annual review 2015 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Contents

Introduction 02

Director's Report 03

Grant Making Overview 04 List of Awards:

Education & Training 06

Health 17

Care 26

Community Arts 35

Community Sports 40

Criminal Justice 44

Alcohol Misuse 46

Animal Conservation & Welfare 48

Saving Lives 49

Community Facilities & Services 50

Environment 57

Development Awards 58

Outreach Programme 60

Robertson House 62

The Robertson Scholarship Trust 64

Financial Review 66

Trustees Responsibilities 67

Auditor’s Report 68

Summarised Accounts 69

Trust Information 71

Trustees 73

Annual Review 2015 therobertsontrust.org.uk 01 Introduction In writing this introduction for the first time as Chairman. I am proud to report the continuing growth in our work and in our capacity to deliver a significant programme of grant giving around .

In what has been a very In our Annual Report last year we signalled our challenging year for the belief in the need for early intervention and charitable sector as we cope preventative spend and we remain committed with intense public scrutiny to the idea of partnership. We are continuing and continuing Government to engage in discussions about how to better funding changes, I am achieve co- operation in order to avoid pleased that we have been able to support duplication and gaps. a broad range of charities which are showing remarkable resilience in difficult circumstances. I pay tribute to our Trustees who give so generously of their time to advise and guide As well as our regular activity, in 2015/16 we the Trust in these challenging times. Thank are undertaking a Five Year Strategy review. you for your support, encouragement and It has been an exciting and refreshing exercise wise counsel. as we reminded ourselves of the aims and objectives of the trust as laid down by our Thanks, as well, to Kenneth Ferguson, our Founders , the indefatigable Robertson Sisters. Director, and everyone in our marvellous staff Their vision and generosity has meant that since team who have shown such dedication and its inception 54 years ago, The Robertson Trust commitment to the delivery of our objectives has distributed more than £150 Million Finally we must recognise our investment in across Scotland. Edrington, whose success we depend on to make possible everything we do. It was a very We spent time making certain that our special moment earlier this year when we objectives remain clear and agree that our celebrated that for the first time our annual raison d'être is ‘To improve the quality of budget was over £20 Million. life and realise the potential for people and It is an enormous privilege to be part of such an communities in Scotland inspired by the inspiring organisation. I count myself lucky to be example of the Robertson sisters’. We will do this by continuing to recognise and respond to on board and am confident of our continuing need and disadvantage, by capacity building capacity to support the charitable sector which charities of all sizes bringing positive change. plays such a vital, key role in the lives and well At the heart of our work is the need to be being of the nation. supportive in building good relationships with I hope that you enjoy reading this Report. our partners; by being open to finding new ways of funding to ensure sustainability; by Dame Barbara Kelly being committed to monitoring and evaluation Chairman to improve our effectiveness and to share what we learn. We must challenge others to consider our findings to inform change in practice and policy across Scotland.

02 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Director’s Report When the Trust was founded in 1961 the three Robertson sisters stressed in the founding document that “the support we have given to a large number of charities should be continued and extended”.

I am delighted to report that this indeed has been the case for the year under review. Our total giving went up by 10% to £18.2m, the most we have ever given and the number of awards made rose by 7% to a record 742.

The breakdown of this received over 7000 visitors last year. We are shows that our main funding pleased that Robertson House is now a thriving categories were Education charity hub in the heart of . and Training at 30% of all our The Robertson sisters served for a combined awards, Care at 15% , Health total of 71 years as Trustees. In all that time at 15% and Community Arts they ensured that the Trust operated on the at 13%. These awards were spread across the principles of honesty, integrity and a willingness length and breadth of Scotland from the more to help people in trouble. remote rural locations to the most densely populated inner cities. I am delighted to confirm that these principles can be clearly seen in the following pages The size of our awards also varied greatly where we highlight the work we have with our largest award being £500k towards supported over the last year. the redevelopment project in Glasgow. However, the vast majority of Kenneth Ferguson our awards were much smaller but no less Director important at an average of £7k.

As well as money, we have helped build capacity within the charity sector through our investment in Robertson House. We now have 26 organisations based in our building which

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 03 Grant making Overview The focus of funding made through theTrust’s grant making programme.

This continues to help those charities and projects which provide direct support to create opportunities for disadvantaged groups and individuals living in communities.

This is clearly a difficult time for many Main Awards charities which are operating at full capacity 02 Revenue donations in excess of £10,000 whilst having to deal with cuts in funding. per annum and capitald onations of up to The fact that the Trust is able to provide £100,000. Capitaldonations will normally be for core, unrestricted funding to support on- a maximum of 10% of the total project cost. going projects and services has been widely Also included in the Main Awards listing are appreciated by many charities coping with awards for continuation funding. these challenges. Small Awards This type of core funding is something that the 03 Revenue donations of up to £10,000 Trust sees as a growing need within the sector per annum. Applications for Main and Small and one that it will continue to support in the donations will be considered six times a year year ahead. Donations to these charities can and a suggested format for all applicants take the form of core funding, including salaries is provided on the Trust’s website which is and general running costs, grants towards designed to make the process as simple specific projects,or capital grants for building as possible for all applicants. or equipment. Donations are classified according to four main types, to which different guidelines apply. Development Awards 04 Seek to undertake a proactive role by Major Awards investigating and funding specific areas or 01 Capital donations above £100,000, for issues where the Trustees believe there is an which the overall project costs will normally be unmet need for the provision of services. We in excess of £1 million. Major capital donations also seek to inform national policy through will normally contribute specifically to one the commissioning and sharing of external of the Trust’s priority areas other than under evaluations. The Trust’s support in this area is exceptional circumstances. currently focussed on support for offenders and their families; alcohol misuse and Major capital applications are considered three community sport. Development Awards are not times a year in January, May and September. part of our open application process.

04 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 2015 Awards

Category Open Development Connected Giving Total applications awards Trusts more

Alcohol Misuse £256,750 £348,500 £605,250

Animal Conservation £23,500 £23,500 & Welfare

Care £2,449,150 £45,000 £2,494,150

Community Arts £2,374,000 £2,374,000

Community Facilities £1,409,500 £1,409,500 & Services

Community Sports £719,450 £370,000 £1,089,450

Criminal Justice £339,500 £372,000 £711,500

Education & Training £4,874,000 £1,721,000 £6,595,000

Environment £118,000 £118,000

Health £2,585,400 £2,585,400

Saving Lives £26,000 £26,000

Giving More Awards £216,000 £216,000

Total £15,175,250 £1,090,500 £1,766,000 £216,000 £18,247,750

Award Type Number of Total Average award awards Committed £M amount

Major 13 £2.9 £226k

Main 289 £9.3 £32k

Small 424 £3.1 £7k Development 14 £1.1 £78k £18.2M 2 n/a Connected Trusts £1.7 awarded Total 742 £18.2 an increase of 10%

£19.3M £20.4M 742 £1.4M expenditure income awards Trust’s annnual an increase an increase up by running costs of 12% of 9.8% 7%

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 05 Education & Training This category includes support for community-based activities which increase opportunities in education or which nurture talent and develop positive life skills opportunities.

Examples include youth work projects which seek to develop confidence, self-esteem, leadership and employability skills amongst young people, or community based learning centres which target hard to reach groups to provide access to education and training.

Universities and FE Colleges should note that the Trust wishes to target revenue funding to projects and activities which provide and increase access for young people and mature students from disadvantaged backgrounds although applications for other areas of work may be considered.

£4,874,000

06 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Education & Training

Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled Association (RRDA) operates from a 6 acre site in Balerno, . Its core client group of around 120 riders is mainly made up of disadvantaged children with a learning and/or physical disability but includes people of all ages with a wide range of mental health issues and life limiting conditions. £225,000

Ravelrig Riding for the Disabled £225,000 Towards the New Indoor Riding Arena Project East Park £200,000 Towards the Building on Success project KibbleWorks £200,000 Towards the Experience:Leisure and Learning Project Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust £200,000 Towards Moat Brae - Birthplace of Peter Pan Prince’s Trust - Scotland £200,000 Towards Capital costs of the Enterprise Centre (Cumbrae House) Field Studies Council £120,000 Towards the capital costs of the redevelopment of Field Studies Council in Millport Fet-Lor Youth Club £100,000 Towards the FetLor Youth Club Capital Appeal Council of Voluntary Organisations (East Ayrshire) £80,000 Towards the Triptych - Creative People,Creative Spaces Project Columba 1400 £75,000 Towards the Irvine Community Project Day1 Ltd £65,000 Towards the Day1 Mentor Project and Kart Raceway Social Enterprise Scottish Historic Buildings Trust £66,000 Towards the Patrick Geddes Centre for Learning and Conservation Forth Sector £65,000 Towards the St.Jude’s Laundry Project Prince’s Trust - Scotland £60,000 Towards Fairbridge Programme in Glasgow & the Clyde Valley Ecology Centre £57,500 Towards the Sustainable Futures Project

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Caberfeidh Horizons £55,500 Towards the Training and Business Development Manager New Start Highland £54,000 Towards the salary costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator Eildon West Youth Hub £53,000 Towards the Youth Work Services Manager Aberlour Child Care Trust £51,000 Towards the costs of the Aberlour Youthpoint - Glasgow Project Fersands and Fountain Community Project £51,000 Towards the running costs of the Family Centre Hope for Justice £51,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Training & Development Officer (Scotland) Tain & District YMCA £51,000 Towards the salary costs of the Senior Youth and Community Worker Brook Scotland £49,500 Towards the Education Programme Fuse Youth Café Glasgow £48,000 Towards the Costs of the Project Manager Oban Youth Cafe Project £48,000 Towards the running costs Community Alcohol Free Environment Cafe £45,000 Towards the C.A.F.E Project East Carers £45,000 Towards the Young Carers Peer Education Project Easthall Residents Association £45,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Project Co-ordinator for the ‘Play not Pay’ Project Green Team (Edinburgh & ) £45,000 Towards the Green Shoots Programme

Fuse Youth Café Glasgow Fuse Youth Café, based in Shettleston area of Glasgow, provides a range of activities including daily drop-ins, fitness sessions, workshops, a job club and volunteering opportunities for local children and young people aged 9-25 years. Recent projects include an anti-bullying course and Shettleston Heritage Trail, a walking trail developed by the young people together with Shettleston Housing Association and Shettleston History Project. £48,000

08 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Education & Training

ROC (Redeeming Our Communities) Redeeming our Communities (ROC) is a Manchester based charity which brings together community groups, churches, police & fire services, local authorities and voluntary agencies to develop and deliver projects to address community needs in some of the UK’s most deprived areas. With 50 projects in and two pilot projects in Scotland. £42,000

Highlands Small Communities’ Housing Trust £45,000 Towards the Cairngorms Skills Project SCOREscotland £45,000 Towards the Youth Work Project Southern Uplands Partnership £45,000 Towards the Room To Grow Project Tullochan £45,000 Towards the Future Choices Project Tullochan £45,000 Towards the Business Development Manager University of the West of Scotland £45,000 Towards the and Wellness and Recovery College Volunteer Midlothian £45,000 Towards the Connect Online Project Highlands & Islands Youth for Christ £43,500 Towards the salary costs of the Project Development Officer Fresh Start £42,000 Towards the Electrical Services Project ROC (Redeeming Our Communities) £42,000 Towards towards the costs of a ROC Scotland Regional Co-ordinator Royal Highland Education Trust £42,000 Towards the Countryside Initiative Programme Village Storytelling Centre £42,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Storyteller Logos Centre £40,500 Towards the salary costs of the Co-ordinator South Glasgow Childcare Partnership Forum £40,500 Towards the South Bookbug Project Mossburn Community Farm £40,500 Towards the organisation’s running costs

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North Berwick Youth Project Delivers a wide range of educational and social opportunities for young people aged 11-18 yrs. They run 4 weekly Drop-Ins, and work closely with North Berwick High School providing 1:1 support and group work. In addition they run a Friday term time café and a Summer Café for locals in the nearby Lodge Grounds. £36,000

Who Cares? Scotland £40,500 Towards Reaching Higher Training Programme Young Enterprise Scotland £40,000 Towards Bridge 2 Business CKUK £39,000 Towards the CKCyber Project Lairg and District Learning Centre £39,000 Towards the Manager’s Salary Machan Trust £36,000 Towards the running costs of the organisation North Berwick Youth Project £36,000 Towards the salary costs of the Project Manager Voluntary Action £36,000 Towards the Peer Education Project Stepping Stones (North Edinburgh) £34,500 Towards the Programme Development Worker Salary and related groupwork costs Scotland’s Learning Partnership £34,200 Towards the Learning Circle Project , Lomond and the Islands Energy £33,000 Towards the Skills for Energy Action and Security Project Institute of Fundraising £32,000 Towards the Institute of Fundraising Scotland Mentoring Programme HELM Training Ltd. £30,000 Towards the Life Coaching and Mentoring Project Factory Skatepark £30,000 Towards the Youth & Community Worker Friends of the Award in Edinburgh and the Lothians £30,000 Towards the FOTA Youth Development Project Galgael Trust £30,000 Towards the Journey on Project

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LANDED Peer Education Service £30,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Organisation Orcadia Creative Learning Centre £30,000 Towards the post of a Senior Arts Tutor Play-Base Edinburgh £30,000 Towards the Development of Play-base Edinburgh Special Needs Action Project £30,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Organisation Temple/Shafton Youth Project £30,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Organisation Workingrite £30,000 Towards the Project Manager (Edinburgh) Citadel Youth Centre £29,000 Towards the Young Volunteers Project Newbattle Abbey College £29,000 Towards the Rural Skills Project Museum Trust £28,500 Towards the salary costs of the Learning and Audience Development Officer Urras Achadh an Droighinn £28,500 Towards the Runrig Project Watch Us Grow £27,500 Towards the expansion costs of Nursery Needs Strathmore Centre for Youth Development £27,000 Towards the Refurbishment of the Educational Suites in the new premises at Wellmeadow House Falkirk & District Association for Mental Health £26,000 Towards the Training Development Officer Craigmillar Literacy Trust £25,500 Towards the Creating and Learning Together in Craigmillar Project Project Ability £25,000 Towards the Create Arts programme for children and young people Fastworks Bonhill £24,000 Towards the Senior Support Worker’s Salary Foundation Scotland £24,000 Towards the Stewart Ivory Financial Education Programme St. Leonard’s , Forres £24,000 Towards the Forres Youth and Families Outreach Project Youth Vision £24,000 Towards Youth Vision

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Arran Youth Foundations £23,000 Towards the Project Manager Centre for Inclusive Living £22,500 Towards the Pick and Mix Portfolio Pavillion Youth Café £22,000 Towards the Homework Club ENABLE £20,000 Towards cost of establishing social enterprise activities for adults with learning disabilities in Glasgow Grampian Transport Museum Trust £20,000 Towards the New Visitor Reception Facility Project Ormlie Community Association Limited £20,000 Towards Young People’s Projects Outward Bound Trust £20,000 Towards the Loch Eil Centre Barn Refurbishment Project Rowland’s (Selkirk) £20,000 Towards the Specialist Development Worker Volunteer Tutors Organisation £20,000 Towards towards the Volunteer Tutors Organisation Wester Hailes Youth Agency £20,000 Towards the Senior Youth Worker Dyslexia Scotland £19,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Volunteer Manager Irvine Beat FM £19,500 Towards the Irvine Beat Training Project Drumchapel Disabled Action 2 £18,000 Towards the running costs of the youth group Museum Trust £17,000 Towards the Administrator/Development Manager University of Stirling £17,000 Towards the Learning and Audience Development Curator

Irvine Beat FM Irvine Beat FM, established 2009, is a community radio station and SCIO operating 24 hours per day 7 days a week. The aims of the station are to broadcast health and wellbeing information and provide a vibrant platform for local community groups and charities to inform the community of the services they provide. £19,500

12 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Education & Training

Abbotsford Trust Took over responsibility for the Borders home of Sir in 2007. Scott’s collection of historical artefacts give the House and grounds a significant place in terms of Scottish culture and heritage. These require extensive work to preserve them, make them more accessible to visitors and secure long-term viability. £16,000

Abbotsford Trust £16,000 Towards the Learning and Development Team Earthtime for All £16,000 Towards the targeted work with disadvantaged groups across Sandhead Learning and Internet Centre £16,000 Towards the Part-Time Co-ordinator Divercity (Scotland) Ltd £15,000 Towards the salary costs of the Programme Manager Learning through Landscapes Trust £15,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Early Years & Parenting Officer (Nurturing Nature Project) Made in Tain £15,000 Towards the Centre Manager Maryhill Mobile Creche £15,000 Towards the start up costs of the Outdoor Nursery Monklands Women’s Aid £15,000 Towards the Salary Costs of a Learning/Training Development Worker Pushkin Prizes in Scotland £15,000 Towards the Outreach Programme Right Track £15,000 Towards the Challenge Life Project

Right Track Right Track supports young people, who are disengaged from mainstream education and facing significant social exclusion with a variety of often complex additional support needs. This occurs via a range of personal development, core skill, pre-vocational and employability programmes. £15,000

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Sikh Sanjog Sikh Sanjog is an Edinburgh based charity which helps to integrate local Sikh women and their families into the broader community. Almost half of the young women with whom Sikh Sanjog engages come to Edinburgh from other parts of Britain to be married, often never having met their partner or his family. Sikh Sanjog provides a culturally sensitive environment from which projects can be delivered. £15,000

Sikh Sanjog £15,000 Towards the Youth Development Manager Tarbert Youth Group £15,000 Towards the Project Co-ordinator Callander Youth Project Trust £14,000 Towards the Steps to Work Programme Gorebridge Opportunities £14,000 Towards the Running Costs of Gorebridge Opportunities Peeblesshire Youth Trust £14,000 Towards the Achieve your Potential Project Spruce Carpets £13,500 Towards the Carpet Binding skills programme Cothrom £13,000 Towards the Development Manager for the ReStore Project St. Mary’s Cathedral Workshop £13,000 Towards the costs of the Apprentice Stonemasons Lee O’Brien Solvent Trust £12,000 Towards the salary costs of the Development Manager Jump Cut Crew £11,000 Towards the Projectors programme Blairdardie Out of School Service £10,000 Towards the costs of the Homework/Healthy Living Coordinators Castle Community Information Technology Centre £10,000 Towards Core Services Kirkwall City Pipe Band £10,000 Towards the Victoria Hall Refurbishment Positive Action in Housing £10,000 Towards the costs of the Money Skills Advice Project

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Scottish Music Centre £10,000 Towards the Music Plus+ Project Specialisterne £10,000 Towards the Autism Employability Stair Park Community Garden Centre SCIO £9,500 Towards the costs of the Centre Manager Sir Thomas Lipton Foundation £9,000 Towards the Buoyed Up project Fly Cup Catering Limited £8,500 Towards the Fly Cup Catering Plus Building Project Stay Safe Highland £8,500 Towards the Stay Safe Highland Project Falkirk Citizens Advice Bureau £8,000 Towards the Volunteer Recruitment & Training Project Grampian Employment Opportunities £8,000 Towards the GO Boost Project Langholm Initiative £8,000 Towards the Making the Most of the Moorlands Project Youth Vision £7,500 Towards the Replacement Minibus Borders Green Team Enterprises £7,000 Towards the Green Team Grass Services Project Headroom £7,000 Towards the Navig8 Project Pathhead Youth Project (PYP) £6,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Organisation Whithorn Trust £6,000 Towards the Young Person’s Film Project No Limits Club £5,000 Towards the 2015 Kielder Holiday Project

Stay Safe Highland This Inverness based SCIO provides practical advice and support on safety issues for vulnerable, older people. Elderly people are given practical advice on how to stay safe at home including fall prevention, how to avoid “scams” and how to use existing support agencies. £8,500

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Galashiels Town Band This community brass band provides tuition for over 40 young people each week to develop their musical talent, self-confidence and overall team work with opportunities to participate in national competitions and local community concerts. £3,000

Hawick Community Cafe £4,500 Towards the Finance for Phase 2 Project Stirling and Scout Council £ 4,500 Towards the Outdoor Activity Centre Shower Block Wanlockhead Museum Trust £4,000 Towards the Education Through Science and Technology Project Bridge Church Community Action Project £3,000 Towards the Youth Achievement Group Galashiels Town Band £3,000 Towards the Costs of Ongoing Support to Youth and Junior Bands Junior Pipe Band £3,000 Towards the Costs of the Sessional Drumming Tutor Port William Community Development Trust £3,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Part-time Youth Workers Tall Ships Youth Trust £3,000 Towards the Supporting Young People with Special Needs or Disabilities Project Kaimes Special School Association £2,800 Towards the Kaimes Outdoor Education Programme Kirkcaldy District Scouts £1,500 Towards the Wemyss Firs Campsite Upgrade Roots of Arran Community Woodland £1,500 Towards the Forest School Leaders No. 480 Sea Cadets Unit Campbeltown £1,000 Towards Cadet Offshore Training Voyages

I love how I can now talk in front of others, before, I was so shy, but now I can perform and speak in front of an audience, I love the team too, they are always helping me. Sikh Sanjog

16 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk “I learned how to live and smile again, I found I am not dead inside, I am alive”

Over the Wall

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 15 Health This category includes activities which promote health, as well as those which seek to prevent or treat sickness and disease.

Examples include services which support people affected by long term conditions and those which address physical and mental health issues. It also includes projects which work with children identified as being at risk of misusing drugs or with people recovering from drug addictions to assist them to rebuild their lives.

£2,585,400

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Stirling Advice Partnership This Stirling based charity was recently established to provide information and advice on welfare benefits, income maximisation and housing to local communities. It works closely with other advice agencies to support vulnerable people with debt problems. Running the Macmillan Money Matters project, which seeks to tackle financial exclusion for people with cancer and other long term conditions. £45,000

Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice £250,000 Towards the Costs of Building a New Home for Glasgow’s Hospice Age Scotland £83,000 Towards the Men Sheds Project Revive MS Support £83,000 Towards the Relocation of therapy Centre Ayrshire Hospice £60,000 Towards Respite and Response Project Thistle Foundation £60,000 Towards the New Tudsbery Centre of Health and Wellbeing Penumbra £49,500 Towards the Self Harm Project Cancer Support Scotland £48,000 Towards the One to One Services Dumfries and Galloway Hard of Hearing Group £48,000 Towards the salary costs of the Service Co-ordinator Tullibody Healthy Living Initiative £48,000 Towards the Community Development Worker’s Salary Carr-Gomm £45,000 Towards the Craigmillar Community Grows Project Fragile X Society £45,000 Towards the Scottish Development and Family Support Worker’s salary Springburn Alive & Kicking £45,000 Towards the organisation’s running costs Stirling Advice Partnership £45,000 Towards the Macmillan Money Matters Project Adviser Youth-Link () £45,000 Towards the costs of the Kids Unlimited Project

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Rock Trust Established in 1991, the Rock Trust works across Edinburgh and the Lothians, providing a range of advice and practical support for young people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. These are generally young people in transition e.g. leaving the Care System or family home who are often already affected by substance misuse. The charity deals with around 500 young people annually. “Now I can attend other groups and projects. I continue to write in my spare time and feel confident about becoming a writer, it has made me more confident and motivated about pursuing my goals. My situation at home is better and conflict with my mother is not as bad”. £42,000

Gardening Leave Limited £44,000 Towards the Plant Right Eat Right Project Community House £43,500 Towards the running costs of the Community House Hidden Gardens Trust £42,000 Towards the running costs of the Hidden Gardens Trust MASScot £42,000 Towards the Sun Awareness Programme Rock Trust £42,000 Towards Health and Wellbeing Worker Castlemilk Pensioners Action Centre £40,500 Towards the Senior Centre Project CHANGES Community Health Project £40,500 Towards the Volunteer Project Mindspace Limited £40,500 Towards the Tackling Young People’s Self Harm Project Pain Concern £40,500 Towards the Project Co-ordinator’s Salary New Caledonian Woodlands £40,000 Towards the Enterprising New Caledonian Woodlands Project University of the Highlands and Islands Development Trust £38,000 Towards the Community Engagement Project - Lyme Disease FARE £37,500 Towards the salary costs of the Senior Health & Wellbeing Manager

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Edinburgh Food Project Established in 2012 it operates under the umbrella of the Trussell Trust. It provides emergency food packs containing a 3-day supply of groceries to around 4,000 people living in food poverty in Central and North-West Edinburgh. £36,000

Edinburgh Food Project £36,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Operations Manage Ninewells Community Garden £36,000 Towards the recruitment of a Garden Facilitator RAMH £33,000 Towards the St. Mirren Project Second Chance Project £33,000 Towards the costs of the Abstinence Project Worker Common Wheel £30,000 Towards the organisation’s core running costs Dunoon Link Club £30,000 Towards the Running Costs of Dunoon Link Club Eczema Outreach (Scotland) £30,000 Towards the Family Support Service Health Opportunities Team £30,000 Towards the Feel Good Groups Healthy Valleys £30,000 Towards the Routes to Health Co-ordinator Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling (Scotland) £30,000 Towards the running costs of Lifeline Pregnancy Counselling (Scotland) Multiple Sclerosis Society Scotland £30,000 Towards the Self Management Courses

Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Stirling This Stirling based charity provides a range of therapies for people with Multiple Sclerosis, including physiotherapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Reiki and massage, currently supporting around 50 people on a regular basis. £30,000

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Inverclyde Association for Mental Health Based in Greenock it provides support and training services for people affected by mental health issues. 'In Work' is a horticultural and landscaping service which provides training and new skills for 40 volunteers, 5 of whom are currently working towards NVQ qualifications. £28,000

Support In Mind £30,000 Towards the Core Costs of the Organisation Association for Mental Health £28,000 Towards the Costs of “In-Work” Horticultural and Landscaping Services Phoenix Futures £26,000 Towards the Recovery Through Nature Project Headway Ayrshire £25,000 Towards the Client/Family Support Worker’s costs Braveheart Association £22,500 Towards the Braveheart Nature Walks Project Ardgowan Hospice £20,000 Towards the Core Running Costs of the Hospice Bethesda Nursing Home and Hospice £20,000 Towards the core running costs of Bethesda Hospice First Base Agency £20,000 Towards the running costs of the organisation For the Right Reasons £20,000 Towards the Part-Time Support Worker’s Salary Healthy n Happy £20,000 Towards the Creation of a Community Hub Marie Curie Cancer Care £20,000 Towards the Argyll and Bute Community engagement in Palliative Care Project Marie Curie Cancer Care £20,000 Towards the Core Running Costs of the Hospice St. Margaret’s of Scotland Hospice £20,000 Towards the Core Running Costs of the Hospice St. Vincent’s Hospice £20,000 Towards the Core Running Costs of the Hospice St. Andrew’s Hospice £20,000 Towards the core running costs of the hospice

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Scottish Drugs Forum £20,000 Towards the Addiction Workers Training Project (Edinburgh & East) Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs £20,000 Towards the Scottish Families Tele Health Programme Strathcarron Hospice £20,000 Towards the core running costs of the Hospice SUDEP Action Scotland £18,000 Towards the Work of SUDEP Action in Scotland PAMIS £17,000 Towards the Glasgow Healthy Lifestyles Leisure Project Accord Hospice £15,000 Towards the Core Running Costs of the Hospice Ayrshire Hospice £15,000 Towards the core running costs of Ayrshire Hospice Bowel Cancer UK £15,000 Towards the direct staff costs of the Living Well with the Impact of Bowel Cancer Project Edinburgh Community Food Ltd £15,000 Towards the ECF Enterprise Expansion Project Family Addiction Support Service £15,000 Towards assistance with the running costs Highland Hospice £15,000 Towards the core running costs of Highland Hospice Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland £15,000 Towards the Glasgow Music therapy 2015 Project Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice £15,000 Towards the Core Running Costs of the Hospice Sheddocksley Baptist Church £14,500 Towards the Befriending Coordinator’s salary (Parish Nursing Befriending Project) Y.M.C.A. Stranraer £14,500 Towards the costs of the Play Ranger Programme

Bowel Cancer UK This UK charity has a base in Edinburgh and provides education and information about Bowel Cancer to patients and healthcare professionals. Working to raise awareness of the disease amongst the general public and campaigns for high quality treatment and care. £15,000

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Western Isles Association for Mental Health £14,000 Towards the Catch 23 Mental Health Drop In PROJECT Iris Cancer Partnership £13,500 Towards the Oncology Massage Services S.I.S.G Enterprises Ltd £13,000 Towards the Hearing Help Centre Bipolar Fellowship Scotland £10,000 Towards the Peer Support Self Management Project Community InfoSource £10,000 Towards the Combating FGM Project Diabetes UK £10,000 Towards West Lothian Group - the Exercise Programme for People With Diabetes Gareloch Branch - Riding for the Disabled £10,000 Towards the organisation’s running costs Hawick Acorn Project SCIO £10,000 Towards the salary costs of the Project Co-ordinator Larkhall & District Volunteer Group £10,000 Towards the organisation’s running costs Little Haven Community Care Centre £10,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Little Haven Community Care Centre Sports Driving £10,000 Towards Running Costs Tayberry Enterprise Limited £10,000 Towards the Performing Arts Programme Skye & Lochalsh Friends Of Arms £9,000 Towards Support for ongoing running costs Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre Stirling £8,000 Towards the Running Costs of MS therapy Centre Stirling VIP Arts and Sports Academy £7,000 Towards the VIP Pass Project Nairn Hydrotherapy Trust £6,000 Towards the Hydrotherapy Pool Scottish Recovery Consortium £6,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Scottish Recovery Consortium Y.M.C.A. - Bellshill & Mossend £6,000 Towards the Volunteer Co-ordinator (Health and Wellbeing Service) Steeple Church Dundee £5,500 Towards the Parish Nursing Project Discovery Camps Trust £5,000 Towards the Children’s Holiday Camp Programme

24 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Health

Muckle Toon Adventure Company Based in Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, The Muckle Toon Adventure Company has evolved from an annual walking festival to a community initiative. Aiming to provide an expanded programme of activities including walks/runs, cycling running events in addition to the recently established “Geocaching”, a global GPS treasure hunt. £4,000

Gorgie Dalry Community Association £5,000 Towards the Health and Social Welfare Improvement Project Partnerships for Wellbeing £5,000 Towards the volunteer training for ‘Step it up Highland’ project Dunbar Centre Pop-in £4,500 Towards the Men’s Shed Project Muckle Toon Adventure Company £4,000 Towards Developing a programme of regular activities Helensburgh Addiction Rehabilitation Team £3,500 Towards the HARTy Eating Project Environmental Arts Theatre Company £3,000 Towards the “BarrowBand” Live Roll Out DASH (Depression & Anxiety Support & Help) £2,500 Towards the running costs of the Depression & Anxiety Support Group Brock Garden Centre £2,000 Towards Brock Garden Centre Diabetes UK £1,800 Towards West Lothian Group - the Exercise Programme for people with Diabetes Edinburgh Speakability Group £1,500 Towards Running costs Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland £600 Towards Arbroath COPD Group - the Costs of the Newsletter

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Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 25 Care This category is broadly defined. Examples include projects which enhance the quality of life for individuals and their families with special care or support needs, palliative care, day and residential care for the elderly, people with disabilities and people who are homeless.

It also includes projects which provide broad social and emotional support to Carers and includes the provision of respite care.

£ 2,449,150

1026 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Care

Deafblind Scotland £200,000 Towards the Learning and Development Centre Scottish Adoption £60,000 Towards the Adopted Children’s therapy Service Cornerstone Community Care £60,000 Towards the Capital Build - Baxter View L.E.A.P. £55,500 Towards the Befriending & Handy Person Project One Parent Families Scotland £51,000 Towards the Braes Children and Families Centre - Family Support Project MediCinema £50,000 Towards the Cinema for the New Children’s Hospital in Glasgow Hospital £46,000 Towards Erskine Glasgow Home Recreation Project Minority Ethnic Carers of Older People Project £45,000 Towards the Dementia Support Service Development Worker (South Asian Communities) Garvald Glenesk £45,000 Towards the Forward Vision Project Quarriers £45,000 Towards the Sexual Exploitation Counsellor for Homeless Young People Counselling Care Skye and Lochalsh £45,000 Towards the salary costs of the Managing Counsellor Helensburgh & Lomond Carers SCIO £45,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Carer Services Team Leader Western Isles Community Care Forum £45,000 Towards the Training for Carers Project Befriend Motherwell £42,500 Towards the Befriending in Motherwell Project Dundee Women’s Aid Company Ltd £42,000 Towards the Domestic Abuse Prevention Project LinkLiving £40,500 Towards the RealLiving Older People’s Service Mid-Lin Day Care £39,000 Towards the Volunteer Support Project Broomhill Day Centre, Penicuik £39,000 Towards the running costs of Broomhill Day Centre Annan & District Day Centre £39,000 Towards the Core Funding Costs Volunteer Centre - South West Glasgow Carers Centre £39,000 Towards the salary of a Young Adult Carer Support Worker

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Inspire This based charity provides residential and day services for people with learning disabilities and additional support needs from across the North East of Scotland. The charity’s aim is to support it’s service users to live as independently as possible, participate fully in their local communities and fulfil their potential. £33,000

Disabled Persons Housing Service Aberdeen City £39,000 Towards the Housing Adviser CAIR Scotland £39,000 Towards the costs of a Volunteer Development Worker Home-Start West Lothian £36,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Co-ordinator Contact a Family £36,000 Towards the Strengthening Families Project Relationships Scotland £35,000 Towards the Child Contact Centre Development Officer Lilias Graham Trust £35,000 Towards the Family Worker (Sustaining Family Change Service) Home-Start Wigtownshire £33,750 Towards the Supporting Families - Support Workers Project Inspire £33,000 Towards the Volunteer Coordinator (Community Engagement Volunteer Project) Down’s Syndrome Scotland £32,000 Towards the Family Support Service Project HOPE Kitchen SCIO £30,000 Towards the salary costs of the Service Manager East Community Care Forum £30,000 Towards the Development Worker’s Salary Geeza Break £30,000 Towards the Chief Executive’s Salary Cobhair Bharraigh £30,000 Towards Cobhair Bharraigh Daycare, Home Support and Carer Support Visualise Scotland £30,000 Towards the new East Lothian Day Service Project

28 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Care

Perth & Kinross A.D.H.D. Group £30,000 Towards the core funding of Perth & Kinross A.D.H.D Group Memory Box Network £30,000 Towards the costs of the workshop and educational projects Mearns and Coastal Healthy Living Network £30,000 Towards the development of the Independent Living Project for older people TYKES £28,000 Towards the Office Manager’s Salary Equal Futures £27,400 Towards the Circles of Support Project Interest Link Borders £24,000 Towards the cost of the Co-ordinator Dove Centre £24,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Dove Centre Fife Shopping and Support Services £24,000 Towards the running costs of Fife Shopping and Support Services Home-Start Dunfermline £23,500 Towards the Running Costs of Home-Start Dunfermline Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland £21,000 Towards core costs of the Branch KLICS £20,000 Towards the Young Carers Project Active Seniors £20,000 Towards the salary costs of the Development Officer

Mearns & Coastal Healthy Living Network This small group provides daycare and social and recreational opportunities for people with dementia in addition to carers’ specific services. Activities include a monthly Memory Café in partnership with the Community Mental Health Team and Alzheimer Scotland and a also a “photos by e-mail service” for carers to receive regular photos of their loved ones having fun.” “This is an excellent service and I would recommend anyone who has family/friends affected by dementia to access it. Also, the support given to carers and other family members is of a high standard.” £30,000

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East Kilbride & District Dementia Carers Group This small group provides daycare and social and recreational opportunities for people with dementia in addition to carers’ specific services. Activities include a monthly Memory Café in partnership with the Community Mental Health Team and Alzheimer Scotland and a also a “photos by e-mail service” for carers to receive regular photos of their loved ones having fun.” “This is an excellent service and I would recommend anyone who has family/friends affected by dementia to access it. Also, the support given to carers and other family members is of a high standard.” £20,000

East Kilbride & District Dementia Carers Group £20,000 Towards the running costs of the group Dundee Crisis Pregnancy Trust £20,000 Towards the Running Costs of Dundee Crisis Pregnancy Trust Glasgow Simon Community £20,000 Towards the City Centre Response Partnership Buttle UK £20,000 Towards the Kinship Care Project It’s Good 2 Give! £20,000 Towards the Ripple Retreat Project Abbeyfield Society £19,500 Towards the salary costs of a part-time Activity Co-ordinator

Dundee Crisis Pregnancy Trust Dundee Crisis Pregnancy Trust offers support to women facing unintended pregnancy, child loss or after termination, as well as a sexual health and relationships education programme for local secondary school pupils. Our donation of £20,000 over 2 years will help towards the running costs of the organisation. “I can’t praise this service enough. It has been so helpful and has helped me work through a tough time and deal with it in a positive way.” £20,000

30 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Care

Haylie House Trustees Haylie House Residential Care Home, based in Largs, provides care for local elderly people including those with dementia, who are no longer able to live in their own homes. “The Care in Haylie House is second to none - I knew within 5 minutes of being in the Home, Haylie was the right one for me, the staff are very professional and go beyond the call of duty. It has a very welcoming, homely atmosphere.” £15,000

Hearing and Sight Care £19,500 Towards the costs of the One Stop Approach Project Spectrum £19,000 Towards the Part-time Playworkers Curam Thiriodh £18,000 Towards the Tiree Resource Club We Step Together £17,000 Towards the salary costs of the Support Worker for the Activities Programme Crossroads (North Argyll) Care Attendant Scheme £15,000 Towards the 30+ Project Haylie House Trustees £15,000 Towards the Broadening Horizons Project Crieff & District Auxiliary Association £15,000 Towards the Running Costs of Richmond House Drumchapel Disabled Action 2 £15,000 Towards the Costs of a Minibus Break The Silence £15,000 Towards the Moving Forward Project Tree Club £15,000 Towards Training, Sessional Staff and Outings Carnwadric WIN Project £14,000 Towards the Family Support Worker (WIN Project) Street Connect £14,000 Towards the Project Manager’s salary People With A Mission Ministries £13,000 Towards Community Care (Senior Citizens) Programme Western Isles Foyer £12,500 Towards the Salary costs of the Lifeshaper Outreach Support Worker

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People with a Mission Ministries This Perth based organisation has 20 years experience of working alongside Churches providing a wide programme of community support services. This includes work with young people living in areas of disadvantage, the development of a network of Drop-Ins for people recovering from addictions and support for former Offenders, primarily through volunteer opportunities/placements. This work has enabled them to develop strong links with statutory agencies including Criminal Justice, Education and Social Services from whom they receive referrals and a key strand of the community programme is their on-going work with senior citizens. £13,000

Crisis £12,000 Towards the Running Costs of Crisis Home-Start £12,000 Towards Home- Start Orkney Sight Action £12,000 Towards the salary costs of the Volunteer Co-ordinator Kirkstyle Baptist Church £12,000 Towards the Centre of Hope Children and Family Worker Over The Wall £10,000 Towards the Regional Co-ordinator Disabled & Carers Information Centre Association (DCICA) £10,000 Towards the Adult Carer Support project Crossroads Caring for Carers ( & Bute) £10,000 Towards the Crossroads Cowal and Bute Project Home-Start Edinburgh West & South West £10,000 Towards the Family Support Project North Berwick Day Care Association Ltd £10,000 Towards the Replacement Bus Harris Voluntary Service £10,000 Towards the costs of the targeted community services Dixon Community £10,000 Towards Day Care Transport for Older People

32 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Care

Family Support Projects £10,000 Towards the Nature Nurture Programmes Marie Curie Hospice £10,000 Towards the running costs of the Hospice Fostering Network Scotland £9,500 Towards the Reach Out Project Listening Books £9,000 Towards the Books for Hospices Project Hebrides Alpha Project (Hebrides Alpha Trading Limited) £7,500 Towards the Hebrides Alpha Training Project Glasgow Old People’s Welfare Association £7,500 Towards the costs of the minibus Ness Bank Church of Scotland £7,500 Towards the Community/Family Worker Perth Six Circle Project £7,000 Towards the Development Worker Queen’s House (Kelso) £7,000 Towards the Activity Room Three Eyes Project £7,000 Towards the Costs of the Project Co-ordinator Home-Start Leith and North East Edinburgh £5,000 Towards Running Costs Time and Space £5,000 Towards Running Costs Happy Days £5,000 Towards Leisure time activities for children with special needs from Scotland Mobility Trust £5,000 Towards the Scottish Wheelchairs & Scooters Project Siblings Together and Reunited (STAR) £5,000 Towards the Core Costs and Running Costs Ladywell Neighbourhood Network £4,500 Towards Running Costs

Queen’s House, Kelso Queen’s House (Kelso) in the Scottish Borders provides residential and nursing care for 32 elderly people, many of whom have dementia, offering stimulating activities ranging from concerts to arts and crafts. £7,000

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KidsOut Aberdeen KidsOut Aberdeen provides an annual one day social outing for children with physical and mental disabilities from 33 primary schools across Aberdeen. The Robertson Trust donation of £1,000 helped towards the cost of the 2014 event. “It was another brilliant day and we came back to school exhausted having had lots of fun. Thank you so much for organising our favourite outing of the year.“ £1,000

Tarbert Soup Group £4,000 Towards the Tarbert Soup Group Butterfly Club £4,000 Towards the Butterfly Summer Club Disability Awareness Group £4,000 Towards the ‘Engaging with Everyone’ Training Project ROAR-Connections for Life Ltd £3,000 Towards Reaching Older Men - the “Breath of Fresh Air” Project Lin Berwick Trust £2,000 Towards the Costs of Flooring at Dirleton S.S.A.F.A. Forces Help £1,000 Towards the Drop In Centre for Service Families from the Cowal Division KidsOut Aberdeen £1,000 Towards the Kids Out 2014 Event

34 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Community Arts This category is primarily aimed at providing access and opportunity for young people and for those individuals who may be disadvantaged to engage with all forms of the arts.

Projects supported also include those which use the arts for therapeutic purposes or as a vehicle to engage with individuals on particular social issues.

Examples include projects which use art based activities as a diversionary tool for young people likely to engage in antisocial behaviour or projects which deliver outreach programmes to encourage participation in drama, art or music based activities within theatres and museums. It also includes work which supports emerging talent among Scotland’s young people.

£2,374,000

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National The National Theatre of Scotland was established in 2006 as the first national theatre company to exist entirely as a touring company. It’s “Theatre without Walls” model has enable the company to take its work to theatres and community settings throughout the country and internationally. £400,000

Citizens Theatre £500,000 Towards the Citizens Theatre Redevelopment Project National Theatre of Scotland £400,000 Towards the Creation Centre - A New Home Project Aberdeen Performing Arts £242,000 Towards the Renovation of Aberdeen Cove Park £200,000 Towards the capital costs of Refurbishing and Extending Cove Park Campbeltown Community Business £165,000 Towards the Centenary Project Rothesay Pavilion £100,000 Towards the Rothesay Pavilion Capital Development Project Big Burns Supper Trust £48,000 Towards the Creative Sparks Project Impact Arts Projects £45,000 Towards the Young Gallery: Art therapy Programme Lyra Theatre £45,000 Towards the running costs of the theatre

Cove Park Cove Park is a residential facility located on 50 acres of hillside overlooking Loch Long on Scotland’s West Coast. It is used for artist’s residencies and the delivery of a range of art programmes. Programmes include craft and design with graduates from Glasgow School of Art mentoring new learners. Cove Park is also used by a range of national arts agencies, and example of which is The National Theatre of Scotland. £200,000

36 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Community Arts

Eden Court Highlands Eden Court, based in Inverness, is one of the biggest arts centres in Scotland. They deliver an extensive arts education programme, a drama outreach programme which is delivered in partnership with Highland Council and offers training and qualifications in drama and dance. They are the Highland partner for the Get Scotland Dancing Initiative - a Commonwealth legacy project promoting fitness through dance and the Cashback for Creativity dance and film projects for disadvantaged young people. £39,000

Whirlybird Theatre Company £45,000 Towards the Artistic Director’s Salary Tricky Hat Productions £45,000 Towards the Artistic Director’s Salary Eden Court Highlands £39,000 Towards Dance Development in the Highlands Glenkens Community & Arts Trust £37,500 Towards the Programme & Events Manager RIG Arts Ltd £37,500 Towards the Manager’s Salary North Edinburgh Arts £36,000 Towards Core Costs Support Plantation Productions £32,000 Towards the Core Costs West of Scotland Schools Orchestra Trust £30,000 Towards the Widening Access & Creating New Opportunities for Young Musicians Project Indepen-dance (Scotland) £30,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Dance Development Worker and Assistant Open Space £23,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Project Manager Woodlands Community Development Trust £20,000 Towards the Woodlands Workspace Project Guild of Players £20,000 Towards Salary costs of the Arts Programmer Fire Station Creative £20,000 Towards the Creative Hub

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Barrowland Ballet Glasgow based Youth Dance company provides free classes, workshops and mentoring support for disadvantaged young people, including those with additional support needs. “There was a great atmosphere in these classes, we could learn so much from each other and all made new friends with people we wouldn’t normally meet.” £16,000

WHALE Arts Agency £17,000 Towards the Arts Development Officer (Children & Young People) Barrowland Ballet £16,000 Towards the Youth Dance Group Pocket Circus £15,000 Towards Springboard: Youth Development in Circus Scots Music Group £15,000 Towards the Inspire 3 Project Reachout With Arts in Mind £15,000 Towards the salary costs of the Chief Executive Timespan £15,000 Towards the Community Programme Craigmillar Community Arts £11,500 Towards the Arts Centre Refurbishment Borders Youth Theatre £10,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Co-ordinator Arches Theatre £10,000 Towards the ArchWays Programme Licketyspit £8,000 Towards the Porridge & Play Project Scottish Chamber Orchestra £7,500 Towards the SCO Residency @ Sunnyside Grampian Hospitals Art Trust £7,000 Towards Cost of Programme Manager Kirkcaldy Old Kirk Trust £6,000 Towards Improving the Performance Facilities Traditional Music and Song Association of Scotland £5,500 Towards the TMSA Young Trad Tour 2014 Regional Screen Scotland £5,000 Towards the Screen Machine Project

38 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Community Arts

Sound Festival £4,500 Towards Go Compose (Sound Generation 2014-5) Rapture Theatre Company £4,500 Towards the Education Programme Well Road Productions £4,500 Towards the Wool! project Hope Amplified £4,000 Towards the costs of the Kush Music Initiatives (KMI) Project Jazz Scotland £4,000 Towards the 2014 Jazz Festival Youth Outreach Project Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society £3,500 Towards the Capital Costs of the Mackintosh Art’s Development Project Krazy Kat Theatre Company £3,500 Towards the June 2015 Scottish Tour Ludus Baroque £3,000 Towards the Handel Oratorio ‘Athalia’ and integrated ‘Sing Handel’ community choir project Academy of Sacred Music (AOSM) £3,000 Towards the Schools Workshop Programme Merkinch Community Centre £3,000 Towards the “Arts for All” Project Community First £2,500 Towards the theatre Works Project Terra Incognita Arts £2,500 Towards the As I See It Project Priesthill United Reformed Church £2,000 Towards the running costs of the organisation Boswell Trust £2,500 Towards the Boswell Book Festival Glasgow Music Festival Association £2,000 Towards the Glasgow Music Festival 2015 Scots Fiddle Festival £1,500 Towards the Fiddle 2014 Project - schools outreach

Terra Incognita Arts This Glasgow based, charity works with people who are traditionally under-represented in the arts delivering community based, activities, including walking tours, educating the performers about their local environment. £2,500

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 39 Community Sports Applications under this category should demonstrate how the organisation is intentionally using sport as a vehicle to help deliver wider social outcomes for individuals and their community beyond improving performance or increasing participation in sport.

Examples include increased educational attainment, reduced risk taking behaviours, improved health, increased community safety and increased employability skills.

Applications where the focus is on existing participants or solely on increasing participation or improving access to sport are unlikely to be funded.

If applying for capital funds within this category, applicants must clearly demonstrate how the development or enhancement of facilities will better enable them to deliver wider social outcomes in the future and should also be able to demonstrate that they have considered the on-going sustainability of the facility and have a clear operational plan for the facility in place.

£719,450

40 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Community Sports

Beith Community Development Trust Beith Community Development Trust, based in , has been formed to tackle social and economic issues affecting the community. With over 200 young people and 30 adults involved in football, athletics and martial arts, the charity will use sport and physical activity as a vehicle to improve health, well-being and community participation. “Volunteering at BCDT has given me great opportunities. It has helped me learn new skills, develop my confidence, work on my interview skills and has helped me get a job” £25,000

Cumnock Juniors Community Enterprise £65,000 Towards the Legacy Project A & M Training £45,000 Towards Community Sports Project Pennypit Community Development Trust £45,000 Towards the Community Sports Voluntary Engagement Project Showcase the Street £37,000 Towards the Showcase Futsal project Mallaig and District Swimming Pool Association £34,500 Towards the Youth Programme Leader Spartans Community Football Academy £33,000 Towards the Primary School Youth Worker Project Boroughmuir Rugby & Community Sports Club £30,000 Towards the Community Development Manager Craigie Community Sports Hub £30,000 Towards Craigie Community Sports Hub 3G Pitch Merkinch Partnership £30,000 Towards the Merkinch Sports Project Muirhouse Youth Development Group £30,000 Towards the Business Development Manager Beith Community Development Trust £25,000 Towards ‘the Astro’ Project Drumchapel Lawn Tennis Club £20,000 Towards the New Court Project

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Drumchapel Sports Centre £20,000 Towards the Schools Table Tennis Initiative Friends of Neilson Park £20,000 Towards the Neilson Park Tennis Court Re-Location Project Scottish Lawn Tennis Foundation £20,000 Towards the Upgrade and extension of tennis courts at Lewisvale Park project Whitemoss Amateur Athletic Club £20,000 Towards the Athletics Hub Let’s Get Sporty (CIC) £15,000 Towards Core Funding Arbroath Lawn Tennis Club £15,000 Towards the Facilities Upgrade Project Sports Leaders UK £15,000 Towards the Project Officer in Scotland TouchDown UK £15,000 Towards the salary costs of the Development Officer Trust Rugby International £15,000 Towards the Organisation’s running costs West Lothian Handball Development Group £14,000 Towards the Handball –Co-ordinator Balfron Bowling Club £10,000 Towards the Centenary Project Blairgowrie New Tennis Club £10,000 Towards the Construction of New Tennis Courts British Triathlon Foundation Trust £10,000 Towards the Inspiring Healthy Communities in Dumfries and Galloway Project Carnoustie Skatepark Campaign £10,000 Towards the open air public skate park Duns Tennis Club £10,000 Towards the New Clubhouse and resurfacing of the courts

Arbroath Lawn Tennis Club Arbroath Lawn tennis Club provides a wide range of tennis programmes across Arbroath. They have a strong schools coaching programme which was awarded the ‘Partners in Learning’ award by the local council. In addition they run free after school clubs and want to introduce a disability programme. £15,000

42 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Community Sports

Tarland Development Trust Tarland Development Trust delivers community led development and regeneration initiatives in the rural village of Tarland, Aberdeenshire. £15,000

Perth Tennis Club £10,000 Towards the Costs of Upgrading and Replacing facilities Stranraer Bowling Club £10,000 Towards Extension and Refurbishment of Clubhouse Tarland Development Trust £9,500 Towards the Tarland Trails Project Farr High School Fund £8,500 Towards the Building of a MUGA (Multi Use Games Area) Fintry Sport & Recreation Club £8,000 Towards the Upgrading of Roof Infrastructure Ayrshire Sportsability £7,000 Towards the Ayrshire Sportsability Sports project Abernethy Trust Limited £7,000 Towards the Abernethy Barcaple Lochan Development Project Glasgow Eagles Sports Club £3,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Club and Promotion of the Disability Basketball League Lochboisdale Amenity Trust £3,000 Towards the Community Ball Park 3G Warriston Community Tennis Club £3,000 Towards the New Community Tennis Club Project Lornshill Academy Charitable Trust £2,200 Towards the Lornshill Sports Leaders Qualifications Borders Wheelchair Curling Club £2,000 Towards core costs Cluarankwai Judo Club £2,000 Towards the Capital Costs of Works to the Club Dojo St. Andrew’s Scottish Episcopal Church £750 Towards Mountain Bike Training

Once she does it she’s got a smile on her face... triathlon gives variety so this will help British Triathlon Foundation Trust

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 43 Criminal Justice This category includes activities which work with offenders or people at risk of offending in prison and/or the community.

The Trust is particularly interested in supporting projects that work with young offenders, women and families affected by imprisonment to reduce the impact that offending behaviour has on families and communities and to help ensure that wherever possible, people are given the support they need to stay out of the criminal justice system.

£339,500

44 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Criminal Justice

Stirling Interfaith Community Justice Group (SCIO) £51,000 Towards the Centre Manager for the Cornton Vale Visitor Centre Families Outside £49,500 Towards the costs of the Child & Family Support Manager Post Family Service Unit Scotland £42,000 Towards FABI Addiewell Project Glasgow Together CIC £40,000 Towards the Building Homes. Rebuilding Lives Project Barnardo’s Scotland £35,000 Towards the Talking about Bereavement Support (TABS) UP-2-US £30,000 Towards Time for Change Springboard Charity £23,000 Towards the HMP Dumfries Employability Project Recycle-to-Cycle £20,000 Towards Bike Station Prisons Project Paws for Progress CIC £15,000 Towards the Teaching Young Offenders New Tricks Project Fallin Community Enterprises £12,000 Towards the HMP & YOI Cornton Vale Bike Workshop Moving Forth SCIO £12,000 Towards the Prison Project:SMT Paws for Progress CIC £10,000 Towards the Costs of a New Van

Paws for Progress CIC Paws for Progress operates the UK’s first prison based dog and human training programme in Polmont Young Offenders Institution, the key aims of the organisation are to support the young men involved with enhanced social and employability skills and to increase the chances of the dogs being successfully rehomed.

“As well as helping me work with others as a team, being part of Paws for Progress brought me to closer to family too. It gave me something good to talk to them about, for a start. Then I felt like I was doing something to make them proud of me, the first time I could talk to them about something positive in years” £15,000

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 45 Alcohol Misuse This category includes activities which work with children, young people and families to address the harms caused by alcohol misuse, including treatment programmes.

The Trust is particularly interested in supporting early intervention projects that take a whole community approach to empower young people, families and communities to make responsible and informed decisions about alcohol.

£256,750

46 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Alcohol Misuse

Mid Argyll Youth Development Services Mid Argyll Youth Development Services is based in Lochgilphead and provides recreational activities and informal learning opportunities for a diverse range of young people. £3,750

Tayside Council on Alcohol £54,000 Towards the Children and Young People’s Service - Operation Manager Youth Cafe £45,000 Towards the Kintyre Youth Cafe Scottish Addictions Consortium £42,000 Towards running costs Open Secret £30,000 Towards the Open Secret Project Focus ARBD £20,000 Towards the Focus ARBD Edinburgh Group Skye & Lochalsh Council on Alcohol £16,500 Towards the Costs of Alcohol Education/Counselling and Training Health Agency £13,500 Towards the Alcohol Misuse Service Carers of £12,000 Towards the SEARCH Project Alcohol Counselling Services Ross/Sutherland £6,500 Towards Support Worker (Alcohol Counselling Services Ross & Sutherland) You Decide Ltd £5,000 Towards the You Decide Project Outside the Box Development Support £4,500 Towards the Older People and Alcohol Awareness Project United Football Academy £4,000 Towards the AUFA -Alcohol Awareness Project Mid Argyll Youth Development Services £3,750 Towards the Tenancy Support Phase 2 Project £3,750

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Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network £20,000 Towards the Education Outreach Project Officer Arthurshiel Rescue Centre £2,500 Towards the New Cattery Hoots Forever Home £1,000 Towards Salary Costs £23,500

48 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Saving Lives

Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team £25,000 Towards the Mountain Rescue Team Base at Dingwall Project Moray Inshore Rescue Organisation £1,000 Towards the Equipment Replacement Project

£26,000

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£ 1,409,500

50 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Community Facilities & Services

Community Transport Glasgow Community Transport Glasgow (CTG) based in Shettleston, provides reliable accessible and affordable transport for disadvantaged communities throughout Glasgow and East Dunbartonshire. Providing passenger journeys, including minibus and driver hire to member organisations, Evening Hospital Visitor Transport Services, NHS door to door transport to physiotherapy and vitality exercise classes, Glasgow Voluntary Club Runs and Healthy Journeys - a volunteer care scheme. £39,000

Citizens Advice Bureau Edinburgh £45,000 Towards the Home Visiting Project Drumchapel Money Advice Centre £45,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Drumchapel Children’s Rights Project Worker Merry-go-round Glasgow £45,000 Towards the Partnership Manager’s Salary Community Transport Glasgow £39,000 Towards the Healthy Journeys Project Hawkhill Community Association £39,000 Towards the Running Costs of Hawkhill Community Centre Martins Memorial Church of Scotland £37,500 Towards the Shed Project Bellsmyre Development Trust £36,000 Towards the Activities Officer’s Salary Cranfield Trust £36,000 Towards the costs of Management Support to Third Sector Organisations in Scotland Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre £33,000 Towards the Centre Manager’s Salary Crossroads Youth & Community Association £30,000 Towards the Running Costs of the Youth Service Advocacy Orkney £30,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Service Manager Dundee Foodbank £30,000 Towards Emergency Food Relief Maxwelltown Information Centre £29,000 Towards the running costs of the MAXwell centre Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau £28,000 Towards the Welfare Advice Support Project

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Drumchapel Citizens Advice Bureau £25,500 Towards the costs of the part-time Training Officer and Volunteer costs Hawick Congregational Community Church £25,500 Towards the Salary Costs of the ‘Reaching Out’ Project Development Worker Forth St. Paul’s Parish Church of Scotland £24,000 Towards the Forth Community Project Toryglen Community Hall £24,000 Towards Salary costs of a Development Manager Free Church Of Scotland £22,500 Towards the Community Magazine Project Tea in the Pot £22,500 Towards the Running Costs of Tea in the Pot Alloway Parish Church £20,000 Towards Alloway Parish Church “the Big Idea” Barmulloch Community Development Company £20,000 Towards the Barmulloch Tenants Hall Redevelopment Project Belleisle Conservatory Ltd £20,000 Towards the Victorian Conservatory Project Castlemilk Parish Church £20,000 Towards the Castlemilk Church Community Hub Project Creetown Initiative £20,000 Towards the Barholm Enterprise Centre Camuscross and Duisdale Initiative £20,000 Towards the Camuscross and Duisdale Sustainable Community Hub Chirnside Development Group £20,000 Towards the Chirnside Community Centre Development project Dornoch Cathedral £20,000 Towards the West Church Hall Development Project Eaglesham Parish Church of Scotland £20,000 Towards the Carswell Halls Project

Hawick Congregational Community Church This charity aims to make a positive difference to the lives of local vulnerable and disadvantaged people through its ‘Reaching Out’ project, initially developed with funding from the Trust, which now supports over 200 people each week through a range of activities. £25,500

52 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Community Facilities & Services

Findhorn Village Centre £20,000 Towards the Energy Conservation/Renewable Heating System Project Fullarton Parish Church Irvine £20,000 Towards the Fullarton New Buildings Project Johnstonebridge Centre & Community Development Trust £20,000 Towards the Community Hall Project Lagwyne Hall Committee of Management £20,000 Towards Carsphairn Community Centre Merkinch Enterprise £20,000 Towards the Merkinch Welfare Hall: Fit for Future Project St Madoes and Kinfauns Church of Scotland £20,000 Towards the St Madoes New Development Project St. Matthew’s Church £20,000 Towards the “Opening the Past to the Future” Project West Harris Trust £20,000 Towards the Community Enterprise Centre Ardentinny Community Trust £19,000 Towards the Volunteer Co-ordinator/Gardener for the Glenfinart Walled Garden Basics Trust £18,000 Towards the Youth Worker Garthamlock Community Group £18,000 Towards the Part Time Co-ordinators Newton Stewart Initiative £17,000 Towards the Newton Stewart Regeneration Project South West Community Transport £17,000 Towards the Volunteer Car Scheme Project Skye & Lochalsh Citizens Advice Bureau £16,500 Towards the Salary Costs of the Administration Assistant Destiny Church Trust £16,000 Towards the Volunteer Co-ordinator Dumfries & Galloway Small Communities Housing Trust £16,000 Towards the Realising Affordable Rural Homes project BABS Dial a Bus £15,000 Towards the Community Transport Initiative Dedridge Good Neighbour Network £15,000 Towards the Community Care Project Friends of Oban Community Playpark £15,000 Towards the Outdoor Play Facility Peebles Scout Group £15,000 Towards the Scout Hut Replacement

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Babs Dial a bus BABs Dial a Bus runs a door to door, accessible bus service for people living in the areas of Buckie, Cullen and Fochabers in Moray who find public transport difficult to use due to age and/ or disability. “I am unable to use the council buses so the BABs service is a life saver for me” £15,000

Earlston Community Development Trust £14,000 Towards Earlston Adventure Play Park Development Coll £10,000 Towards the salary costs of the Development Manager Dornoch Firth Group (DFG) £10,000 Towards the Salary Costs of the Bridge Project Flemington Hallside Parish Church of Scotland £10,000 Towards the Part-Time Youth Worker Fountainhall Public Hall £10,000 Towards Fountainhall Village Hall Refurbishment Project Fraser Centre Community Trust £10,000 Towards Development Manager’s Salary Lothian Community Transport Services £10,000 Towards the Minibus Purchase Project South Ayrshire Foodbank £10,000 Towards the Running Costs of the South Ayrshire Foodbank

Fraser Centre Community Trust This charity, based in Tranent, East Lothian was established to develop a former cinema into a learning, development, arts and entertainment centre for the local community. Activities include; art based activities, dance and exercise classes, film nights and a youth music café. “I’d just like to say that I hire the hall for my fitness classes twice weekly. The welcome we’ve received from everyone involved has been lovely. The hall itself is freshly decorated and roomy enough to hold a good few folk.” £10,000

54 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Community Facilities & Services

WheelyBoat Trust The role of The WheelyBoat Trust is to provide independent access to waterborne activities (e.g. nature walking, pleasure and power boating) for people with disabilities through the provision of wheelchair accessible dinghies. £7,500

St. Peter’s Free Church of Scotland £10,000 Towards the Aspire Project Kinloch Historical Society £9,000 Towards the Balallan Community Hub Holy Trinity Church, Haddington £8,000 Towards the Long Term Future Project Glencorse Association £7,500 Towards Development of the Glencorse Centre Scottish Borders Community Development Company £7,500 Towards the Replacement Vehicle for Gala Wheels Community Transport Wheelyboat Trust £7,500 Towards the Castle Semple Centre Wheelyboat Project Southdean Hall £7,000 Towards the New Entrance Hall & Facilities St Peter’s Children’s Centre £6,500 Towards the Expansion of Kintergarten Services Arisaig Community Trust £6,000 Towards the capital costs of upgrading the local playing field/play area Comunn Eachdraidh Nis £5,000 Towards the Catering Manager Lairg & District Community Initiative £5,000 Towards the Development Officer’s Salary Montrose Air Station Trust £5,000 Towards the Cataloguing and Conservation Advisor Order of Malta Dial a Journey £5,000 Towards the Minibus Appeal Anstruther Parish Church of Scotland £4,500 Towards the part-time food bank project co-ordinator Council on Disability Stirling District £4,000 Towards the Employment of Part Time Co-ordinator SS Explorer Preservation Society £4,000 Towards the Relocation and Refurbishment of SS Explorer

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Tillicoultry Parish Church of Scotland £4,000 Towards the Parish Community Garden Kiltarlity Hall Association £3,500 Towards Re-cladding hall exterior Birgidale Complex £3,000 Toward the costs of the replacement Heating System Dalbeattie Community Minibus £3,000 Towards the Purchase of a New Minibus Greenlaw War Memorial Hall £3,000 Towards the Greenlaw War Memorial Hall Project Kinellar Community Association £3,000 Towards the Costs of the New Floor Pitcairngreen Village Association £3,000 Towards the Pitcairngreen Kitchen Refurbishment Project Stanley & District Public Hall £3,000 Towards Re-roofing of Main Hall Williamson Hall Management Committee £3,000 Towards the Replacement Windows Burghead Amenities Association £2,500 Towards the Burghead Community Garden Project Glasgow Action for Pensioners £2,500 Towards Running Costs Kintyre Six Circle Group £2,500 Towards the Kintyre Six Circle Project St. Brides Community Education Centre Association £2,500 Towards New Lighting Rig Bathgate Street Pastors £1,500 Towards the Bathgate Street Pastors Project

I live on my own, and being amongst company for the lunch, gives me such a lift – I think the staff (volunteers) are great! Hawick Congregational Community Church

56 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Environment

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens £42,000 Towards the Training Programme Development Project Everything Baby Highland £24,000 Towards Running costs of Everything Baby Highland Second Opportunities £19,500 Towards the White Goods Reuse Centre/Operations Manager Trees for Life £15,000 Towards the Conservation Volunteering Hostel Project HomeAid Caithness & Sutherland £7,500 Towards the Purchase of a Van Borders Scrap Store £6,000 Towards the Core Costs Furniture Plus £4,000 Towards the Food@Furniture Plus Project £118,000

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 57 Development Awards Seek to undertake aproactive role by investigating and funding specific areas or issues where the Trustees believe there is an unmet need for theprovision of services. We also seek to inform national policy through the commissioning and sharing of external evaluations. TheTrust’s support in this area is currently focussed on support for offenders and their families; alcohol misuse and community sport. Development Awards are not part of our open application process.

£1,090,500

58 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Development Awards

Scottish Sports Future £220,000 Towards Active East 2 Drugs Action £159,000 Towards the DA Culture Changers Centrestage Communities Ltd £150,000 Towards the CATALYST Project YMCA Scotland £138,000 Towards the Health Prevention Project Access to Industry £104,000 Towards the Glasgow Passport Project Women’s Centre £60,000 Towards the cost of setting up two Womens Centre Barnardo’s Scotland £53,000 Towards the Third Sector Co-ordinator for Polmont YOI Proposal £51,500 Towards the development of an intervention for parents with teenage children in Scotland. Active Communities £30,000 Towards the Youth Work in Sport programme: years 4-5 High Life Highland £30,000 Towards the Youth Work in Sport programme: years 4-5 Forth Valley Disability Sport £30,000 Towards the Youth Work in Sport programme: years 4-5 Factory Skatepark £30,000 Towards the Youth Work in Sport programme: years 4-5 Inch Park Community Sports Club £30,000 Towards the Youth Work in Sport programme: years 4-5 Warren House Group at Dartington £5,000 Towards the evaluation costs

Factory Skatepark Factory Skatepark in Dundee was built to use the attraction of extreme sports of skateboarding, inline skating and BMX biking as a vehicle to engage with young people. The Factory operates the skatepark on a commercial basis to extreme sports enthusiasts, rents office space to other organisations and sells merchandise. £30,000

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 59 Summary of Outreach Events 2014/2015 The Trust is committed to reaching out to charities throughout Scotland to ensure that as many as possible are aware of our funding process and eligibility criteria.

Outreach activity continues to be an increasingly important element of the Assessment Team’s work with a further increase in areas reached during the year.

Outreach events have been delivered across 18 Local Authority areas (compared to 15 in the previous year) with 26 events attended in total, an increase of 6 on last year.

The format of events is varied but usually incorporates a mix of the following activities: › 1:1 surgeries to discuss specific applications and provide pre-application support › Presentations to larger groups covering subjects including: Overview of The Robertson Trust, Hints & Tips for Effective Applications and Project Planning › Discussing general enquiries at an Information Stand as part of larger scale events › “Meet the Expert” funding panel with opportunities for participants to ask questions from the floor

West of Scotland Schools Orchestra Trust - Team Building Day

60 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk The Braveheart Association

16 events were organised by the Local We have continued the process of engaging Authority or TSI (Third Sector Interface) with more closely with the TSI network to ensure a further 4 organised by other third sector that key staff are fully aware of the Trust’s agencies including Scottish Borders Social priorities and are supported to identify and Enterprise Chamber and ACOSVO. bring forward applications from those charities which are providing valuable services in their Outreach activities were held in the local communities and are clearly in financial following areas, with the 11 highlighted (*) need. Eleven visits took place during the year representing areas not visited for outreach including Orkney and the Western Isles. purposes in the previous year: › Aberdeen As part of the Trust’s Communications strategy, › Aberdeenshire* staff have incorporated information about the › Argyll & Bute* Trust’s move towards an online application › Clackmannanshire* process in all aspects of outreach activities › Dumfries & Galloway in order to minimise any disruption to › East Dunbartonshire* potential applicants. › › Edinburgh City › Falkirk › Glasgow › Highland* › North Lanarkshire* › Orkney Islands* Attending ‘In Work’ gives me › Renfrewshire a purpose to get out of bed in the › Scottish Borders* mornings. I have learned a lot of new › South Ayrshire* skills attending in-work, and met a › South Lanarkshire* lot of new people which has given › Western Isles* my confidence a big boost. I enjoy the A further six events were initiated by work, and love working with plants, Assessment Officers in partnership with I enjoy the whole process of in-work, the local TSI to deliver 1:1 surgeries with and it gives me a good sense of pride. prospective applicants to provide Inerclyde pre-application support.

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 61 Robertson House Robertson House has now been open for 2 years and has established itself as a thriving charity hub in the heart of Glasgow. We continue to offer high quality, low cost office and meeting room space for the Third Sector.

There are over 110 people working in Robertson House with 25 third sector organisations leasing office space.

Robertson House offers the opportunity for our tenants to network and share information on a daily basis. Our Social Lunch networking event has been running for a year now and has proven to be popular with our tenant organisations and we now invite external third sector organisations as guest speakers on topics of interest to our tenants. This event is held quarterly and offers an opportunity for our tenants to do a short presentation about their organisation and the work they do, followed by a networking lunch.

We have nine meetings rooms, a conference room and a boardroom which our tenant organisations can use free of charge. Our facilities are also available for hire to any third sector organisation and over 70 third sector There were 253 working days organisations have hired our facilities over the in the year 1st April 2014 to last 12 months. 31st March 2015. We run our own on-site café which offers refreshments and meals for our tenants and In total 2,348 meetings/events took place over visitors. We also provide hospitality to our 253 days. An average of over 9 meetings each conference and meeting rooms. day in 10 meeting rooms.

62 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Tenant organisations based here: › Alternatives to Violence Project › Outward Bound Trust › Amanah Trust › Parent Network Scotland › Breast Cancer Care (Scotland) › Place 2 Be › Chartered Institute of Library and › Positive Prisons? Positive Futures? Information Professionals in › Refugee Survival Trust Scotland (CILIPS) › Scottish Fair Trade Forum › Christians Against Poverty › Social Research Unit › Columba 1400 › SOIL Association › Families Outside › Specialisterne › Family Friendly Working Scotland › UJS 2020 › Freedom Bakery › Voluntary Action Fund › Homes for Good › Voluntary Action Scotland › Life Changes Trust › WAPISASA › MCR Pathways

Stats 14/15

22 in shared office space 13,000

hospitality teas and coffees served 7,000 visitors to Robertson House

8 tenants have 1 desk only 26 4,150 organisations based in Robertson House 18 tenants have 10,000 3 desks or less telephone calls to Reception hospitality lunches served

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 63 Robertson Scholarship Trust In 1992, a sister charity, The Robertson Scholarship Trust was established.

It initially assisted young students with exceptional ability to improve their skills at well-known centres of excellence throughout the world.

In 1995, a pilot scheme was established to As well as our Bursary Scheme, the award bursaries to young people from Trust offers a number of additional Glasgow schools with the ability, but not specific awards: necessarily the financial means, to attend university. The pilot scheme was such a success Supporting Young Scottish Talent in Sport that it has grown over the past 20 years and In partnership with Scottish Sports Aid we there are now over 250 students currently support a number of initiatives that aim to attending university in receipt of bursaries. nurture and develop talented young Scots with From the outset, the primary objective of the the ability and potential to represent Scotland Bursary Scheme was to help young people at the highest level of their chosen sport. aged 16-25 to gain an education and improve To apply for funding please contact Scottish their future employability. Sports Aid directly.

We also work in partnership with Scottish Rugby scholarship universities and are interested in strengthening In partnership with Scottish Rugby Union we links with widening participation programmes offer annual rugby scholarships in memory of across Scotland. Currently, all applications are John Macphail, ex Chairman of The Robertson made through Scottish secondary schools Trust and former Scotland rugby international. and universities. This enables two young rugby players – who have demonstrated the potential to win a In addition to our bursary awards, a dedicated future Scottish cap – and two coaches to training and mentoring programme called undertake special training with a New Zealand “Journey to Success”, has been devised to rugby club each year. ensure scholars are able to maximise their potential at university and compete successfully Performing Arts Award Programme for graduate level jobs. 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 of to the Trust following a careful review of references, CVs and means of support. For more information on The Robertson Scholarship Trust - please contact [email protected]

64 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 65 The Robertson Scholarship Trust Financial stats Awards made this year

Awards Institutions £’000s Individuals £’000s Total £’000s Main Bursary Award 302 1,225 1,527 Programme Performing Arts 70 69 139 Supporting Young 30 30 Talent in Sport Total Awards 402 1,294 1,696 Key stats 274 performing arts award 4 Sir Ian Good Leadership students in current awards bursary award scheme

8 internships 9 91

new post graduate new undergraduate bursary awards made bursary awards made students graduated in June 2014

66 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Trustee Responsibilities The Corporate Trustee is required to prepare financial statements for each financial year These statements 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 following pages contain summarised the Corporate Trustee is required to: financial statements which have been extracted from the full financial statements of › select suitable accounting policies and The Robertson Trust for the year ended 5 April apply them consistently 2015, which the Corporate Trustee approved › make judgements and estimates that are on 29 July 2015 and on which reasonable and prudent the Trust’s auditor has expressed an › state whether applicable accounting unqualified opinion. standards and statements of They may not contain sufficient information recommended practice to allow a full understanding of the financial › have been followed, subject to any material affairs of the Trust. For further information departures disclosed and explained in the the full accounts should be consulted. financial statements Full accounts can be found on the Trust’s › prepare the financial statements on the website www.therobertsontrust.org.uk. going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Trust will continue in operation

The Corporate Trustee is 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 for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 67 Auditor’s Report Independent auditor’s report to the Corporate Trustee of The Robertson Trust We have examined the summarised financial statements set out on the following pages.

Respective responsibilities of Opinion Corporate Trustee and auditor In our opinion the summarised financial The Corporate Trustee is responsible statements are consistent with the full financial for the preparation of the summarised statements for the year ended 5 April 2015. financial statements in accordance with the Scott-Moncrieff recommendations of the charities SORP. Statutory Auditor Our responsibility is to report to you in Eligible to act as an auditor in terms of Section our opinion on the consistency of the 1212 of the Companies Act 2006 summarised financial statements with the Exchange Place 3 full financial statements and corporate Semple Street trustee’s annual report. Edinburgh, EH3 8BL We also read other information contained in the annual report and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised financial statements.

Basis of Opinion We conducted our work in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (United Kingdom and ) and Bulletin 2008/3 'The auditor’s statement on the summary financial statements' issued by the Auditing Practices Board.

68 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Summarised Accounts Statement of Financial Activities For the Year Ended 5 April 2015

2015 2014 £000 £000 Incoming resources Other income 158 137

Investment Income Edrington dividends 19,331 17,711 Listed company dividends 739 513 Bank interest 175 217

Total incoming resources 20,403 18,578 Resources expended Costs of generating funds (140) (120) Charitable activities (18,966) (16,857) Governance costs (154) (205)

Total resources expended (19,260) (17,182) Net incoming resources 1,143 1,396 (Loss)/Gain on investments Realised 844 783 Unrealised (90,916) 26,641

Total (losses)/gains on investments (90,072) 27,424 Net movement in funds (88,929) 28,820 Total funds brought forward 351,493 322,673

Total funds carried forward 262,564 351,493

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 69 Summarised Accounts Balance Sheet As at 5 April 2015

2015 2014 £000 £000

Fixed Assets 2,486 2,580

Investments Quoted 22,023 17,077 Unquoted 245,457 336,542 Social investments 100 100

Total investments 267,580 353,719 Current Assets Debtors 118 184 Cash on Deposit and at Bank 15,750 14,779

Total current assets 15,868 14,963 Creditors: amounts due < 1 year (16,760) (14,208) Total assets less liabilities 269,174 357,054 Creditors: amounts due > 1 year (6,610) (5,561)

Net Assets 262,564 351,493

The funds of the Trust: Restricted funds: Endowment Fund 242,207 333,292 Unrestricted funds: 20,357 18,201 Unrestricted income funds

Total funds 262,564 351,493

70 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Trust information

Director Committees: Giving Kenneth Ferguson Dame Barbara Kelly CBE (Chairman) Shonaig Macpherson CBE (Vice-Chairman) Assessment Team David Stevenson CBE Mark Laing Head of Assessment Sandy Cumming CBE Lesley Macdonald Ian Curle Anne Pearson Senior Assessment Officer Judy Cromarty Andrew Walls Stewart Macgregor Assessment Officer Heather Lamont Karin Earl Assessment Officer Susan Lennartson Assessment Officer Risk and Audit Ingrid Campbell Assessment Officer Andrew Walls (Chairman) Kerry McFarlane Assessment Support Officer Shonaig Macpherson CBE Sandy Cumming CBE Yvonne Elliott Assessment Support Officer Heather Lamont Admin & Scholarship Team Nominations Sandy Cumming CBE (Chairman) Head of Admin & Scholarship Dame Barbara Kelly (CBE) Lydia Rose Mark Laing DonnaMarie Steel Assistant Administrator Investment Danielle Diamond Assistant Administrator Heather Lamont (Chairman) Dr. Annie Doyle Scholarship Training Officer David Stevenson CBE Pauline McGlinchey Receptionist Mark Laing Sheena Wood Receptionist Andrew Walls Investor Relations Finance & Resources David Stevenson CBE Chairman Shonaig Macpherson CBE Head of Finance & Resources Norman Murray Katie Campbell Ian Curle Sharon Ross Assistant Accountant David Richardson Alan Campbell Facilities Manager The Robertson Scholarship Trust: Trustees Catriona Paterson Café Manager Mark Laing (Chairman) Dame Barbara Kelly CBE Development Team Shonaig Macpherson CBE David Stevenson CBE Head of Development Sandy Cumming CBE Christine Scullion Judy Cromarty Andrew Walls Fiona Jamieson Programme Lead Heather Lamont Criminal Justice Ian Curle Linda Macdonald Programme Lead Community Sport The Clappers Trust: Trustees Pam Dawson Programme Lead David Stevenson CBE (Chairman) Alcohol Misuse (left 08/15) Mark Laing Joanna McLaughlin Programme Lead Policy Sandy Cumming CBE and Information (left 08/15)

Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk 71 “The fiddle has a special place in the ”

Scots Fiddle Festival

04 Annual Review 2015/ therobertsontrust.org.uk Honorary Life President Sir Ian Good CBE Judy Cromarty Sir Ian worked with the Executive Director of East Park in founding Robertson sisters Glasgow. Trustee and Treasurer to continue their legacy of of Firsthand. Trustee since 2014. community involvement and philanthropy, becoming a Trustee in 1978, and its chairman in 2000. Sandy Cumming CBE Chief Executive of Edrington from 1989 to 2004, and Chairman for 19 years. Knighted Chairman of the Cromarty in 2008 by the Queen for services to industry Firth Port Authority, Vice in Scotland. Chairman of Hamilton Park Chair of Scotland’s Rural College, Racecourse. Life President of The Robertson member of the Accounts Trust since 2012. Commission. Trustee since 2010.

Heather Lamont Trustees Client Investment Director at The Trust is governed by a corporate trustee, CCLA. Trustee of CABA and Trustees Ltd. The directors of which are Honorary Treasurers Forum. the charity trustees. They are: Visiting lecturer at Cass Business School. Trustee since 2014. Dame Barbara Kelly CBE (Chairman) Chairman of Peter Pan Moat Mark Laing Brae Trust, Chairman of Current Chairman of Nairn’s Crichton Campus Leadership Oatcakes. Member of the Group, Patron of Cystic Court of Queen Margaret Fibrosis Trust, Honorary Patron of Dumfries & University since October Galloway Arts Festival, Created of Dame 2008. 2009. Trustee since 2010. Trustee since 2002 and Chairman since 2014.

David Stevenson CBE Shonaig Macpherson CBE (Vice Chairman) Retired Chairman of The Edinburgh Woollen Mill. Former Chairman of the Royal Chairman of The Scottish Sports Lyceum Theatre Company. Aid Foundation. Trustee since Board member of The 1999 and Open University and the ex-chairman. Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Trustee since 2005 and Vice Chairman since 2014. Andrew Walls Finance Director of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. Trustee since 2014.

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