The Shetland Charitable Trust Meeting due to take place on 4 June 2020 has been postponed until 9 July 2020.

Shetland Charitable Trust is reopening its additional grant scheme on 1st May, inviting bids from eligible charitable organisations which had applied for funding under the expression of interest process. This funding will apply for the financial year to 31 March 2021.

Shetland Charitable Trust is preparing to pay out its core funding grants to local charities and community organisations, which will help keep them going during the coronavirus crisis.

Shetland Charitable Trust has received 29 eligible bids to share £881,000 a year in extra grant funds to help tackle inequality and social exclusion in the islands.

New funds are on offer to charitable organisations in Shetland to improve people’s quality of life by addressing clear need or filling gaps in existing services or activities. The extra grant aid of up to £1 million a year from Shetland Charitable Trust will be targeted particularly at projects designed to reduce inequalities and social exclusion in the islands.

Shetland Charitable Trust proposes to make up to one million pounds a year extra available to fund good projects in the community after steering its reserves back to over £300 million for the first time since 2000.

The 2019 Annual General Meeting of Shetland Charitable Trust will be held on Thursday 12 September 2019 at 6.30pm in Islesburgh Community Centre, Lerwick, Shetland

Responding to public discussion on a potential contribution by Shetland Charitable Trust to the MRI scanner appeal.

Dr Andrew Cooper is the new Chair of Shetland Charitable Trust, while Margaret Roberts will serve as Vice Chair.

The value of Shetland Charitable Trust’s externally managed investments was £282 million at the end of the financial year 2018-19.