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Baillie Gifford Community Awards

Foundation Scotland

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Summary
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Rolling deadline
£5,000
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Not for profit (incl. NGOs)
Scotland
Education, Skills Building and Training Health, Justice and Social Welfare
Overview

About this fund

This fund is aimed at supporting grassroots community organisations across Scotland.

The fund will consider applications that fit at least one of the following priorities:

  • People affected by homelessness - Young people - Children and families
  • People affected by substance abuse - People affected by loneliness - The environment
  • People affected by domestic abuse - Care experienced (young) people - The elderly
  • Food/ financial/ digital security - Education - Health and disability
  • Veterans - Women - Grassroots sports
  • Improvements to IT equipment

Additional criteria:

The fund can support core costs as well as project costs. However, it can only support applications where the grant request is at least 25% of the total costs. Please do not apply if your project as a whole costs more than £20,000.

Please note this fund is only open to organisations with an annual income of under £250,000.

Eligibility

We cannot fund the following:

  • Non constituted groups.
  • Applications from individuals. However, individuals may be able to apply for funding under any micro-- grant scheme associated with a fund, or under some education and training funds.
  • General fundraising appeals or activities.
  • Trips abroad (unless otherwise stated on the fund page).
  • Costs already incurred or activities which will take place before we’ve decided on an application, i.e. retrospective funding.
  • The repayment of loans or payment of debts.
  • The advancement of religion or politics, including requests to support religious or political groups' core - activities. However, religious groups may apply for funding for non-religious activity that will benefit the wider community beyond their own specific congregation and is open to all on a non-denominational basis. For example, a church may apply for funding to upgrade a church hall that is regularly used by other community groups.
  • Payments towards areas understood to be the exclusive responsibility of statutory authorities. However, we can provide grants to Parent Teacher Associations/Parent Councils if they are appropriately constituted and occasionally to schools where the activity being delivered is additional to the core curriculum/statutory activity.
  • Activities that are likely to bring the fund, Foundation Scotland or the donor into disrepute. For example, we can’t fund groups or organisations using hate speech or inciting violence, or those linked to such groups or organisations.
  • Activities that conflict with the interests of the funder. For example, where a renewable energy company provides funding, we can’t fund any projects or organisations that are anti-windfarm or anti-renewable energy as such activities are likely to be contrary to the interests of the funder or its subsidiaries.
  • For place-based funds, we can’t support projects which don't benefit the people who live within the defined fund area. Projects that benefit people in the fund area plus others outside that area can be supported on a proportionate basis. Applicants to these funds don’t need to be based in the fund area.
  • For themed/cause-related funds we can’t support projects which don’t relate to the priorities stated for the fund.
  • Costs directly related to the sale of alcohol, including but not limited to the refurbishment of a bar area
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All information about this funding has been collected from and belongs to the funding organization
19 April 2023