While Scottish charities are facing an increasingly challenging funding environment, 62 charities have got the New Year off to a good start thanks to a share of almost £1.9m of funding. These are the first awards from two new grant programmes launched by the independent charity, Bank of Scotland Foundation, tailored to provide stability for small and medium sized charities who are aiming to make positive and lasting change by addressing disadvantage or social exclusion.
Nine of these charities share £1.2m through the Foundation’s Change programme, an annual programme designed to have a large-scale, long-term, positive impact on charities and communities. Awards are made for capital costs or project costs to ensure charities can provide continued, reliable support for people across Scotland.
In addition to this, to ensure funding is reaching the most vulnerable people across Scotland, 53 small and medium charities will share £605,919 through the new Reach programme which will help charities to support people through varying stages of their lives.…/ The grant approvals
This is all part of the Foundation’s new five-year strategic plan, ‘Supporting Positive Change Across Scotland’, which saw four new funding programmes created, tailored to meet the needs of Scotland’s charities. The final two programmes, Invest and Advise, will be launched in 2020.
Philip Grant, Chair of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees and Chair of the Scottish Executive Committee, Lloyds Banking Group said, “The response to our new programmes has been fantastic and our emphasis on social exclusion and disadvantage means that our programmes can continue to help to improve the lives of many vulnerable people across Scotland addressing areas such as homelessness, debt management, reducing isolation and supporting job creation.
As the current funding environment in Scotland becomes increasingly challenging, I’m very pleased to confirm that our new strategy sees us continue to provide core funding for charities. We know that core funding is hugely important for charities, providing stability and reducing uncertainty, and we are proud to be one of few funders to make this commitment.”
The grant approvals for the first tranches of Change and Reach programmes for Scotland were:
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CHANGE (total awards made over 1-2 years)
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Charity
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Region
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Award
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Motherwell & Wishaw Citizens Advice Bureau
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Central Scotland
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£153,612
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Beatson Cancer Charity
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Glasgow
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£200,000
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Epilepsy Action Scotland
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Glasgow
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£110,691
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Glasgow Womens Aid
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Glasgow
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£153,157
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Scottish Sports Futures
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Glasgow
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£106,603
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Simon Community Scotland
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Glasgow
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£97,866
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Fife Intensive Rehabilitation & Substance Misuse Team
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Mid Scotland & Fife
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£144,088
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Sistema Scotland
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Mid Scotland & Fife
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£184,056
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Aberdeen Cyrenians
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North East Scotland
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£125,000
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REACH (total awards made over 1 year)
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Charity
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Region
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Award
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Tannochside Information & Advice Centre
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Central Scotland
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£20,000
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Families Like Us
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Central Scotland
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£10,000
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Elpis Trust / Elpis Centre
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Glasgow
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£19,184
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Street Connect
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Glasgow
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£10,000
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The Children's Wood
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Glasgow
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£15,600
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The Preshal Trust
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Glasgow
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£14,278
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Reidvale Adventure Play Association Limited
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Glasgow
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£5,705
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3D Drumchapel
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Glasgow
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£13,131
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Govan Community Project
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Glasgow
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£20,000
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Scottish Youth Dance (YDance)
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Glasgow
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£6,000
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C.O.J.A.C.
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Glasgow
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£17,000
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Crookston Community Group
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Glasgow
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£8,000
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Positive Action in Housing
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Glasgow
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£15,830
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Woodlands Community Development Trust
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Glasgow
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£7,575
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Eco Drama
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Glasgow
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£6,250
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Elgin Youth Development Group
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Highlands & Islands
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£19,220
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Mid- Argyll Transport Volunteers
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Highlands & Islands
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£3,500
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Watermill Foundation Limited
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Highlands & Islands
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£5,900
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Black Isle Cares
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Highlands & Islands
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£15,000
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Grassmarket Community Project ("GCP")
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Lothians
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£14,400
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Columcille
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Lothians
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£14,000
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Positive Help
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Lothians
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£10,500
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Granton Youth Centre
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Lothians
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£18,185
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Imaginate
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Lothians
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£3,400
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The Broomhouse Centre
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Lothians
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£16,853
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Big Hearts Community Trust
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Lothians
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£5,000
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The Living Memory Association
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Lothians
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£10,415
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Care for Carers
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Lothians
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£13,008
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Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland
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Lothians
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£19,124
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Friends of the Award
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Lothians
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£13,500
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Drake Music Scotland
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Lothians
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£8,000
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Tailor Ed Foundation
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Lothians
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£15,000
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North Edinburgh Arts
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Lothians
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£14,636
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West Lothian 50+ Network
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Lothians
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£10,500
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HopScotch Children's Charity
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Lothians
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£9,745
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Orcadia Creative Learning Centre
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Lothians
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£2,760
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Clackmannanshire Citizens Advice
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Mid Scotland & Fife
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£17,240
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Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd
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Mid Scotland & Fife
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£17,900
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Taymara
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Mid Scotland & Fife
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£10,000
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Home-Start Stirling
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Mid Scotland & Fife
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£8,000
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Fife Young Carers
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Mid Scotland & Fife
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£3,279
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Formula 24 Fife (SCIO)
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Mid Scotland & Fife
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£2,955
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Brain Injury Grampian (BIG) Group
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North East Scotland
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£6,125
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Strathmore Rugby Club Community Trust
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North East Scotland
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£14,400
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Hope Counselling
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North East Scotland
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£5,100
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Eildon West Youth Hub
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South Scotland
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£15,613
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Dumfries & Galloway Befriending Project (DGBP)
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South Scotland
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£17,420
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The Fraser Centre Community Trust
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South Scotland
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£6,1770
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Interest Link Borders
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South Scotland
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£11,930
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Finding Your Feet
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West Scotland
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£7,000
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Mindfulness Scotland
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West Scotland
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£2,500
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Renfrewshire Food Bank
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West Scotland
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£19,120
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Children's Liver Disease Foundation (CLDF)
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National Benefit
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£9,961
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