Funding in North Lanarkshire

The Trust achieves its objects by making grants to individuals, organisations and institutions carrying out projects of significance to horticulture, gardening or botany with a strong horticultural element. The following is a non-exhaustive list of typical projects: gardeners’ training schemes run by appropriate organisations; restoring gardens of historic interest; developing new gardens for public access and enjoyment; exhibitions, book publications, research and educational programmes relating to horticulture; expeditions to collect and protect plants of scientific and horticultural value; and study-visits by horticulturists or botanists with strong horticultural links.

Grants are available for projects that are beneficial to local areas. Applications are welcome for outdoor projects related to play areas, green spaces, sustainable energy and conservation. These could include: community gardens and play areas using sustainable materials; outdoor education and heritage; green energy projects and flood prevention.

The trust funds education, prevention and treatment services and commissions research to broaden public understanding of gambling-related harm. The aim is to stop people getting into problems with their gambling, and ensure that those that do develop problems receive fast and effective treatment and support. Funding priorities are guided by the national strategy advised by the Responsible Gambling Strategy Board (RGSB) and endorsed by the Gambling Commission.

People’s Postcode Trust funds new projects, or significant expansions of existing projects, in Great Britain. These projects can be up to 12 months in length. They will consider projects which focus on: employability and skills development programmes; the promotion of human rights through combatting discrimination; poverty prevention.

The Martin Connell Charitable Trust has supported a wide range of charitable activities including medical, youth, aged and cultural. The Trustees tend to support charities which are predominantly based in Scotland (with a particular interest in initiatives in Aberdeen and Fife).

Postcode Community Trust focuses on initiatives that benefit communities through: grass-roots sports, arts, recreation and wellbeing programmes which improve a community's physical and mental health; projects that improve the health of communities through, for example, first aid courses, befriending, counselling or reducing isolation.