Please note that if you have an application in progress with us, we will notify you of the outcome of this via email.
As we are receiving increased numbers of applications, we have taken the decision to extend our published timescales for decisions to 10-12 weeks for applications received across all of our Funds. We plan to review this at the end of June and hope at that point to return to our normal published turnaround times.
£1,457,400 was awarded to 40 organisations in June 2025, with a success rate of 49%.
Each of the organisations below demonstrated in their application how their work is contributing to the alleviation of poverty and trauma in Scotland.
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Financial Security
Through our Financial Security theme, we want to fund, support, and influence to improve income adequacy, income security, reduce cost-related pressures on finances, and improve financial safety nets for people in financial trouble.
June 2025:
Primary Priority: Struggling with day-to-day costs
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Small Grant | Goodies SCIO | Running Costs | £30,000 | East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Fife; Midlothian; West Lothian |
| Small Grant | Kirkconnel & Kelloholm Development Trust | Towards the running costs of the Goodshare Foodshare Project | £30,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Wee Grant | DARFUR FOUNDATION | Darfur Foundation’s work in Scotland | £5,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Transport | G15 Thriving Places | Transport Costs for the Community Pantry | £7,200 | Glasgow City |
| Small Grant | Gambians and friends in Scotland Community Association (GAMSCA) | Running Costs | £18,000 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | The Scottish Pantry Network | Towards the running costs of The Scottish Pantry Network | £90,000 | Scotland Wide |
| Wee Grant | Denend Primary Parent Council | Nourishing Futures Initiatives | £4,000 | Fife |
Primary Priority: Access to advice, support and advocacy
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Charity | Towards the Welfare Rights service | £72,000 | |
| Small Grant | International Women's Group | Running Costs | £33,000 | |
| Large Grant | Clackmannanshire Citizens Advice Bureau | Running costs of Clackmannanshire CAB | £105,000 | |
| Large Grant | Community Renewal Trust | Lifting Neighbourhoods Together in Bingham and Magdalene | £150,000 |
Nurturing Relationships
We want to see a Scotland where people, families and communities can thrive and not be trapped in cycles of poverty and trauma. We want to support nurturing relationships within families and communities, to help break the cycle between persistent poverty and intergenerational trauma, and support recovery.
June 2025:
Primary Priority: Addressing homelessness, substance misuse, offending
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Community Food Initiatives North East | Running costs of The Hope Programme | £38,500 | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire |
Education Pathways
The ultimate aim of the Education Pathways theme is to help shape an education system that maximises its contribution to wellbeing, is trauma informed with the aim of preventing and reducing poverty in Scotland.
June 2025:
Primary Priority: Educational Engagement
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | Youth at UC | Educational Programmes | £2,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Community Transport | theGKexperience SCIO | Transport costs | £7,700 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | YMCA Glenrothes | Running costs of YMCA Glenrothes | £90,000 | Fife |
| Large Grant | Rangers Charity Foundation (RCF) SCIO | Towards the cost of the Community Hubs | £90,000 | Glasgow City |
Primary Priority: Educational Attainment
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Achieve More Scotland | Towards the cost of the Volunteer Development Programme | £81,000 | Glasgow City; North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire |
| Large Grant | Access to Industry | The running costs of Access to Industry | £75,000 | Edinburgh City; Scotland Wide |
| Large Grant | The Indigo Childcare Group Ltd | The Running Costs of Family Matters | £76,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Transport | The DataKirk | Minibus | £10,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Wee Grant | 37th Fife (1st Tayport) Scout Group | Running Costs | £2,000 | Fife |
Work Pathways
Through our Work Pathways theme, we aim to ensure work can be a better route out of poverty by tackling the drivers of in-work poverty, and supporting key population groups who are underrepresented in the labour market, and overrepresented in low paid, insecure work.low-paid
June 2025:
Primary Priority: Skills for employment
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Yoker Community Campus Development Company | The cost of delivering the Employment Platform | £90,000 | Glasgow City |
| Small Grant | Galloway Action Team | Running Costs | £24,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Wee Grant | EmpowerHer SCIO | The 'Empower a Woman, Change the World' Project | £4,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Small Grant | Lucky Ewe | Running Costs | £33,000 | Fife |
Primary Priority: Addressing barriers to employment/training
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Small Grant | Inverclyde Advice and Employment Rights Centre | The Equalities Support Worker | £45,000 | Inverclyde |
| Wee Grant | Create Your Dream SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
Primary Priority: Transition through education/training into work
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | Shine Your Light Community | Education & Career Readiness Project for Young People | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
Preventing or reducing poverty at a community level
June 2025:
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | Cross Ethnic | Towards the Costs of the Sewing & ESOL Classes | £5,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Space | All Roads Lead to Whithorn | Running Costs | £24,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Community Space | Crossroads Youth and Community Association | Running costs of Crossroads Youth and Community Association | £60,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Space | Dornoch Firth Group SCIO | Running Costs | £16,000 | Highland |
| Community Space | Valleyfield Community Club | Running Costs | £16,000 | Fife |
| Wee Grant | Skerray Village Hall | Running Costs | £3,000 | Highland |
| Wee Grant | 3rd Bo'ness Scout Group | Camping Equipment & Essentials Bank | £1,000 | Falkirk |
| Community Space | Pollokshaws Area Network | Towards the running costs of Pollokshaws Area Network Community Hub | £22,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Space | Bridgeton Community Learning Campus Ltd | Running costs of Bridgeton Community Learning Campus | £45,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Space | Greatway Foundation | Running Costs | £42,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Wee Grant | The Glasgow ASN Mummy | Running costs | £2,000 | East Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | Wimpy Park Community Group | Community Events | £3,000 | Clackmannanshire |
Wee Grants
- For constituted community groups and charities with an annual income of less than £30,000
- Funding of up to £5,000 for one year only
- Could cover revenue* or capital costs to support your work.
June 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Cross Ethnic | Towards the Costs of the Sewing & ESOL Classes | £5,000 | Glasgow City |
| Youth at UC | Educational Programmes | £2,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| DARFUR FOUNDATION | Darfur Foundation’s work in Scotland | £5,000 | Glasgow City |
| Skerray Village Hall | Running Costs | £3,000 | Highland |
| EmpowerHer SCIO | The 'Empower a Woman, Change the World' Project | £4,000 | Renfrewshire |
| 3rd Bo'ness Scout Group | Camping Equipment & Essentials Bank | £1,000 | Falkirk |
| Create Your Dream SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| 37th Fife (1st Tayport) Scout Group | Running Costs | £2,000 | Fife |
| The Glasgow ASN Mummy | Running costs | £2,000 | East Renfrewshire |
| Wimpy Park Community Group | Community Events | £3,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Denend Primary Parent Council | Nourishing Futures Initiatives | £4,000 | Fife |
| Shine Your Light Community | Education & Career Readiness Project for Young People | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
Community Spaces
- Funding to support local communities experiencing poverty and trauma in Scotland.
- Registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £500,000 are eligible to apply.
- Can provide revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to 3 years, to support the costs of community centres, hubs or anchor organisations who are delivering and/or hosting a range of services and activities to meet the needs of their community. Applicants should show how the various services they deliver and/or host relate to preventing or reducing poverty and trauma for local people.
June 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| All Roads Lead to Whithorn | Running Costs | £24,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Crossroads Youth and Community Association | Running costs of Crossroads Youth and Community Association | £60,000 | Glasgow City |
| Dornoch Firth Group SCIO | Running Costs | £16,000 | Highland |
| Valleyfield Community Club | Running Costs | £16,000 | Fife |
| Pollokshaws Area Network | Towards the running costs of Pollokshaws Area Network Community Hub | £22,000 | Glasgow City |
| Bridgeton Community Learning Campus Ltd | Running costs of Bridgeton Community Learning Campus | £45,000 | Glasgow City |
| Greatway Foundation | Running Costs | £42,000 | Edinburgh City |
Transport Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £2 million
- Funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for 1-3 years, to contribute towards the costs of transport to support your work.
June 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| theGKexperience SCIO | Transport costs | £7,700 | Glasgow City |
| G15 Thriving Places | Transport Costs for the Community Pantry | £7,200 | Glasgow City |
| The DataKirk | Minibus | £10,000 | Edinburgh City |
Small Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £200,000.
- Revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to five years.
- Unrestricted or restricted funding.
- Can include the costs of equipment to support your work.
June 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Goodies SCIO | Running Costs | £30,000 | East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Fife; Midlothian; West Lothian |
| Kirkconnel & Kelloholm Development Trust | Towards the running costs of the Goodshare Foodshare Project | £30,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| International Women's Group | Running Costs | £33,000 | Glasgow City |
| Galloway Action Team | Running Costs | £24,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Inverclyde Advice and Employment Rights Centre | The Equalities Support Worker | £45,000 | Inverclyde |
| Gambians and friends in Scotland Community Association (GAMSCA) | Running Costs | £18,000 | Glasgow City |
| Lucky Ewe | Running Costs | £33,000 | Fife |
Large Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of over £200,000 and up to £2 million.
- Revenue funding of between £20,000 and £50,000 per year, for up to five years.
- Unrestricted or restricted funding.
- Can include the costs of equipment to support your work.
June 2025:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Food Initiatives North East | Running costs of The Hope Programme | £38,500 | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire |
| Achieve More Scotland | Towards the cost of the Volunteer Development Programme | £81,000 | Glasgow City; North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire |
| Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Charity | Towards the Welfare Rights service | £72,000 | Scotland Wide |
| Access to Industry | The running costs of Access to Industry | £75,000 | Edinburgh City; Scotland Wide |
| Yoker Community Campus Development Company | The cost of delivering the Employment Platform | £90,000 | Glasgow City |
| The Indigo Childcare Group Ltd | The Running Costs of Family Matters | £76,000 | Glasgow City |
| Clackmannanshire Citizens Advice Bureau | Running costs of Clackmannanshire CAB | £105,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| YMCA Glenrothes | Running costs of YMCA Glenrothes | £90,000 | Fife |
| Rangers Charity Foundation (RCF) SCIO | Towards the cost of the Community Hubs | £90,000 | Glasgow City |
| The Scottish Pantry Network | Towards the running costs of The Scottish Pantry Network | £90,000 | Scotland Wide |
| Community Renewal Trust | Lifting Neighbourhoods Together in Bingham and Magdalene | £150,000 | Edinburgh City |
Download our report here.
The most common decline reason was that the applicant’s request was not clearly linked to reducing or preventing poverty and trauma for the people they support, in line with our funding themes and priorities. 88% of unsuccessful applications were declined for this reason. We are interested in supporting organisations whose work clearly addresses our funding themes (and priorities), which we detail within the applicant guidance for each of our Funds. For some more examples of the types of work we have supported recently, please see our latest awards here.
If you have any questions about applying for Our Funds, please contact us on 0141 353 4321 or funding@therobertsontrust.org.uk.
