Scottish charities working overseas are being invited to apply for a share of £400,000 from Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland’s Overseas Programme. Launching the programme for 2008, Connie Williamson, an Assessor for the Foundation, said: “We’re delighted to be launching the sixth year of this programme, and any Scottish based registered charities managing work in fragile overseas communities can apply. The deadline for submitting applications to the Foundation is 14th April 2008, and to help support groups apply we’re also holding a special funding event for this in Edinburgh on 13th March.

“Last year we made awards to 22 charities, helping fund projects ranging from building a disabled accommodation unit onto a new school in Kenya to paying the running costs of a centre in south west Sri Lanka, which supports widowed women and orphaned children to make a sustainable living, and supporting the salaries of 10 staff in a medical school in East Nigeria. This work is making a great difference to the lives of people in developing countries, and the Scottish charities delivering the work also learn a great deal.”

Charities which would like more information about applying to the Foundation for an overseas award, or would like to book an appointment at the funding event on Thursday, 13th March, should contact us on 0870 902 1201.


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For further information contact Catriona Henderson, Press & PR Manager, on 0131 444 4023. Connie Williamson, an Assessor for the Foundation, is available for interviews.




Notes to editors:
How the Foundation works
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland began life to support local community groups and time has only served to cement its identity as a community charity, indeed, most of the awards being made by The Foundation are still given to grassroots charities.
The Foundation is governed by a board of Trustees who meet six times a year to consider applications and grant funds. Their work and passion for the Foundation turn hopes into reality and dreams into experiences.
When it was set up in 1985, the Foundation for Scotland became one of four independent charitable trusts that annually receive 1% of the then TSB’s pre-tax profits, averaged over three years. The Foundation for Scotland receives 19.46% of this amount from Lloyds TSB Group plc.
Awards are made through a number of different routes:
• Overseas grants support charities registered in Scotland carry out work in fragile overseas communities.
• The standard grant scheme focuses on local charities working at grassroots level.
• The partnership drugs initiative targets children and young people in families in which parents misuse drugs or alcohol, pre-teen children who are at higher risk of developing problems with substance misuse and young people who are developing or who have established problems with substance misuse.
• Capacity building grants help charities review how well they are performing and help put in place improvements.
• Inspiring Scotland is a new venture philanthropy fund led by Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland, and its first fund focuses on working to support 14 to 19 year olds struggling to make a successful transition from school to the next stage of their lives.