Last year we raised £305,000. This year it is our target to double that amount on behalf of the Scottish Community Foundation, a charity which provides financial support to local charitable activity in communities throughout Scotland. Grants made from the monies raised by this event have an emphasis on rural Scotland. At the local level even small grants can have a significant impact. Jane Hook, Buddies Club, Glasgow which was one of last year's beneficiaries said: "For special needs children, the world largely passes them by. With your help we are giving them somewhere to go, something to do, someone to meet." The cost of running the Caledonian Challenge is met through registration fees and company sponsorship with all sums raised by walkers used directly in support of the community.
Should you or your company wish to contribute in the support of local communities, the Scottish Community Foundation is here to help. We offer a range of charitable initiatives and services which may be tailored according to your interests ensuring that your donation is applied to best effect. We currently work with over twenty companies and numerous individuals and the numbers of funds and supporters are increasing each year.
For more information on the work of the Scottish Community Foundation or to discuss effective tax efficient charitable donation, please contact Alan Hobbett on
0131 225 9804, email: [email protected] or visit our web site on www.scottishcomfound.org.uk
GIFT AID - This is hugely important!
The Government is encouraging a more giving spirit in Britain. Through the Gift Aid system charities can claim from the tax man tax paid on donations. Given the current basic rate of income tax we can claim an additional £28 on every £100 donated.
Personal
It is a straightforward system with 4 simple steps:
· Advise your donor that through Gift Aid the Foundation can reclaim tax paid on their donation.
· Request the donor's consent to their donation being a Gift Aid donation.
· Enter the donor's details as indicated on the donor sheet.
· Forward your Gift Aid donor sheets, with your funds raised, to our office.We do the rest. In each case, we will write to all donors thanking them for their support and confirming that their donation has been processed through the Gift Aid system.
Corporate
All companies are able to off-set any charitable donations against corporation tax in their year end return. In this way, if a company donates £100 and pays corporation tax at 30%, the real term cost to the company is £70. It is important, however, that the company pays the full amount in the first instance and off-sets it against liability at the end of their financial year.
US Nationals
Any US nationals making a donation may do so by off-setting the sum against the US tax liability. For more information please contact the office.
Gift Aid does not impact upon the donor but greatly benefits the charity.
The Scottish Community Foundation provides financial assistance to charities and community groups throughout Scotland. It provides a unique vehicle so that all those who care about Scotland may contribute to the benefit of those in need. The Foundation has a range of initiatives aimed at businesses and individuals with the facility to administer and manage grants according to the interests of the donor. For further details of the work and other grants awarded by the Foundation please contact Alan Hobbett, Chief Executive on +44 (0) 131 225 9804 or E-mail: [email protected]
Income & Expenditure 1999
Total Income
£300,000
(Registration fees, sponsorship
and donations)
Expenditure
Grants made to date £125,000
Grants due March 2000
£ 45,000
Endowment (1)/development (2) £ 80,000
Event expenditure £
50,000
Total expenditure £300,000
Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust
To purchase books on Scottish heritage for the Yaigh Arainn Library
£500.00
Feis Chataibh
Towards tutor costs and organising the Feis
£450.00
Feis Eilean An Fhraoich
To purchase a computer and colour printer for use by Feis Secretary
£550.00
Feis Lochabair
To copy music required for tutorials
£500.00
Feis Rois Ltd
To purchase a fax machine
£200.00
Glasgow Gaelic Drama Association
For tutors' expenses to double the workshop provision for Feis
2000
£500.00
Children/Youth
Aberdeen Diocesan Youth Service
To purchase a risograph machine for circulation of their newsletter
£1,000.00
Apple Tree Childrens Nursery
To extend the existing safety play area for the children
£2,000.00
Barrhead Out of School Care
To buy equipment to promote equal opportunities
£500.00
CNSA Roinn Nan Eilean
To purchase TV/video player, tape/CD player, display material
& stationery
£515.00
Coupar Angus Out of School Club
To purchase various games and equipment
£1,000.00
Dingwall Drop-in Kafe
To purchase computer equipment
£1,500.00
Dino out of school club
To purchase a computer
£500.00
Gairloch Childcare Group
To purchase playroom blinds, security light, heater guards and
room divider
£550.00
Kinning Park Schools Out Service
To purchase play equipment
£600.00
Loanhead After Schools Club
To purchase soft play equipment and safety mats
£1,000.00
Lochcarron Playgroup
To paint the exterior of the playgroup building
£537.00
Lochwinnoch Playground Group
To purchase equipment for a bike skills recycle track
£500.00
Midlothian Association of Play
Towards funding auxiliaries to work with children with special
needs
£500.00
Orkney Guide Association
To purchase a lap-top computer to be used as a part of a "guidenet"
project
£1,100.00
Out of School Care Federation
To fund their ESF childcare coalition project throughout the Highlands
£1,813.00
Penicuik YM/YWCA
To purchase equipment to develop physical activity/awareness
£460.00
Schoolhouse Home Education Association
Towards the cost of "family days"
£400.00
Stirling & Trossachs Scout District
To purchase a new tent
£808.00
Strathclyde Youth Club Association
Towards the cost of an exhibition of the work of the SYCA
£1,000.00
The Dry Dock
To run a babysitting course and a social & life skills programme
£415.00
West Fife Villages Out of School Childcare
To purchase equipment and games
£750.00
Community
Airdrie Citizens Advice Bureau
To replace existing computer
£500.00
Airlie Hall Trustees
For repairs to combat wet rot and improve ventilation and drainage
£1,000.00
Alpha Centre Council
To paint the community centre and for creche support costs
£1,959.24
Angus Money Advice Service
To cover publicity costs and initial running costs
£570.00
Association of Local Voluntary Organisations
To purchase a computer
£500.00
Befriending Network (Scotland)
To provide for venue hire, travel costs and materials for regular
meetings
£742.00
Boghall Initiative Group
Towards the cost of taking young people on outdoor activity weekends
£1,000.00
Border Search and Rescue Unit
Towards first aid training and to purchase safety equipment
£500.00
Braendam Family House
To purchase 12 general purpose bicycles and a photocopier
£1,200.00
Caithness Community Web Site
To purchase a computer, scanner and software
£600.00
Cartsdyke Resource Centre
To purchase a new Earth Ball
£705.00
Corsehill Community Centre
To assist the refurbishment of the hall floor
£750.00
Drumchapel Safety Project
To cover the costs of transport, literature, venues and catering
£1,195.00
Dundee Samaritans
To re-wire the office
£2,000.00
East Kilbride Voluntary Organisations
Council
Replacement of carpet tiles in the offices and public access area
£850.00
Finmill Centre Management Group
Towards the cost of purchasing a computer
£500.00
Gairloch Community Centre
To purchase a disco deck and PA system
£800.00
Glenmoriston Millennium Hall Management
Committee
To purchase 102 chairs and a storage truck
£1,935.00
Gracemount Youth & Community Centre
To purchase 2 canoes and accompanying equipment
£822.00
Hamilton Citizens Advice Bureau
To purchase waiting room chairs
£750.00
Highland Council
For upkeep of West Highland Way
£5,000.00
Honeycomb Community Project
To pay for one year's minibus hire for the elderly lunch club
£520.00
K & D Voice
To purchase a photocopier
£1,500.00
Kilchoan Community Centre Ltd
For staffing, cleaning, maintaining and repairing the fitness
centre
£1,000.00
Kinlochleven High School
For purchase of new school lockers
£1,000.00
Lothian Victim Support
To provide 3 volunteer training days
£1,193.00
Milton Volunteer & Care Project
To purchase tables for new office premises
£674.00
Prestonfield & District Neighbourhood
Workers Project
Towards the operating costs of a mental health support group
£1,520.00
Princess Royal Trust Dumfries & Galloway
Carers Centre
To assist with the establishment of a new group of young carers
£1,170.00
Riccarton Parish Church
Towards refurbishment of the clock tower
£500.00
Ross & Cromarty Council of Voluntary
Service
To allow the capital purchase of an automated booklet production
unit
£2,000.00
Sauchie & Fishcross Community Group
Towards the cost of purchasing computer equipment
£500.00
Scalpay Community Association
To re-varnish the centre's interior and to purchase equipment
£2,000.00
Skye & Lochalsh Council for Voluntary
Organizations
Towards the cost of purchasing video conferencing equipment
£2,000.00
Smailholm Village Hall Committee (PAG)
Towards the cost of purchasing and installing equipment for the
play area
£750.00
St Andrews Ambulance Corps, CWS Section
Kirkcaldy
Towards the cost of purchasing a TV, video recorder and computer
£800.00
St Joseph's Neighbourhood Centre
To provide a small multi-purpose meeting room
£1,500.00
Thornhill Community Hall
To buy 5 small collapsible tables for the small meeting room
£400.00
Tomich Residents Association
To tidy up an area of overgrown woodland in the village
£1,000.00
Victim Support Highland
To fund a volunteers' recruiting campaign in Caithness & Sutherland
£1,254.00
Voluntary Action Lochaber
Towards the running costs of the refurnishings project
£1,500.00
Volunteer Bureau NE Fife
Towards the cost of publicity materials promoting volunteering
£1,000.00
Counselling
Crisis
Towards providing disabled access ramp and handrail for Crisis's
building
£1,000.00
Dumfries and Galloway Council on Alcohol
For room hire to hold group meetings
£1,440.00
Kirkcaldy Area Abuse Survivors Project
Towards the cost of providing complementary therapy relaxation
sessions
£500.00
Open Secret
To supplement volunteer expenses
£750.00
Uig Community Development Association
For purchase of computer
£345.00
Disability/Special Needs
Angus Special Playscheme
To purchase display boards for the on-going recruitment of volunteers
£1,034.00
Disabled Person's Housing Service (Renfrewshire)
Towards the cost of computer equipment for the new Paisley office
£500.00
Drake Music Project Scotland
To purchase equipment for the music workshops and a soundbeam
kit
£2,000.00
Forres Hard of Hearing Group
To assist with the cost of training lip reading teachers
£1,500.00
Highland Disability Sport
To purchase an office telephone system and a minibus electric
step
£568.00
Kaimes Special School Association
To purchase all terrain bicycles and cycling helmets
£700.00
Kingsinch Summer Playscheme
To purchase games and equipment
£750.00
North East Fife Stroke Splash Club
To assist with transportation of pool members
£1,500.00
Playplus, Play & Disability Project
Towards the cost of a residential weekend for 20 pupils
£2,000.00
Renfrewshire Autism & Aspergers Group
Provision of a befriending service for individuals affected by
autism
£1,000.00
Scottish Downs Syndrome Association
Towards the cost of publishing their magazine
£1,500.00
SNAP
To fund sessional staff, entrance fees and specialist tuition
fees
£2,000.00
Elderly
Barclay Friendly Club
To provide transport for club members in a specially adapted
£550.00
Broomhill Day Centre
To renovate 8 existing chairs
£600.00
Cowdenbeath Old People's Welfare
Towards the cost of summer outings
£500.00
Culsalmond Caring Club
To fund a visit to the Christmas pantomime with lunch and tea
and gifts
£200.00
Fife Day Care Services Ltd
To hire specially adapted transport to take clients on outings
£1,000.00
Kincardine Old People's Welfare Association
To purchase a gas tea urn for general use in the kitchen
£730.00
Murrayfield Dementia Project
Towards the cost of functions and outings
£400.00
Newcastleton Old Peoples Welfare Committee
To upgrade smoke alarms to mains-operated alarms
£1,000.00
Rosebery Centre
Towards the cost of purchasing a computer
£500.00
Scottish Old Age Pensions Association
Towards the cost of maintaining existing services
£400.00
The Open Door Club
Towards the cost of a bus outing to Arran
£500.00
Family
Family Mediation Highland
To purchase typist's chair, armchairs, fridge, crockery, kettle,
filing cabinets
£1,450.00
Home-Start Garioch
To help cover volunteers' travel expenses
£2,000.00
Home-Start Kintyre
To fund volunteers' training courses and to purchase a laptop
computer
£1,850.00
Home-Start Kirkcaldy
Towards the cost of setting up a creche as part of their Family
Group
£600.00
Home-Start Lorn
Towards office costs
£1,500.00
Home-Start North East Fife
Towards travel costs for group attendance and family outings
£750.00
Stepping Forward
To purchase a washing machine and tumble dryer
£1,200.00
Health
Angus Mental Health Association - Next
Stop Project
To purchase cooker, vacuum cleaner, TV & video and playstation
£210.00
CHANGES Community Mental Health Project
To support self-help groups in East Lothian for panic attack sufferers
£750.00
Elgin & District Cancer Support Group
To provide holistic care at monthly meetings and to purchase badges
£1,000.00
Elgin Branch of Alzheimer Scotland -
Action on Dementia
Towards the cost of a holiday for dementia sufferers and their
carers
£1,000.00
M E Association - East Kilbride Group
To purchase a computer desk and chair
£130.00
Manic Depression Fellowship Aberdeen
To fund a weekend break to the Ballater Environmental Education
Centre
£1,055.00
Mid Argyll Council on Alcohol
To set up a pilot scheme with the Procurator Fiscal for prosecution
diversion
£1,660.00
Nairn Hydrotherapy Trust
To establish a travel scheme for the elderly/disabled to benefit
from hydrotherapy
£400.00
Parkinson's Self Help Group
To purchase display materials
£490.00
Positive Help
Towards the cost of running the domestic help service
£1,000.00
Reachout Mental Health Expressive Arts
Project
Towards the cost of facilitating a Mental Health Reminiscence
project
£750.00
Rosebank Drop-in Centre
To develop the activities programme including golf, cooking, and
reflexology
£2,000.00
Royston Stress Centre
To purchase a photocopier
£500.00
SE Scotland Blood Transfusion Scheme
General charity donation at request of event funder
£2,103.03
Stepping Stones
Towards the costs of establishing a creative arts group
£700.73
Survivors' Poetry Scotland
Towards fees for writing workshop facilitators for an outreach
project in Edinburgh
£1,200.00
West Lothian Epilepsy Resource Centre
Towards the cost of purchasing computing equipment
£500.00
Services
Army Benevolent Fund
General charitable donation
£5,000.00
Women
East Fife Women's Aid
To provide starter packs for domestic abuse victims
£1,500.00
Hilton SWRI
To purchase heaters, tables, chairs and a fridge for the hall
£1,000.00
Mull & Tiree Federation SWRI
To purchase a reconditioned computer, printer and software
£600.00
Sutherland Federation SWRI
To take craft workshops to outlying areas to help keep craft work
alive
£2,000.00