Organisation

Grant Amount

£

Purpose

Shetland Recreational Trust

3,389,200

The grant provides core funding to support the cost of leisure and sports facilities at locations throughout Shetland.

Rural Care Model

1,986,200

The grant provides core funding to add value to the community care provided in Shetland, as the level of service is over and above that which would normally be provided by a local authority.

Shetland Amenity Trust

1,261,700

The grant provides core funding to support the delivery of their wide range of services in the fields of heritage and culture.

Shetland Arts Development Agency

752,400

The grant provides core funding towards the costs of promoting, developing and delivering activities in the fields of dance, drama, theatre, film, literature, music, crafts and visual arts.

Shetland Islands Citizens Advice Bureau

286,000

The grant provides core funding towards delivering a general information and advice service and the provision of a new service targeting those hardest to reach.

COPE Ltd

242,300

The grant provides core funding to allow the organisation to provide focused placements, training, support and employment opportunities to adults with learning and/or physical disabilities.

Shetland Women’s Aid

105,100

The grant is to provide core funding to enhance and expand the services they deliver. To provide a wide range of support and therapy for women, children and young people as well as a safe place to live, when required.

Voluntary Action Shetland – Market House

100,200

The grant provides core funding to support the operation of Market House.

Voluntary Action Shetland - Core

93,100

The grant provides core funding towards delivering a central point for advice and information to the voluntary sector in Shetland.

Royal Voluntary Service

67,400

The grant provides core funding towards supporting a range of community projects for elderly and disabled people in Shetland and to increase their proposed service delivery.

Shetland Link Up

58,000

The grant provides core funding enabling the organisation to offer an informal meeting place to support people who are affected by mental health problems.

Voluntary Action Shetland –Shetland Befriending Scheme Children and Young People

56,200

The grant provides core funding towards a befriending scheme which offers young people with an opportunity to form a trusting relationship with an adult, to promote the young person’s welfare and personal development.

Shetland Care Attendant Scheme

54,300

The grant provides core funding to support their services. The Scheme provides short breaks for carers in their own home, through employed Care Attendants going into carers' homes to look after the cared person.

The Compass Centre (Shetland Rape Crisis)

48,000

The areas of activity supported are Core Provision, Prevention and Activism Work, Advocacy Service and Emotional and Therapeutic Support Service.

Moving On Employment Project

37,700

The grant is to provide a Transition Service to young people who require support to engage with activities, training and work experience that will enable them to meet their employment related goals.

Voluntary Action Shetland – Shetland Carers

37,000

The grant is to support unpaid carers in Shetland to manage their caring role in order to look after their own health and wellbeing including providing more opportunities for carers to take a break from their caring role. This is overseen by Voluntary Action Shetland.

Who Cares? Scotland

35,300

The grant provides funding to continue their work in Shetland supporting children, young people and young adults who have experienced the care system.

OPEN

32,900

The grant is to provide core funding to maintain and develop its peer education, peer mentoring, Da Café, peer research, and steering group activities.

The Swan Trust

29,700

The grant provides core funding to support the costs associated with maintaining, operating and promoting the Swan sailing vessel.

Alzheimer Scotland

23,000

The grant provides funding to help safeguard their wide range of activities in Shetland to ensure nobody faces dementia alone, via continued support of the Dementia Adviser.

Dogs Against Drugs

21,500

The grant provides core funding to support their Drugs Education Programme delivered in schools to raise awareness of drugs misuse.

Clan Cancer Support

20,500

The grant provides funding towards a dedicated Children and Families Service in Shetland. This offers support tailored to help children and teenagers through the cancer journey of parents, siblings and other loved ones, as well as specialist support for children with a cancer diagnosis.

Shetland Community Connections

17,700

The grant provides funding towards additional capacity for their work on Self-Directed Support for those transitioning from childhood to adulthood and to assist those in the criminal justice system and to explore working with high resource patients in health centres.

Voluntary Action Shetland –

Shetland Befriending Scheme 16+

13,600

The grant provides core funding towards a befriending scheme for people over the age of 16. The focus is on those who are having difficulty managing their own home and living independently. This is overseen by Voluntary Action Shetland.

NSPCC

4,000

The grant provides funding towards an educational schools programme “Speak out Stay safe”, teaching primary school children about abuse and neglect, and who they can get support from when something is wrong, including Childline.

Ability Shetland

33,500

The grant will provide project funding to support a post of Disability Sports Development Coordinator, with the aim of developing opportunities and education to address the inequalities experienced by people with disabilities when accessing physical activity and sport.

Mind Your Head

63,500

The grant is to contribute towards core costs, Wellness programme and Well Youth.  The organisation provides mental health support for those people below the threshold for medical intervention.

Gaada

30,000

The grant provides core funding to support their wide range of activities in community art with an emphasis on art for individuals with disabilities.

Shetland Charitable Trust - Small Grant Scheme 2023/24

Organisation

Grant Amount

£

Purpose

Shetland Samaritans

5,000

The grant is to ensure that the service is available to everyone in Shetland and can be delivered by volunteers from all parts of Shetland.

Unst Boating & Swimming Club

5,000

The grant is to renovate and upgrade the facilities in the clubhouse, particularly toilet, shower and changing facilities to be accessible to all.

MS Society Shetland

4,665

The grant is to enable exercise classes to be run with MS and Stroke participants jointly, provided by a neuro physiotherapist from Yasp.

Yell Senior Leisure Club

3,000

The grant is to ensure the club can continue to provide activities which are enjoyable, beneficial and affordable.

Curious Pilgrims

2,200

The grant is to support the Sound Hub, a series of creative music workshops for young people aged 13-18.

Shetland Canoe Club

5,000

The grant is to enable the club to continue to offer kayaking to the Shetland community.

Shetland Folk Society

1,700

The grant is to financially support the annual Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year competition.

Islesburgh 60 plus club

1,224

The grant is to provide social, recreational and educational activities for people in the sixty plus age group.

Special Needs Adults Parties

2,735

To support running costs of annual Christmas party.

Cullivoe Up Helly Aa Committee

5,000

To assist in making Cullivoe galley shed accessible to all.

Junior Up Helly Aa

2,625

To help fund the provision of sensory boxes, CPD Disability Awareness Training and to develop visual and digital resources to aid participation of individuals with additional support needs.