Cattanach Grant

The Cattanach Trust seeks applications for projects which support children from pre-birth to three years old, who are affected by levels of relative deprivation.

Projects should be working from a strengths based model; the existing and potential strengths of the child, the family and the community should be recognised and should form the basis of the work. Projects must actively involve the parent(s)/main carers of the children.

You will understand the needs of young children. You will show us that you know your community well – the children, their families their world, and in particular strengths and what you need to support them to reach their full potential. You will know about other services in the area and you will tell us why your work is needed and does not duplicate other work. You will tell us how you set a baseline, so that you can measure the effect of your work. You will be expected to set SMART outcomes and targets - they are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely.

Grants may be for project funding, or for core funding including salaries and general running costs in smaller organisations. We prefer to fund revenue costs and a grant towards a capital project will usually only be associated with staff costs or some other aspect of revenue funding. Cattanach prefers to make a grant which is a sizeable contribution to a project and so is unlikely to make a small grant towards a very large project.

We consider the work we fund to be valuable to families and therefore recommend that any wages funded by us are paid at or above the Living Wage. However you can still submit a proposal for a grant if this is not the case: we would seek to better understand your situation when we speak to you.

What does Cattanach not fund?

Individuals, personal study or travel, hospices and palliative care (unless focused on attachment related activities), animal charities, appliances for illness or disability, organisations concerned with specific diseases, large capital projects (more than £100,000), crèches where parents are not involved, organisations or activities where religious content is compulsory for users, baby and toddler clothes/equipment banks, general appeals.