The opening of our Community Spaces Grants in February 2025 marks the end of our phased return to Our Funds, following our pause last year.
We will continue to embed cycles of learning and continuous improvement across our work, including how we consider applications to our Nurturing Relationships funding theme, which we will review after communicating decisions on applications made to our Open Call, which closed last month. We will always aim to do so in a way which is fair and transparent, in keeping with the IVAR Open and Trusting principles for flexible funding.
£970,800 was awarded to 71 organisations in December 2024 and January 2025, with a success rate of 53%.
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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Awards by theme
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.
December and January:
Primary Priority: Struggling with day-to-day costs
| Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | The Inverclyde Shed | EV Van lease and insurance costs | £11,550 | Inverclyde |
| Community Transport | North Glasgow Community Food Initiative | Towards the costs of a new low loader van and Driver costs | £16,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Transport | Furniture Recycling Project Angus | Salary costs for van driver | £30,000 | Angus |
| Small Grant | Clydesdale Food Bank | Running costs | £48,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Small Grant | Cumbernauld and Carbrain Community Hub | The running costs of the Cumbernauld and Carbrain Community Hub | £51,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Small Grant | East Lothian ROOTS and FRUITS SCIO | Running Costs | £45,000 | East Lothian |
| Small Grant | St Marks Parish Church Of Scotland: Stirling | The Costs of Supermarket/Energy Cards | £18,000 | Stirling |
| Small Grant | Abundant Borders | Running Costs | £45,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Wee Grant | Darkwood Crew | Running Costs | £3,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | Africa Global Community Project LGBTQ | Running Costs | £5,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Slamannan Action Group | Kids Lunch & Activity Club | £5,000 | Falkirk |
| Wee Grant | Hillhouse link Tenant and Residents Association | Running costs | £4,500 | South Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Faifley Upcycling | Equipment | £1,300 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Wee Grant | Park Farm Tenants & Residents Association | Cost of Panto Trip | £2,700 | Inverclyde |
| Wee Grant | Johnstone Baptist Church | The Foodbank/Cafe & Community Support | £1,500 | Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | COG (Community Outreach Group) Aberdeen | Running Costs | £5,000 | Aberdeen City |
Primary Priority: Access to advice, support and advocacy
| Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | Fair Justice System for Scotland Group | Purchase of minibus & running costs | £27,000 | West Lothian |
| Large Grant | Bute Advice Centre SCIO | Core running costs of Bute Advice Centre | £90,000 | Argyll and Bute |
| Large Grant | Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau | The salary costs of a FT Welfare Benefits Support Officer | £96,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Small Grant | Asylum and Refugee Care (AARC) SCIO | Running costs | £45,000 | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire |
| Wee Grant | Tweedside Debt Advice | Running costs | £3,000 | Scottish Borders |
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.
December and January:
Primary Priority: Preventative Support for Families
| Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | SENSORIAL - Sensory Art & Active Learning | Running Costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City |
Primary Priority: Whole family support to address impacts
| Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | Home-Start Clackmannanshire | Transport costs | £8,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Community Transport | Early Years Scotland | Transport Costs for Community-based Services | £20,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Nurture Scotland | Running Costs | £4,000 | North Lanarkshire |
Primary Priority: Addressing homelessness, substance misuse, offending
| Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | The Anchor SCIO (formally Man On Inverclyde) | Van lease, fuel and insurance | £20,000 | Argyll and Bute; Inverclyde; North Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | Calton Athletic Recovery Group | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | REBOSS | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
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.
December and January:
Primary Priority: Educational Engagement
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | Carrick Rugby Football Club SCIO | Transport costs for the Diversionary Rugby Sessions | £18,000 | South Ayrshire |
| Community Transport | Church House, Bridgeton [SCIO] | The driver training and minibus running costs | £5,500 | Glasgow City |
Primary Priority: Skills for Employment
| Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | CEIS Ayrshire | The youth trade-skills and employability support programme | £90,000 | North Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | Active Sports For All | Running Costs | £5,000 | Dumfries and Galloway; Scottish Borders; South Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Heart Of Africa UK | Volunteer Expenses | £3,000 | South Lanarkshire |
Primary Priority: Addressing barriers to employment/ training
| Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | Childcare in the Community | The Purchase of a Vehicle for the Mobile Creche Service | £6,000 | Glasgow City; North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire |
Preventing or reducing poverty at a community level
| Funding Request | Organisation Name | Funding Request Name | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | Bluevale Community Club | The cost of the Van & Licenses | £8,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Transport | Happy to Chat, Happy to Listen | The Transport Service | £8,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| Community Transport | Community Central Hall | The lease and running costs of an accessible minibus | £30,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | ATM Fc (previously ATM United) | Running costs | £2,500 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Bunessan Community Association | Running Costs | £3,000 | Argyll and Bute |
| Wee Grant | Lochwinnoch Dodgeball & Youth Drop In | Running Costs | £3,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | Lochgelly Band | Community Togetherness Events | £2,500 | Fife |
| Wee Grant | Leith Unit (No 123) of the Sea Cadet Corps | Running Costs | £3,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Wee Grant | Dumbarton Riverside Football Club | Minibus Hire for Disability Teams | £3,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Wee Grant | The Outpost Shetland | The Music Therapy/Sensory Space | £1,000 | Shetland Islands |
| Wee Grant | New Hope Community | Running costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Summerston Community & Environmental Group | Soup and Blether Sessions & Easter Family Fun Day | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Birkenshaw Welfare Guild | Running Costs | £2,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Three Towns and District Community Shed | Running Costs | £2,500 | North Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | New Port Theatre Company | Running Costs | £2,000 | Inverclyde |
| Wee Grant | Rafford Village Public Hall | Community Soup Lunches | £2,000 | Moray |
| Wee Grant | Banff Out Of School Hours Services | Running Costs | £2,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Wee Grant | Lochwinnoch Sustainable Community Garden Group | Running Costs | £2,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | Crosshouse Community Football Club | Running costs | £1,500 | East Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | MUZIK SHEPHERDZ | Cost of Music Sessions | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Inverclyde Vineyard Church SCIO | Community Outreach Worker | £3,000 | Inverclyde |
| Wee Grant | 2nd Clackmannan Rainbows | Running costs | £1,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Wee Grant | Fintry Community Playgroup | Running Costs | £2,000 | Dundee City |
| Wee Grant | Oromo Community Scotland | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Drymen Village Hall Improvements Committee | Running Costs | £3,000 | Stirling |
| Wee Grant | Larkhall Men's Shed | Running costs | £2,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | 1st Vale of Leven Boys Brigade Company | Running Costs | £1,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Wee Grant | Alloa Boxing Club | Running Costs | £3,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Wee Grant | Renton Community Development Trust | Running Costs | £3,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
Awards by type
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.
December and January:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Active Sports For All | Running Costs | £5,000 | Dumfries and Galloway; Scottish Borders; South Lanarkshire |
| Africa Global Community Project LGBTQ | Running Costs | £5,000 | Glasgow City |
| Slamannan Action Group | Kids Lunch & Activity Club | £5,000 | Falkirk |
| COG (Community Outreach Group) Aberdeen | Running Costs | £5,000 | Aberdeen City |
| Hillhouse link Tenant and Residents Association | Running costs | £4,500 | South Lanarkshire |
| New Hope Community | Running costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City |
| SENSORIAL - Sensory Art & Active Learning | Running Costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City |
| Nurture Scotland | Running Costs | £4,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Heart Of Africa UK | Volunteer Expenses | £3,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Darkwood Crew | Running Costs | £3,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Bunessan Community Association | Running Costs | £3,000 | Argyll and Bute |
| Calton Athletic Recovery Group | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| Lochwinnoch Dodgeball & Youth Drop In | Running Costs | £3,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Leith Unit (No 123) of the Sea Cadet Corps | Running Costs | £3,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Dumbarton Riverside Football Club | Minibus Hire for Disability Teams | £3,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| REBOSS | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| Cambuslang Youth Committee | The Costs of the SALO & P7 Camp (excluding salaries) | £3,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Inverclyde Vineyard Church SCIO | Community Outreach Worker | £3,000 | Inverclyde |
| Oromo Community Scotland | Running Costs | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| Tweedside Debt Advice | Running costs | £3,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Drymen Village Hall Improvements Committee | Running Costs | £3,000 | Stirling |
| Alloa Boxing Club | Running Costs | £3,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Renton Community Development Trust | Running Costs | £3,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Park Farm Tenants & Residents Association | Cost of Panto Trip | £2,700 | Inverclyde |
| ATM Fc (previously ATM United) | Running costs | £2,500 | Glasgow City |
| Lochgelly Band | Community Togetherness Events | £2,500 | Fife |
| Three Towns and District Community Shed | Running Costs | £2,500 | North Ayrshire |
| Glasgow Unit (No 629) of the Sea Cadet Corps | Running Costs | £2,500 | Glasgow City |
| Kaimes Special School Association | Sensory Room | £2,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Summerston Community & Environmental Group | Soup and Blether Sessions & Easter Family Fun Day | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Birkenshaw Welfare Guild | Running Costs | £2,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| New Port Theatre Company | Running Costs | £2,000 | Inverclyde |
| Rafford Village Public Hall | Community Soup Lunches | £2,000 | Moray |
| Banff Out Of School Hours Services | Running Costs | £2,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Lochwinnoch Sustainable Community Garden Group | Running Costs | £2,000 | Renfrewshire |
| MUZIK SHEPHERDZ | Cost of Music Sessions | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Fintry Community Playgroup | Running Costs | £2,000 | Dundee City |
| Larkhall Men's Shed | Running costs | £2,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| 1st Alloa Ranger Unit | Running Costs | £2,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Crosshouse Community Football Club | Running costs | £1,500 | East Ayrshire |
| Johnstone Baptist Church | The Foodbank/Cafe & Community Support | £1,500 | Renfrewshire |
| Faifley Upcycling | Equipment | £1,300 | West Dunbartonshire |
| The Outpost Shetland | The Music Therapy/Sensory Space | £1,000 | Shetland Islands |
| 3rd Falkirk Boys’ Brigade Company | The Spring Weekend Trip | £1,000 | Falkirk |
| 2nd Clackmannan Rainbows | Running costs | £1,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| 1st Vale of Leven Boys Brigade Company | Running Costs | £1,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Mintlaw Academy Parent Council | RIAS Room Furniture | £750 | Aberdeenshire |
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.
December and January:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Central Hall | The lease and running costs of an accessible minibus | £30,000 | Glasgow City |
| Furniture Recycling Project Angus | Salary costs for van driver | £30,000 | Angus |
| Fair Justice System for Scotland Group | Purchase of minibus & running costs | £27,000 | West Lothian |
| The Anchor SCIO (formally Man On Inverclyde) | Van lease, fuel and insurance | £20,000 | Argyll and Bute; Inverclyde; North Ayrshire |
| Early Years Scotland | Transport Costs for Community-based Services | £20,000 | Glasgow City |
| North Glasgow Community Food Initiative | Towards the costs of a new low loader van and Driver costs | £16,000 | Glasgow City |
| KGV Trust SCIO | Purchase of minibus | £15,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| The Inverclyde Shed | EV Van lease and insurance costs | £11,550 | Inverclyde |
| Home-Start Clackmannanshire | Transport costs | £8,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Bluevale Community Club | The cost of the Van & Licenses | £8,000 | Glasgow City |
| Happy to Chat, Happy to Listen | The Transport Service | £8,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| 32nd Greenock & District Scout Group | The minibus | £6,000 | Inverclyde |
| Childcare in the Community | The Purchase of a Vehicle for the Mobile Creche Service | £6,000 | Glasgow City; North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire |
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.
December and January:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Cumbernauld and Carbrain Community Hub | The running costs of the Cumbernauld and Carbrain Community Hub | £51,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Clydesdale Food Bank | Running costs | £48,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Asylum and Refugee Care (AARC) SCIO | Running costs | £45,000 | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire |
| East Lothian ROOTS and FRUITS SCIO | Running Costs | £45,000 | East Lothian |
| Abundant Borders | Running Costs | £45,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Angus Young Engineers Club | Small Application | £36,000 | Angus |
| St Marks Parish Church Of Scotland: Stirling | The Costs of Supermarket/Energy Cards | £18,000 | Stirling |
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.
December and January:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau | The salary costs of a FT Welfare Benefits Support Officer | £96,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Bute Advice Centre SCIO | Core running costs of Bute Advice Centre | £90,000 | Argyll and Bute |
| CEIS Ayrshire | The youth trade-skills and employability support programme | £90,000 | North Ayrshire |
| Youth Highland | The running costs of Youth Highland | £76,000 | Highland |
Awards by Location
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. 64% 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.
The second most common reason was that the applicant applied for ineligible costs. 22% of unsuccessful applications were declined for this reason. We list costs and activities which we cannot support in the applicant guidance for each of our Funds and would encourage organisations to refer to this when considering applying.
If you have any questions about applying for Our Funds, please contact us on 0141 353 4321 or funding@therobertsontrust.org.uk.
