Funding for people experiencing challenges in their lives to help them overcome this and become more resilient. They want to fund activity which means people: are better able to identify solutions that enable them to take control over their lives and build resilience; are able to shape the projects and services they use to better meet their needs; have more access to support and opportunities to improve their lives. The National Lottery Community Fund is the new name for the Big Lottery.

The Foundation supports a broad range of organisations and activities that share a commitment to making a positive impact to the lives of the communities in which they work, and that are driven by a desire to achieve excellence. They make grants across the UK to organisations in the following categories: Arts; Education; Youth; Health; Community; Museums and Heritage; Environment; Religion and Welfare.

The Claremont Trust seeks to support groups which give practical expression to their faith in the life of society in Scotland and overseas, for example small innovative faith-based enterprises seeking to tackle social need and promote inclusion at local level. The Trust is ecumenical and was founded on strong convictions of Christian social responsibility. It welcomes applications from any faith group. The Trust also supports initiatives of groups which are working towards a fairer and more just world. Its resources are comparatively slender, and it distributes around £10,000 each year in grants.

To give grant assistance with the publication of works of sound Christian doctrine and evangelical purpose. Applications will be considered from individual authors, organisations and publishers. Assistance may be given to computer software, music CDs etc, fulfilling the Trust's purposes.

The principle activities of the fund are the provision of grants for the maintenance and repair of church buildings throughout Scotland with priority to churches in the west and south west of Scotland. Support is also given for new initiatives and projects in Christian Mission. It continues to make grants towards funding university fees particularly on post graduate courses which could assist candidates for the ministry, and grants are also made to Schools and Sunday Schools in Irvine to assist in purchase of books and equipment for imparting religious education.

The Trust is committed to supporting: the provision of adequate shelter for those in need; encouraging Jewish family innovation; developing community and civil society in Glasgow and Scotland; seed funding creative ideas to solve challenges facing the Jewish community and society in general.

The trust favours organisations involved with the performing arts, particularly if children and young people are involved and also if the disabled are involved. They also favour organisations set up to further the visual arts and museums. They support small medical charities and environmental charities including support of the built environment. Funding is given under the main headings of health, education, youth work, religion and relief of poverty.

The Trust provides funds for charitable purposes. The Trustees look favourably on applicants based in the West of Scotland, although other areas are not excluded. They generally favour local causes in which local communities are active participants rather than national organisations. They prefer local initiatives where there help can make a real difference rather than when their support would only be a small proportion of the total funding. They give under the headings: relief of poverty; youth; medical and religion as well as sundry activities.

The Trust's objective is to maintain a fund to provide help or relief to hospitals, institutions, and other organisations whose objectives are the alleviation and care of sickness or infirmity or to provide assistance to necessitous persons or children who's circumstances are such as to require assistance.

Supports charitable projects that promote human dignity and social justice through its grant giving programme in England, Wales and Scotland. Their strategic themes are education, society, faith and care, as well as in the field of economic development and climate change.