81 charities across Scotland will each receive a share of almost £1 million in the latest round of awards from Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland. This includes 7 awards totalling just under £250,000 for groups working with children and young people affected by drug and alcohol misuse. 13 awards totalling over £75,000 will support charities to build their own capacity, and 61 awards totalling almost £675,000 will support the day to day work of Scotland’s charities.

Mary Craig, the Foundation’s Acting Chief Executive, said: “This is our second round of awards this year, and we’re delighted to have been able to give more support for the great work of Scotland’s charities. Covering everything from salary and running costs for a young people’s service in Shetland, to helping pay for the cost of a new extension for a village hall in the Borders that will be used by local community groups, these awards make a real difference to the lives of people across Scotland.

“The £246,582 awarded through our Partnership Drugs Initiative, which is jointly funded by the Scottish Executive and the Laidlaw Youth Project, will help many children and young people now and enable them to make positive choices for themselves in the future.

“Some of the groups who have received awards in this round of funding have had awards from us before and for others it is the first time they have applied.
We’re always happy to hear from charities who think we might be able to help them, and do our best to provide as much support as possible with the application process.”
Charities who would like more information about applying to the Foundation for an award should contact us on 0870 902 1201. The next deadline for applications is 21st May 2007.
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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.

Notes to editors:
Area-specific charities working in Scotland were awarded £843,261. The breakdown of funding by area is:

Aberdeen City £28,044 Lanarkshire, North £28,457
Aberdeenshire £5,232 Lanarkshire, South £19,154
Angus £6,060 Lothian, East £6,316
Argyll & Bute £38,809 Lothian, West £52,003
Ayrshire, East £82,250 Midlothian £3,780
Dumfries & Galloway £27,861 Moray £7,500
Dunbartonshire, West £6,000 Orkney £30,000
Dundee City £21,162 Perth & Kinross £18,900
Edinburgh, City of £55,645 Renfrewshire £40,024
Eilean Siar, Comhairle nan (Western Isles) £33,203 Scottish Borders £76,571
Falkirk £18,229 Shetland £56,100
Fife £2,500 Stirling £11,828
Glasgow City £106,104
Highland £61,529

A full breakdown of awards in each Local Authority area is available.

Scotland-wide charities were awarded £148,929. They are:
Caledonia Youth £8,500
Crew 2000 £24,000
Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland £20,000
Dogs for the Disabled £10,000
Heart to Heart
£6,347
React (Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with Potentially Terminal Illness) £2,500
Royston Trust £26,082
Scotland’s Garden Trust £25,000
Shared Care Scotland £24,000
SOBS (Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide) £2,500


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.