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Big Lottery Fund
1 Atlantic Quay, 1 Robertson Way, Glasgow G2 8JB
Tel: 0870 240 2391   -   Fax: 0141 242 1401
Email: enquiries.scotland@biglotteryfund.org.uk   -   Web: www.biglottery.org.uk
Amounts awarded: The Investing in Ideas programme will distribute small amounts of up to £5,000, to allow communities to carry out research, feasibility studies, get professional advice and run consultative events. The other programmes have each been given a minimum guaranteed investment, but this will be flexible according to demand, so funding limits have not been set.


Burntisland Development Trust
6/7 Hanover Court, Glenrothes, Fife KY7 5SB
Tel: 01592 413842   -   Fax: 01592 413555
Email: pauline.grandison@fife.gov.uk   -   Web: www.burntislanddevelopmenttrust.org.uk
Amounts awarded: Small Grants - up to £5,000 with up to 90% grant available in exceptional circumstances

Larger Grants - up to £50,000 with up to 50% grant available


Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
UK Branch, 98 Portland Place, London, W1B 1ET
Tel: 020 7636 5313   -   Fax: 020 7908 7580
Email: info@gulbenkian.org.uk   -   Web: www.gulbenkian.org.uk
Amounts awarded: At present there is a notional limit of £10,000 - £15,000 to any one grant.


Carnegie Dunfermline Trust
Andrew Carnegie House, Pittencrieff Street, Dunfermline, KY12 8AW
Tel: 01383 749789   -   Fax: 01383 749799
Email: admin@carnegietrust.com   -   Web: www.andrewcarnegie.co.uk
Amounts awarded: Principally single grants with occasional loans and capital funding. Typical grant between £300 and £10,000


Coalfields Regeneration Trust
2/6 The eCentre, Cooperage Way Business Centre, Cooperage Way, Alloa FK10 3LP
Tel: 01259 272127    -   Web: www.coalfields-regen.org.uk
Amounts awarded: Bridging the Gap: between £500 and £10,000

Main grants: between £10,000 and £100,000 in Scotland and Wales. Awards can be for capital or revenue for up to 3 years or to the end of the funding programme.


Co-operative Group Community Fund
New Century House, Manchester, M60 4ES
Tel: 0161 827 5879    -   Web: www.co-op.co.uk/en/communityfund
Amounts awarded: Although awards can range from £100 to £5,000, please be aware that due to the high number of quality applications, the average award size in 2005 was £713, with the vast majority of awards being between £100 and £500.


Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
11 Park Place, London, SW1A 1LP
Tel: 020 7297 4700   -   Fax: 020 7294 4701
Email: info@esmeefairbairn.org.uk   -   Web: www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
Amounts awarded: If you ask for our assistance, you should tell us how much you need. The average Esmée Fairbairn grant is worth about £50,000, but we are happy to consider requests for less or more.


Fife Council Community Awards
Fife Council, Fife House, North House, Glenrothes KY7 5LT
Tel: 01592 416169   -   Fax: 01592 416020    -   Web: www.fifedirect.org.uk
Amounts awarded: Variable depending on the funding strand, but between £150 and £6,000.


HBoS Foundation: Regional Programme
Dundas House, Viking Way, Rosyth KY11 2UU    -   Web: www.hbosplc.com
Amounts awarded: Not specified


MacRoberts Trusts
Cromar, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, AB34 4UD    -   Web: www.themacroberttrust.org.uk
Amounts awarded: Grants vary but most lie between £5,000 and £10,000. Occasionally the Trustees make a recurring grant of up to three years.


Scottish Community Foundation
Scottish Community Foundation, 126 Canongate, Edinburgh, EH8 8DD
Tel: 0141 225 6670   -   Fax: 0131 524 0329    -   Web: www.scottishcommunityfoundation.com
Amounts awarded: Community Grants are one off sums of up to £5,000. A Small Grants Scheme operates under the Community Grants strand for amounts up to £5,000. The same amounts are available through the Women's Fund for Scotland.


The Pilgrim Trust
Cowley House, 9 Little College Street, London, SW1P 3SH
Tel: 020 7222 4723   -   Fax: 020 7676 0461
Email: georgina.naylor@thepilgrimtrust.org.uk   -   Web: www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk
Amounts awarded: The Trust's average grant is £20,000.


The Robertson Trust
Secretary, 85 Berkeley Street, Glasgow, G3 7DX
Tel: 0141 221 3151   -   Fax: 0141 221 0744
Email: admin@therobertsontrust.org.uk   -   Web: www.therobertsontrust.org.uk
Amounts awarded: There are no minimum or maximum donations. The Trust does operate a small grant scheme for smaller charities to apply for one-off donations of up to £5,000 to support a particular project or activity.

The Trust prefers to offer a contribution towards the total funds required for either a capital or a revenue request. Core funding or specific project costs will be considered and may be for a maximum period of 3 years. For example revenue donations average between £5,000 and £10,000 a year and capital donations may be up to 10% of total costs.