Applicant | Local Authority Area | Grant Summary | Grant Amount |
20th January 2021 | World of Film International Festival | Glasgow City | To cover the costs of additional specialist support, technical equipment and PPE in respond to the increased need to hold most of the festival events online this year, to support health and safety measures at in-person events, and build a stronger online presence to engage a wider audience in the future. | £4,350 |
20th January 2021 | Scottish Detainee Visitors | Glasgow City | To cover the cost of volunteer training and recruitment and purchasing phones to allow
Scottish Detainee Visitors to continue adapting its support service for people in immigration
detention in Scotland. | £5,000 |
20th January 2021 | Pathfinder Guide Dog Programme | North Lanarkshire | To provide prepared meals and 1-2-1 cooking lessons for the partially or totally blind, and those with other medical conditions as although some financially disadvantaged local people with severe/total sight loss/other disabilities have been able to access support from local food banks/organisations in the form of food hampers, many have simply lacked the cookery/’cooking blind’ skills needed to transform these goods into healthy snacks/meals. | £4,965 |
20th January 2021 | Male Health Scotland | Glasgow City | To enable Male Health Scotland to purchase IT software and equipment and cover volunteer
transport costs so that it can continue providing support and advice to people affected by
male cancers and mental health problems. | £4,669 |
20th January 2021 | Drumchapel Money Advice Centre | Glasgow City | To contribute to the cost of upgrading the organisation’s website to improve capacity for members of the public to access information, advice and support relating to financial issues by supporting the inclusion of audio and video advice and the development of a webchat service. | £4,500 |
20th January 2021 | North Lanarkshire Titans Basketball Club | North Lanarkshire | To contribute to the purchase of PPE and training courses for coaches to ensure the club is equipped for new, restricted ratios of player to coach numbers. | £1,245 |
20th January 2021 | Brechin Community Pantry | Angus | To support people in the local community with food and energy provisions, and mobile phone top ups. | £4,700 |
20th January 2021 | Haven in Stonehaven Ltd | Aberdeenshire | To enable The Haven in Stonehaven to receive vital change management training for their employees, board members and volunteers, so strengthening the organisation and allowing it to thrive for the benefit of their local community. | £5,000 |
20th January 2021 | Aultbea Community Council | Highland | To continue the provision of emergency food supplies to local people in Aultbea, Laide and surrounding area of the northwest Highlands who find themselves in need as a result of Covid 19, whether through financial hardship brought on as a result of the pandemic or from self isolating. | £3,600 |
20th January 2021 | CU Trust Scotland | Stirling | To contribute to the upgrading and development of the Children’s University Scotland’s online platform, to enable significantly increased numbers of children to participate in their learning programme during lockdown and beyond. | £5,000 |
20th January 2021 | TRACTion Cancer Support | East Renfrewshire | To cover the cost of TRACTion Cancer Support running a free book club by post and online for its shielding service users throughout Scotland. | £4,088 |
20th January 2021 | Hibernian Community Foundation | City of Edinburgh | To contribute to the cost of 12 laptop computers to expand an employability project for unemployed young people living in the Edinburgh area. | £4,788 |
20th January 2021 | Horseback UK | Aberdeenshire | To contribute to the cost of purchasing ipads to deliver online training and learning opportunities to disadvantaged and isolated people to allow for social distancing within the project. | £3,499 |
20th January 2021 | Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust | Argyll and Bute | To contribute to the cost of purchasing two laptops and a tablet computer to ensure that employees of the Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust can work flexibly and remotely from home. | £2,200 |
20th January 2021 | Edinburgh Interfaith Association | City of Edinburgh | To continue delivery of their weekly Facebook live shows which aim to improve mental wellbeing, keep the community connected, and provide up to date information pertaining to COVID-19. | £5,000 |
20th January 2021 | Dance Base | City of Edinburgh | To make crucial upgrades to Dance Base’s digital infrastructure to enable the delivery of additional online dance classes, lectures and performances for an increased number of people, improving their health and wellbeing and bringing artistic and cultural experiences into their lives. | £4,475 |
13th January 2021 | Better Lives Partnership | Dumfries and Galloway | To refurbish 15 donated laptops to allow young people with autism in Dumfries and Galloway to access online learning and remote contact with their support workers and their friends and peers, so lessening their isolation and allowing them to maintain their confidence and skills during Lockdown and beyond. | £4,635 |
13th January 2021 | Grey Matters Active Ageing | Argyll and Bute | The grant will allow the organisation to offer a range of non-face to face creative interest groups, paying for activity materials, sessional facilitators, a laptop and delivery of activities packs to its membership, addressing social isolation and loneliness and enabling people to remain engaged during the Covid-19 pandemic. | £4,919 |
13th January 2021 | Bikers as Friends Scotland | East Ayrshire | To provide essential food and hygiene products, energy cards and phone top up cards to 200 of the most needy people in the community in NW Kilmarnock and surrounding areas. | £5,000 |
13th January 2021 | Burnhead Bowling Club | North Lanarkshire | To upgrade the club’s Kitchen facilities so they will be able to provide 30-50 free/subsidised meals for the community per day. This funding request includes the purchase of new tables, Perspex Screens in-between each booth ,PPE, a new fridge freezer and an extension of the out door seating area | £5,000 |