The Weir Charitable Trust
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The Weir Charitable Trust aims to support Scottish-based community groups and small charities to provide services across Scotland to help the Scottish community. These groups and charities are likely to have found it difficult to access funds elsewhere. It fund supports services/projects in the following qualifying categories:
- Sport: encouraging and increasing public participation in sport (activities which involve physical skill and exertion)
- Recreational facilities: the provision or organisation of recreational facilities (buildings, pitches or similar) with the aim of improving the conditions of life for the people for whom the facilities are primarily intended. This is only in relation to facilities which are primarily intended for people who need them due to age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
- Animal welfare: for the advancement of animal welfare
- Health: the advancement of health, including prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering
- Culture: supporting the heritage - tangible or otherwise - of Scotland, through projects that encourage participation in and preservation of Scotland's distinctive culture.
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Geographical areas funded: Scotland
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant
- Type of cost:
- Capital, Revenue
- Applicant success rate:
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Fund award sizes
- Maximum:
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- Average:
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- Annually awarded:
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- Notes on award amounts:
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Who can apply
Registered Scottish charities, constituted groups and community interest companies with an annual income of up to £150,000. Applications must meet one or more of the qualifying criteria of animal welfare, culture, health, recreational facilities and sport.
- Maximum annual income:
- £150,000
When to apply
Deadlines for 2025:
- Friday 16th May 2025 at 5pm
- 15th August 2025. Outcomes advised September/October.
- 31st October 2025. Outcomes advised November/December.
Next deadline: 16 May 2025
How to apply
Application form available on the Trust's website. They request that any enquiries are made via email or using the online contact form on the Trust's website.
Exclusions
Activites funded: Animal welfare Arts and culture Community facilities Health care and wellbeing Sport and physical activity
Beneficiaries funded: Economically/socially disadvantaged General public Socially isolated people Mental health conditions Ill-health Disabilities Learning disabilities Physical disabilities Sensory impairments Young people
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The Weir Charitable Trust
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Charity registered in Scotland SC043187
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Unit 201, Ettrick Riverside Dunsdale Road, Selkirk, TD7 5EB
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