The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014
www.therobertsontrust.org.uk Contents
Introduction ...... 3
Grant Making Overview ...... 4
List of Awards ...... 6
Assessment Team ...... 54
Robertson House ...... 55
The Robertson Scholarship Trust . . . . 56
Financial Review ...... 60
Trustees Responsibilities ...... 61
Auditor’s Report...... 62
Summarised Accounts...... 63
History of The Robertson Trust . . . . . 64
Trust Information ...... 65
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The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Contents
Introduction ...... 3
Grant Making Overview ...... 4
List of Awards ...... 6
Outreach Programme ...... 54
Robertson House ...... 55
The Robertson Scholarship Trust . . . . 56
Financial Review ...... 60
Trustees Responsibilities ...... 61
Auditor’s Report...... 62
Summarised Accounts...... 63
History of The Robertson Trust . . . . . 64
Trust Information ...... 65
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 2 Introduction
Writing the introduction to the Annual Review our young people in securing employment, we have is a good time to look back at the accuracy of extended the programme to incorporate broader previous predictions made. In my introduction training and support which develops vital social to last year’s review I foresaw an environment skills. This is a key factor in today’s job market. with tightened economic resources, an increase In our grant making we have actively sought to add in the demand for charity core funding, the value to funding partnerships. Good examples of need for innovative partnerships and our desire this are our work with Scottish Government on the to use resources in new and different ways. In Legacy 2014 Sustainable Sport for Communities all cases this has happened. Fund and the work with Dundee City Council It would be wrong to start this review by painting on a Public Social Partnership to reduce school a picture of doom and gloom. Instead over the last exclusions. In much of our work we now look to year, we have seen charities address the financial explore potential partnerships which can increase challenges, re-think what they do and become the impact of our awards. stronger in the process. Many have re-focussed on Of particular note has been our new £1m their primary aim of helping their beneficiaries and partnership with Lloyds TSB Foundation for we have been delighted to support this process. As Scotland Partnership Drugs Initiative (PDI). you read this review you will see many examples of We are delighted to be part of this vital work charities rising to the challenge of how to best fulfil which supports young people affected by parental their charitable purpose. We have seen surprisingly substance misuse. few charities fail despite the tough economic The second aspect of writing this review is to environment. look forward to the year ahead and outline future Our staff team has grown over the last year in challenges. The public finances for Scotland are order to accommodate the increased workload forecast to continue to reduce in the coming years of distributing higher levels of funding and in and this concerns us greatly. New ways of working undertaking more targeted work in the Trust’s and funding are required. As a country, we need priority areas. It has been a privilege to lead a to embrace the vision of the Christie Commission remarkable group of highly motivated and skilled and move towards early intervention and individuals as we work together to benefit the preventative spend. people of Scotland. This can only be achieved through public service Last year we moved to new premises at Robertson reform and new approaches to collaborative House. We are delighted at the way in which our partnership working. We are committed to the vision of creating a charity hub has become a reality. idea of partnership and will work with public We now have over 110 people, from 22 different sector agencies to achieve it. We will also use our charities, working in the building. As well as this, resources to help charities embrace such changes the meeting spaces are becoming a well-used from a position of strength. resource for the Third Sector to meet and network. The Robertson sisters, who so generously endowed the Trust, had a clear vision for the Trust to exhibit Following a strategic review, The Robertson the qualities of “honesty, integrity and the ability Scholarship Trust has significantly increased the to help people in trouble”. I hope this vision shines number of bursary awards to support young people through the work of these charities outlined in going to University. We have expanded the Scheme this review and are the qualities we will pursue beyond our original work in Glasgow and are keen with increased vigour in the year ahead. to help young people no matter where they live in Scotland. In recognition of the challenges faced by Kenneth Ferguson, Director
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 3 Grant Making Overview of core funding, including salaries and general running costs, grants towards specific projects, or capital grants for building or equipment. Donations are classified according to four main types, to which different guidelines apply.
1 Major Awards comprise capital donations above £100,000, for which the overall project costs will normally be in excess of £1 million. Major capital donations will normally contribute specifically to one of the Trust’s priority areas other than under exceptional circumstances. Major capital applications are considered three times a year in January, May and September.
2 Main Awards comprise revenue donations in excess of £10,000 per annum and capital donations of up to £100,000. Capital donations will normally be for a maximum of 10% of the total project cost. Also included in the Main Awards listing are awards for continuation funding.
3 Small Awards comprise revenue donations of up to £10,000 per annum. STAR Project £41,500 Applications for Main and Small donations The focus of funding made through the will be considered six times a year and Trust’s grant making programme continues a suggested format for all applicants is to be on supporting those charities and provided on the Trust’s website which is projects which provide direct support to designed to make the process as simple create opportunities for disadvantaged as possible for all applicants. groups and individuals living in communities. 4 Development Awards seek to undertake a This is clearly a difficult time for many charities proactive role by investigating and funding which are operating at full capacity whilst specific areas or issues where the Trustees having to deal with cuts in funding. The fact that believe there is an unmet need for the the Trust is able to provide core, unrestricted provision of services. We also seek to inform funding to support on-going projects and national policy through the commissioning services has been widely appreciated by many and sharing of external evaluations. The charities coping with these challenges. This type Trust’s support in this area is currently of core funding is something that the Trust sees focussed on support for offenders and their as a growing need within the sector and one families; alcohol misuse and community that it will continue to support in the year ahead. sport. Development Awards are not part Donations to these charities can take the form of our open application process.
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In 2013/2014 the Trust awarded £16.6m to 692 organisations (2013: £15.3m, to 661 organisations). 2014 donations are analysed in the table below.
Category Number of Total Average % of total donations committed donation
Alcohol Misuse 1 £17,000 £17,000 0.1% Animal Conservation 2 £8,500 £4,000 0.1% & Welfare Care 103 £2,376,500 £23,000 14.3%
Community Arts 50 £899,400 £18,000 5.4% Community Facilities 106 £1,515,600 £14,000 9.1% & Services Community Sports 29 £635,500 £21,000 3.8%
Criminal Justice 14 £325,000 £24,000 2.0%
Education & Training 158 £5,949,200 £38,000 35.9%
Environment 5 £142,000 £28,400 0.9%
Health 58 £3,168,250 £55,000 19.1% Heritage, Culture 5 £52,250 £10,000 0.3% & Science Development 8 £1,234,000 £154,000 7.4%
Giving More 153 £269,000 £17,000 1.6%
Total Awards 692 £16,592,200 £423,400 100%
Six major capital donations totalling £1.7m accounted for 10% of the donations made in 2014 (2013: £1m, 7%). £12.2m (75%) of the total awards made (2013: £9.9m, 65%) was committed to the Trust’s main and small grant programmes at an average of £36k and £10k respectively benefiting a broad range of organisations and projects across Scotland. The averages include one off donations as well as multi year awards.
A full list of awards made in each of the above St George’s & St Peter’s Community Assoc £34,000 categories is listed on the following pages.
Total Committed £16,592,200
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Dundee Museums Foundation G Boost tourism and numbers of visitors V&A Dundee will be an international centre to Dundee and the wider area, benefiting for design, housed in a world-class building businesses and other visitor attractions at the heart of Dundee’s revitalised and tourism businesses and helping waterfront. It will: create employment opportunities. G Host touring exhibitions from the The new building will incorporate two large Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) and galleries which will form the largest museum other international museums and curate exhibition space in Scotland, an additional semi-permanent exhibitions telling the two smaller galleries for semi-permanent story of Scotland’s design heritage exhibitions and a Resource Room and G Deliver a far-reaching and engaging a Learning Centre. The Learning Centre programme of learning activities both will incorporate design studios, a within V&A Dundee and through project/exhibition space, an auditorium, a outreach to communities, attracting design residency studio and a school lunch visitors and educating and inspiring room. These facilities will be used for the young people, families, adult learning delivery of formal and informal learning for and community groups, creative a broad range of audiences, in addition to practitioners and design students providing exhibition space to show work G Offer a range of volunteer opportunities created by the community and by Designers for skills development, community in Residence at V&A @ Dundee. It will form engagement and employability the basis for a wide ranging programme
G Promote and support contemporary of outreach and education activities with design talent, developing approaches to programmes which engage with schools design-led business innovation in micro, and bring together young people together small and medium-sized enterprises with practising designers, using innovative (SMEs) and establishing a centre of processes and new materials to create excellence in design finished designs. The Trust has pledged a donation of £500,000 towards the capital costs of the new V&A @ Dundee Learning Centre.
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Dundee Museums Foundation Towards the capital costs of the Clydesdale Community Initiative Learning Centre (V&A @ Dundee) established to take referrals from day centres and from £500,000 projects which supported young people with behavioural Clydesdale Community problems, they have developed a robust social enterprise Initiative which, over the past three years, has worked with over 200 Towards the capital cost of the people who have been excluded from work due to a broad Enterprise and Training Centre range of issues. The support needs of their trainees range £200,000 from 1:1 for those with complex learning disabilities to University of Dundee – vocational training for young people from the youth justice College of Medicine – system. Training is undertaken in landscaping, horticulture New Education Facility and woodcraft, working alongside skilled trades people and Towards the costs of the College support workers in teams of mixed abilities. The charity of Medicine, Dentistry and operates from premises in Lanark town centre which are Nursing School of Medicine cramped due to the need to accommodate training facilities, New Education Facility joinery workshops, storage space and a building yard. £200,000 Royal College of Surgeons Plans were developed to purchase and refurbish a derelict of Edinburgh farmstead in rural south Lanarkshire from which CCI will Towards the costs of the create an Enterprise and Training Hub, incorporating five redevelopment of the Royal Specialist Workshops and yard spaces, a Training and IT College of Surgeons Museum Centre, Polytunnels and Yardage. £150,000 The Trust has pledged a donation of £200,000 Royal Botanic Garden towards the capital costs of the new CCI Enterprise Edinburgh Towards the capital costs of and Training Hub. rebuilding the Botanic Cottage and towards the costs of the Education Project £185,000 Cambo Institute Towards the costs the capital costs of the restoration of Cambo Stables and the costs of the Learning and Engagement Officer £125,000 Eastriggs & Gretna Heritage Group Towards the Museum Education Manager and capital costs towards the new fit out £80,000 Biggar Museum Trust Towards the costs of the new Museum of Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Biggar Museum Trust £70,000 £70,000
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Bethany Christian Trust Towards the costs of the Community Education Service £60,000 Midlothian Young People's Advice Service Towards the costs of the Manager £54,000 Moray Reach Out Towards the costs of the Business Development Manager £54,000 Cheviot Locality Youth Work Services Towards the costs of the Midlothian Young People’s Advice Service £54,000 Jedburgh based Youth Development Manager £50,000 Connect Berwickshire Youth Project Towards the costs of the Duns based Youth Development Manager and the Youth Worker £50,000 Escape Towards the running costs, including the Development Worker in Denholm £50,000 Day 1 £48,000 Day 1 Towards the costs of Cranhill Community Project Girvan Youth Trust the Co-ordinator Towards the costs of the Towards the running costs £48,000 Community Cook and of the Z1 Youth Bar Gorgie City Farm associated costs £45,000 Towards the running costs £45,000 Ocean Youth Trust Scotland of the organisation Dumbarton Road Corridor Towards the salary costs £48,000 Addiction Forum of the Skipper Govan Youth Information Project Towards the running costs £45,000 Towards the costs of the of the organisation Rosemount Life Long Learning expanded youth provision £45,000 Towards the running costs of the programme Earlston Catchment Community Learning Service £45,000 Voluntary Youth £45,000 Scottish Waterways Trust Work Services Tweeddale Youth Action Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Young Canal Heritage Officer Development Worker Volunteer Development Project £45,500 £45,000 £45,000
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University of Dundee – particularly in the fields of health College of Medicine informatics, pharmacogenomics, diabetes, neuroscience and cancer. There is a The University of Dundee, based within strong tradition of ensuring that medical the complex of Ninewells Hospital, is one students are exposed to the research of four medical schools in Scotland, with environment during the undergraduate over 5,000 alumni produced since it was course, integrating research with teaching established in 1967. The University’s activities. undergraduate medical curriculum continues to be innovative in the design, The University is currently undertaking a delivery and evaluation of medical substantial upgrading of its infrastructure, education with innovative clinical practice creating state of the art teaching facilities pioneered within their facilities which is in response both to feedback from its now in widespread use internationally. The students and from its GMC Quality School of Medicine is also internationally Inspection report which highlighted the recognised for the quality of its research, need for upgrading. The Trust has pledged £200,000 towards the costs of the College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing School of Medicine New Education Facility.
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Simpson & Brown Architects
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh RBGE’s Demonstration Garden, a dedicated ‘Edible garden’ area, which is also used as a The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), teaching area for many continuing education the principal Garden of the National Botanic courses and is a central site for community Gardens of Scotland, is one of Scotland’s gardening projects. However, it is situated most popular visitor sites attracting over far from other buildings which regularly 800,000 visitors during the past year. Rated limits the scope and capacity of the projects one of the top five botanic gardens in the the education team can deliver, especially world, its core activities revolve around the in bad weather. RBGE plans to rebuild the collection, conservation and research of historically important 18th Century Botanic plant species, delivering major programmes Cottage – the centrepiece of the previously on all aspects of species recovery and the RBGE site on Leith Walk, in the heart of use of biological diversity in supporting the the Demonstration Garden to provide a environment. RGBE has a long history of new hub for practical learning, enabling delivering formal and informal education the significant growth of their education, programmes as part of its work. training and community programmes. 10,000 children currently visit RBGE each As part of the building process they will year for Curriculum for Excellence-linked run an apprentice training programme with education, the major focus of which is on project partners to train young, unemployed practical learning, currently carried out in people in traditional and craft skills.
The Trust has pledged a donation of £185,000 towards the costs of the Botanic Cottage Project: A New Home for Hands-on Learning at RBGE.
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Glasgow Wood Recycling Project Push (Perth and Kinross) £37,500 (over three years) Towards the costs of the PUSH is a disability charity based in the centre of Perth Woodworkers which supports adults with a range of learning difficulties, £36,000 providing them with activities which develop new skills Green Routes Stirling and grow confidence. Each week 60 adults attend groups Towards the costs of the including the ‘Lets Go Group’ to take part in organised Woodworking & Landscaping activities and develop socials skills in a community setting Tutor/Operations Manager and the ‘Gold Group’ (Growing old with a disability) to £32,500 improve health and learn how to cope with change as they Kirkmichael Trust grow older. They also deliver accredited award schemes Towards the capital costs of the including the Youth Achievement Awards and run a creative Kirkmichael (Black Isle) Heritage design course. In 2010 they opened the PUSH Reuse Shop Centre Project and towards which sells second-hand clothes and household goods and the costs of the Project provides training and work opportunities for their service Development Officer £32,000 users. This donation will help towards the costs of the Community Connecting/Work Skills Coach. AOEC Trust Towards the costs of the Development Manager for the Ardroy Outdoor Education Centre £31,000 Sleep Scotland Towards the costs of the Ravenscroft Hall Project £31,000 Central Scotland Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Centre Towards the costs of the Youth Project £30,000
Push £37,500
Glasgow Women’s Library Perth and District YMCA Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Youth Volunteering and Worker for 18-25 year olds Learning Project £39,000 £43,500 PUSH (Perth & Kinross) Hope to Oban Towards the costs of the Towards the running costs Community Connecting/Work of the Youth Work Project Skills Coach £42,000 £37,500 Royal Zoological Society Mayfield & Easthouses of Scotland Youth 2000 Project Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Education Outreach Programme Healthy Lifestyles Project Glasgow Wood Recycling Project £36,000 £40,500 £36,000
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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh The RCEd is the oldest professional surgical foundation in the UK, possibly in the world. The driving force behind the creator of the college was Alexander Monro who was a Fellow of the College during a time in the 18th century when Edinburgh was internationally recognised as a centre of medical and surgical excellence. In response to growing public interest in medical knowledge the College has, during the last two decades, made its Museum of Surgical History increasingly available with visitor numbers doubling to over 30,000 in the past three years. Its collection of exhibits and materials graphically depicts the development of surgery and dentistry over the centuries, providing a broader account of Scotland’s social history during this period with particular reference to many of the leading medical and surgical figures.
The College now wishes to reconfigure the overall layout of the Museum to improve access, provide opportunities for schools and groups to use their resources and develop more targeted activities and attract new audiences, using temporary exhibitions to stimulate interest in surgical pathology and anatomy. The project will involve the relocation of the Museum entrance to the front of the College, making all areas accessible and, for the first time, the upper gallery of the Museum will become publically accessible. The new layout will also enable them to create a Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh £150,000 schools workshop and orientation suite which will chart the history of surgery and support the development of their schools The Trust has pledged £150,000 outreach programme. Exhibits will provide towards the costs of the redevelopment contextual information and interactive of the Royal College of Surgeons activities which will engage younger Museum, Edinburgh. audiences on a number of different levels.
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Clyde River Foundation Towards the costs of the ‘Clyde in the Classroom’ Project £30,000 Elgin Youth Development Group Towards the running costs of the Youth Group £30,000 Fife Employment Access Trust Towards the costs of the Journey to Work Programme £30,000 Getting Better Together Towards the costs of the Youth Development Worker £30,000 Islay & Jura Community Enterprise £30,000 Govan and Craigton Integration Network Towards the running costs of the organisation £30,000 Haldane Youth Services Towards the running costs of the project £30,000 Islay & Jura Community Enterprise Towards the costs of the ‘Access to Learning, Leisure, Education & Social Development’ Programme £30,000
MacDougall of Dunollie Haldane Youth Services £30,000 Preservation Trust Towards the costs of the Dunollie Links Project £30,000 North United Communities Ltd Towards the costs of the Educational Group Work Co-ordinator £30,000 Orkney Youth Café Towards the running costs of the Youth Café Re-Union Canal Boats Ltd £28,000 £30,000
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Queensberry Initiative North United Communities £30,000 (over two years) Towards the running costs of the organisation North United Communities Ltd has 28 years experience of £30,000 working with disadvantaged young people in the community Shakespeare Street Youth Club of Ruchill. In 2007 the organisation expanded and now Towards the costs of the works in Cadder, Wyndford and Acre, offering diversionary Activities Programme activities and youth work services. North United works £30,000 with approximately 200 young people directly every week Stable Life through group sessions and 1-2-1 support. With links to the Towards the costs of the high schools in the area, services offered are issue-driven Stable Life Project based on the needs of the young people and include drug/ £30,000 alcohol, sexual health, education and training. This donation Crisis will go towards the Educational Group Work Co-ordinator. Towards the costs of the Core Skills Programme Rosewell Development Trust Scottish Marriage Care £30,000 Community Company Towards the costs of the Youth Highland Museum of Childhood Towards the costs of the Development Workers Towards the costs of Regenerating Rosewell Project £25,000 the Project Officer Volunteer Co-ordinator Strathmore Centre £30,000 £27,000 for Youth Development Raleigh International (Scotland) Netherthird Community Towards the running costs Towards the costs of young Scots Action Training of the organisation participating in the residential Towards the running costs £25,000 training course of the organisation Connect Berwickshire £30,000 £27,000 Youth Project Ruchazie Parish Church Hazelwood Vision Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the of the organisation Activity Workers MusicALL Project £24,000 £30,000 £26,000 Glasgow ESOL Forum University of the Highlands Rowland’s (Selkirk) Towards the running costs and Islands Development Trust Towards the costs of the of the Project Towards the costs of the Lifelong part-time Project Facilitator £24,000 Learning and Outreach Officer £26,000 £28,500 St Machar Parent Urban Roots Initiative Support Project Towards the running costs Towards the running costs of the organisation of the organisation £28,000 £26,000 Re-Union Canal Boats Ltd Young Movers (YoMo) Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of Business Development Manager the Project Co-ordinator £28,000 £26,000 Dingwall Drop-in Kafe Alyth Youth Partnership Towards the costs of the Towards the running costs Youth Workers of the Hub Dingwall Drop-in Kafe £27,000 £27,000 £25,000
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DASH Club £20,000 Ace IT Scotland £20,000
Ace IT Scotland Kintyre Youth Enquiry Service Towards the costs of the Towards the running costs IT Manager for the of the project ‘Moose in the Hoose’ Project £20,000 £20,000 National Piping Centre Anne Frank Trust Towards the cost of National Towards the costs of the Youth Pipe Band of Scotland Education Programme £20,000 in Scotland Perth & Kinross Business £20,000 Community Support Group Carrick Centre Towards the costs of the Scottish Seabird Centre £20,000 Towards the costs of the Employability Programme Development Worker for the £20,000 Portree YMCA Hospitality Training Programme Scottish Seabird Centre Towards the costs of £20,000 Towards the costs of the the Youth Worker DASH Club Education Officer £24,000 Towards the running costs £20,000 Preshal Trust of the DASH Club St Andrew’s Parish Church Towards the costs of £20,000 Towards the costs of the Youth the Project Manager Fife Animal Trust Worker for the Avenue Programme £24,000 Towards the costs of the £20,000 Renfrew YMCA Volunteer Co-ordinator Wild Things Towards the costs of the £20,000 Towards the costs of the Sessional Workers Furniture Project Field Work Manager £24,000 (Stranraer) Limited £20,000 Saheliya Towards the costs of the Yoker Resource Centre Towards the running costs Furniture Project service Towards the running costs of the organisation expansion and sustainment of the Youth Project £24,000 £20,000 £20,000
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G15 Youth Project £16,000 (over two years) The G15 Youth Project provides information, advice and support for individuals aged 12 – 25 years living in the Drumchapel area of Glasgow. This donation will go towards the salary costs of their two detached youth workers to identify young people not engaging with any other youth provision or accessing local services and develop projects focused on breaking down territorialism and anti-social behaviour. “I’m 19 years old and was born and I have met new friends with similar raised in Drumchapel, I have a large interests as me and we have got family there are six of us. G15 offered together socially out with the project. various workshops and I eventually I’m only involved with G15 for about got involved in the music workshops, a year but I’m liking it and the staff since my involvement in the project are good.”
Larder West Lothian Towards the costs of the Training Officer and Kitchen Renovation £17,000 Scottish Railway Preservation Society Towards the costs of the Education Officer £17,000 Tiree Community Development Trust Towards the running costs of the Youth Support Project £17,000 Air Training Corps 133 Grangemouth Squadron £16,000 Air Training Corps 133 Grangemouth Squadron Young Enterprise Scotland Assynt Leisure Towards the cost of enabling Towards the costs Towards the costs of Young Cadets to access training of the B2B Project the Learning Centre including flying lessons £20,000 £18,000 £16,000 Women Onto Work Mid Argyll Youth CEIS Ayrshire Towards the costs Development Services Towards the capital costs of the of the Women Onto Towards the running costs delivery van and the costs of the Work Project of the Youth Project Business Development Manager £18,500 £18,000 £16,000
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Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands £10,000 Outward Bound Trust £6,700
Ullapool Community Trust Towards the costs of the Manager and running costs of Lochbroom Woodfuels £15,000 Scottish European Educational Trust Towards the costs of the part-time Co-ordinator £15,000 10th Perthshire (Perth Academy) Scout Group Towards the costs of the Duke of Edinburgh Award £12,000 Headquarters extension £15,000 Edinburgh & Lothians Crossroads Youth & Community Aberdeen Street Pastors Regional Equality Council Association Towards the costs of Towards the costs of Towards the running costs the Schools Project the BME Youth Zone of the Youth Service £14,000 £16,000 £15,000 Bankie Talk Talking Newspaper G15 Youth Project Lambhill Stables Towards the costs of the project Towards the costs of the two Towards the costs of the Enterprise to train young people detailed Youth Workers and Operations Manager £14,000 £16,000 £15,000 Duke of Edinburgh Award Aberdeenshire Life Royal Edinburgh Towards the running costs Education Centres Military Tattoo of the project Towards the costs of replacing Towards the costs of the £12,000 one of the mobile classrooms Glasgow Boys Programme Lochaber Rural £15,000 £15,000 Education Trust Buzz Project Russian Centre in Scotland Towards the costs of the Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the Lochaber Rural Education of the Buzz Project part-time Project Manager Trust Development Project £15,000 £15,000 £12,000
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Options in Life Towards the costs of the Science 03 £6,000 Recreation Programme Science O3 organises and delivers the annual Caithness £12,000 International Science festival which promotes Science, Voluntary Action Shetland Technology, Engineering and Maths within communities Towards the costs of the and schools across the region through a programme Peer Education Project of workshops, guest speakers and presenters which £12,000 culminates in the actual festival event. The 2014 Festival Greater Pollok Citizens will include 160 workshops and presentations in local Advice Bureau schools for over 2,000 children. This donation will help Towards the costs of the towards the costs of the 2014 Festival. Money Advice Trainer £11,000 “Each year the Science Festival provides quality Archaeology for Communities learning delivered by enthusiastic specialists. in the Highlands Thank you” Towards the costs of the Project Officer for the ‘Telford’s Highland Scottish Music Centre Unicorn Preservation Society Heritage’ project Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the £10,000 Music Plus+ Project part-time Education Officer Covesea Lighthouse £10,000 £7,500 Community Company Stonewall Equality Limited Outward Bound Trust Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of Drumchapel Development Manager Education for All Project High School Transition Project £10,000 £10,000 £6,700 Gairloch and District Wester Hailes Youth Agency Girlguiding Ayrshire North Heritage Company Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of one ‘Wee Towards the costs of the Curator Senior Youth Worker Brave’ cabin for the new campsite £10,000 £10,000 £6,000 LAYC Scottish Countryside Alliance Science 03 Towards the costs of the Local Educational Trust Towards the costs of the Mentoring for Youth Achievement Towards the costs of the workshops at the 2014 Festival and Dynamic Youth Awards Education Manager £6,000 £10,000 £9,000 Stirling District Citizens Meeting Place Barra Children’s Centre Advice Bureau Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the of the organisation Family Co-ordinator Debt Link Worker £10,000 £8,500 £6,000 Need to Talk 2 Community Strathnaver Museum Trust Denny Community Interest Company Towards the costs of the Support Group Towards the costs of delivering Administrator/Development Towards the costs of the a further 16 courses Manager Youth Provision project £10,000 £8,500 £5,500 North West Training Centre Tarbert Youth Group Karibu Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the of the Training Centre Project Co-ordinator Programme of Activities £10,000 £7,500 £5,000
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Scottish Lime Centre Trust Towards the costs of eight new courses £5,000 White Ribbon Scotland Towards the costs of developing the speaker network £5,000 Govan Weavers Society Towards the costs of providing instruments £5,000 Bag Books Towards the costs of delivering the ‘Once Upon a Time’ Storytelling Project to 22 schools in Scotland £4,500 Mid Argyll Youth Development Services Towards the costs of the eight week course to support ten young people Scottish Lime Centre Trust £5,000 in their first tenancy £4,500 Hawick Scout Group Doorway Accessible Camp and Trek Towards the costs of the Software Trust Towards the costs of Hawick Scout Pipe Band Towards the costs of one 5-day residential course £2,200 implementing the ‘Doorway £4,300 Air Training Corps 1730 Supermarket’ software package Just Festivals Lochaber Squadron £1,000 Towards the costs of the Just Towards the costs of Tayside Forensic Voices Festival Volunteer Programme purchasing a quad bike and Towards the activity costs £4,000 three mobile bivvy units £1,000 Caithness Horizons £2,000 1st Vale of Leven Boys Brigade Towards the costs of developing a Douglas Park Nursery Towards the costs of the new medieval sculpture exhibition Towards the new Young Leader Training for young people equipment costs £500 £3,500 £2,000 Maryhill Parish Church Scottish Storytelling Forum Pilmeny Youth Centre Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of Seasons Growth Programme Life Stories Project the ‘Rolling Back £500 £3,000 The Years’ Project Ardrossan & Largs Sea Cadets Tayinloan Youth Club £2,000 Unit No 612 TS Gannet Towards the costs of the Dundee Sea Cadets Towards the costs of the part-time Youth Worker Towards the costs of equipment weather-proof portable garage £3,000 £1,500 £500
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Health Awards Lloyds TSB Foundation PDI The Partnership Drug Initiative (PDI) was established in 2001 to develop a partnership approach in improving outcomes for Children and Young People affected by drugs and alcohol. During the last 12 years it has distributed over £18 million to Scottish charities and has supported over 19,000 individuals in the Highland Hospice last five years. Highland Hospice, based in Inverness, provides a range The Robertson Trust of palliative care support services for 250 patients and has joined the existing their families every year which address the physical, partnership between Lloyds psychological and social repercussions of living with TSB Foundation and the a life-limiting illness. As the only Hospice serving Scottish Government, communities in the Highlands, it faces unique challenges increasing the amount of in trying to meet the needs of remote and rural funding that is available communities requiring a significant amount of over the next four years. collaborative work with other agencies to ensure all have access to high quality specialist palliative care services. The £1M donation from In line with other Scottish Hospices, around 50% of The Robertson Trust will its direct clinical costs are covered by the NHS with help meet the demand of the balance raised through on-going fundraising. application that the PDI The current Hospice building incorporates a 10 bed, receives to support the in-patient unit and Day Hospice facilities. However it is number of children and young now 25 years old and is in need of capital refurbishment. people in Scotland affected by substance issues. A decision has now been made to create a new facility, using the footprint of the existing Hospice building on The PDI funds work focused on:
the banks of the River Ness to increase the in-patient G Children and young people unit, redesign the layout and create more physiotherapy, affected by parental/carer occupational therapy and bereavement support facilities. substance issues (alcohol The In-Patient Unit will include nine single en-suite and other drugs)
rooms and a shared room for up to three individuals, G Children and young people family accommodation and improved work space for at higher risk of developing staff and volunteers. The new facilities will also support issues relating to alcohol the development of their plans for the growth of a and other drugs Virtual Hospice, giving greater access to their services G Young people in need of to people living in remote and rural communities. support due to their own The Trust has pledged a donation of £500,000 alcohol or other drug towards the redevelopment of Highland Hospice. related issue
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Sick Kids Friends Foundation £100,000 Crew 2000 £48,000
Lloyds TSB Foundation PDI Crew 2000 South Ayrshire £1,000,000 Towards the costs of the Befriending Project Highland Hospice Crew Drop-in Shop Towards the running costs of the organisation Towards the capital costs £48,000 £45,000 of the redevelopment of New Caledonian Woodlands the Highland Hospice Towards the running costs The Junction – Young People £500,000 of the Fruitful Woods Project Health and Wellbeing Towards the costs of the Scotland’s Charity £47,000 Positive Pathways Project Air Ambulance Anthony Nolan Trust £45,000 Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of running Action on Smoking Helicopter Air Ambulance five Scottish Marrow Groups and Health Scotland £200,000 £45,000 Towards the costs of the Teenage Cancer Trust LGBT Healthy Living Centre Second Hand Smoke Project Towards the capital costs of the Towards the costs £42,000 new unit at the Southern General of the LGBT STAR Project Hospitals Complex and towards Mental Health Project Towards the costs of the the running costs of this unit £45,000 two Project Workers £125,000 Lorn and Oban £41,500 Burnfoot Community Futures Healthy Options Ltd PSP Association Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of Towards the costs of the Burnfoot Community Hub the Project Manager Specialist Advisor for Scotland £100,000 £45,000 £30,000 Sick Kids Friends Foundation Pennypit Community Scottish Therapeutic Towards the costs of purchasing Development Trust Gardening Network the SPECT CT 16 Slice Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the Gamma Camera of the organisation Fieldwork Manager £100,000 £45,000 £30,000
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Clued Up Project £28,000 (over two years) Clued Up provides a drug/alcohol information and support service for young people under 25 in the Fife area. They provide education, prevention, early intervention and diversionary activities for young people affected by their STAR Project £41,500 own or someone else’s substance misuse. This donation will help towards the salary costs of the Young Person’s Dr Bell’s Family Centre Worker for Dunfermline and West Fife. Towards the costs of the Trauma Therapy Programme “Helps you get off the drugs, to have somewhere £22,500 to live and to try and make something of yourself. Ardgowan Hospice Towards the running costs I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for this place… of the hospice I am sure about that, so maybe that’s the real £20,000 purpose…to make sure you don’t give up or go Bethesda Hospice in some other way” Towards the running costs of the hospice Broomhouse Health Perth Autism Support £20,000 Strategy Group Towards the costs of Healthy n Happy Towards the running costs the Project Co-ordinator Towards the costs of of the organisation £26,000 the Project Worker £28,000 Fauldhouse Community £20,000 Clued Up Project Development Trust Larkhall Community Growers Towards the costs of the Young Towards the running costs Towards the costs Person's Worker of the Time Bank of a Key Worker £28,000 £25,000 £20,000 Edinburgh Garden Partners Stepping Stones for Families Marie Curie Cancer Care Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Family, Towards the running costs Volunteer Development Worker Health and Wellbeing Project of the hospice £28,000 £25,000 £20,000
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St Andrew’s Hospice Towards the running costs of the hospice £20,000 St Margaret's Hospice Towards the running costs of the hospice £20,000 St Vincent’s Hospice Towards the running costs of the hospice £20,000 Woodlands Community Development Trust Towards the costs of the Woodlands Community Garden £20,000 Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Lothian Towards the costs of the Support Worker £20,000 Drugs Initiative Group Towards the costs of the Project Worker £18,000
Broomhouse Health Strategy Group £28,500
PLUS Perth and Kinross Nordoff-Robbins Music Towards the costs of the Therapy in Scotland Involvement Officer Towards the Glasgow Music £16,000 Therapy Team Accord Hospice £15,000 Towards the running costs Prince & Princess of the hospice of Wales Hospice £15,000 Towards the running costs Ayrshire Hospice of the hospice Towards the running costs £15,000 of the hospice £15,000 REACT Highland Hospice Towards the increased Towards the running costs costs of supporting of the hospice families in Scotland Perth Autism Support £26,000 £15,000 £15,000
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Diabetes UK – Highland Youngsters with Diabetes Group £750
Helmsdale and District Community Association Towards the staff costs of the Activities Programme DEAFAX £8,500 £6,500 DEAFAX provides specialist training, support and guidance Funny Lumps to deaf people of all ages across the UK. This funding will go Towards the costs of the towards the costs of the ‘What’s Happening to me?’ Project Parents’ Workshops which will deliver specialist sexual health and relationship £5,000 workshops to approximately 60 young deaf children, and Moray Hydrotherapy Pool their parents and teachers, from schools with hearing Towards the costs of providing support units in Scotland. additional weekly sessions £3,000 Mearns and Coastal Healthy Ardentinny Community Trust Garioch Carriage Driving for Living Network Towards the costs Disabled Group Towards the costs of extending of the Volunteer Towards the running costs the service for older people Co-ordinator/Gardener of the Organisation in South Aberdeenshire £9,500 £2,500 £15,000 DEAFAX Edinburgh Speakability – Cathcart Old Parish Towards the costs of delivering Action for Dysphasic Adults Church of Scotland workshops for the ‘What’s Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of Happening to Me’ Project activities programme Ozzy’s Youth Club for young deaf children £1,000 £14,000 £8,500 Gophers Fitting In Focus ARBD Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Fitness Towards the running costs providing therapies and Health Programme of the organisation £1,000 £14,000 £7,500 Diabetes UK – Highland Voluntary Action South Ayrshire Stepwell Consultancy Youngsters with Diabetes Group Towards the costs of the Twoz Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Company Volunteer Co-ordinator Celebrating Life Project 2013/2014 Programme £12,500 £7,500 £750
24 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Total £2,376,500
Care Awards Hope Park House Towards the costs of the development of the communal/ community facilities at Hope Park House £75,000 Marie Trust Towards the running costs of the organisation £75,000 Children 1st Towards the costs of the Edinburgh Family Support Team £60,000 Firsthand Towards the running costs of the organisation £60,000 Good Morning Service Towards the costs of the Scottish Centre for Children with Motor Impairments Good Morning Service £60,000 (over three years) £60,000 The Scottish National Centre for children and young people Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims affected by motor impairments, including cerebral palsy, is of Torture based in Cumbernauld. They deliver a range of educational Towards the running costs and therapeutic programmes designed to promote children’s of their work in Scotland learning, develop their physical abilities and life skills. The £60,000 centre has over seventy children who are referred from most Strathcarron Hospice of Scotland’s 32 local authority regions. A multidisciplinary Towards the costs of the team of teachers, physiotherapists, nurses and instructors Hospice at Home Project focus on improving the children’s motor function to enhance £60,000 both their physical and social development. Glasgow City Mission This donation will go towards the costs of the new Towards the costs of the Hydrotherapy pool. Hydrotherapy is used as part of a range Project Manager of therapeutic interventions to children and young people £54,000 across all the services. It involves undertaking a therapeutic Families First – St Andrews exercises assisted by a Physiotherapist conducted in a warm Towards the running water pool. The warmth of the water allows muscles to relax costs of the Family and can ease pain and discomfort, helping to increase the Support Project range of movement of joints. The pool is also utilised for £51,000 children and young people as part of the general physical Forget-Me-Not-Club education and curricular programme and by external Towards the capital costs of agencies such as Enable and the Spina Bifida Association. refurbishing Bennett House £50,000
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Action on Depression Towards the costs of delivering the supported self-help on-line project £45,000 Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland Towards the costs of the Volunteer Development Officer £45,000 Glenboig Neighbourhood House Towards the costs of the Senior Care Project £45,000 Children 1st £60,000 Kincardine and Deeside Befriending Towards the running costs of the organisation £45,000 Volunteer Centre – West Glasgow Carers Centre Towards the costs of the Get out of the House (GOOTH) Project £45,000 Edinburgh Young Carers Project Towards the costs of the Young Carers Worker £42,000 Cumbernauld Action Good Morning Service £60,000 Care for the Elderly Towards the costs of the Sporting Memories Project £40,500 Age Concern Orkney Towards the Home Aid Service £39,000 Home-Start Angus Towards the costs of the ‘Bumps and Beyond’ Project £39,000 Caring Operations Joint Action Council (COJAC) Towards the costs of the Childcare/Transition Co-ordinator Glasgow City Mission £54,000 £37,500
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Enterprise Childcare Hearts & Minds £30,000 Towards the costs of the Easter Hearts and Minds is a small, Edinburgh based charity and Summer Service for Children which uses performing arts in healthcare settings to and Young People with Autism complement medical interventions and generate positive £37,500 change to hospitalised children and elderly people with Volunteer Centre dementia. They do this through the delivery of two key East Ayrshire programmes, one of which is Clowndoctors, recently Towards the costs of the BEE funded by the Trust. The other is the Elderflowers Busy Be Friend Project programme which this donation will go towards. £34,500 St George’s & St Peter’s Community Association Towards the costs of Elderly Care Co-ordinator for The Daffodil Club £34,000 Edinburgh Headway Group Towards the costs of the Support Services Manager £33,000 Rape Crisis Centre Towards the costs of the Group Work Project £33,000 Big Issue Foundation Scotland Towards the costs of the “I was feeling nervous and down before, but ‘With Kids’ project that singing really cheered me up and made £30,000 me more positive.” Child Brain Injury Trust Towards the costs of the service in Scotland £30,000 Dundee Association for Mental Health Towards the increase in hours for the Administrator £30,000 Fife Society for the Blind Towards the costs of the Active Community Time Project £30,000 Hearing Concern LINK Towards the running costs of the Community Volunteer Programme Edinburgh Headway Group £33,000 £30,000
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Hearts & Minds Towards the costs of the Elderflower Practitioners project £30,000 Mindroom Towards the running costs of the Direct Help & Support Service £30,000 Moira Anderson Foundation Towards the costs of the Client Support Worker £30,000 Multi-Cultural Family Base Towards the running costs Mindroom £30,000 (over two years) of the 4-2-7 Project Mindroom was set up in 2001 with the vision of ensuring £30,000 that all Scottish children and adults with learning Orkney Blide Trust difficulties arising from autism, ADHD and other early Towards the running costs onset neurodevelopmental disorders, receive the of the ‘Clubhouse’ recognition and help they need. This donation will help £30,000 continue the great work of Mindroom’s Direct Help and Pilton Equalities Project Support Service which operates Scotland wide, providing 1:1 Towards the costs of the Handy support by phone, email or home visits for families with a Person Support Worker child with learning difficulties, often prior to diagnosis. £30,000
Scottish Borders Changing Faces Scotland PLUS (Stirling) Ltd Rape Crisis Centre Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of Towards the running costs part-time Scotland Officer the Bank Project of the organisation £23,000 £20,000 £30,000 Speak Out Scotland Positive Help Home-Start Deveron Towards the cost of Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the counselling sessions Children and Young People’s Family Support Worker Befriending Service £22,500 £28,500 £20,000 Edinburgh Street Pastors Home-Start Glasgow North West St Andrew’s Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of additional Children’s Society part-time Co-ordinator hours for the Co-ordinator Towards the costs of the £21,000 £27,000 Senior Practitioner Scottish Churches Age Concern Glenrothes £20,000 Housing Action Towards the costs of the Strathcarron Hospice Towards the costs of the Development Officer Towards the running costs Development Manager £20,000 of the hospice £25,500 Christian Community £20,000 St David’s Bradbury Day Centre Action Support Team North West Women’s Centre Towards the costs of the Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the Passenger Assistant of the project in Tain Volunteer Co-ordinator £25,500 £20,000 £18,000
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Positive Choices Home-Start Deveron £28,500 Towards the costs of the Long Term Conditions Home-Start Deveron operates throughout the Deveron Development Co-ordinator valley area, serving Aberchirder, Banff, Huntly, Macduff, £18,000 Portsoy, Turriff and surrounding areas. Monifieth Befriending Scheme As well as home visiting sessions they offer toy libraries, Towards the costs of the Stay and Play groups, Baby Buddies groups (for parents with Befriending Service children under 18 months), Twinkles (a group for parents £17,000 with twins or more!), baby massage classes, Cooking with Open Door Confidence classes, storytelling sessions, parenting classes, Accommodation Project craft sessions, financial guidance classes and more. This Towards the costs of the donation will help towards the costs of a Full Time Family Volunteer Co-ordinator Support Worker to meet increased demand for support. £17,000 Victim Support Scotland Towards the costs of the Service Delivery Officer £17,000 HopScotch Children’s Charity Towards the cost of the Project Officer £16,000 Lanarkshire Association for Mental Health Towards the capital costs of refurbishing the Hamilton premises £16,000 Skye & Lochalsh Community Care Forum Glasgow East Women’s Aid Scottish Autism Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Towards the capital costs of the Young Carers Service Support and Welfare project new Struan School Playground £16,000 £15,000 £15,000 Whizz-Kidz Grandparents Parenting Again Stepdown Towards the costs of running the and Kinship Carers Towards the costs ‘Ambassador Clubs’ for young Towards the costs of the of the Social Worker wheelchair users in Scotland part-time Support Worker for the Carers Service £16,000 £15,000 £15,000 Befrienders Highland Limited Loanhead After School Club Baillieston Community Care Towards the costs of the CEO Towards the costs of the expansion Towards the running costs £15,000 of additional needs services of Bealach House Crieff & District Auxiliary £15,000 £14,000 Association Memory Box Network East Neuk Frail Elderly Project Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the workshop Towards the costs of the of Richmond House and educational project part-time Assistant £15,000 £15,000 £13,500
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Eighteen and Under Towards the costs of the Development Worker £13,500 Home-Start Ross & Cromarty Towards the costs of the Family Support Worker £13,500 Mental Health Foundation Towards the costs of Improving the Mental Wellbeing of Young People with Long Term Conditions Project £12,500 Link East Fife Mental Health Positive Help £20,000 Befriending Project Positive Help provides specialist support for children Towards the costs of the and families living with HIV/Aids, many of whom continue part-time Co-ordinator to suffer from bullying, harassment and discrimination. £12,000 This donation will help towards the running costs of the Blackwood Foundation Children and Young People’s Befriending Service which Towards the costs of the Co-ordinator provides support and respite for children and young people £10,000 whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDs. Caithness KLICS Towards the costs of two key members of staff for the project £10,000 Disability Community Towards the costs of the minibus £10,000 Inverkeithing Concern for the Aged Community Association Towards the costs of a specially adapted minibus £10,000 Tagsa Uibhist Towards the costs of providing flexible free respite care for vulnerable people on Benbecula £10,000 Time and Space Towards the running costs of the organisation £10,000 PND Borders Towards the costs of the Co-ordinator and Art Therapist Crieff & District Auxiliary Association £15,000 £8,500
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East Fife and Scooniehall Riding for the Disabled SCIO Towards the costs of moving to Drumcarrow near St Andrews £7,500 Broomhouse Centre Towards the costs of the Youth Counselling Service £6,000 Dumfries Community Day Centre for Older People Towards the costs of the Support Worker £6,000 Listening Books Towards the costs of supporting the membership in Scotland £6,000 Perfect Harmony Towards the costs of providing music concerts in 20 Care Homes in the Borders £6,000 Fairway Advocacy Towards the running costs of the organisation £5,500 Greenock Medical Aid Society Towards the costs of upgrading emergency light systems Listening Books £6,000 in the Bagatelle and Listening Books is a national charity which provides Glenfield Care Homes a postal, mini library and internet audiobook service £5,500 to anyone with an illness or disability which makes Scottish Centre for Children it difficult to read a book in the usual way, including with Motor Impairments people with visual impairments, physical disabilities Towards the costs of installing and dyslexia. This donation will go towards the costs the Multiple Sensory Room of the organisation’s membership in Scotland. £5,500 Universal Comedy “A great big thanks to all of the team at listening Towards the costs of the books. This is an amazing service which will make Project Co-ordinator a great difference to me in terms of having books £5,500 made available in a usable format. There are Maxie Richards Foundation books on my bookshelf which I have longed to Towards the costs of moving the registered office read, and now I can!” £5,000
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Borders Talking Newspaper £2,000
Over the Wall Angus Special Playscheme Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the part- Regional Co-ordinator time Administrative Assistant £5,000 £2,500 Supporting Children Kinship Advice and in Learning for Life Advocacy Provision Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of part-time Administrator the office start up costs £4,500 £2,500 Creative Care Scotland Lynton Centre Towards the costs Towards the costs of KidsOut Aberdeen £1,000 of installing a lift renovating the kitchen and disabled toilet £2,500 £4,250 Borders Talking Newspaper Crossroads (North Argyll) Towards the running costs Care Attendant Scheme of the organisation Towards the costs of providing £2,000 increased support KidsOut Aberdeen £4,000 Towards the costs of the 2013 Dachaidh Community Support Kids Out Aberdeen event Towards the costs of £1,000 increasing the hours Redwoods Caring Foundation of two members of staff Towards the costs of building £3,500 an outdoor disabled toilet Scottish Christian Alliance £1,000 Towards the costs of Friends of Seaview refurbishing the flat Charitable Trust near the ARCH Towards the capital costs of extra Resettlement Centre equipment for the sensory room Over the Wall £5,000 £3,000 £750
32 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Total £899,400 Community Arts Awards
Visual Statement £22,500 (over three years) Ayr Gaiety Partnership Dumfries & Galloway Visual Statement is a creative Towards the capital costs of the Arts Festival arts organisation based in refurbishment of the Ayr Gaiety Towards the costs of the Theatre and towards the costs Life Love & Liberty Festival Easterhouse, Glasgow, which of the Development Worker £45,000 runs a broad programme of community based activities, £100,000 Toonspeak Young Music in Hospitals People’s Theatre many of which are attended Towards the running costs Towards the costs of by groups and individuals of the Scotland Programme the Artistic Director including people with learning £60,000 £45,000 disabilities, senior citizens, Upper Nithsdale Arts & Crafts Beatroute Music drug and alcohol dependency Community Initiative Towards the costs of the groups and marginalised Towards the costs Project Co-ordinator young people. This funding of the Manager £42,000 will go towards the costs £51,000 Macroberts Arts Centre of delivering weekly Depot Arts Company Towards the costs of the dance/movement/drama and Towards the costs of Creative Learning and percussion music classes for the Project Manager Engagement Manager up to 300 people from target £48,000 £39,000 groups across the East End of Castlegate Arts Citizens Theatre Glasgow to encourage active Towards the costs of Towards the costs of participation in exercise and the Executive Manager the Education Officer try new arts based activities. £45,000 £30,000
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Live Music Now! Visual Statement Towards the cost of Live Music Towards the costs of Now’s work in Scotland the Dance Co-ordinator £30,000 £22,500 Paragon Ensemble Craigmillar Community Arts Towards the running costs Towards the running costs of the organisation of the Art Centre £30,000 £20,000 Create Paisley Scottish Ballet Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the part-time Project Manager professional musicians who £30,000 support the Outreach Upward Mobility Programme Towards the costs of the Arts £20,000 Drumchapel Arts Workshop £22,500 Programme Co-ordinator Lung Ha’s Theatre Company £24,000 Towards the costs of the Drumchapel Arts Workshop Artistic Programme Towards the costs of £18,000 increasing capacity Youth Music Theatre UK and broadening the Toward the costs of the Youth range of art classes Music Theatre Access Fund £22,500 £18,000 East Glasgow Music School In the Making Glasgow Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of sessional tutors the Studio Project £22,500 £14,000 Scottish Ballet £20,000
The GAC Property Company (Glasgow Art Club) Towards the cost of restoring the Glasgow Art Club building £10,000 Yipworld Towards the costs of the Talent Code Project (pledged) £10,000 Engross Theatre Group Towards the costs of touring the new trilogy of plays across six special schools £9,000 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Towards the costs of developing the Education Programme Macroberts Arts Centre £39,000 £8,400
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Peter Potter Gallery (Haddington) Trust Towards the costs of the Education Officer £6,000 Proiseact Nan Ealan Towards the education costs of the project £6,000 Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum Towards the costs of creating a ramp and improving access £6,000 Making Music Scotland Towards the costs of a ‘Learn to Sing’ course across Scotland £5,500 Exhibiting Societies of Scottish Artists Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop £8,400 Towards the costs of Outreach The Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop (ESW) was set up in 1987 Programme 2014/2015 to provide affordable studios and workspaces for artists, to £5,000 support artists in their careers and to promote open access Indepen-dance (Scotland) to sculpture by the wider community. This funding will go Towards the costs of the towards the costs of the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop part-time Dance Development Schools Programme, introducing children, approximately 176 Officer and Assistant from P5 and P6, to all aspects of visual arts, with a focus on £5,000 sculpture, involving artist-led workshops. Jazz Scotland Towards the costs of the Krazy Kat Theatre Company Perth Festival of the Arts workshops run during the 2013 Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Lockerbie Jazz Festival ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Perth Festival Concerts £5,000 production for Young People 2014 Oban Phoenix Cinema £4,000 £2,400 Towards the costs of developing the community arts programme Sound Festival Cupar Arts £5,000 Towards the cost of the Towards the costs of the Education Workshops Workshop Programme Hopscotch Theatre Company £4,000 £2,000 Towards the costs of delivering ‘Colin’s CommonHealth Games’ Academy of Sacred Music Mr McFall’s Chamber to Primary and SEN schools in Toward the costs of Towards the costs of the North and South Lanarkshire the Pilot Program ‘Remembered/Imagined’ Project £5,000 £3,800 £2,000 Dumfries & Galloway Arts Edinburgh Art Cumbernauld Theatre Trust Festival Limited Therapy Centre Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Towards the running community play ‘Rich Dust’ Life Love & Liberty Festival costs of the centre and associated workshops £4,800 £2,500 £2,000
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Glasgow Music Festival Scots Fiddle Festival Association Towards the costs of Towards the costs of the 2013 Festival the 2014 Festival £1,500 £2,000 Dunedin Concert Trust WHALE Arts Agency Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of installing 2014 Education Programme solar panels on the centre roof £1,500 £2,000 Greigarious CAS (Community Inveraray & District Arts & Singing) SCIO Pipe Band Jazz Scotland £5,000 Towards the start-up costs Towards the cost of of the organisation replacing instruments £1,500 £1,000
Perth Festival of the Arts £2,400
Indepen-dance (Scotland) £5,000
Scottish Fiddle Festival £1,500
Dunedin Concert Trust £1,500 Cupar Arts £2,000
36 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Total £635,500 Community Sports Awards Crags Community Sports Centre £30,000 (over two years) The Crags Community Sports Centre, known as The Crags is a social enterprise in the Dumbiedykes area of south Edinburgh hosting over 650 hours of sport and physical activity which included priority access for local youth clubs and schools. The Crags aim to further develop links with local organisations to work in partnership to meet the needs of the surrounding community. This donation will go towards the salary costs of the Development Manager.
Howe of Fife Rugby Football Club Towards the costs of the Duffus Park Sporting Hub Project £60,000 Glasgow WaterSports Towards the capital costs of the Pinkston Basin Paddlesports Centre £50,000 Broxburn United Sports Club Towards the capital costs of extending the Indoor Activity Space £46,000 Scottish Borders Disability Sports Group Towards the costs of the full-time Disability Sports Development Officer £42,000 Adventure Centre for Education Towards the costs of the Youth Work in Sport Initiative £37,500 Active Communities Towards the costs of the “Having a regular and reasonably priced training Development Manager space is of great importance to our dance community. £30,000 The crags community centre is a supportive centre Crags Community Sports Centre for community activities such as ours. A great space Towards the cost of the Development Manager with flexible hours. ” £30,000
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Disability Shetland Inverness Blitz £26,000 (over two years) Towards the costs of the Recreation Club Co-ordinator The Inverness Blitz lead the development and organisation £30,000 of American Football in Inverness and the surrounding area. Free Wheel North Blitz run American Football programmes, projects and Towards the costs of the leagues in the local area as well as supporting the Highland part-time Youth Cycle Project Wildcat squads who represent Blitz at UK level. They deliver £30,000 sessions in twelve primary schools and four secondary Inch Park Community schools in the area and from this has developed community- Sports Club based teams which enable young people to participate from Towards the costs of the Community beginner through competitive level. Over 50 young people Club Development Manager from these teams have been supported to gain coaching £30,000 qualifications and sports leadership awards including Partick Thistle Charitable Trust a significant number who are involved in or at risk of Towards the costs of the involvement in anti-social behaviour. This donation will go Executive Director towards the costs of the ‘Positive Life Pathways Project’. £30,000 Ullaspool “The Wildcats has affected my life in several ways. Towards the running costs It has got me fit, taught me commitment and got me of the swimming pool through some tough times. The Wildcats has always £30,000 been somewhere where I can go and lose myself in Inverness Blitz Towards the Positive Life Pathways the training and vent any frustration I had. My Mum Project Development Officer recently passed away from cancer and the training £26,000 and everyone at Wildcats has been a support over the past couple of years while she was going through treatment. It’s given me something to focus on to help me carry on with so much going on.”
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Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex Limited Towards the costs of the Development Officer £20,000 Reach for the Sky Basketball Towards the costs of the Development Officer £20,000 Scottish Orienteering Association Towards the costs of the Orienteering Development in Northern Scotland £20,000 Freewheel North £30,000 Foxlake Adventures CIC Towards the costs of the Activities Manager £15,000 Sports Chaplaincy UK Towards the costs of the Pastoral Support Director in Scottish Football £15,000 Sports Leaders UK Towards the costs of the Project Officer for Scotland £15,000 New Deer Community Association Towards the costs of installing an Newmilns Snow and Sports Complex Limited £20,000 all-weather surface football pitch £15,000 Tongue & Farr Sports Association Towards the costs of the Community Development Officer £12,000 Giffnock Soccer Centre Towards the costs of constructing a new changing facility £10,000 Sleat & Strath Amateur Recreational Football Club Towards the capital costs of resurfacing the football pitch Scottish Orienteering Association £20,000 £10,000
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New Deer Community Association £15,000 New Deer Community Association in Turriff brings together youth clubs, sports and community groups, organises community newsletters and events and manages the Public Hall, Community Park and brand new changing facilities. This donation will go towards the installing an all-weather surface football pitch which will also host Snow Camp £10,000 other sports including netball, basketball and hockey.
Snow Camp Towards the costs of the Graduate Programme of the Snow Camp Glasgow Project £10,000 Greenock Morton Community Trust Limited Towards the costs of the Micro Morton Project £7,000 Ettrick Forest Sports & Recreation Club Towards the costs of renovating the tennis courts to serve as a multi-use games area Giffnock Soccer Centre £10,000 £6,000 Giffnock Soccer Centre provides opportunities for girls and CCI Glasgow boys of all ages and abilities, from primary one through to Towards the three year costs of secondary school, to play football on a recreational and expanding the programme of competitive basis. They are also recognised as a Disability cricket coaching for schools Inclusive Club and actively work to include disabled £4,500 players and enable them to play football with their friends, Hopeman Skate/BMX Club reducing social isolation. This is donation will go towards Towards the costs of refurbishing the costs of constructing a new changing facility to be the skatepark built alongside their new all-weather pitch. £2,000
40 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Total £325,000 Criminal Justice Awards Alcohol Misuse Awards
Tayside Council on Alcohol Towards the costs of establishing a National Training Consortium £17,000
Medics Against Violence £23,500 Total £17,000
Faith In Community (Scotland) Positive Prison? Positive Futures Towards the costs Towards the costs of the core of the Training and funding of Positive Prison? Development Officer Positive Futures £50,000 £20,000 Animal Lighthouse Foundation Prison Fellowship Scotland Conservation & Towards the employment Towards the costs of the increasing Welfare Awards costs of the two workers provision of Sycamore Tree delivering the Prison Project Courses in Scottish Prisons project £50,000 £14,000 Sue Ryder Care Scottish Consortium on Crime Towards the costs of the Prison and Criminal Justice Volunteer Programme Towards the costs of the Criminal £45,000 Justice Matters publication Worldwide Volunteering £12,000 for Young People Dads Rock Towards the costs Towards the running of the Young Offenders costs of Dads Rock and Young People at £10,000 Risk/Glasgow project Shannon Trust (Scotland) £37,500 Staffordshire Rescue Scotland Towards the costs of the £4,500 Centrestage Communities Ltd Shannon Trust Reading Towards the costs of the Plan in Scottish prisons Staffordshire Rescue Scotland Boys2Men@Bowhouse Project £10,000 Towards the costs of the £33,000 Vox Liminis part-time Education and UP-2-US Towards the costs of the Training Worker Towards the costs of the Vox Liminis Project £4,500 Time for Change project £10,000 Fife Cat Shelter £30,000 IAPS Increased Access 2 Towards the running costs Medics Against Violence Psychological Support of the Shelter Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the £4,000 development of a primary school Mindfulness Based Stress anti-violence resource Reduction for Families project Total £8,500 £23,500 £5,000
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 41 Community Total £1,515,600 Facilities & Services Awards 3TFM Community Radio for Health Towards the costs of the Station Manager and Volunteer Expenses £45,500 Dumfries & Galloway Befriending Project Towards the running costs of the organisation £45,000 East Sutherland Citizens Advice Bureau Towards the costs of the Project Worker £45,000 Family Mediation Lothian Towards the running costs of the organisation £45,000 Family Mediation Tayside and Fife Towards the running costs of the Dundee Contact Centre £45,000 Highlands Small Communities' Housing Trust Towards the costs of the Housing Castlemilk Community Timebank Enabler Service £36,000 (over three years) £45,000 This Community Timebank operates in the Castlemilk area, Dunblane Christian Fellowship a large housing estate on Glasgow’s south side. Timebanking Towards the costs of the is a way of enabling people in the community to volunteer Community Worker their time and skills in exchange for time credits which £43,500 can be used for an equivalent service. This provides C-Change for Inclusion opportunities for participants to develop social networks Towards the costs of the whilst carrying out a valuable service for another individual Volunteer Project or community organisation eg befriending, shopping for £40,500 elderly residents or home repairs. This donation will help Dundee Lochee Parish Church towards the salary costs of the Co-ordinator. of Scotland Towards the costs of a Community Support Worker “My family are now seeing a more positive £40,500 side of me since being involved in the Scheme Angus Foodbank and are proud that I am able to help others Towards the costs of the from a distance.” Foodbank Manager £36,000
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Castlemilk Community Timebank Towards the costs of the Co-ordinator £36,000 Greater Easterhouse Supporting Hands Towards the costs of the Project Co-ordinator £33,000 Haddington Citizens Advice Bureau Towards the costs of the Session Supervisor £31,500 Dumfries & Galloway Befriending Project £45,000 Grant Hall (Rothes) Towards the capital costs of the refurbishment of the hall Lamont Farm Project Dornoch Free Church £30,000 Towards the running costs of Scotland of Lamont Farm Towards the capital costs towards Pennyburn Regeneration Youth £26,000 phase one redevelopment Development Enterprise £20,000 Towards the costs of the Caithness Citizens Advice Project Manager Towards the costs of the Elderslie Kirk £30,000 Volunteer Development Worker Towards the costs of the new Hall £24,800 £20,000 Inverclyde Christian Initiative Towards the costs of the Gorbals Youth Run Drop in Café Houston & Killellan Kirk Development Co-ordinator Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the £27,000 of the project extension to the main church £22,000 £20,000 Stirling Street Pastors Towards the costs of the Edinburgh St Andrews Isla Deveron Group of Churches Project Co-ordinator Clermiston Towards the costs of the £27,000 Towards the costs of the restoration and development Community Development Worker of Christ Church Huntly £21,000 £20,000 Church of Scotland Motherwell South Parish Church Helensburgh: St Andrew’s Kirk Towards the costs of developing Towards the capital costs of new community facilities the large extension to the £20,000 church to increase space RC Diocese of Galloway for community groups Towards the capital Costs £20,000 for the ‘New Hall for All’ Church of St John the £20,000 Evangelist RC Archdiocese of Glasgow Towards the costs of the (St Patrick’s Parish) upgrading and expanding Towards the costs of extending of St John’s Church the church hall Stirling Street Pastors £27,000 £20,000 £20,000
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Freewheel North £30,000
Scottish Mask & Puppet Centre Towards the costs of creating ‘The Depot’ providing additional workspace £20,000 St Boswells Public Hall Towards the capital costs of refurbishing the hall £20,000 Stevenston Ardeer Church of Scotland Towards the costs of refurbishing the Church Hall £20,000 Sunny Govan Community Media Towards the costs of the Project Manager £20,000 Handicabs (Lothian) Limited Towards the costs of the community vehicle £19,500 Stirling Baptist Church Towards the costs of the Manager of the Family Life Centre Gorebridge Parish Church £16,500 £17,500
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Gorebridge Parish Church Towards the costs of the part-time Assistant Manager to support the Foodbank £16,500 Apex Church Towards the capital costs of upgrading the Auditorium £15,000 Badenoch & Strathspey Community Transport Company Towards the running costs of the organisation £15,000 Berriedale Portland Hall Committee Towards the costs of the Berriedale Portland Hall Refurbishment project Badenoch & Strathspey Community Transport Company £15,000 £15,000 Drumchapel Caravan Project Towards the costs of the Drumchapel Caravan Project £15,000 Hub Dumfries and Galloway Towards the costs of the Resettlement Support Worker £15,000 Knockinlaw Community Association Towards the capital costs of rebuilding the Centre £15,000 Motherwell and Wishaw Citizens Advice Bureau Towards the costs of the Polish Volunteer Development Project £15,000 All Nations Christian Fellowship Selkirk Parish Church £12,000 (over two years) Towards the capital costs of This Church in Edinburgh provides community based renovating the Church Hall support for people living in the Oxgangs area of South West £15,000 Edinburgh, an area of high and multiple deprivation. This Speyside Community donation will go towards the costs of employing a part-time Car Share Scheme Café Co-ordinator, based within their newly created Towards the costs of the Family Centre, to recruit volunteers, develop training Co-ordinator opportunities and provide work placements to run the café. £15,000
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Maxwelltown East Pollokshields Village Centre Information Centre Mobile Crèche Towards the capital costs of the Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the Senior improvements to the Centre of the MAXwell Centre Child Development Worker £10,000 £14,500 £10,000 Langside Parish Church Project 81 Youth and Family Mediation Shetland of Scotland Community Enterprise Ltd Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of Towards the costs of the Administrator the Co-ordinator Youth Worker £10,000 £9,000 £14,000 Heart to Heart Maxwell Memorial Hall All Nations Christian Fellowship Towards the costs of the Terregles Towards the costs of the Children’s Worker Towards the capital costs Café Co-ordinator £10,000 for improvements of facilities £12,000 Isle of Luing Community Trust for people with mobility issues Bute Community Media Towards the cost £9,000 Towards the costs of of fitting out the Atlantic Pavillion Youth Café the Station Manager Island Centre Towards the costs of the £11,000 £10,000 Homework Club Annandale Transport Initiative Pollokshaws Area Network £9,000 Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the Stonelaw Parish Church community vehicle Network Co-ordinator Towards the cost of increasing £10,000 £10,000 the community space £8,000 Borders Voluntary Older People Services Towards the costs of the part-time Co-ordinator £7,500 Forres Osprey Trust Towards the costs of the replacement community minibus £7,500 Interloch Transport Towards the costs of purchasing a new wheelchair accessible vehicle £7,500 Muirhouse Youth Development Group Towards the costs of purchasing a minibus for the Group £7,500 Creich, Croick and Kincardine District Day Care Association Towards the costs of the part-time Assistant Manager Maxwelltown Information Centre £14,500 £7,000
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Kirkmahoe Parish Church Towards the costs of improving the Kirkton Village Playground £5,000 Mid Argyll & Kintyre – People & Agencies Coming Together Towards the costs of the part-time Development Officer £4,600 32nd Greenock & District Scout Group Towards the costs of the second hand minibus £4,000 Cove and Kilcreggan Youth Café Towards the costs of the Youth Café Barra Children’s Centre £8,500 £4,000 Kirkmichael, Straloch “We couldn’t carry out some of our services and Glenshee Parish without the support of The Robertson Trust.” Towards the costs of the Renovation of Kirkmichael Glasgow Wallacewell Church Kirkstyle Baptist Church Session House of Scotland New Change Towards the cost of Children £4,000 Towards the costs of equipment and Families Worker Lochcarron Primary School and furnishings for the £6,000 Parent Council unused church building to Destiny Church Trust Towards the costs of equipment create the ‘Oasis @ Wallacewell’ Towards the costs of the for the School Playground community hub part-time Volunteer Co-ordinator £4,000 £7,000 £5,700 Milnathort Guide and Scout Employability Orkney Aberdeen Lads Club Hall Committee Towards the costs of purchasing Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the a second hand van Senior Youth Club renovation work of the hall £6,500 £5,500 £4,000 Buchlyvie Community Aberlour Community New Elgin & Ashgrove Association Association Public Hall Towards the costs of the Play Towards the capital costs of Towards the costs of refurbishing Park Climbing/Boulder Feature refurbishing Fleming Hall the hall toilets £6,000 £5,000 £4,000 Glasgow Children’s Craigmount High School Polwarth Parish Church Holiday Scheme Pipe Band in the City of Edinburgh Towards the running costs Towards the costs of the Towards the costs of the of the programme replacement instruments eco-friendly garden £6,000 £5,000 £4,000
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32nd Greenock & District Scout Group £4,000
Scotcentral Credit Union Shopper-Aide Towards the costs of the Towards the running costs part-time Finance Worker of the organisation Lochcarron Primary School £3,300 £3,000 Parent Council £4,000 Mount Blair Community Ascension Trust Development Trust Towards the salary costs Towards the costs of the of the Co-ordinator part-time Assistant £2,500 £3,200 Tarbert, Lochfyne & Kilberry Cogsmill Hall Church of Scotland Towards the costs of Towards the costs of the final replacing the Hall Roof stages of the hall upgrade £3,000 £2,500 Dumfries Northwest Auld Kirk Charitable Trust Church of Scotland Towards the costs of replacing Scotcentral Credit Union £3,300 Towards the costs the heating and lighting of expanding the systems in the kirk Hot Meals Project £2,000 £3,000 Carron Connect Partnership People First Fraserburgh Towards the costs of delivering Towards the costs of Creative the programme of social activities Arts Based Workshop £2,000 £3,000 Hawick Senior Citizens Sauchie Community Group Association Towards the costs of Towards the capital costs of the renovating the Centre refurbishment of Evergreen Hall Pet Care Network £2,000 £3,000 £2,000
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Pet Care Network Towards the running costs of the organisation £2,000 Gateside and District Community Association Towards the costs of the refurbishment of Gateside Memorial Hall £1,500 Port William Community Development Trust Towards the costs of the two part-time Youth Workers £1,500 Yellow Teapot Club Towards the costs of the part-time Co-ordinator £1,500 Boreland Village Hall Towards the cost of new furniture £1,000 Chill and Chat Towards the running costs of the organisation Polwarth Parish Church in the City of Edinburgh £4,000 £1,000 Larkfield Centre Management Committee Towards the costs of Kickstart Health Plan £1,000 Stirling Baptist Church Towards the costs of improving the toilet facilities at the Family Life Centre £1,000 Muthill Pre-School Group Towards the capital costs of the new equipment for the project £500 Scottish Wheelchair Dance Association – New Wheelies Falkirk Group Towards the running costs of the organisation People First Fraserburgh £3,000 £500
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 49 Total £142,000 Environment Awards Broughty Ferry Environmental Project Towards the running costs of the ‘Bringing the Dighty to Life’ Volunteering Project £37,500 North Harris Trust Towards the costs of the North Harris Ranger £36,000 CLEAR Buckhaven Towards the costs of the part-time Co-ordinator £27,000 CLEAR Buckhaven £27,000 (over three years) Furniture Project (Stranraer) Limited This small environmental charity, based in one of Fife’s Towards the capital costs ex-mining towns, has developed three community sites; of the new Re-Used a garden, wildlife area and an orchard, from where they Shop/Workshop deliver outdoor learning activities and community events. £24,500 They wish to increase their work with local schools and Crichton Carbon Centre children’s clubs. Towards the costs of the Carbon Busters School “With support from The Robertson Trust, we Cluster Project managed to continue and expand our Growing £17,000 Programme in a disadvantaged area.”
North Harris Trust £36,000 (over three years) The North Harris Estate in the Outer Hebrides, one of the largest community- owned estates in Scotland with 25,000 hectares of open hill land, croft land and coastline, is managed by the North Harris Trust whose main aims are to increase employment opportunities, address local housing needs and protect and enhance the cultural and natural heritage of the area. They achieve this through the provision of services including land management, social housing developments, renewable energy initiatives and a Ranger Service. This donation will go towards the salary costs of the North Harris Ranger.
50 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Total £52,250 Heritage Culture and Science Awards National Museums of Scotland Towards the costs of the ‘Museum To Go’ Project £30,000 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society Towards the costs of the Education Workshops £18,000 Comrie Development Trust Towards the capital costs of creating the Heritage Centre £2,500 Ross & Cromarty Heritage Society Towards the costs of upgrading the website £1,000 National Museums Scotland £30,000 Eday Heritage Centre Association “It’s good to do science and drama stuff together Towards the Showcase for because it helps you learn in different ways – you’re Renewable Energy project not just learning off one person talking to you” £750 Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society £18,000 (over three years) The role of this charity is to protect and promote the heritage and legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and to maintain the Mackintosh Church arts and heritage visitor centre in Glasgow, from where it runs events, education workshops and exhibitions. This funding will go towards their programme of workshops, including work with up to 700 primary school pupils each year, using the work of Mackintosh help young people learn more about art, architecture and design.
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 51 Total £1,234,000 Development Awards Encompass Counselling Evaluation Support Scotland & Support Towards the costs of Towards the costs of the the Evaluation Support Development Worker Manager for the Funder for the work of Community Learning Programme Action Mid Argyll £48,000 £96,000 Barnardo’s Scotland Queen Margaret University Towards the costs of Towards the costs of the the Plan B Service for Encompass Counselling & Support £96,000 AlcoLOLs Project Young Offenders at Polmont £80,000 and Corntonvale Legacy 2014 Sustainable Coalition of Care and Support £35,000 Sport for Communities Fund Providers in Scotland Centrestage £500,000 Towards the costs of the Communities Ltd Apex Scotland Development Co-ordinator Towards the costs Towards the costs of the for the Criminal Justice of the Catalyst Progamme Inclusion Plus project Voluntary Sector Forum at HMP Kilmarnock £400,000 £50,000 £25,000
In 2013/14, the Trust made eight Development young people, families and communities in a Awards totalling £1.23m across our three variety of settings to address alcohol misuse. Development Areas of Alcohol Misuse, The Thinking Differently Partnership Fund Community Sport and Criminal Justice. was launched in 2012 and three projects are We aim to make a significant investment in our currently operating with awards of almost Development programmes and projects over an £600k to test out new approaches to extended period of time to develop the evidence- addressing alcohol misuse within local base about what works, what doesn’t work communities. The projects are beginning to and why within these areas. This year, our produce early learning on how young people, Development Awards have increasingly focussed parents/carers and communities can be on early intervention and prevention and have empowered to identify and minimise the been informed by the existing evidence-base risks associated with alcohol misuse before on what is likely to work. Through this approach, significant harm or damage can occur. The we aim to identify, invest in and evaluate high programme is being evaluated by Newcastle quality services that can help policy-makers and University and early findings are now available practitioners to make a decisive shift towards on the Trust’s website. Through this work we preventative services in the future. aim to reduce alcohol-related harm and to encourage a society where people make Alcohol Misuse informed and responsible choices about alcohol. Over the last year the Trust undertook a considerable amount of research to identify the Community Sport areas where our investment can have the greatest Over the last year the Trust has funded a impact for people who are affected or are at risk number of community sports organisations of becoming affected by alcohol misuse. As a across Scotland which use sport as a vehicle to result of this research, we have funded a number engage hard to reach young people and deliver of projects in Scotland that are working with wider social outcomes. Over the last 12 months,
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we have continued to work closely with the 13 managing the PSPs on behalf of all the funders. organisations who are involved in our Youth The programme and the partnerships are being Work in Sport Initiative to help them to improve evaluated by Ipsos MORI with early findings their capacity to engage with hard to reach suggesting that the mentoring approach is young people. Progress is good and Substance having a positive impact on offending behaviour has been engaged to undertake evaluation across Scotland. support to this initiative. We also used the Based on research showing the strong links learning to feed into the Scottish Government’s between school exclusion and future development of a Youth Sport Strategy. involvement in the criminal justice system, In March 2014, The Robertson Trust and the this year we worked with Dundee City Council, Scottish Government launched the Legacy The Big Lottery, Apex Scotland, Includem and 2014 – Sustainable Sport for Communities Fund. Skillforce to develop the Inclusion Plus Public Over the next two years, the fund will support Social Partnership. Launched in four schools the sustainability and capacity of aspiring and in Dundee in August 2013, the project provides existing social enterprises delivering sport S1 to S4 pupils who are disengaged from and physical activity in communities across education and at risk of exclusion with the Scotland. The Robertson Trust has contributed support they need to engage with school £500k to the £1m Fund and will be working in a meaningful way and to achieve their full alongside the Partnership Advisory Group potential. Includem also provides valuable which is made up of the Scottish Government, support to some of the young people and their SportScotland, Social Investment Scotland families in the community outwith school hours. and Senscot. The first year evaluation produced by the Robert Owen Centre at the University of Criminal Justice Glasgow is positive with a 36% decrease in Over the last year the Trust funded and exclusion rates being recorded and perhaps evaluated a range of criminal justice projects as significant, a tangible impact on behaviour in Scotland that work with young offenders, change being identified. women and families affected by imprisonment.
In April 2013, six Public Social Partnerships The Robertson Trust recently published an (PSPs) were launched across Scotland as part Impact Report highlighting the key learning of the £10m Reducing Reoffending Change from our Development Work over the last Fund designed to provide mentoring support 12 months and our plans for 2014/15. to women offenders and prolific young male This report is available to read at offenders. The Robertson Trust has contributed www.therobertsontrust.org.uk along with £2m to the Fund and is responsible for project evaluations of our Development projects.
Total £269,000
Giving More ‘Giving More’ is a scheme The Robertson Trust and supporting employees of both The Edrington will each match the Awards Robertson Trust and Edrington funds raised by the employees. who are fundraising for charity. £269,000
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 53 Outreach Programme G Renfrewshire
G Inverclyde
Summary of Outreach Events G Falkirk
2013/2014 G East Lothian
G North Ayrshire The Trust is committed to reaching out to charities throughout Scotland and ensuring G Angus that as many as possible are aware of our A further eight events were organised by local funding process and eligibility criteria. agencies including Jobs and Business Glasgow, Outreach activity has therefore become the North East Citizens Advice Bureaux Group an increasingly important element of the and the office of the Glasgow Central MP, Anas Assessment Team’s work and has been Sarwar, based in Govan, with two further events enhanced by the addition of two new members initiated by Assessment Officers. of staff during the course of this year. This The Trust also supports a series of regional additional capacity has enabled us to extend events organised by ACOSVO, the Association our outreach across 15 Local Authority areas, of Chief Officers of Scottish Voluntary (compared to 7 in the previous year) with 20 Organisations, providing information about the events attended in total. Trust, the application process and contributing The format of these events has been varied but to discussions on key issues within the sector in principle incorporate: amongst participants, primarily CEOs. G 1:1 surgeries to discuss specific applications Whilst we are unable to accept all invitations, and provide pre application support usually due to prior commitments, we try to G The delivery of presentations to larger reach a broad geographic spread. At the end of forums covering subjects including: Overview this financial year plans were already in place to of The Robertson Trust, Hints & Tips for visit some of Scotland’s most rural communities Effective Applications and Project Planning. including areas of Caithness, the Orkney Islands
G Taking general enquiries at an Information and the Western Isles. Stand as part of larger scale events We have started the process of engaging more (eg The Gathering) closely with the TSI network across 32 local Ten events were organised by the Local Councils authorities to ensure that respective TSIs are or TSIs (Third Sector Interface) and included fully aware of the Trust’s priorities and are acknowledged ‘cold spots’. supported to identify and bring forward applications from those charities which are Outreach activities were held in the following providing valuable services in their respective areas: communities and are clearly in financial need. G Glasgow The Trust’s investment in a new Management G Edinburgh Information System and Database has provided G East Renfrewshire the opportunity to move towards an on-line G West Dunbartonshire application process. This process will be G Stirling carefully managed to ensure that it minimises G Dumfries & Galloway any disruption to potential applicants and G Dundee will form a key theme of our communication G Aberdeen strategy and outreach activity during the G Forth Valley course of the forthcoming year.
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G Specialisterne
G UJS 2020
G Voluntary Action Fund
G Voluntary Action Scotland
G WAPISASA
Our tenants range from small organisations with a single member of part-time staff to larger national organisations. As you can see from the list above, the different types of organisation and scope of work being carried out by our tenants is far ranging. By bringing third sector organisations together under one roof in a charity hub, Robertson House offers the opportunity for our tenants to network and share information on a daily basis. We hosted the first Social Lunch networking event for The new offices in Bath Street tenant organisations. This event is held quarterly and offers an opportunity for our Robertson House opened its doors in April tenants to do a short presentation about their 2013 with the aim of offering high quality, organisation and the work they do, followed low cost office and meeting room space for by a networking lunch. We hope to develop this the Third Sector. It currently leases office further by arranging for guest speakers and space to 22 third sector organisations seminars on topics of interest to our tenants. including the Trust. There are now over 110 people working in the building. Conference and meeting Organisations leasing space are: room facilities G Alternatives to Violence Project We have nine meetings rooms, a conference G Breast Cancer Care (Scotland) room and a boardroom which our tenant G Columba 1400 organisations can use free of charge. Our G Fairway Advocacy facilities are also available for hire to any third
G Families Outside sector organisation and to date over 70 third
G Homes for Good sector organisations have hired our facilities.
G LGBT Health and Wellbeing Our on-site café is now run by a social enterprise
G Life Changes Trust called Social Bite with all profits going to solving
G Outward Bound Trust social problems. As well as running the café, Social Bite supply and manage the delivery of G Parent Network Scotland hospitality to our conference and meeting rooms. G Place 2 Be G Positive Prisons? Positive Futures? More information about our facilities can be G Refugee Survival Trust found on our website at G Scottish Fair Trade Forum www.therobertsontrust.org.uk G Social Research Unit or by phoning 0141 353 7300.
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 55 Total £1,073,000 The Robertson Scholarship Trust “I found the workshop really helpful and interesting. It’s comforting to know that the help regarding interview skills and building a CV is there for us. To Develop a Greater” Self-Awareness Workshop “The workshop was great. I found it to be very interesting and enjoyable. More than anything it is very useful in helping to identify just what qualities of skills I have, and I can put them to use. Building your” Credibility Workshop As part of our Journey to Success and Induction Ready to race onto the Bursary Scheme all new scholars are required to attend a two day Outward Bound Main Bursary Award Programme residential course. The residential course focuses on the students’ existing skills and on The Robertson Scholarship Trust was helping them develop additional skills that will established in 1992 as a sister trust with the assist them at university as well as meeting objective or providing financial support to other scholars from the same universities. assist people advance their education at The feedback again has been very positive: schools, colleges, universities or other educational institutions.
This programme supports pupils of Glasgow City Secondary Schools. A small number of bursaries are also provided to mature students who are moving from FE colleges in Glasgow to university. A total of 62 awards was made with an investment of £798,000
In 2012 a new programme was introduced to Outward Bound course augment and develop some of the broader skills required in today’s job market. The ‘Journey to The weekend was great! A good way to start Success’ Programme will run over the four years “ university life, I learned new skills which of the scholar’s degree course and covers: will come in handy while at university and G Developing greater self- awareness also made new friends. It was a challenging G Preparing for Work but also rewarding experience. I feel I can G Building Your Credibility face more challenges with confidence.” G Understanding and Building “I had an absolutely amazing weekend. Can’t Personal Resilience thank the trust enough for allowing me to G Identifying Your Personal Brand the chance of such a great experience and G Undertaking today’s Corporate World opportunity. I think the trip is a worthwhile
G Bringing it all together workshop in 4th Year. and great idea for new scholars as it allows us to meet other people in the same The feedback has been very positive and below situation, I wouldn’t change anything are examples of young people’s comments: from the whole weekend.” 56 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 The Robertson Scholarship Trust
Richard Glennie Paul Burns Richard joined the bursary scheme from Paul joined the bursary scheme from All Hillpark Secondary on the South Side of Saints Secondary School in 2009. He Glasgow in 2010; he has been studying an graduated from the University of Glasgow MMaths Honours degree at St Andrews in 2013 with a 2.1 BSc (Hons) Mathematics. University. Following graduation, Paul wanted to become an Actuary but found it impossible to find From his first year at university Richard employment. Instead he got a full time job has performed exceptionally well on his on the chill counter at ASDA. The Internship course, receiving almost top marks for arranged a three month placement at a most assessments and exams. As well as Life Office. his great exams results each year, Richard has won numerous awards throughout I was recently on an internship at Aegon. his four years at university including: “ I was part of the Financial Reporting Team The Tullis Medal for performance in Pure whose main responsibility is Actuarial Mathematics, Class Medal for Statistics and Duncan Prize for Performance in Modelling. I was immediately made to feel Junior Honours Statistics. very welcome within the team. Following Graduation in 2014 Richard now During this time I was involved in a number plans to undertake a PHD in Statistics at of different tasks and attended various the University of St Andrews. Richard said team meetings. The main tasks (which of his scholarship quickly became my responsibilities) that I was involved in required the use of different “I am overwhelmed by The Trust’s generosity software packages – in which I was quickly and proud to know an organisation that but efficiently trained. These software supports such commendable ideals: to packages would then produce data which help those in hardship, to promote higher I would analyse with the use of numerous education and to support their scholars. analysis techniques. As for the team I am very proud to be considered part of meetings, these would take place on a daily such an institution.” basis and would allow the team to get up to speed with current progress and Graduate Programme approaching deadlines. My input gradually increased at these meetings and after a Internships while I really did feel part of the team. This In September 2012 a Graduate Internship was exactly the type of work that I wanted Programme was set up by The Robertson to be involved in and also the type of work Scholarship Trust and Santander. The programme that I would like to have a career in. is open to all of our Graduate Scholars who are either unemployed or employed in jobs where Towards the end of my internship I was they are significantly over qualified. offered the chance to attend an assessment day/interview for the position of Actuarial Since September 2012 we have supported 16 of Trainee. This was a long and challenging our Graduate Scholars with Internships in a wide day. Luckily, the result was a successful one range of organisations. As a result 10 have now and I am now a trainee Actuary at Aegon! got full time positions in graduate level jobs. ”
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Performing Arts Award Programme
The Trust makes a number of ad hoc awards to Scottish students, who show exceptional promise in the performing arts. These awards are made on the recommendation of the Director to the Trust following a careful review of references, CVs and means of support. In the current year 14 students were awarded scholarships to enable them to continue with graduate or post-graduate studies in the performing arts. Courses attended included Opera courses, Professional Dance and Bachelor of Music at institutions such as Berklee College of Music in Boston, the Royal Academy of Music in London and the English National Ballet School.
Jessica Hardwick Performing Arts Award
College Scholarship Awards
This award is given to fourth year school leavers wanting to study for a level 5 engineering or other course that will lead to an HNC. There were six recipients of these awards in the current year. It is envisaged that this programme will be closed and absorbed in to a new approach on Performing Arts Award supporting young people in Further Education.
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The Trust also awards a ‘Scholarship of the Arts’ to a young person carrying out a Masters in Music course at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. This year the award went to Heather Jamieson a young soprano studying for her MMus Opera course.
In addition, The Trust supports the Scottish Opera Emerging Artists Programme as well as funding apprenticeship schemes with the Dundee Repertory Theatre and the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow. Jessica Hardwick joined the Citizens Theatre as the Actor Intern and spent a fruitful and successful year learning different skills with the Theatre. Andrew McTaggart, a baritone, was supported for a second year on the Emerging Artists Programme with Scottish Magnusson Award Opera and Caroline Deyga joined Dundee The Magnusson Award, created Repertory Theatre as part of their Graduate in honour of Glasgow Caledonian Apprenticeship Scheme. Our total support in University’s late Chancellor, Magnus this area is £170,000. Magnusson are open to Robertson Trust Scholars in their second year upwards Supporting Young Scottish or to researchers in the early stages Talent in Sport of their academic careers at Glasgow Caledonian University. Applications can The Trust supports a number of initiatives that be from any discipline and from any part aim to nurture and develop talented young of the University. Scots with the ability and potential to represent Scotland at the highest level of their chosen The Robertson Scholarship Trust, in sport. In the year under review the support partnership with the Magnusson Awards, was £105K. Included in this figure was a £75K supported Lynne Stevenson to travel to award made to Scottish Sports Aid to support Ireland to develop her knowledge and young golfers. skills in Irish dancing. She then came back to her community where she now In 2005, the Trustees established a rugby offers dance classes for young people scholarship in memory of John Macphail, as well as in the Primary School where Chairman of The Robertson Trust, who won she is a trainee teacher. two caps for Scotland in 1949 and 1951. The scholarship enables two young rugby players, who have demonstrated the potential to win a future Scottish cap, and two coaches to undertake special training with a New Zealand rugby club each year. The scholarship is administered through Scottish Rugby Union, which recommends suitable candidate(s) for the award and runs the programme. The total awarded to Scottish Rugby Union this year was £30k
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 59 Financial Review Investment Review The total return on quoted investments portfolio for the year was 4.6%. This is made up of capital appreciation of the portfolio and dividend income.
The market value of the Trust’s quoted investment portfolio increased to £17m in the year (2013: £14m). Dividends from listed investments totalled £513k (2013: £511k) representing a 3.6% return on opening market values.
The asset allocation at the year end is shown below
Asset Held £m % of Total Fixed Interest 4.5 27 UK Equities 7. 2 4 2 International Equities 3.0 18 Other Assets 2.0 12 Cash 0.3 11
Total Portfolio 17.0 100
Further information relating to the investment portfolio is detailed in note 8 to the full financial statements.
Unlisted Investment The book value of the unlisted investment of the Trust in Edrington increased by £26.5M in the year. The underlying investment in Edrington is Crichton Carbon Centre £17,000 held on a net asset value of £336m (2013: £310m).
Reserves Policy Income The Trustees consider that the financial position Income received in the year was £18.5m of the Trust is sound and in a position to meet (2013: £20.6m). the planned expenditure for the year ahead. The Trust’s policy is to take account of future as The Trustees are pleased to report another well as current commitments in assessing the level strong trading performance from Edrington with of reserves required to meet the Trust’s liabilities. dividend income of £17.7m received in the year. This requirement is met if the unrestricted Expenditure income fund is maintained at a level sufficient to cover between 9 and 15 months of expenditure. £16.6m was awarded to Scottish charities in the year (2013: £15.3m), an increase of At the year end the Trust held reserves of £18.2m 8% on the previous year. Governance and in the restricted income fund, sufficient to cover support costs totalled £1.2m (2013: £1.1m), 13 months expenditure based upon total or 6.5% of total income (2013: 5.3%). resources expended during 2014 of £17m.
60 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Trustees’ Responsibilities The Trustees are required to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Trust and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the net income or expenditure for the year.
In preparing those financial statements The Trustees are required to:
G select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
G make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
G state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
G prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Trust. It is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Trust and hence Stable Life £30,000 for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The following pages contain summarised financial statements which have been extracted from the full financial statements of The Robertson Trust for the year ended 5 April 2014, which The Trustees approved on 24 September The Trustees 2014 and on which the Trust’s auditor has David Stevenson CBE Chairman expressed an unqualified opinion. Dame Barbara Kelly CBE They may not contain sufficient information to Shonaig Macpherson CBE allow a full understanding of the financial affairs Mark Laing of the Trust. For further information the full Sandy Cumming CBE accounts should be consulted. Copies of the full accounts can be obtained from: The Director, Judy Cromarty The Robertson Trust, Robertson House, Heather Lamont 152 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4TB Andrew Walls
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 61 Auditor’s Report
Independent auditor’s report to the Trustees of The Robertson Trust
We have examined the summarised financial Basis of Opinion statements set out on the following pages. We conducted our work in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (United Respective responsibilities of Kingdom and Ireland) and Bulletin 2008/3 of Corporate Trustee and auditor ‘The auditor’s statement on the summary The Corporate Trustee is responsible for the financial statements’ issued by the Auditing preparation of the summarised financial Practices Board. statements in accordance with the Opinion recommendations of the charities SORP. In our opinion the summarised financial Our responsibility is to report to you on our statements are consistent with the full financial opinion on the consistency of the summarised statements for the year ended 5th April 2014. financial statements with the full financial Scott-Moncrieff statements and trustee’s annual report. Statutory Auditor We also read other information contained Eligible to act as an auditor in terms of Section in the annual report and consider the 1212 of the Companies Act 2006 implications for our report if we become aware Exchange Place 3 of any apparent misstatements or material Semple Street inconsistencies with the summarised financial Edinburgh EH3 8BL statements. 24 September 2014
62 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Summarised Accounts
Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet for the year ended 5 April 2014 As at 5 April 2014
2014) 2013) 2014) 2013)
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Incoming resources Fixed Assets 2,580) 2,635) Other income 137) 3,411 Investments Investment income Quoted 17,077) 14,184) Edrington dividends 17,711) 16,431) Unquoted 336,542) 310,042) Listed company dividends 513) 511) Social investments 100) 130) Bank interest 217) 244) Total investments 353,719) 324,356) Total incoming resources 18,578) 20,597) Current Assets Resources expended Debtors 184) 174) Costs of generating funds (120) (108) Cash on deposit and at bank 14,779) 12,702) Charitable activities (16,857) (16,154) Total current assets 14,963) 12,876) Governance costs (205) (174) Creditors: Total resources expended (17,182) (16,436) amounts due<1 year (14,208) (11,878)
Total assets less liabilities 357,054) 327,989) Net incoming/(outgoing) 1,396) 4,161) resources Creditors: amounts due>1 year (5,561) (5,316)
Gain on investments Net assets 351,493) 322,673) Realised 783) 57) The funds of the Trust Unrealised 26,641) (99,729) Restricted funds Total gains on investments 27,424) (99,672) Endowment fund 333,292) 306,792) Net movement in funds 28,820) (95,511) Unrestricted funds Total funds brought forward 322,673) 418,184) Unrestricted income funds 18,201) 15,881)
Total funds carried forward 351,493) 322,673) Total funds 351,493) 322,673)
The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 63 The Robertson Trust History controlling interest in Brugal, a leading brand of rum produced in the Dominican Republic.
The sisters served as Trustees for a combined total of 71 years, ensuring that the Trust operated along the principles, which they, their father and grandfather had employed in the family business, namely: honesty, integrity and willingness to help people in trouble or need. The Trust has tried to follow the example of the founders and to support charitable organisations that help those in need and improve life for as Misses Elspeth, Agnes and Ethel (Babs) Robertson on the moors. many people in Scotland as possible. Building on its past achievements the Trust is The Robertson Trust is an independent also looking more deeply into some of the most Scottish grant-making Trust which exists difficult social issues in Scotland. With this to provide financial support to Scottish knowledge, it is developing innovative and charities. effective solutions in partnership with other It was established in 1961 by Misses Elspeth, funders, statutory agencies and front-line Agnes and Ethel Robertson, the owners of charities. The Trust takes a long-term view and Robertson & Baxter and the Clyde Bonding is committed to supporting projects that make Company. our communities more resilient and the fabric of Scotland stronger. Today, the Trust owns Edrington, one of Scotland’s largest private companies. The Today The Robertson Trust is governed by a growing impact of the Trust’s work builds on the completely independent group of Trustees who commercial success of the Company in home determine strategy, policy and distribution and international markets. The Company owns priorities for the organisation. some of the most successful and well known While remaining true to its founders’ values Single Malt and Blended Whisky brands including: and vision, the Trust looks back with pride and The Macallan, The Famous Grouse, Highland forward with confidence to delivering the legacy Park and Cutty Sark. In 2008 it acquired a of the remarkable Robertson sisters.
64 The Robertson Trust Annual Review 2014 Trust Information Honorary Life President Sir Ian Good CBE Staff Team Lydia Rose Trustees Head of Administration David Stevenson CBE Chairman Lesley Macdonald Dame Barbara Kelly CBE Head of Assessment Shonaig Macpherson CBE Christine Scullion Mark Laing Head of Development Sandy Cumming CBE Katie Campbell Judy Cromarty Head of Finance & Resources Heather Lamont Anne Pearson Andrew Walls Senior Assessment Officer Director and Secretary Ingrid Campbell Kenneth Ferguson Assessment Officer Susan Lennartson Sub Committees Assessment Officer Audit & Risk Committee Stewart Macgregor Shonaig Macpherson CBE Chairman Assessment Officer Sandy Cumming CBE Karin Sullivan Andrew Walls Assessment Officer Heather Lamont Kerry McFarlane Nominations Committee Assessment Support Officer Sandy Cumming CBE Chairman DonnaMarie Steel Dame Barbara Kelly CBE Assistant Administrator Mark Laing Danielle Diamond Assistant Administrator Giving Committee Sharon Ross Dame Barbara Kelly CBE Chairman Assistant Accountant David Stevenson CBE Joanna McLaughlin Shonaig Macpherson CBE Policy and Information Officer Mark Laing Fiona Jamieson – Criminal Justice Sandy Cumming CBE Project Officer Ian Curle Linda Macdonald – Community Sport Judy Cromarty Project Officer Investment Committee Pam Dawson – Alcohol Misuse David Stevenson CBE Chairman Project Officer Mark Laing Alan Campbell Heather Lamont Facilities Manager Andrew Walls Pauline McGlinchey Investor Relations Committee Receptionist David Stevenson CBE Chairman Yvonne Elliott Shonaig Macpherson CBE Receptionist
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