Orcome Trust

The Orcome Trust is administered and located in Newhall on the borders of Midlothian and Tweeddale. Preference is given to smaller charities and projects that benefit the general geographical area as well as further afield for worthwhile causes.

Orkney Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

The fund is aimed at supporting community-based initiatives that promote and develop good mental health and wellbeing within the adult population. Part of a nationwide scheme.

Next deadline: 12 Dec 2025

Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Ideas and Pioneers

The Ideas and Pioneers Fund supports those with a vision of a better society, helping them to explore the potential of their ideas for change.

Next deadline: 2 Dec 2025

Ponton House Trust

Proposals to the Trust must be targeted on activity benefiting young people in the Edinburgh and Lothian area. It prefers new or innovative attempts to support young people.

Next deadline: 10 Jan 2026

Queensberry House Trust

The Trust tends to focus on supporting the elderly in the Lothians. The Trust's objects are widely drawn but the trustees generally give where the need is shown and the donation would make a significant difference to the charity concerned.

Next deadline: 15 Mar 2026

RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Small Grants

The trust's charitable objects are: Tackling Child Abuse & Neglect, Visual impairment, Neurological conditions, Animal welfare, and Medical research.

RYA Foundation

The RYA Foundation seeks to promote participation in boating by those who are disadvantaged by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances.

Ramble Worldwide Outdoor Trust - Grants

The trust's objective is to help all people to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside. Ramblers Worldwide Holidays’ profits are channelled through the trust into a variety of outdoor, walking-related or environmental conservation projects.

Riada Trust

The Trust funds a range of charitable activities across Scotland and the UK.

Robert Barr's Charitable Trust

The Barr Charitable Trust has wide charitable purposes and has historically supported a wide range of charitable activities. The Trustees tend to favour capital projects rather than running costs.