Community / Nearly £600,000 up for grabs from charitable trust
Shetland Charitable Trust (SCT) is inviting local charities to apply for a share of around £580,000 still available from its main grant scheme for next year.
The vast bulk of the scheme’s £8.8 million budget for 2023/24 is already allocated to charitable organisations in the form of provisional multi-year grants – a changed system brought in by SCT to provide more financial certainty for the community bodies it supports.
These include the rural care centres, voluntary groups, Shetland Recreational Trust, Shetland Amenity Trust and Shetland Arts.
Around £580,000 still remains in the budget and is now being offered in a new application round running from 27 June to 15 August, with the successful bidders receiving the funds from April next year.
Applicants are invited to seek funding for up to two years. To be eligible to apply, organisations should have a turnover of more than £50,000 a year and be undertaking charitable activities in the fields of social care and welfare, arts and culture, heritage and the environment or sport and recreation.
All grants are aimed at improving the quality of life of everyone in Shetland with particular emphasis on reducing inequality and social exclusion.
Become a supporter of Shetland News
Shetland News is asking its many readers to consider start paying for their dose of the latest local news delivered straight to their PC, tablet or mobile phone.
Journalism comes at a price and because that price is not being paid in today’s rapidly changing media world, most publishers - national and local - struggle financially despite very healthy audience figures.
Most online publishers have started charging for access to their websites, others have chosen a different route. Shetland News currently has over 600 supporters who are all making small voluntary financial contributions. All funds go towards covering our cost and improving the service further.
Your contribution will ensure Shetland News can: -
- Bring you the headlines as they happen;
- Stay editorially independent;
- Give a voice to the community;
- Grow site traffic further;
- Research and publish more in-depth news, including more Shetland Lives features.
If you appreciate what we do and feel strongly about impartial local journalism, then please become a supporter of Shetland News by either making a single payment or monthly subscription.
Support us from as little as £3 per month – it only takes a minute to sign up. Thank you.
Already a supporter? Sign in to hide this message.
