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Applying for funding

Before you start the application process please read our Funding Strategy 2019 to 2022 here. We have clearly set out our funding objectives in the document. The Trust will only consider applications from organisations and projects that clearly demonstrate that they can achieve the Trust’s priorities and funding objectives.

PLEASE NOTE – Deadline dates for 2021 applications

 

  • Friday 5th November 2021 (Trustees meeting – Thursday 16th December)

Please note that applications will be accepted under the 2019-2022 Funding Strategy for the grant-making meetings in September, December and the first meeting of 2022 (date still to be confirmed).  Following that first meeting in 2022, we will close to any further applications submitted under the 2019-2022 Funding Strategy.

Our core funding objectives for Perth and Kinross are:

To improve the Quality of Life for people by:
  • creating positive change in people’s lives and communities
  • Increasing inclusion, empowerment and independence
  • Increasing access to employment, volunteering, education and leisure opportunities
  • Increasing equality of opportunity and active citizenship
​To develop and inspire young people by:
  • Increasing participation, opportunities and experiences through sport, culture, leisure, environment, heritage
  • Raising aspirations and realisation of full potential​
  • Improving access to accredited training and learning​
  • Increasing employability and employment options​
  • Increasing leadership or mentoring
To improve the availability or quality of the built and natural environment for wide community use by:
  • Providing greater access to services and facilities
  • Improving infrastructure​
  • Offering more sustainable services and facilities that reflect local priorities​
  • Enhancing the natural and built environment

Our core funding objectives for the Rest of Scotland are:

To develop and inspire young people by:
  • Improving access to accredited training and learning​
  • Increasing employability and employment options​
  • Increasing leadership or mentoring
How to apply

Please follow the seven steps to apply for funding. See downloads section below for Funding Application Pack.

NOTE FOR CAPITAL FUNDING ONLY:

Please download and complete the Project Summary Report in the Downloads section below and e-mail to grants@gannochytrust.org.uk.

Our Trustees will review your submission and decide if you can apply. Please wait for their decision before applying here. Thank you.

Step 1
Please download our Funding Application Pack below.
Step 2
Read the Gannochy Trust Funding Strategy 2019 to 30 June 2022.
Step 3
Read our guidance notes including a step by step guide to completing the application form, guidance on presenting your aims, outcomes and activities and your budget schedule;
Step 4
Complete the application form including the aims, outcomes and activities template and budget template. Remember to only include how your project will meet the Trust’s outcomes and not your own.  The Trust’s outcomes can be found in the Funding Strategy and a template is provided for you to complete.
Step 5
Read our checklist to make sure you have provided all the correct information:
  • An Organisation Information Sheet (See page 1 of application form)
  • An Application Form
  • An Aims, Outcomes and Activities Template
  • A Budget Template
Step 6
Send application form and supporting documents to admin@gannochytrust.org.uk or to The Gannochy Trust, Pitcullen Crescent, Perth PH2 7HX
Step 7
Wait for us to contact you. We aim to acknowledge your application by email within a week of receiving it and we would expect to notify you of the decision within three to four months.
Downloadable Documents
The Funding Application Pack contains the following documents: Application Form - 2019 to 2022 Budget Template Aims, Outcomes and Activities Template Funding Strategy 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2022 Guidance Notes for Applicants - Aims, Outcomes and Activities Guidance Notes for Applicants - Budgets Guidance Notes for Applicants - General Guidance Notes Capital Project Summary Template
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Important Information
  • Funding is limited to one year for first time applicants or beneficiaries who haven’t applied for over 10 years;
  • If your budget template includes the salary costs of any members of staff (even if they are already in post) we will require a copy of the job descriptions.
  • If you have any queries or require further advice, please get in touch by email or telephone – 01738 620653 or admin@gannochytrust.org.uk.

When completing your application form, please remember to only include how your project will meet the Trust’s outcomes and not your own.  The Trust’s outcomes are clearly outlined in the Funding Strategy.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can check if you are eligible for funding further up the page.

Please follow our seven step process

We offer three funding packages:

  • Small up to £10,000
  • Main up to £30,000
  • Major over £30,000 (Perth & Kinross only)
  • Capital Funding (project dependent)

We will acknowledge receipt of your application by e-mail within a week and notify you of our decision within a month of the Trustees meeting date. See dates in section at top of page.

Under the current funding strategy, a maximum of three years.

An organisation can normally only have one grant at a time from the Trust.

Yes but please do not re-apply until at least 12 months after the date of the refusal letter.

Amount funded by category


Grant making case studies
Strategic Youth Work Partnership

The Strategic Youth Work Partnership is a unique collaboration between the Gannochy Trust and Perth and Kinross Council. Working closely with local youth agencies, the partnership engages young people in communities across Perth and Kinross, inspiring and supporting them to realise their potential and address life’s challenges. This includes providing activities and drop-in facilities for young people in their local community during evenings, weekends and during holiday periods. These youth work settings provide a place for young people to go, reducing isolation, creating a sense of belonging and providing new experiences and opportunities for learning in an informal setting. With help from the Gannochy Trust, from April 2019, the partnership will invest more than £900,000 over a three-year period in local youth work agencies across five localities.

Perthshire Brass

Perthshire Brass is a community brass band offering opportunities for young people to continue their music making beyond school provision, making brass banding a hobby for life. The band perform regularly around Perth and Kinross supporting events and charities in a variety of settings. The Gannochy Trust provided £30K paid in two tranches to support the group’s musical instrument renewal and replacement programme. The key outcomes for the funding are to improve the standard of playing, improve performance levels and secure the future of Perthshire Brass. Since winning the grant, the band have gone from strength to strength, winning the Scottish Challenge Contest, the Gold Award and Runner Up Trophy at the Scottish Youth Championships and Scottish Brass Band of the Year.

Highland Perthshire Land Trust Awards

Highland Perthshire Communities Land Trust (HPCLT) provide rural skills and training opportunities for young people in Highland Perthshire, as well as educational and volunteering opportunities to engage local people in practical conservation.  In 2019, The Gannochy Trust agreed a £44,415 grant paid over three years to support the HPCLT’s  Dun Coillich Youth Training and Volunteering project. The project will train 24 young people in rural skills and involves 270 local people of all ages in volunteering.

The project will:

  • Equip young people with rural skills and land management experience to increase employability
  • Enhance the personal, social and leadership skills in young people
  • Provide inspiring volunteering and opportunities to become more active citizens for young and old in Highland Perthshire.
PUSH (Perth and Kinross) Ltd

Established in 1989, PUSH (Perth & Kinross) Ltd is a user-led organisation using Person Centred Planning tools to promote independence, self-direction and employment opportunities for people with learning disabilities.  In June 2018, The Gannochy Trust awarded PUSH a grant of £30K paid over two years to support the organisation’s iWork (Warehouse) programme for young people with learning disabilities or additional support needs. The programme, delivered through the charity’s social enterprise, PUSH Reuse Centre, provides work experience skills, development and employment opportunities (retail and warehousing) for Young people with learning disabilities or additional support needs, leading to financial, housing and social inclusion in their local community.

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