Personal Funds
The Rooney Family Foundation
Supporting children with disabilities and their families.
About this fund
Before you apply for this fund, read our application criteria first - you can find this here.
The Rooney Family Foundation was set up by members of the Rooney family, who are Trustees, to provide financial support for disadvantaged children with disabilities and their families.
Purpose of this fund
The aim of the fund is to support organisations and projects providing vital care and support to disadvantaged children with disabilities, and their families, in the Scottish Borders and Edinburgh City.
Additional criteria
The fund will consider support for respite holidays for families, and any special equipment needs for the children.
Costs related to a specific project/item which benefits the children/family directly are a priority over general organisational running/salary costs which will not be considered.
Organisations must be based in Scottish Borders or Edinburgh City only.
There is an annual income cap of £100,000 for organisations to apply.
Please note that organisations which have already received a grant from this programme are not eligible to submit another application at this time.
Who can apply
All applicants must fit Foundation Scotland's funding criteria. Before progressing with your application please read our Common eligibility criteria on our Help for Applicants page.
What we can't fund
At Foundation Scotland we have some standard exclusions that apply to all funds. Before progressing with your application, read more about what can't be funded on our Help for applicants page.
Organisations outside the stated local authority areas.
Organisations with an income of more than £100,000 in the most recent financial year.
General organisational running/salary costs.
Please note that organisations which have already received a grant from this programme are not eligible to submit another application at this time.
How decisions are made
The Trustees of the Rooney Family Foundation make the final decisions on any recommendations presented to them. For more information on our decision making processes, please visit how funding decisions are made.
How to apply
Please note this is not an open grants programme. If you are interested in this programme and meet the specific criteria listed above then please contact Jennifer Malcolmson to discuss further (details below).
