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 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.

This fund will support proposals which match conditions under the following criteria: Arts and Heritage; Cathedrals and Major Churches; Parish Churches; Developing Countries; Education; Health and Social Welfare. More information about each section can be found on the website. This funder is part of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts.

Trustees make grants under the following headings: Christian Evangelism and Relief Work Overseas, specifically in Central and Eastern Europe as well as sub-Saharan Africa; Christian media; Christian Education; Christian art; Evangelism and Christian mission in the UK, particularly projects that develop new ways of work with children, young people, ex-prisoners and their families. Proposals must demonstrably and closely fit the specific areas of interest and it should be understood that the majority of unsolicited proposals are unsuccessful.

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.

Funding for a wide variety of charitable organisations across Scotland and the UK. Previous recipients include: National Trust Scotland, English Speaking Union, The Abbotsford Trust, Erskine Hospital, St Mungos, Highland Hospice, The Timespan Heritage and Arts Society

The MEB Charitable Trust supports a wide range of charitable activities. The Trust seeks to support Christian organisations; aid in the relief of suffering occasioned by war or natural disaster; and bodies undertaking scientific or medical research. Their 2017/18 accounts show they gave under the headings of age, animals and birds, blind, deaf, children, medical research, welfare, cultural and social, armed services , youth organisations, religion and special appeals.

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.