Funding in North Lanarkshire
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The Shackleton Foundation provides seed-funding to inspirational leaders and early-stage social enterprises with the potential to make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people. They provide seed funding and support to enable aspiring leaders and social entrepreneurs to establish their own ventures to help the disadvantaged and socially marginalised in society. They look for long-lasting, far-reaching projects with the potential to provide solutions to intractable social problems. Eligible ideas must: - Be innovative and fresh - Fulfil a clear need and demand - Be in the first year of development - Have a real social impact - Have well-defined outputs and goals - Have the potential for real growth and sustainability - The beneficiaries of the work must be young people predominantly based in the UK
The Trust provides grants to registered charities in Scotland for work relating to training for employment, employment support and vocational skills. It is particularly interested in employment and skills training for young people who are unemployed, and in re-training and support for unemployed people to get them back into work. The Trustees have particular regard to the needs of the communities in Ayr or Airdrie in Scotland and West Bengal, particularly Darjeeling, in India.
A Scoping Grant funds a structured report that incorporates expert advice on a range of areas relating to collections management and the development of your collection. The report will provide an overview of the current status of the collection and analysis of overall condition, significance, existing and potential use, levels of access, and existing documentation. It will give a conclusion with recommendations about next steps and development goals for the service.
The objectives of the Trust are widely drawn. The trustees will employ their discretion in order to determine which charitable initiatives they support. In the year to April 2020 they supported activities under the headings: medical research and support; child and adult welfare; education; humanitarian aid; arts; and animal welfare.
Both funds aim to increase the supply of affordable housing of all tenures in rural Scotland and will contribute to the 50,000 affordable homes target. The funds have two components. The main one offers capital support (grant and loan) to enable the direct provision of new affordable housing and refurbishment of existing empty properties. A second, smaller component provides a contribution to feasibility studies. Applications for feasibility funding will only be accepted from projects already invited to apply at the Expression of Interest stage
In the UK: Hilden’s grant making priorities are: - Homelessness - Penal Affairs - Asylum Seekers and Refugees - and Community Based Initiatives for Disadvantaged Young People Aged 16 to 25. Hilden’s grant making priorities overseas are for projects in developing countries working on community development, education and health. Trustees will particularly welcome projects that address the needs and potential of girls and women. Funds are directed largely at supporting work at a community level. Grants are rarely given to well funded national charities. Trustees are most sympathetic to funding general running, or core costs.
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