Almost £1 million has been awarded to 59 Scottish charities in the first round of awards made by Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland this year. This money will pay to support and develop the work of charities in communities across Scotland.
Mary Craig, the Foundation’s Deputy Chief Executive, said: “This is our first of six rounds of awards we’ll make this year, and we’re delighted to be able to support the great work of Scotland’s charities. Of the awards we’ve just made, over £560,000 will be used to help pay for salaries. This means that over half of our recent awards are going to be supporting employment in local charities, and without this funding many of the charities would struggle to continue delivering their services.
“For example, we are supporting the salary of the Children and Family Worker for 3D Drumchapel. This group provides a drop-in facility and activities for young mothers and their pre-school children within the Drumchapel area of Glasgow. We have been supporting this charity for 10 years and have seen this group develop greatly in response to the many and varied needs of the community. By employing a Children and Family Worker even more work can be co-ordinated and delivered as their latest award is for three years, providing support until 2011.”
The next deadline for applications to our standard grant programme is 17th March. Our overseas awards have a deadline date of 14th April, and for partnership drugs initiative outline applications the deadline is 2nd May. Inspiring Scotland outline proposals have a deadline of 28th March. Charities can apply for capacity building awards at any time
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For further information contact Catriona Henderson, Press & PR Manager, on 0131 444 4023, or Juliet Scougall, Press & PR Officer, on 0131 444 4028. Mary Craig, the Deputy Chief Executive, is available for interviews.
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Area-specific charities working in Scotland were awarded £854,074. The breakdown of funding by area is:
Aberdeen City £24,000 Highland £84,603
Aberdeenshire £16,000 Lanarkshire, North £53,000
Argyll & Bute £13,192 Lanarkshire, South £35,701
Ayrshire, East £18,000 Lothian, East £19,356
Ayrshire, North £35,489 Lothian, West £7,500
Ayrshire, South £40,860 Midlothian £18,000
Clackmannanshire £8,970 Moray £6,000
Dumfries & Galloway £33,000 Orkney £6,315
Dundee City £34,947 Perth & Kinross £35,010
Edinburgh, City of £90,754 Renfrewshire £66,000
Eilean Siar, Comhairle nan (Western Isles) £11,575 Renfrewshire, East £9,000
Fife £59,279 Scottish Borders £31,006
Glasgow City £87,757 Stirling £8,760
A full breakdown of awards in each Local Authority area is available.
Scotland-wide charities were awarded £102,285. They are:
Epilepsy Scotland £40,420
Indus Earth Limited £5,652
Little Sisters of the Poor – Glasgow £10,000
PAMIS £6,509
Scottish Post Polio Network £2,250
Seagull Trust £7,454
Tourette Scotland £30,000
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:
• 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 put in place improvements.
• Overseas grants support Scottish based charities carry out work in developing countries.
• 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.