West Dunbartonshire Council - Trust Grants

West Dunbartonshire Council administers Trusts, each supporting different causes/areas in West Dunbartonshire.

Hugh & Mary Miller Bequest

The Hugh and Mary Miller Bequest offers financial support to charitable organisations for the disabled, young people and the disadvantaged in Scotland.

Motability Foundation - Building a Resilient Community and Shared Transport Sector

This funding round is for organisations that are looking to deliver something innovative related to shared community transport, which has the potential to either be replicated elsewhere, or develop a tool that can be of benefit to other providers.  

Next deadline: 30 Jan 2026

The Betty Ross Trust

The primary purpose of the Trust is the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage in the Perthshire area.

The Robertson Trust - Large Grants

Large Grants focuses on work that addresses the impacts of poverty and/or trauma under one or more of the following themes: Financial security, education pathways, work pathways and relationships.

Brownlie Charitable Trust

The objectives of the Trust are widely drawn. They fund mostly under the headings of adult and child welfare and medical research but also support armed services welfare, humanitarian aid and education.

The Adamson Trust

Provides financial assistance with the cost of holidays and/or respite breaks for young people aged 3-17, with either a physical or mental disability.

Next deadline: 31 Dec 2025

Holywood Trust

The Trust supports opportunities for young people in Dumfries and Galloway, primarily aged 15-25. The focus is on helping young people move forward in their lives, whether by grants to organisations or to individual young people.

Next deadline: 12 Jan 2026

Worshipful Company Of Information Technologists

Makes grants to projects which demonstrate an innovative use of IT to enhance education, improve quality of life for the disadvantaged, and help organisations better use IT.

Next deadline: 6 Feb 2026

Andrew Paton's Charitable Trust

This Trust has general charitable purposes with a preference for Scotland, particularly the West of Scotland and Glasgow. It tends to fund the same charities each year.