FOCUS ON – FUNDING

The Hays Travel Foundation
The Foundation looks to support children and young people through education, sport, advancement of health, arts and culture and the prevention of poverty. Open to registered charities and community interest companies with a specific focus on children and young people in the areas where Hays Travel operates. Access the fund

Green Hall Foundation 
The objective of the Foundation is to sustainably improve lives among the sick, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged in the UK. The Trustees prefer to issue grants to assist in funding special projects or specific items of equipment and to projects that benefit a number of beneficiaries rather than just a few. Access the fund

Corra Foundation-Household Hardship Fund 
The fund provides small grants to charities, community groups and social enterprises across Scotland who can pass the funding on directly to families and children on low incomes. The funding will be used to provide families and children with cash or vouchers to meet pressing needs such as food, fuel, household items or clothing, groups can apply for up to £7,500 if their annual income is under £125,000 or up to £15,000 if their annual income is between £125,000 and £250,000. Access the fund 

Boots Charitable Trust
The Trust funds charities and voluntary organisations working in the areas of health-community healthcare, lifelong learning-local literacy and numeracy, community development-supporting councils in providing voluntary services and social care-personal, social or community activities or schemes. The fund encourages applications from organisations where their grants can make the biggest impact. Access the fund 

Pride in Place Impact Fund
West Dunbartonshire Council has allocated £600,000 from the Pride in Place Impact Fund to a new Community Grant scheme. Community groups and voluntary organisations across West Dunbartonshire are invited to make applications for between £10,000-£100,000 to fund their capital projects which align with the Impact Fund’s core objectives. The aspiration is that these will be transformational projects, that will help deliver meaningful change for people in West Dunbartonshire. More information and the application form can be found here

Bank of Scotland Foundation
The Energise grants programme will focus on helping charities who support vulnerable groups/people. Providing unrestricted funding which gives charities much greater scope to cover all essential costs and deal with challenges quickly and effectively and can be used towards core costs, delivery costs, project costs and/or general running costs enabling charities to use their funding in the way that helps them best. The fund opens on Monday 2nd March with a closing date for applications of noon on Wednesday 11th March. Access the fund