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.

This trust concentrates on medical research and the welfare and education of children. It funds a wide range of charitable activities and beneficiaries including Christian charities and the benefit of sailors/lifeboatmen, the aged, the poor and people with disabilities. Usually half of the available funds is distributed to one organisation, approximately 8 organisations receive grants of between £1,500 and £3,000 and a number of organisations receive smaller grants.

Funds a range of charities, including those that provide for: the maintenance and expansion of Christian Churches and organisations; the maintenance, relief, medical treatment or care of the sick, the blind, the deaf, the dumb, the aged or the poor; the education or training or upbringing of the young; and the preservation of places and building a of historic or artistic interest. They fund under the headings of: church; community support; medical research/community care; armed forces welfare;arts; international aid.

Assists congregations of any denomination in Scotland in the preservation and upkeep of church buildings which are in regular use for public worship. They offer Fabric Grants to help with restoration projects in the repair of buildings and windows. Micro maintenance grants offers support towards the routine preventative maintenance in repair projects.

The Paristamen CIO is a small grantmaking charity. Its operational base is in Dunbar, Scotland. They support national charities where they meet their criteria and local charities based in the Yorkshire region or in Scotland. The Responsive Grant-Making programme is their main programme and the criteria are relatively broad. They make small unrestricted grants likely to make a difference to your operational work.

The trust funds the advancement of the Roman Catholic religion, including the promotion of the higher education for the Roman Catholic clergy or laity, and for the relief of poverty, the promotion of health and education overseas and youth work

The trust funds organisations working both in Scotland and overseas in education, health, and agriculture, also organisations concerned with conservation and wildlife matters, and the arts.

The scheme aims to make one-off grants to voluntary organisations whose work complements the work of Social Work Services. Particular attention will be given to groups operating within priority areas or serving priority groups within the terms of Fife Council Policies. Groups who address equal opportunities issues will also be looked on favourably. Grants are only available to groups involved in the field of social welfare.

The Foundation supports a wide range of charities both in the UK and abroad. Areas of particular interest to the Trustees include: promotion of the evangelical Christian faith; education, with a particular interest in the promotion of science and engineering, and youth development; medical research, with a particular emphasis on dementia and stroke; social/medical welfare projects, particularly those benefitting elderly and disabled people; preservation of cultural/environmental heritage and improving access to the arts for young people and the disabled (projects of national importance only); overseas development projects.