Grants & Fundraising

This section of the website aims to provide information about possible sources of finance to support Scout Groups and Districts across Clyde Region.

O2 - It's Your Community Awards

If you could change one thing about where you live, what would it be?

Awards of up to £1,000 are available to local groups and individuals for anything that can be shown to benefit your community.

The awards are independently judged and administered by The Conservation Foundation on behalf of O2. The Conservation Foundation is a charity that has been judging community projects for 26 years. For more information please do take a look at their website www.conservationfoundation.co.uk.

For further information about the Awards, visit www.itsyourcommunity.co.uk

Children in Need

This grant programme is open to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years and under. Visit www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey for more info.

Hilton in the Community Foundation

Focusing on children and young people, the Foundation supports activities in education and health to relieve suffering and equip individuals. Visit http://www.hilton-foundation.org.uk/home.htm for more info.

Outdoor Pursuits Training Fund

A generous anonymous bequest enabled Clyde Regional Scout Council to establish an Outdoor Pursuits Training Fund in December 1984. The purpose of the Fund is to provide grant assistance to Explorer Scouts, Scout Network, Leaders and other persons who wish to attend recognised training courses in outdoor pursuits. Suitable training courses are those which on completion provide certificated evidence of leadership and / or instructional ability within the terms of POR, examples being Mountain Leadership Certificates, Ski Leader certificates, appropriate British Canoe Union certificates or RYA Certificates in water activities (in cases of uncertainty applicants should contact the PR & Development Officer in the Regional Office on 0141 248 6022 before the application is submitted).

Click here to download the application form and guidance notes.

Regional Development Fund

The Region's Development Fund exists to provide small amounts of financial support to Scout Groups and Districts that will extend, develop and improve the quality of Scouting provided to young people across Clyde Region.

The fund should be used to contribute to a pool of funding from the Group and District (or other sources) and should not normally be the only source of funding for a particular activity, event or project.

Click here to download the application form and guidance notes.

Click here to download a sample comnpleted application form.

Scottish HQ Development Fund

Click here for information about funds available from SHQ.

The Allander Youth Activities Charitable Trust
Scottish Charity SC038882

Visit the Trust's website at www.allandertrust.org.uk for information.

The Knightswood Trust
Scottish Charity SC027476

The trustees will consider applications from Scout Groups and other Scout Units for financial support for purposes that promote the social, physical, intellectual and spiritual development of young people aged from 10 - 17 years. We seek to fund good, practical programmes of activities that contribute to the personal development of young people. Applications should show clearly how the programme will achieve this.

Priority is always given to providing funding that benefits young people who are most in need of financial support. The trustees look for evidence of self-help and usually will not contribute more than is being contributed by the young person / people from their own efforts and enterprises.

Grants are usually in the range of £50 - £100 per young person.

Further information about the Trust is available by downloading their information sheet from here.

Nationwide Foundation

The Nationwide Foundation which works towards a just and caring society by enabling people to take part in building better futures in their communities is currently accepting applications for funding under its Small Grants Programme. Under the programme grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities with a yearly income of less than £500,000. The Small Grants Programme is part of Nationwide Foundation's Supporting Families programme and has the following aims; to promote the well-being of young men, women and children whose lives have been affected by domestic violence and to reduce the prevalence of domestic violence through increased service provision, education and awareness raising; to improve the quality of life of families with a member or members in prison, through the provision of services responsive to their needs; and to provide young people who are or have been involved with the criminal justice system with a rehabilitation programme designed to obtain the skills, confidence and personal support networks to enable them to lead fulfilled and successful lives. There is no application closing date for the Small Grants Programme.

Further information at: http://www.nationwidefoundation.org.uk/default.asp

UKHQ Grants

A number of grant funds are available from UKHQ and these are all now available through the Development Grants Board. Click here for more info.

Young Scot Action Fund

The Young Scot Action Fund is all about helping young people to help themselves, help others or help the wider community by turning their bright ideas into action.

Have a look at www.youngscot.org/actionfund for more information.

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