ME Continuation funding towards our specialist outreach counselling project (including the salary costs of a 17.5hr per week counsellor for children and young people) who have experienced (or been affected by) the trauma of sexual abuse at any time in their lives.
24/11/2021 £41,500 £1,526,680 EDINBURGH WOMEN'S AID, LTD CEDAR, an internationally recognised, evidence-based programme that supports children and young people as well as their mothers who have experienced domestic abuse, is a key service of Edinburgh Women's Aid, and a cornerstone of our Children's Services. To continue our successful program of the last 14 years, EWA requesting a contribution over 3 year to our ongoing CEDAR programme.
24/11/2021 £39,280 £4,948,750 INCLUDEM Seeking support with core costs over three years to sustain and develop our organisation to meet intensified and emerging need as an impact of COVID-19 and enable us to reach more young people and families whose lives have been affected by neglect, abuse, trauma and poverty.
24/11/2021 £35,000 £377,029 EPILEPSY CONNECTIONS Requesting funding to secure and develop the Epilepsy Fieldwork Service throughout Ayrshire & Arran. Funding would bring significant security to the Fieldworker role, as well as enable us to recruit for an additional part-time position - the Epilepsy Link Worker.
24/11/2021 £50,000 INSPIRE FOUNDATION, THE INSPIRE is now researching PAIN PREDICT. Using the latest Electroencephalograph technology, our GLASGOW team will identify neurological pain predictors to counter central neuropathic pain before it is identified by the patient, leading to transformational independent home usage.
24/11/2021 £30,000 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TRUST Against all logic, many people with advanced MS in Scotland receive less contact and specialist support as their mobility and independence worsens. Seeking to establish a specialist health professional in Inverness to address the gap in provision for 240 people in the Highlands living with advanced disability from MS. This Champion will improve their quality of life, help maintain independence and prevent secondary complications.
24/11/2021 £20,000 PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPICE, THE The Short Break Stay pilot will facilitate a twelve-week programme utilising 2 beds held within the In-Patient Unit of the Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice. It will operate Monday to Friday offering 24-hour respite care to young adults currently on our caseload with life-limiting conditions and their informal carers.
24/11/2021 £41,244 £358,293 ARGYLL & BUTE RAPE CRISIS Seeking continuation funding for our Youth Support & Prevention Work Learning Difficulties Project which provides early intervention, prevention and support services for vulnerable young people with learning disabilities in the 12 - 18 age group, who are at increased risk of sexual abuse/sexual exploitation in Cowal, Mid Argyll and Bute.
24/11/2021 £36,000 £239,186 MS THERAPY CENTRE LOTHIAN Seeking funding to support recovery, transition, and growth. Widening access, increasing service accessibility to people living with neurological conditions represented in new, more inclusive trading name of COMPASS, and building capacity by implementing recently developed strategic plan
24/11/2021 £30,000 MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY TRUST Continue providing vital support to individuals, and their families, who are living with a terminal diagnosis of the neurodegenerative disease multiple system atrophy (MSA). The only charity offering specialist support to individuals affected and entirely reliant on donations for work to continue.
24/11/2021 £34,500 FRUITMARKET GALLERY Requesting support for the expansion of our programme for visually impaired visitors. This proposed project - See with Me will allow development of more innovative, long-term, tactile experiences for visually impaired visitors, alongside improved staff training and workshops led by a visually-impaired artist.
24/11/2021 £42,000 £211,088 VOLUNTEER TUTORS ORGANISATION, THE Building on the success of our Learning Communities Project, applying for 3 year funding. This will enable us to extend our reach and support more at risk children, not only in Glasgow, but in other local authority areas in Scotland.
24/11/2021 £45,000 £198,946 SENSATIONALL Seeking a multi-year contribution to the core costs of operating our support services for individuals of all ages with neurological conditions and their families. Without core funding of this nature we will struggle to cover the essential costs including salaries of specialist staff and overheads for our building that are necessary to deliver our sessions and activities.
24/11/2021 £37,500 £125,618 HEADWAY AYRSHIRE The Grant will be used for the cost of the majority funding towards a Community Outreach Support Officer (18 hours per week) post. This would enable the Charity to successfully enhance the current service provisions and making them more accessible to our Clients, Carers and Family Members. The Charity operates across Ayrshire (South, East & North).
24/11/2021 £50,000 £1,021,967 GETTING BETTER TOGETHER LTD Seeking continuation funding to sustain the posts of a full-time Development Worker and Early Years Worker who are responsible for the delivery the Family Time Project held in the Prison Visit area of HMP Shotts and to provide additional supports outside the prison environment in our hub.
24/11/2021 £18,000 LIVING PAINTINGS TRUST Seeking a grant towards the provision of free Touch to See book library services in Scotland. Our books are designed to address the challenges that living with sight loss brings. Our books contain raised images and audio guides, creating the unique opportunity to explore our visual world which in turn brings pleasure, learning and companionship to blind people.
24/11/2021 £30,000 £708,848 SHIFT.MS This project will help to expand the reach of Shift.ms's Peer Support Services in Scotland, which work to reduce isolation and loneliness among younger people newly diagnosed with MS, and empower those affected to better manage and live positively with the condition.
24/11/2021 £35,796 S.M.I.L.E COUNSELLING Seeking to fund the salary costs of a specialist neurodiverse child therapist for under 11-18-year-olds who have faced significant adversity and whose mental health is at risk.
24/11/2021 £45,000 £623,033 CLUED UP PROJECT Seeking a contribution to help pay for the essential running costs of our services, in order to help support some of Fife's most vulnerable and neglected young people affected by substance misuse.
24/11/2021 £50,000 £531,423 LILIAS GRAHAM TRUST, THE Seeking funding for the costs of Play therapist, psychiatrist, Independent social worker, health consultant, Counsellor, clinical psychologist, Adult literacy tutor, all of whom provide the imperative work of dealing with parents and children who have suffered from neglect.
02/11/2021 £15,000 £759,551 IAH CHARITY COMPANY LIMITED Enable 75 people living with neurological conditions of all ages across Scotland to access specialist equipment and home adaptations including mobility and travel equipment, special disability equipment for use in the home, beds and bedding, communications equipment, building work and urgent home repairs to improve their independence at home and in their communities over the next three years.
02/11/2021 £10,879 £6,540 STIRLING4COMMUNITY To fund a weekly lunch club for those living with dementia and their carers providing a nutritional lunch and a fun activity. This is a place for everyone to gather together for support one another and have fun.
11/10/2021 £14,910 £203,147 REIDVALE ADVENTURE PLAY ASSOCIATION LIMITED The impact of Covid 19 has resulted in increased negative effects on families. Children/YP are severely impacted by extreme social isolation within extremely difficult abusive home environments and impacted by negative experiences of domestic and controlling abuse at home. Parents with babies/young children have experienced physical and verbal abuse and negatively impacted by controlling behaviour.
11/10/2021 £5,000 £413,364 DUNEDIN SCHOOL Liberton Bank House was refurbished as a school in 2007. In the intervening years the school and the 21 pupils have continued to flourish within the confines of a converted two-up/two-down cottage. Curriculum developments and broadening of activities now urgently require more space, an extension sympathetic to the existing building.
11/10/2021 £13,800 £290,913 ARTICULATE CULTURAL TRUST New, inclusive and in-depth workshops which will co-develop an evidence-based Arts and Wellbeing Programme for young people with experience of care and the adults and families who support them. An action research initiative, it is focused on building trauma-informed practice that tackles child abuse and neglect through creative, intergenerational approaches.
11/10/2021 £7,500 £360,453 GRAMPIAN HOSPITALS ART TRUST Funding for our Artroom project delivering group and 1-1 sessions to patients with Neurological conditions in Woodend and ARI. The costs are for the artists, materials, training and evaluation
11/10/2021 £14,800 £58,049 REANIMATE Seeking funding to contribute towards the costs of feed, hay and vet bills for our horses and animals for 12 months between Oct 2021 - September 2022. Funding will address the charity's core purpose of feeding and caring for animals that have previously suffered neglect and trauma.
11/10/2021 £2,000 £113,412 SIGNPOST A programme of activities for up to 6 Signpost team members, to take place on one half-day per month over 12 months, promoting team bonding, self-care and opportunities for 'active relaxation', resulting in improved wellbeing and capacity to support the 500 families that Signpost helps each year
12/08/2021 £7,044 £48,382 PET FOSTERING SERVICE SCOTLAND (PFSS) Provides emergency foster care for the pets of people experiencing difficult and distressing situations. Working across Scotland, we manage a network of volunteers and provide fostering placements for pets. We are seeking funding for items to better support our service users, volunteers and foster pets.
12/08/2021 £5,540 £70,230 PATHFINDER GUIDE DOG PROGRAMME (PATHFINDER DOGS) Specially adapted equipment to enable the delivery of Independent Living Skills to individuals with new severe/total sight loss, including those that live on their own, have little/no family/friends in the local area, lack 'cooking blind' skills, and face increased financial disadvantage, isolation/loneliness, and other day-to-day challenges
12/08/2021 £7,500 £132,050 UNDERHEUGH ARK, THE Requesting help with kennel and cattery costs. Paying a monthly fee to Kennels in Glasgow and this allows us to place dogs and cats into emergency boarding there while assessed and found suitable foster homes.
12/08/2021 £4,760 £2,157,879 NORTH EAST SENSORY SERVICES (NESS) To fund a scoping study prior to extending our Young People's Sensory Service (YPSS) into Dundee. YPSS currently supports 161 children and young people aged 0 - 19 with a severe visual and/or hearing impairment, living in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray.
07/06/2021 £10,000 £229,775 TOWN BREAK SCIO Requesting match funding (over a two year period) to support the continuation of a pilot digital project. The project will support us to empower people living with dementia to experiment with digital technology helping them to stay connected to their communities.
07/06/2021 £13,845 £385,622 GRAMPIAN AUTISTIC SOCIETY The GAS Sensory Bus is a unique initiative for the N.E. of Scotland which will provide children and young people with autism the opportunity to access, enjoy and gain real benefit from sensory resources and facilities. Funding request is for the purchase of multi-sensory equipment for the Sensory Bus.
07/06/2021 £14,758 LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION / STOP IT NOW! SCOTLAND Delivery of bespoke training to trainees and early career professionals throughout Scotland who are in key roles to be able to influence the prevention of child sexual abuse at an organisational as well as an individual level thus promoting conditions for children whereby the likelihood of sexual abuse is reduced.
07/06/2021 £10,980 £67,290 HOPE GARDEN SCIO Requesting match funding for our Garden Manager post for this financial year (April 2021-March 2022).
26/05/2021 £36,000 HEADWAY EAST LOTHIAN Headway East Lothian is a group giving support to individuals who have Acquired Brain Injury that can leave them physically and mentally disadvantaged and challenged. HEL is a much needed and excellent support group which requires a Development Officer to enable the efficient, effective and sustainable delivery of the project
26/05/2021 £100,454 £10,166,167 CHILDREN 1ST Funding is sought towards the basic salary costs of Children 1st's Assistant Director (Barnahus) to spearhead a new model of child centred child protection across Scotland. Support will help develop a holistic Barnahus model of Scotland that has the recovery and support needs of children at its heart.
26/05/2021 £35,000 £617,302 REVIVE MS SUPPORT Co-funding towards the nationwide roll-out of a proven, multi-stakeholder, digital-technology driven model of preventative, rehabilitative and palliative care and support for people with Multiple Sclerosis. This will establish more-equitable, permanent, access to high-quality MS care, targeting those with chronic symptoms who are 'off-the-radar', due to location, poverty or other disadvantage.
26/05/2021 £40,000 £101,927 SOUTH AYRSHIRE BEFRIENDING PROJECT (SABP) Funding requested toward core costs, to continue existing work. SABP provides befriending support for approximately 45 young people each year. The aim of befriending is to reduce social isolation, improve wellbeing, confidence and self-esteem and to ensure young people are valued and listened to.
26/05/2021 £43,440 £322,556 PLAY THERAPY BASE LIMITED Providing 8 blocks of 25 weeks of Play Therapy to respond to need of referrals. The play therapy sessions will be around 40 minutes each week offer the children a safe secure predictable environment. Children can play at a stage appropriate to their own individual needs and the therapist will work with both the child and the main carers to support communication, expression and think about ways to enable repair and resilience over time.
26/05/2021 £30,000 £159,618 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTRE MID ARGYLL Funding towards the core costs of the organisation to enable families affected by neurological conditions, living in rural and remote areas, access to highly personalised support, empowering them to be key partners in the management of their own condition(s), be involved in own communities and lead healthier and happier lives.
26/05/2021 £34,895 £3,436,798 SISTEMA SCOTLAND Sistema Scotland's Big Noise Raploch programme will work with Priority Families in the community to reduce the risk of abuse and neglect. Children will be supported to improve their wellbeing, confidence and resilience through taking part in an immersive programme of orchestral learning supported by inspirational staff musicians.
26/05/2021 £30,000 £1,459,317 ST ANDREW'S CHILDREN'S SOCIETY Seeking a contribution to the annual cost of our adoption support budget for the 2021/22 & 2022/23 years.
26/05/2021 £60,000 £126,834,000 UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND The Alzheimer Scotland Centre for Policy at Practice (ASCPP), at the University of the West of Scotland, seeks to establish a 2-year institutional Seedcorn Fund to stimulate early career and interdisciplinary applied dementia care research designed to help people affected by dementia to live the best life possible.
26/05/2021 £45,150 £936,428 ROWAN ALBA A new collaborative approach to supporting individuals with Alcohol Related Brain Damage who frequently present in crisis at hospital and do not access support on discharge. Employ a Hospital Link Worker with lived experience to partner with Alcohol Nurses and support delivery of information, emotional and practical support on diagnosis.
26/05/2021 £36,000 £656,858 CHARLIE HOUSE Activities programme consisting of fully-accessible, inclusive activities for children with complex disabilities and their families. The activities programme is designed, researched and run by activities co-ordinators in consultation with families. Providing regular activities and support as well as additional activities and support during school holidays.
26/05/2021 £45,000 £393,040 BREAK THE SILENCE Seeking a contribution towards core costs to assist with the provision of professional counselling support to Survivors of rape/childhood sexual abuse, including those aged 13-16, 17-19. We aim to improve the emotional, psychological and physical health of survivors, partners and family members.
26/05/2021 £35,985 £259,386 TAILOR ED FOUNDATION Seeking two year funding to enable Tailor Ed Foundation to have the capacity to cope with a huge surge in demand from children with autism and their families who are really struggling with the devastating and disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on their daily lives, their emotional and wellbeing.
26/05/2021 £25,234 £13,835,114 ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND Seeking funding to support a pilot project, Return Discussions in Edinburgh. Funding will be directed to staff resources and evaluation of the project. Return Discussions aims to provide holistic support to families who have experienced a missing occurrence of a loved one with dementia.
26/05/2021 £36,000 £873,468 FIFE GINGERBREAD This project focuses on children to have the best start in life - reducing risk and upskilling parents. Many parents we work with have experienced ACE's, the 'care' system or little family support and our role is to prevent cycles of behaviours and risks, supporting families so children can flourish.
26/05/2021 £32,575 MS SOCIETY SCOTLAND Investigating the mechanisms behind myelin repair, focusing on a type of cell called a monocyte. The aim is to increase of understanding of myelin repair, with a view to developing treatments for MS which will be effective for people with all forms of the condition.
26/05/2021 £37,500 £413,929 COLUMCILLE CENTRE Columcille works to ensure health, well-being and a sense of community for adults with learning disabilities from across Edinburgh, providing workshops and creative activities in a caring, supportive place. Funding for core costs will enable 160 individuals with neurological conditions to learn new skills, share experiences and create community together.
26/05/2021 £36,834 HEADWAY GLASGOW Requesting core funding for Headway Glasgow. The charity has lost income through a significant reduction in community fundraising. We have continued to provide services throughout the current crisis and are in the process of adapting the way we deliver our services.
26/05/2021 £20,000 £92,787 MOSSBURN COMMUNITY FARM Requesting two year's funding for a contribution towards core costs to assist us to sustain our core work to the end of May 2023.
26/05/2021 £33,312 AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST Building on the Saving Scotland's Snakes project, seeking to expand work by including a broader range of species that also have animal welfare and conservation needs in Scotland. This new project, Saving Scotland's Amphibians and Reptiles, will include the animal welfare of great crested newts and common toads.
26/05/2021 £36,000 WDC, WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION Request funding to identify the causes of physical injuries (eg from fishing gear, boat collisions) in Risso's dolphins in a Hebridean Marine Protected Area; provide evidence to Scottish Government and its advisory body NatureScot on dolphin welfare management of the MPA, while increasing awareness among local people.
26/05/2021 £52,209 £1,295,692 CENTRESTAGE COMMUNITIES LTD To develop new creative opportunities over 2 years, through sustained active participation in CentreStage arts and wellbeing programmes, including musical theatre, dance, acting, voice, instrumental tuition, technical theatre and productions for 30 young people and their families whose lives are being affected by abuse.
26/05/2021 £24,000 £127,402 PONIES HELP CHILDREN Contribution to our core costs. Rescueing ponies who have experienced hardships, filling them with love and training to allow them to build trust in humans again. Once achieved, they then pour their love out to children and young people who have experienced similar hardships.
26/05/2021 £30,000 £581,730 BRAID HEALTH AND WELLBEING Seeking support to develop and improve the outreach wellbeing services. Enabling to support more people who have age related neurological conditions such as dementia, Parkinson's disease and stroke, in the way they want to be supportedand help provide vital early intervention.
26/05/2021 £45,984 £615,046 NOTRE DAME CENTRE Funding to increase the hours of an existing staff (Play Therapist & Social worker) by 1 day a week to enable an additional 4 Kinship families per week to receive Therapeutic support.
04/05/2021 £11,661 £10,494 FRIENDS OF SEAVIEW Require funding to continue to employ the therapeutic gardener. The linchpin of our project is the therapeutic gardener who runs weekly therapeutic gardening sessions with the children and is skilled in managing a garden and working with children with varied special needs. The garden requires a lot of work planning, growing ,harvesting and ensuring there are  projects available for the children and their differing needs.
04/05/2021 £9,000 £887,484 LISTENING BOOKS Seeking funding to provide free or heavily subsidised access to our audiobook lending service of 9,500 titles available via internet streaming/downloads and MP3CD (freepost) to people in Scotland living with a visual impairment. We seek funding based on the true average cost of £150 per annum.
04/05/2021 £8,000 £261,189 SPINAL INJURIES SCOTLAND Request funding to support our Core activities. Income for the current financial year ending 31st March 2021 has been negatively affected by loss of income from Clober Farm, and the cancellation of the Annual Dinner Dance from main sponsors.
04/05/2021 £5,728 £377,338 EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL Requesting funding towards the cost of the VI Audience Programme for 2021 - a longer-term project, building on previous Edinburgh Art Festival activity for VI audiences and devised with Visual Artist Describer Juliana Capes. With collaborative partnership at its core, this project initiates digital/remote activities and physical events designed especially for VI participants.
24/03/2021 £8,969 £122,957 S.I.S.G ENTERPRISES LTD (CHARITY) Funding requested to operate a service throughout North, South and East Ayrshire to provide a service for those struggling most during Covid-19 ie Older People with Sight Loss. A plan to offer services to help 175 individuals over the 1 year period - offering "Sight Loss Packs" / "Support Calls" / "Lighting Support" etc.
24/03/2021 £13,464 £10,388 FARMERSFIELD REST-HOME FOR ELDERLY DONKEYS (FRED) Core funding annually will enable FRED to continue the provision of care and welfare of the donkeys and the labour necessary to ensure this. Care and Welfare includes feed, bedding, farriery, dentistry and stable maintenance.
24/03/2021 £7,680 £427,797 DRAKE MUSIC SCOTLAND Pilot and test a new disabled-led network from April 2021-March 2022 which aims to develop the skills and promote the careers of neurodiverse composers/ music creators across Scotland.
24/03/2021 £11,520 £371,009 PERTH AUTISM SUPPORT SCIO Applying for funding to carry out an Employability study with employers, young people and families across Perth & Kinross to inform and support the Employability and Community Engagement Strategy for 2020-2023.
24/02/2021 £93,612 £2,144,112 LEUCHIE HOUSE Seeking strategic funding towards the salary of a Head of Technology Enabled Care - Implementation Manager who will lead plans to become the National Centre of Technology-enabled Care & Assessment.
06/02/2021 £4,500 £16,393 FRIENDS OF ASHTON Requesting funding towards the construction of a new disability accessible outdoor activity area on school grounds which will serve to promote inclusivity.
06/02/2021 £4,010 HOME-START DEVERON Support to carry out a Feasibility study, professionally led, to engage with service users, stakeholders and communities to ensure communities continue to be served adequately.
16/12/2020 £6,500 £1,670,175 CALIBRE AUDIO Older people facing visual impairment later in life can find it hard to adjust; this can lead to depression and social isolation. Audiobooks provide an antidote, bringing companionship, comfort and vital mental stimulation.
16/12/2020 £13,400 £1,962,689 UPWARD MOBILITY Requesting support to further upgrade and improve the use of technology throughout the organisation to develop and implement a tailored data gathering digital platform that will improve student experiences, creating efficiencies and inform business decisions.
16/12/2020 £14,040 £134,473 GET2GETHER Requesting funding for 3 posts for adults with learning disabilities for the year 2021-2022 to support the online offer and post covid.
16/12/2020 £13,297 £611,426 PLAYLIST FOR LIFE Seeking funding for a year-long project throughout 2021 in which to develop and test solutions to the challenges that arise from the ongoing pandemic and that stop people with dementia making and using playlists.
15/12/2020 £30,000 HOME-START DUNDEE Requesting a contribution to core costs to help continue to provide tailored, targeted support to vulnerable families with pre-school children who are experiencing challenging times. Support is offered by trained volunteers who visit families in their own home, and also through access to our specialist groups.
23/11/2020 £30,000 CHILD BRAIN INJURY TRUST Supporting children and young people with an acquired brain injury (ABI) with all non-clinical support needs from the moment they are admitted to hospital, during their stay, transition, at home and in the wider community. This project will also support families, carers, peers and professionals.
23/11/2020 £25,000 £109,550 SIGNPOST Core costs towards the support of around 500 families in West Lothian who have children and young people with neurological conditions, offering practical and emotional support to overcome challenges and ensure that young disabled people reach their full potential.
23/11/2020 £40,000 £1,520,136 COLUMBA 1400 Seeking support to run Columba 1400 Leadership Academies involving 60 Care Experienced young people in Clackmannanshire over the next two years, as well as working with over 30 vulnerable parents who have been identified as at risk or requiring additional support. The project aims to help those involved increase confidence, increase resilience levels, improve relationships, resist negative behaviour patterns as well as raise aspirations.
23/11/2020 £30,000 BACK UP TRUST Requesting a two-year grant towards Back Up’s Scottish services for people with spinal cord injury. These services rise to the Covid-19 challenge, focus on unmet needs, reach more people and build on proven, life-changing work. All will help people to participate more in the community.
23/11/2020 £36,000 £2,227,716 BAILLIESTON COMMUNITY CARE Seeking 3 years continuation funding towards the overall running costs of one of the organisation’s most important resources – our Bealach House Day Care Centre which supports 35 individuals living with Dementia.
23/11/2020 £45,000 £401,966 KINDRED ADVOCACY Seeking funding towards core costs contribution to sustain vital services to families of children with a neurological condition, with bases in Edinburgh and Fife and working across Scotland.
23/11/2020 £50,000 £229,775 TOWN BREAK SCIO Seeking support to build on the success of the Reaching Out project funded by the Trust over the past two years. The project’s aim is to increase the scale of services and bespoke support offered to those living with dementia throughout Stirlingshire.
23/11/2020 £90,000 £250,087,390 UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Initial investment in creating a seedcorn fund at the University of St Andrews established a successful model for developing emerging researchers and their work on neurological conditions. Requesting a further three years of funding to sustain and build on this proven model.
23/11/2020 £34,000 £454,506 HOME LINK FAMILY SUPPORT Special therapist support to primary school children identified as at risk of significant harm or experiencing chronic neglect. Therapists work with families referred who are in ‘survival mode’ who prior to lockdown were struggling and have found lockdown extremely challenging, where their mental health has deteriorated.
23/11/2020 £36,000 MACULAR SOCIETY Seeking funding to sustain and expand support services for anyone losing their sight due to macular disease. Aiming to empower people with practical skills and knowledge to maintain independence as their sight deteriorates.
23/11/2020 £34,050 £750,564 GEEZA BREAK Seeking a 3-year grant to match fund the salary and on-costs of a full time family support worker.
23/11/2020 £12,000 £885,763 EPILEPSY SCOTLAND This project provides young people with epilepsy the opportunity to take part in motivating and stimulating activities that can make a measurable difference to their wellbeing and reduce the occurrence of seizures. Youth group activities also benefit parents and carers who get opportunities for regular and predictable respite.
23/11/2020 £21,275 £877,995 VISIBILITY SCOTLAND Requesting a contribution towards the overall cost of the Confident Connected Communities Project in Dumfries & Galloway. This project provides help, support and information to people living with a visual impairment at a local level across the region, focusing on those most isolated and distant from services.
23/11/2020 £45,000 £1,501,421 CIRCLE Circle aims to build stronger, and more resilient families, in order to protect and support children. Funding will enable Circle to continue providing Whole Family Approach support to some of Scotland's most deprived communities. This will address family challenges including poverty, domestic abuse, substance use and imprisonment which negatively impact on children's physical and mental health, education and relationships.
23/11/2020 £33,000 £115,563 PARKINSON'S SELF HELP GROUP (NORTH LANARKSHIRE) Requesting a multi year grant towards the salary of a Centre Coordinator position.
23/11/2020 £32,895 £179,692 GRANTON YOUTH Support the delivery of 30 x 1 hour counselling sessions, each week, throughout the year for young people aged 10+ living in North Edinburgh, reaching an estimated 70 clients per year, to reduce self-harm, suicide and improve mental health of children and young people from a marginalised community.
23/11/2020 £60,000 £4,149,000 BRITISH EYE RESEARCH FOUNDATION Aiming to understand more about corneal biology and increase knowledge regarding the cornea’s normal development. This study will provide knowledge regarding what goes wrong in diseases where the cornea becomes overly thin.
23/11/2020 £40,000 JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION Training artificial intelligence mechanisms to predict and potentially prevent future sight, kidney and heart complications for thousands of people with type 1 diabetes every year using dataset of retinal images. The project also aims to enable us to predict treatment responses in people with diabetic retinopathy.
23/11/2020 £36,000 £1,466,823 BROOMHOUSE CENTRE T/A SPACE, THE Seeking a 3 year grant towards the youth befriending service which through a pool of well supported volunteers, support 40 children and young people badly affected by parental substance use by providing weekly befriending opportunities to improve their ability to cope.
23/11/2020 £36,000 £501,435 CEREBRAL PALSY SCOTLAND Cerebral Palsy Scotland seeks support to begin a flexible support service combining virtual and in person therapy for people with CP across Scotland, and develop it over the next three years.
23/11/2020 £36,000 RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE, PERTH & KINROSS To fund a full time Therapeutic Young People's Support Worker who will support up to 40 young people per annum who have been affected by sexual violence. Currently an existing post within the organisation, seeking to support the continuation of vital services, supporting young people to recover from sexual abuse.
23/11/2020 £38,600 £1,998,649 EPILEPSY RESEARCH UK Requesting research costs for EE (Epileptic encephalopathy) which usually presents early in life, with a common feature its resistance to current antiepileptic drugs. There is an urgent need to identify new drugs to treat this condition.
23/11/2020 £18,000 £76,596 CLEARVISION PROJECT Requesting a three year grant for the creation and provision of 600 dual print and braille children’s books to vision impaired children in Scotland via the ClearVision free postal lending library. These books will support sighted parents to undertake homeschooling literacy work alongside schools.
23/11/2020 £25,115 HOME-START CLACKMANNANSHIRE Seeking support to recruit a Family Support Group Worker to offer the generic Group Work provision of weekly Family Support Groups to reduce isolation, build resilience and increase parenting capacity.
23/11/2020 £60,616 STROKE ASSOCIATION Request funding to support the research at the University of Edinburgh to improve knowledge and understanding of cognitive impairment after stroke, this study has the potential to transform the lives of thousands of stroke survivors across the UK and beyond.
23/11/2020 £36,000 £1,808,371 GLASGOW EAST END COMMUNITY CARERS Requesting funding over 3 years to help develop the Autism Family Project within the Carers Hub. Plan to support new parent/carers and their children and extend existing services.
23/11/2020 £20,000 £482,284 VISIONPK VisionPK is seeking funding to help meet the needs of the increasing numbers of visually impaired people in Perth and Kinross, preparing them for a more independent, sustainable future, enabling a flexible, creative and responsive approach to achieving goals.
09/11/2020 £7,941 £885,957 THE BRAIN AND SPINE FOUNDATION To support the provision across Scotland of a Helpline providing help and advice on any of the 470 neurological medical conditions that affect individuals, and their families and carers, so that people can better understand, and manage, their condition at a time of increased pressures on the NHS.
09/11/2020 £7,500 HEADWAY HIGHLAND Requesting funds to cover the costs of consultancy work towards the sustainability of Headway Highland.
05/10/2020 £15,000 £15,451 DASH CLUB, THE Seeking a contribution towards overall running costs for the DASH afterschool club for young people (aged 11 -18) to continue to support those with complex disabilities including neurological conditions.
05/10/2020 £9,370 £140,306 SHAPER/CAPER Support for continuation of weekly Dance for Parkinson’s Scotland Dundee Hub programme starting the face-to-face sessions in mid-January 2021, running for the year.
05/10/2020 £5,500 £239,186 MS THERAPY CENTRE LOTHIAN Seeking funding to employ an external consultant to provide necessary expertise and skills to help create a specific action plan with focused service development to ensure continuation to meet the needs of client groups, and meet an increasing demand for self-management support in the future.
05/10/2020 £6,240 £58,049 KATIE'S CRADLE Requesting support to feed and house rescued horses/animals over the winter. Six months funding allows time to find income to resume the services to horses.
31/08/2020 £13,600 DOGS FOR GOOD Seeking funds to build on our award-winning Dementia Dog work and develop new dog therapy programmes to support Scottish families living with dementia.
31/08/2020 £12,600 £283,283 INDEPEN-DANCE Requesting a contribution towards core programme of activities which have moved online for the time being, this includes 12 online sessions a week for disabled children, young people and adults. The programme is made up of a variety of classes including creative movement and dance, chair based yoga followed by a cuppa and catch up, social session, dance energy session and family disco.
31/08/2020 £5,070 £166,553 HOPSCOTCH CHILDREN'S CHARITY Seeking funding to cover the cost of providing 3 families with a 3-night respite break at Ardvullin during family holiday programmes which will run from 27th July to 2nd October.
05/08/2020 £10,620 £2,144,112 LEUCHIE HOUSE Seeking funding toward the cost of a feasibility study. To test the anecdotal evidence which has been gathered in recent years and help create a business plan to develop and trial integrated digital healthcare, using accessible technologies and environmental controls.
05/08/2020 £4,525 REACT Project giving children with neurological illnesses living in Scotland greater access to essential aid and equipment.
05/08/2020 £5,000 BRITISH WIRELESS FOR THE BLIND Requesting a contribution towards the purchase of specially adapted listening devices to support people who reside in Scotland.
05/08/2020 £6,750 £936,428 ROWAN ALBA To fund an independent evaluation of the be-friending project for older individuals in Edinburgh living with Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD). To analyse any changes in clients' support needs since Covid and allow individuals with ARBD to be involved in future shaping of the service. To disseminate evaluation findings to relevant community decision makers to increase awareness of ARBD as a neurological condition with specific support needs.
05/08/2020 £5,000 LIVING PAINTINGS TRUST Aiming to provide a free service of popular books to anyone with a visual impairment. The books contain Touch to See tactile images and immersive audio recordings and Children's books contain braille inserts. The books are educational, informative and instill life long interests in people of all ages.
05/08/2020 £10,000 £59,262 FOSTERING COMPASSION Humane education workshops help care experienced children who may be struggling with compassion and empathy due to their own early years of neglect. The animal themed activities encourage caring and nurturing behaviour, helping children open up about their experiences leading to healing, improved self esteem, self confidence and self worth.
22/07/2020 £50,000 RNLI Seeking a contribution to salary costs for a Resilience Coxswain in North East Scotland, for two years.
09/07/2020 £8,000 £1,821,503 EDINBURGH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY Funding will provide additional help through hospital based youth work, family support service and arts and activities programme. This funding will help children and families cope with their circumstances and assist their recovery.
09/07/2020 £8,000 £685,562 ERIC LIDDELL CENTRE The support of the Trust will allow payment for core operational expenses and in doing so will help vulnerable people with dementia.
27/05/2020 £20,000 £1,295,455 YARD, THE Seeking a multi-year donation towards core costs at our cornerstone Edinburgh centre to combat our rapid growth in site and services across Scotland to aid more children with neurological conditions.
27/05/2020 £10,000 £6,343,790 SCOTTISH BALLET Elevate is a completely unique dance health programme for people living with multiple sclerosis. Seeking to continue working with the base groups whilst developing a longer-term strategy. Immediate support will enable participants to continue benefiting from sessions and support us to develop strategic partnerships.
27/05/2020 £20,000 £269,875 ONEKIND The programme will cover the major wild animal, farm and pet welfare policy issues that are live in Scotland today through improving and strengthening public policy via investigations, campaigns and improved legislation.
27/05/2020 £31,583 £23,905,473 CAPABILITY SCOTLAND Children and Families Service seeks to improve the quality of life for young people who have sustained an acquired brain injury through the provision of specialist information, advice and support, improving access to services and social inclusion. In addition we work with schools to prevent ABI through awareness raising.
27/05/2020 £30,000 FREEDOM FROM TORTURE A project to support 18 to 25 children and young people who are survivors of torture aged 6 – 21 years of age over a two year period, to recover from extreme trauma and ensure they have the best opportunities to develop and lead constructive and fulfilling lives as future adults.
27/05/2020 £75,000 £250,087,390 UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Renewal of funding to run a second year of the Scotland-wide Seedcorn Fund for Neurological Research.
27/05/2020 £34,731 £585,147 COTTAGE FAMILY CENTRE Request is for Salary costs of a part time Children’s Therapeutic Support Worker. The changing Lives, transforming futures project will provide 1:1 therapeutic support to children aged 3 – 16 years and group support to parents living in the Kirkcaldy area who have often faced multiple adverse and traumatic experiences.
27/05/2020 £35,000 £511,854 BEFRIEND A CHILD Tackling Child Abuse Befriending Project supports school aged children who are suffering the negative effects of abuse and neglect by matching them with a trained volunteer befriender who will be a positive adult role model for them and provide positive childhood experiences and support at a challenging time.
27/05/2020 £30,000 £444,108 PILTON YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S PROJECT A support project aimed at children aged 5 to 8 and their parents, designed to address risk of abuse and neglect through creative, tailored approaches to help overcome disadvantage, build resilience and positive relationships.
27/05/2020 £36,000 HOME-START STIRLING Requesting funding to support the core services that they provide to children who are affected by significant abuse.
27/05/2020 £39,631 £1,357,873 TAYSIDE COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL Supporting children and young people who have experienced neglect, and physical, emotional or sexual abuse as a result of parental substance use. Creative Therapy Service fulfills a need to work with these children using a more intense, creative, therapeutic intervention across Tayside, and will see children/young people in both 1-1 and group settings.
27/05/2020 £35,000 WHALE ARTS Seeking funding for the Explore (age 11-18) and Play, Sense, Create (age 5-10) projects that will deliver three years of after school/holiday creative activities for children and young people with neurological disorders. Participants will develop new creative skills, build confidence, make friends and enhance their emotional wellbeing.
27/05/2020 £30,000 £198,034 GIVE A DOG A BONE AND AN ANIMAL A HOME Supporting the over 60s to afford a rescue pet companion - it's a WIN/WIN. The person gets a friends and the animal gets a home! Tackling loneliness and social isolation for older adults and homelessness for animals. Helping two lives, not just one.
27/05/2020 £21,173 £1,046,206 MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE An annual programme of creative opportunities designed for people with dementia and their carers. Activities include access to live shows, film screenings and hands-on creative events. Activities are provided in a safe and supported environment.
27/05/2020 £50,000 £1,009,000 INTERNATIONAL SPINAL RESEARCH TRUST 10 people with a spinal cord injury classed as ASIA A will be recruited to determine the persistence of any demonstrable effects on motor and sensory function below level of spinal cord injury of transcutaneous electrical spinal cord stimulation. FES will be used prior to treatment to strengthen and tone muscles.
27/05/2020 £21,748 £358,293 ARGYLL & BUTE RAPE CRISIS To provide early intervention support and prevention for young people who have learning disabilities who are at increased risk of sexual abuse/sexual exploitation. To increase their awareness and understanding; feel confident in making disclosures and have access to early intervention of specialist support services where necessary.
27/05/2020 £31,000 £713,329 ARTLINK EDINBURGH AND THE LOTHIANS Human Threads supports people with PMLD, their families and carers in a programme of person-centred workshops that lead to series public interventions and symposium at Tramway, Glasgow. The project aims to cultivate long term strategies that can be used to better involve and support people with PMLD across Scotland.
27/05/2020 £30,000 £15,166,000 SCOTTISH SPCA Aiming to expand the existing Animal Guardians programme so the service can be offered to young people predominately in the Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire regions
27/05/2020 £40,000 £2,853,750 GARVALD EDINBURGH Contribution to the Core Costs of Garvald Edinburgh.
27/05/2020 £30,000 HEADWAY HIGHLAND Supporting adults with an acquired brain injury and their families/carers.
27/05/2020 £30,000 DOGS TRUST Freedom Project in Scotland provides a confidential fostering service for dogs owned by people experiencing domestic abuse. Owners and their children can then access support and escape, confident that their dog will be cared for in a safe and loving home until they are able to be reunited.
27/05/2020 £4,250 £102,052 PAIN CONCERN Project centred around 2 themes: 1) the care and welfare of individuals suffering from the neurodegenerative disease of Parkinson’s and 2) the care and welfare of individuals suffering from Post Herpetic Neuralgia resulting from a viral infection.
27/05/2020 £23,880 £82,351 ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY To grow the provision of Grow and Learn awards Scotland wide. Support projects and participants to achieve their awards and develop a range of skills and transferable life skills. To develop Train the Trainer sessions, garden visits and Grow and Learn ambassador roles for past participants.
27/05/2020 £36,000 £436,896 BIG HEARTS COMMUNITY TRUST Kinship Care Programme engages and supports children living in kinship care, and their carers, across Edinburgh – a community of families who face many challenges. The programme harnesses unique strengths to help fill an identified gap - engaging young people who need additional support and offering a needs-led support service which gives them the best chance to thrive in the care of their family.
27/05/2020 £7,086 £153,380 PLAY MIDLOTHIAN Play for All is to ensure that disabled children are able to access the health, wellbeing and developmental benefits of play, with opportunities for inclusion, everyday adventures and fun with their families. This is achieved by capacity building families with ideas and skills.
27/05/2020 £15,000 £92,787 MOSSBURN COMMUNITY FARM Mossburn's 'project' comprises the provision of quality rescue and care work in relation to domesticated farm animals. Animals/premises are used to provide work placements and visitor facilities aimed at passing on the high standards of animal welfare to as broad a spectrum of the public as possible.
27/05/2020 £12,989 £261,189 SPINAL INJURIES SCOTLAND Conducting research into the numbers of people in Scotland with Neurological Spinal Cord Conditions, where they live, and what support services they require to improve their quality of life.
27/05/2020 £30,000 GLASGOW DISABLED SCOUTS Focussed on redeveloping an outdoor centre which is used for short breaks for children and young people with physical disabilities, the majority of whom have neurological conditions. Looking to develop the building so it becomes a centre of excellence for inclusive adventure in Scotland.
27/05/2020 £38,636 £398,936 PARKLEA BRANCHING OUT PBO aims to empower individuals by increasing skills and confidence to support inclusion in the community to foster friendships and increase the range of opportunity, choice and quality of life for people with learning disabilities by promoting work based training and development opportunities within a therapeutic horticulture and creative environment.
27/05/2020 £9,000 £11,779 SUNSHINE CLUB A kitchen project providing places for young adults with additional support needs. The group are involved in all aspects of producing and marketing food products with a focus on using local produce and regularly attend markets and food events and also provide a catering service.
27/05/2020 £5,000 £759,551 IAH CHARITY COMPANY LIMITED Support an additional 30 people in Scotland living with neurological conditions to live a more independent life at home during this time of pandemic.
27/05/2020 £29,539 £239,002 ECOLOGY CENTRE, THE Meaningful activities for people living with dementia and their unpaid carers are essential for their wellbeing. This application requests support to deliver Tool Shed and outdoor activity sessions, and to further contribute to the dementia conversation with this innovative and respectful work.
27/05/2020 £37,273 £138,713 HOME-START WIGTOWNSHIRE Supporting families with at least one child under 5, experiencing difficult times. The co-ordinator will assess/ listen to the needs of families, supporting appropriately, also responsible for recruitment, training of volunteers. They will work alongside staff/volunteers supporting parents to help reach the best possible outcomes for their children.
26/02/2020 £14,088 £297,900,000 BARNARDO'S An annual programme of monthly outdoor-themed activities and two residential weekend trips for 20 children with additional support needs from Dundee who at present are deprived of such opportunities.
26/02/2020 £9,852 £112,041 CEREBRAL PALSY INTERNATIONAL SPORTS AND RECREATION A 3 night outdoor recreation camp for children and young people with cerebral palsy or related conditions to attend with their families. The camp provides fully accessible outdoor adventure, showing the children and their families what is possible and providing the benefit of physical activity, while being able to socialise with their peers.
26/02/2020 £10,000 £67,730 CETACEAN RESEARCH & RESCUE UNIT (CRRU) For a dedicated veterinary trailer/laboratory, with analytical equipment, specialised rescue equipment (eg dolphin stretchers), life-saving veterinary medical supplies and protective clothing for the treatment of live-stranded whale and dolphin casualties and other marine wildlife in trouble around Scotland’s coastline.
26/02/2020 £14,627 £295,969 PLAY ALLOA The project is to develop a multi-use sensory room with specialist equipment that would benefit both service users with Neurological Conditions and their families.
26/02/2020 £8,000 £42,807 PONIES HELP CHILDREN Funding is towards the core work which involves the rescue of ponies who have been abused or neglected to ensure their care and welfare. A service is also provided whereby the organisation works therapeutically with children and young people who have neurological conditions or have experienced or are at risk of abuse and neglect.
26/02/2020 £6,900 £330,825 RIDING FOR THE DISABLED GLASGOW GROUP By sponsoring five horses, the RS Macdonald grant will ensure that trained, good quality, fit horses providing over 37 hours of equine therapy and hippotherapy every week. The children and adults who ride, live with complex and often multiple disabilities and live in areas of multiple deprivation.
26/02/2020 £71,880 £50,171,000 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH DEVELOPMENT TRUST An innovative project in Cerebral Visual Impairment Research and Care which aims to increase the provision of support and care for people with CVI and their families. This is a collaboration between The University of Edinburgh and CVI Scotland
27/11/2019 £45,000 £297,900,000 BARNARDO'S Non-verbal and creative therapies to support vulnerable children and young people with a range of adverse childhood experiences in Dundee, and reduce their risk of exploitation, abuse and neglect in future
27/11/2019 £62,788 £2,847,195 LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION / STOP IT NOW! SCOTLAND Year 3 funding will allow us to extend and develop the co-construction of solutions to this problem with young people themselves and to allow us to ensure that learning from the project has a real impact on practitioners and policy makers. Our hope is that this will ensure that ROSA contributes to better outcomes for a wide range of children and in turn will make a significant contribution to a safer Scotland for children to grow up in.
27/11/2019 £47,773 £39,770,767 ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK This research project at Aberdeen University is to better understand the link between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes. Ultimately, understanding these links will improve knowledge of the risks of the conditions and could aid the search for life-changing dementia treatments.
27/11/2019 £45,000 £2,594,965 MND SCOTLAND MND Scotland’s Enhanced Counselling Service for all clients will be aligned with individual client needs/wishes and meet best practice and current legal frameworks in line with COSCA and BACP guidance. The service will be available throughout Scotland, free of charge and will be developed to include listening and bereavement services.
27/11/2019 £129,669 £297,900,000 BARNARDO'S This project wll deliver the RISE model in Highland, with a post located in Inverness and reaching Orkney and Shetland (as per police divisions). This will offer an opportunity to work in a more rural setting, and to deliver in an area which typically has less ‘external’ service provision. This will help train over 200 police officers and front line staff, as well as engagement and support of young people at risk of/affected by CSE/A.
27/11/2019 £40,000 £356,500,000 BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION A joint research project with the Stroke Association to investigate whether a medicine called allopurinol, which is currently used to treat gout, could improve outcomes for stroke patients.
27/11/2019 £46,760 £192,037 POSITIVE HELP Positive Help's Study Buddies supports children and young people (C&YP) living in families affected by HIV and/or Hepatitis C and drug dependency, who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences. The C&YP are matched with a volunteer for regular one-to-one support to empower them to engage with learning and improve their life-chances.
27/11/2019 £41,549 £82,287 SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES S4F seeks funding to increase the part-time Children’s Worker post to better support vulnerable Kinship Children aged 5-15 that have experienced trauma, neglect, and/or abuse and been removed from the family home and placed into Kinship Care due to their parent(s) substance misuse.
27/11/2019 £10,000 £17,928,000 ABERDEEN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE T/A VSA Linn Moor School delivers residential care to children living with severe autism; most of our pupils are nonverbal communicative. Funding is to purchase a fit for purpose vehicle in order to deliver group activities off campus, access the community and increase the opportunities available to these young people.
27/11/2019 £40,000 £5,564,941 HARMENY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED The project is to build a child-centred multi-functional Outdoor Centre and Learning Hub that will provide art and design facilities, woodworking and bike maintenance workshops, classrooms and a base for outdoor activities for some of Scotland’s most vulnerable children who have complex social, emotional and behavioural needs.
27/11/2019 £125,000 £20,432,000 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, THE The Scottish Optometry Network e-research (SCONe) Project and the Foresight Consortium is a multi-partner proposal led by RCSEd alongside Royal Blind, UoE and Action Against AMD. This 2 year project seeks to build a Scottish dataset of retinal images as a national bioresource.
27/11/2019 £34,911 £807,813 CEREBRAL PALSY SCOTLAND The project is towards the cost of maintaining the specialist staff team to provide services for people with cerebral palsy.
27/11/2019 £30,000 £827,555 WITH KIDS Play Therapy will be provided to children who have experienced abuse/are at an elevated risk of being abused in order to build their emotional/cognitive resources. Work with the parents/carers of the child will take place to provide emotional/practical support in order that they can provide consistent/appropriate care for their child.
27/11/2019 £45,000 £3,390,114 SEAMAB To establish a Therapy service for children at Seamab, aged 5 and above, who have experienced severe trauma and neglect. Helping children understand what has happened to them, and emotionally recover from profoundly traumatic experiences. To transform their lives and improve the outcomes into adulthood.
27/11/2019 £39,780 £1,664,757 SHARED LIVES PLUS This project contributes to the vision that every person needing care and support in Scotland has Shared Lives as a choice by providing one year of development capacity to support existing schemes to grow and support the development of Shared Lives in new geographic areas across Scotland.
27/11/2019 £31,500 £115,013 KIRRIE CONNECTIONS Orlang phase 2 will continue the pilot project Kirrie Connections ran over 2019.
27/11/2019 £4,500 £1,416,213 LISTENING BOOKS The project will provide free access to an audiobook library service for visually impaired people in Scotland who would find it difficult to pay heavily subsidised fees, which start at £20. Funding is sought on the basis of £150 each per annum, the true average cost.
27/11/2019 £32,625 £60,279 LOCHABER SENSORY CARE Match funding towards to costs of continuing to employ LSC's Management Team
27/11/2019 £46,221 £2,594,965 MND SCOTLAND This medical research project seeks to identify the chemical changes that take place in a protein known as FUS and subsequently, using stem cells that have a known genetic cause in Motor Neurone Disease, endeavours to find a link between the chemical changes and the genetic causes.
27/11/2019 £13,437 £152,864 LUNG HA THEATRE COMPANY LHTC in collaboration with the Lyceum Theatre are staging a production called Castle Lennox. This project will support over 20 people with learning disabilities and support the future creation of opportunities for people with learning disabilities to collaborate and perform in 'mainstream' theatres.
27/11/2019 £36,000 £3,285,284 CANINE PARTNERS A high proportion of the individuals supported live with neurological conditions. This project focuses on helping those individuals over a three year period, from 2020 to 2022. A total of 9 people living with neurological conditions would benefit from a life changing canine partner assistance dog.
27/11/2019 £54,355 £152,898 ST. JOHNSTONE COMMUNITY TRUST, THE The Saints ADHD+ project will engage with local boys and girls aged 10 to 13 years old diagnosed with ADHD. Participants will engage in a 12 month sporting programme with the aim to decrease 'socially challenging' behaviours and anxiety, for both participants and families.
27/11/2019 £30,000 £567,504 STARCATCHERS PRODUCTIONS LTD Creative Kin is a creative intervention to support children living in kinship care and their Kinship Carer. Many children have experienced significant trauma in their lives prior to being placed in kinship care, including being subjected to chronic neglect, abuse, significant adversity or other damaging circumstances.
27/11/2019 £14,400 £66,627 STRATHMORE RUGBY CLUB COMMUNITY TRUST, THE Delivery of autism-friendly rugby sessions to local children with autism
27/11/2019 £37,464 £2,441,310 CENTRESTAGE COMMUNITIES LTD To create a dementia friendly space to expand the opportunity for those living with dementia, Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions that can manifest through advancing years to be able to access in particular our Gie it Laldy and Dance for Parkinson's groups at a site fit for purpose and adequately adapted for participants.
27/11/2019 £2,716 £41,206 CEREBRAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND Two blocks of filming and editing approx 30 lessons (so 60 in total) plus twelve months website running costs.
27/11/2019 £28,290 £948,235 FALKIRK FOOTBALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION The Falkirk Foundation Blind Club supports elderly, disabled people who are registered blind or visually impaired and suffer from, or are at risk of, isolation/loneliness. Members are brought together for social-interaction, companionship, musical entertainment, competitions/games and discussions re: general interests, local issues and current standard of disabled provision.
27/11/2019 £30,000 £634,271 PLAYLIST FOR LIFE Working as part of the Operations Team to develop Playlist Communities, by expanding and enriching the grassroots network of Help Points, care establishments and volunteers around the country. Managing remote Local Organisers to create networks. The Communities Officer will be delivering training, building communication capabilities and supporting volunteers and networkers.
27/11/2019 £5,000 £491,882 PROJECT ABILITY “Ready Steady Draw” is a contemporary visual art festival for artists with learning disabilities to develop discourse between artists with learning disabilities and their support studios, locally, nationally and internationally through a programme of exhibition, talks, events and workshops as part of Glasgow International 2020
27/11/2019 £40,000 £298,743,000 UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE Next Generation Ophthalmic Diagnostics for Optic Nerve and Visual Brain Disorders, specifically amblyopia, optic neuritis, and visual stroke.
27/11/2019 £45,000 £45,372,266 CORNERSTONE CLASP works with families with children with disabilities by providing weekly clubs, social activiites and outdoor experiences alongside parental forums and crisis support.
27/11/2019 £39,748 £6,499,377 CYCLING UK In Tandem will support the establishment of a network of tandem cycling clubs in the West of Scotland, enabling visually impaired people to enjoy the benefits of cycling alongside sighted pilots
27/11/2019 £35,658 £1,513,221 DEAN AND CAUVIN YOUNG PEOPLE'S TRUST We are applying for a contribution towards the cost of a full-time Parenting Worker to provide 1-1 intensive support to the children of vulnerable care-experienced parents. The worker will build the parents’ capacity and reduce the likelihood of their babies’ suffering abuse, neglect and any other adverse experiences.
27/11/2019 £15,000 £150,065 ROSEBERY CENTRE The Rosebery Centre supports people in West Lothian diagnosed with dementia. They provide a specialist day centre service which includes activities, therapies and outings based on a person-centred care plan and a healthy cooked meal at lunch time. They also support the carers, including carers support groups and bereavement counselling.
27/11/2019 £26,075 £53,541 HAWICK CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY CHURCH Within the existing Reaching Out Community Project, the Star Project will pay particular attention to reducing loneliness through stronger social connections for very vulnerable people. Supporting greater independence and self –management for those with neurological and neurodevelopmental conditions, through fulfilling activities, supported volunteering and shared support to each other.
27/11/2019 £17,084 £131,307 HEADWAY AYRSHIRE To enhance and continue to deliver a service that provides information, advice and support services, which will enable resilience building strategies for both the person affected by the brain/head injury and their carer/family members.
25/09/2019 £14,700 £796,313 ERIC LIDDELL CENTRE This pioneering project aims to bring about greater financial stability and organisational growth for the Eric Liddell Centre. The appointment of a consultant, to help guide through this highly specialised area, would allow the charity to continue providing existing and new services to the community and the wider city of Edinburgh.
25/09/2019 £4,000 £10,388 FARMERSFIELD REST-HOME FOR ELDERLY DONKEYS (FRED) To provide a sessional groom for 15 hours a week to muck out stables, maintain the yards, feed and groom the donkeys. Also to cover winter feed costs for the donkeys and bedding for the stables.
25/09/2019 £15,000 £96,112 CUE AND REVIEW RECORDING SERVICE This 12-month project is about training two groups of volunteers to be both audio ambassadors interacting with visually impaired clients and radio presenters producing audio for our visually impaired clients. Their training will increase the uptake by blind and partially sighted people of our talking newspaper service
25/09/2019 £8,872 £1,150,123 ROSEMOUNT LIFELONG LEARNING Seeking funding for provision of an Art/Play Therapist for children and young people at risk of or who have experienced abuse and/or neglect. This new role will ensure they are able to offer appropriate mode of therapy in a safe supportive space for children and young people experiencing or at risk of distress and hurt.
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Cumulative Grants
Amount Grantee
£245,571 ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF EDINBURGH, THE
£211,880 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
£188,757 BARNARDO'S
£181,583 CAPABILITY SCOTLAND
£165,000 UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
£160,000 SCOTTISH BALLET
£155,000 ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION (RNLI)
£135,097 FIGHT FOR SIGHT
£127,546 LUCY FAITHFULL FOUNDATION / STOP IT NOW! SCOTLAND
£110,616 STROKE ASSOCIATION
£104,232 LEUCHIE HOUSE
£100,454 CHILDREN 1ST
£91,221 MND SCOTLAND
£89,673 CENTRESTAGE COMMUNITIES LTD
£85,000 GARVALD EDINBURGH
£83,450 ERIC LIDDELL COMMUNITY, THE
£79,000 HOME LINK FAMILY SUPPORT
£77,300 EPILEPSY RESEARCH UK
£70,911 CEREBRAL PALSY SCOTLAND
£70,000 UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
£68,000 HARMENY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED
£64,753 UPWARD MOBILITY LTD
£63,129 NHS FORTH VALLEY ENDOWMENT FUNDS
£62,992 ARGYLL & BUTE RAPE CRISIS
£60,000 UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND
£60,000 TOWN BREAK SCIO
£58,734 HAWICK CONGREGATIONAL COMMUNITY CHURCH
£58,628 SPINAL INJURIES SCOTLAND
£57,600 INDEPEN-DANCE (SCOTLAND)
£57,275 VISIBILITY SCOTLAND
£56,721 PLAY MIDLOTHIAN
£56,103 REIDVALE ADVENTURE PLAY ASSOCIATION LTD
£55,265 MORAY RAPE CRISIS
£54,584 HEADWAY AYRSHIRE
£54,355 ST. JOHNSTONE COMMUNITY TRUST, THE
£54,045 PERTH AND KINROSS SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND KNOWN AS VISIONPK
£54,000 ONEKIND
£52,000 SOUTH AYRSHIRE BEFRIENDING PROJECT
£51,900 ROWAN ALBA
£51,540 GET2GETHER
£51,000 DASH CLUB, THE
£50,904 OUTF!T MORAY
£50,527 MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY UK
£50,000 LILIAS GRAHAM TRUST, THE
£50,000 INTERNATIONAL SPINAL RESEARCH TRUST
£50,000 INSPIRE FOUNDATION, THE
£50,000 GETTING BETTER TOGETHER LTD
£50,000 CAMPHILL RUDOLF STEINER SCHOOLS LIMITED
£49,806 DOWN'S SYNDROME SCOTLAND
£47,773 ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH UK
£47,500 CYRENIANS
£47,057 FIRSTHAND LOTHIAN
£46,760 POSITIVE HELP
£46,665 HEARTS & MINDS LTD
£46,480 HEAR ME
£45,984 NOTRE DAME CENTRE
£45,500 WELLBEING SCOTLAND
£45,000 YOUTH INTERVENTIONS
£45,000 WHIZZ-KIDZ
£45,000 UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN DEVELOPMENT TRUST
£45,000 SENSATIONALL
£45,000 SEAMAB
£45,000 PLAY WORKS (THE OPERATING NAME OF FAMILY & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WEST LOTHIAN)
£45,000 MIND MOSAIC CHILD AND FAMILY THERAPIES
£45,000 KINDRED ADVOCACY
£45,000 INCLUDE ME 2 CLUB SCIO
£45,000 HOME-START LORN
£45,000 GOVAN HOME AND EDUCATION LINK PROJECT (GOVAN HELP)
£45,000 DADS ROCK
£45,000 CORNERSTONE
£45,000 CLUED UP PROJECT
£45,000 CIRCLE
£45,000 BREAK THE SILENCE
£45,000 3D DRUMCHAPEL
£44,696 MOIRA ANDERSON FOUNDATION, THE
£43,980 HOPE GARDEN SCIO
£43,440 PLAY THERAPY BASE LIMITED
£43,297 PLAYLIST FOR LIFE
£43,044 PET FOSTERING SERVICE SCOTLAND (PFSS)
£42,525 SALVESEN MINDROOM CENTRE
£42,000 VOLUNTEER TUTORS ORGANISATION, THE
£41,549 SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES
£41,500 MS THERAPY CENTRE LOTHIAN
£41,500 EDINBURGH WOMEN'S AID, LTD
£40,723 ST CRISPIN'S OUT OF SCHOOL CARE ASSOCIATION
£40,110 ANGUS SPECIAL PLAYSCHEME
£40,000 JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION
£40,000 COLUMBA 1400
£40,000 BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION
£39,780 SHARED LIVES PLUS
£39,748 CYCLING UK
£39,631 TAYSIDE COUNCIL ON ALCOHOL
£39,280 INCLUDEM
£38,636 PARKLEA BRANCHING OUT
£37,500 HEADWAY HIGHLAND
£37,500 COLUMCILLE CENTRE
£37,273 HOME-START WIGTOWNSHIRE
£36,834 HEADWAY GLASGOW
£36,000 WDC, WHALE AND DOLPHIN CONSERVATION
£36,000 RAPE AND SEXUAL ABUSE CENTRE, PERTH & KINROSS
£36,000 MACULAR SOCIETY
£36,000 INTEREST LINK BORDERS
£36,000 HOME-START STIRLING
£36,000 HEADWAY EAST LOTHIAN
£36,000 GLASGOW EAST END COMMUNITY CARERS
£36,000 FIFE GINGERBREAD
£36,000 DUNDEE AND ANGUS ADHD SUPPORT GROUP
£36,000 CHARLIE HOUSE
£36,000 CANINE PARTNERS
£36,000 BROOMHOUSE CENTRE T/A SPACE, THE
£36,000 BIG HEARTS COMMUNITY TRUST
£36,000 BAILLIESTON COMMUNITY CARE
£35,985 TAILOR ED FOUNDATION
£35,796 S.M.I.L.E COUNSELLING
£35,658 DEAN AND CAUVIN YOUNG PEOPLE'S TRUST
£35,000 WHALE ARTS
£35,000 REVIVE MS SUPPORT
£35,000 MOSSBURN COMMUNITY FARM
£35,000 EPILEPSY CONNECTIONS
£35,000 BEFRIEND A CHILD
£34,895 SISTEMA SCOTLAND
£34,731 COTTAGE FAMILY CENTRE
£34,500 FRUITMARKET GALLERY
£34,050 GEEZA BREAK
£33,312 AMPHIBIAN AND REPTILE CONSERVATION TRUST
£33,000 PARKINSON'S SELF HELP GROUP (NORTH LANARKSHIRE)
£32,895 GRANTON YOUTH
£32,700 GLASGOW CITY MISSION
£32,625 LOCHABER SENSORY CARE
£32,575 MS SOCIETY SCOTLAND
£32,000 PONIES HELP CHILDREN
£31,500 KIRRIE CONNECTIONS
£31,065 CITADEL YOUTH CENTRE
£31,000 ARTLINK EDINBURGH AND THE LOTHIANS
£30,000 WITH KIDS
£30,000 STARCATCHERS PRODUCTIONS LTD
£30,000 ST ANDREW'S CHILDREN'S SOCIETY
£30,000 SCOTTISH SPCA
£30,000 SHIFT.MS
£30,000 PILTON YOUTH AND CHILDREN'S PROJECT
£30,000 MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY TRUST
£30,000 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TRUST
£30,000 MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS CENTRE MID ARGYLL
£30,000 HOME-START DUNDEE
£30,000 GLASGOW DISABLED SCOUTS
£30,000 GIVE A DOG A BONE AND AN ANIMAL A HOME
£30,000 FREEDOM FROM TORTURE
£30,000 DOGS TRUST
£30,000 CHILD BRAIN INJURY TRUST
£30,000 BRAID HEALTH AND WELLBEING
£30,000 BACK UP TRUST
£29,539 ECOLOGY CENTRE, THE
£29,400 STRATHMORE COMMUNITY RUGBY TRUST
£28,290 FALKIRK FOOTBALL COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
£27,871 SOUTH OF SCOTLAND WILDLIFE HOSPITAL
£27,000 SIGNPOST
£26,176 UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
£25,234 ALZHEIMER SCOTLAND
£25,115 HOME-START CLACKMANNANSHIRE
£24,870 HOPSCOTCH CHILDREN'S CHARITY
£24,853 SPIRAL - CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIES
£24,000 ROYAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BLIND PEOPLE (RNIB)
£23,880 ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
£23,337 POLAR ACADEMY, THE
£23,000 LIVING PAINTINGS TRUST
£22,190 SHAPER/CAPER
£21,173 MACROBERT ARTS CENTRE
£21,040 REANIMATE
£20,487 FRIENDS OF ASHTON
£20,000 YARD, THE
£20,000 ROYAL BLIND ASYLUM AND SCHOOL T/A SIGHT SCOTLAND
£20,000 PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPICE, THE
£20,000 IAH CHARITY COMPANY LIMITED
£18,500 CETACEAN RESEARCH & RESCUE UNIT (CRRU)
£18,000 CLEARVISION PROJECT
£17,500 FOSTERING COMPASSION (SCIO)
£17,464 FARMERSFIELD REST-HOME FOR ELDERLY DONKEYS (FRED)
£15,000 ROSEBERY CENTRE
£15,000 CUE AND REVIEW RECORDING SERVICE
£15,000 COSGROVE CARE
£14,850 SCOTTISH AUTISM
£14,627 PLAY ALLOA
£13,845 GRAMPIAN AUTISTIC SOCIETY
£13,800 ARTICULATE CULTURAL TRUST
£13,600 DOGS FOR GOOD
£13,500 SPECIAL NEEDS ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND
£13,500 LISTENING BOOKS
£13,437 LUNG HA THEATRE COMPANY
£13,000 SAMS CHARITY
£12,052 ABILITY SHETLAND
£12,000 EPILEPSY SCOTLAND
£11,661 FRIENDS OF SEAVIEW
£11,520 PERTH AUTISM SUPPORT SCIO
£10,879 STIRLING4COMMUNITY
£10,600 CEREBRAL PALSY INTERNATIONAL SPORTS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION (CPISRA)
£10,000 MUSICALL SCOTLAND
£10,000 ABERDEEN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL SERVICE T/A VSA
£9,852 CEREBRAL PALSY INTERNATIONAL SPORTS AND RECREATION
£9,620 FIFE SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND T/A SEESCAPE
£9,000 SUNSHINE CLUB
£8,969 S.I.S.G ENTERPRISES LTD (CHARITY)
£8,872 ROSEMOUNT LIFELONG LEARNING
£8,422 ONE COMMUNITY SCOTLAND
£8,000 EDINBURGH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY
£7,941 THE BRAIN AND SPINE FOUNDATION
£7,680 DRAKE MUSIC SCOTLAND
£7,500 UNDERHEUGH ARK, THE
£7,500 GRAMPIAN HOSPITALS ART TRUST
£7,470 INTERNATIONAL OTTER SURVIVAL FUND
£6,900 RIDING FOR THE DISABLED GLASGOW GROUP
£6,500 CALIBRE AUDIO
£5,728 EDINBURGH ART FESTIVAL
£5,540 PATHFINDER GUIDE DOG PROGRAMME (PATHFINDER DOGS)
£5,000 PROJECT ABILITY
£5,000 GO KIDS GO
£5,000 FORGET ME NOTES PROJECT, THE
£5,000 DUNEDIN SCHOOL
£5,000 DUNDEE REP AND SCOTTISH DANCE THEATRE LIMITED
£5,000 BRITISH WIRELESS FOR THE BLIND
£4,760 NORTH EAST SENSORY SERVICES (NESS)
£4,600 FORTH VALLEY SENSORY CENTRE
£4,525 REACT
£4,500 BELOVED RABBITS
£4,250 PAIN CONCERN
£4,010 HOME-START DEVERON
£3,955 BORDERS TALKING NEWSPAPERS
£3,520 IMAGINATE
£3,000 FROZEN LIGHT
£2,910 SPEECH BUBBLE
£2,716 CEREBRAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND
£2,132 NEVIS ENSEMBLE
£1,000 GLASGOW EAGLES SPORTS CLUB
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