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Year of The Volunteer 2005

Small Grants Programme (England)

Goodwill Gallery

Free Goods & Services for Charities

The Robertson Trust

Grants for Scotland

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Small Grants Programme (England)

This programme aims to support projects that encourage local people to get involved in addressing the needs of their own communities. The grants are available ofbetween £500 - £4,000 to support:

• Individual people or groups of people to deliver an activity which meets the needs of the local community.
• Formal groups of people (self help groups, parent groups, resident groups) to work together to deliver activities or projects that meets the needs of their local communities.
• Not-for-profit organisations (charities, schools) to work with local people and/or service users to help them put their own ideas into action.

Applications may be submitted on a specific form anytime up to 5th October 2005. The Grants Committee meets every six weeks. Applicants must be over 16 years old. Further information is available from:

Volunteering England
Regents Wharf
8 All Saints Street
London N1 9RL
Tel: 020 7520 8910
E-mail: 2005smallgrants@volunteeringengland.org
web site: www.volunteeringengland.org.uk

Free Goods & Services for Charities

We mentioned this website in November Funding Points and they are now featuring the TV programme DIY SOS.

In this series a new challenge is being put to Nick Knowles and his team to reach out into the community to help worthy projects with an SOS. It could be a wonky village hall or shabby sheltered housing or a leaky Scout hut - they will consider anything that would benefit a worthy cause.

So if you have a job that is in desperate need of their expert building skills get in touch with the team. If you have an SOS for the show please contact ASAP.

Contact: Luke Lovell
Email: diyform@bbc.co.uk
Telephone: 0117 9746614

Grants for Scotland

The Robertson Trust offers financial support for charities as defined by the Law of Scotland. The Trust has four main priority arrears that account for 40% of the grants, care, drug prevention and treatment, education medical. The Trust currently grants about £6 million a year and also operates a small grant scheme for smaller charities to apply for one-off donations of up to £5,000 to support a particular project or activity. The Trust prefers to offer a contribution towards the total funds required and expects the project to fund the rest.

The Trust does not support, Grants to individuals or organisations which are not recognised as charities, general appeals and circulars, travel or for expeditions whether in Scotland or abroad.

There is no application form. Applications are by letter and there are certain details which you will need to give e.g.a brief Description of the organisation, description of the Project etc. In addition the Trust will require a copy of your most recent annual report and full accounts.

Contact Details

Sir Lachlan Maclean, Secretary or Mrs. Christine Scullion,
Assessment Manager
The Robertson Trust
85 Berkeley Street
Glasgow G3 7DX
Telephone 0141 221 3151
E-mail admin@therobertsontrust.org.uk
web site: www.therobertsontrust.org.uk

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