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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 were Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There are also separate categories for grants to the Museums and Galleries Fund and to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Fund.
From November 2025 the grants listed relate to our current strategy for 2025 to 2030.
Please note that the Visit Website button under each grant listed is a link to the listed grant-holder's website.
Sky Badger
Towards core costs, specifically the development of its e-helpdesk service providing support and information to families of disabled children.
Smart Works
Towards the costs of helping women on low incomes get into employment by providing an outfit for interviews along with one-to-one interview training.
Startup
Towards running costs of a peer mentor programme - working with homeless, unemployed "at risk" young women, delivering a programme of life skills, employability ad self-employment support.
Step Together Volunteering
Towards core costs, specifically the salary of a Programme Manager to support disadvantaged and vulnerable people move forward with their lives through community volunteering.
Tara Arts
Towards core costs specifically the national touring programme "Black Theatre Live!".
Tavaziva
Towards the core costs of making original contemporary-African choreography for performance and educational purposes.
The Food Train
Towards the salary costs of a Development Manager to take its model of supporting elderly people from Scotland to elsewhere in the UK.
The Mix
Towards the salary of a new Volunteer and Training Coordinator to recruit and retain more volunteers to provide support to young people.
The Place
Towards the costs of developing and producing new work with the Richard Alston Dance Company.
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