1. West Lothian Funding Event: Programme Overview
Sarah Mayze & Rhian Thomas

2. Edinburgh & Lothians Team
How do we fund?
Edinburgh & Lothians Team
From April 2018, funding officers in Scotland have been working in area specific teams
From initial enquiry to outcome, you’ll be in touch with funding officers who manage
your local area. Our team manage grants, queries and applications from the below
local authority areas
We want to make better decisions and really get to know the areas we support.
We want to become more visible within communities and work more closely with local people and groups.

3. Who do we fund? Constituted groups, with their own bank account
Three or more unrelated board members
Voluntary or community organisations
including registered charities, constituted groups or
clubs, non for profit companies, community interest
companies (not limited by shares), social enterprises
and statutory organisations

4. We fund
all sorts
of work

5. We want projects
we fund to be:
people-led
strengths-based
connected

6. National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
Simple to apply for £300 to
£10,000
10 week turnaround time
Very broad: community, sports, arts
Need to apply at least three months before you need the money

7. Must meet one outcome:
Bring people together and build strong relationships in and across communities
Improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
Enable more people to fulfil their potential by working to address issues at the earliest possible stage
Must be people led and involve the wider community

8. What actual grants are available?
Themes
Local community
Community-Led Activity:
Up to £150,000
Improving Lives:
Two levels of grant
Up to £150,000
Over £150,000
Community Assets:
Up to £1M
Slide 10
Rhian
What actual grant schemes are available:
We have a handful of different grant schemes, which cover different parts of the things we’ve just discussed. I’ll give you a quick overview. If you are looking to apply though, it’s typically best to just speak to us about your idea, and we’ll keep you right.
For work covering themes and specific groups, our Grants for Improving Lives cover most of the themes mentioned before. There are two levels of grants – up to £150k, and above £150k. The lower level has a quicker application process. Can also offer grants of up to £100k for work led by and involving young people, through our Young Start fund.
For local community work, our Grants for Community-Led Activity offer up to £150k over multiple years to address broad issues of local wellbeing and inequality. If you’re looking for funds for community-owned buildings or land, we run the Scottish Land Fund, which offers grants for land or building purchase (but not refurb or building work). We also run our Community Assets fund, which can be used for development as well as purchase, but focuses strongly on addressing local inequality and disadvantage. Both these funds offer grants up to £1M. Community Assets in particular is very competitive.
Young Start:
Up to £100,000
Scottish Land Fund:
Up to £1M

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