Charities In Scotland
Discover 6,574 charities in Scotland. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Dogs Trust Legacy
Animals, Housing, Social welfareDogs Trust operates a network of rehoming centres across the UK; each provides dog accomodation, puppy houses, isolation blocks and treatment rooms.Dogs Trust provides financial assistance to allow owners in genuine need to have their dogs neutered through participating veterinary practices.Dogs Trust provides dog training and educational material on responsible dog ownership.
Crisis UK
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, HousingCrisis is the national charity for single homeless people. We are dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change.Our innovative education, employment, housing and well-being services address individual needs and help people to transform their lives.
Autism Initiatives (uk)
Beneficiary groupTHE MISSION OF AUTISM INITIATIVES IS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS BY PROVIDING A RANGE OF SERVICES WHICH ARE PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL AND INNOVATIVE.
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited
Beneficiary group, EducationRuskin Mill Trust works with vulnerable children and young people that have learning disabilities and difficulties, including autistic spectrum disorders and developmental delay. Our pioneering approach has proved highly successful with specialist schools, colleges and adult social care provision operated by the wider Ruskin Mill Trust group, in England, Scotland and Wales.
British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Beneficiary group, HealthSupporting reproductive choice by advocating and providing high quality, affordable services to prevent or end unwanted pregnancy with contraception or by abortion
The Institution Of Engineering And Technology
Charitable activities, ResearchEducation, policy & awareness activities engage the public in the role of science, engineering & technology in enhancing peoples' lives. IET gathers & distributes knowledge content via a variety of channels to a global audience, drawing on the unique strengths of its membership. Membership & professional development focuses on career long professional development & registration of individuals.
The London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, LeisureLondon Marathon Foundation, the operating name of The London Marathon Charitable Trust, aims to inspire physical activity. It does so by awarding grants to help make available facilities and opportunities and by direct delivery to help the least active children, young people and adults from underserved communities get active.
The Disabilities Trust
Beneficiary group, HousingThe principal activities of Brainkind which is the operating name of the charity. This includes rehabilitation and support solutions for people with profound physical impairments, acquired brain injury and learning disabilities, as well as for children and adults with autism.
Motability
Charitable activities, Social welfareHelps disabled people to make journeys by providing access to transport, and working to make transport more accessible. Oversees Motability Operations to deliver the Motability Scheme and provides grants to Scheme customers. Provides transport-related grants to charities and organisations. Carries out research and innovation to make transport more accessible now and in the longer-term.
Bre Trust
Arts, EducationFunds and supports research, education, publications and other activities in the built environment for public benefit. Awards post graduate research scholarships and supports university chairs.Commissions, facilitate and supports carbon emission reduction projects and such other activities and services as are beneficial to the built environment.
Foundation For Credit Counselling
Charitable activities, HealthFoundation for Credit Counselling's principal activities are to provide free debt advice to the financially distressed and following advice either via telephone or online, to provide a range of debt management solutions to meet client needs such as debt management plans and a range of insolvency solutions.
The King's Trust
Beneficiary group, Economic and community development, EducationThe King's Trust's vision is to end youth unemployment. By breaking down barriers and opening doors The King's Trust supports young people to build the confidence and skills they need to find work. The King's Trust is building a future that works for young people.
Migrant Help
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare1 The relief of refugees and their families and dependants who are in conditions of need,hardship or distress2 to inform, advise and assist foreigners and Commonwealth citizens who are in difficulty or distress during their stay in the UK or in connection with their arrival or departure therefrom3 to promote the rights of refugees through the provision of advocacy and information.
Breast Cancer Now
Charitable activities, Health, ResearchWe're Breast Cancer Now, the UK's largest breast cancer charity and we're dedicated to funding research into this devastating disease. We're bringing together all those affected by the disease to improve the way we prevent, detect, treat and stop the disease. We believe that if we all act now, by 2050 everyone who develops breast cancer will live.
The Universities And Colleges Admissions Service
EducationUCAS is an independent charity, and remains committed to its vision of being at the heart of connecting people to higher education. We do this by providing information, advice, and admissions services to inspire and facilitate progression in education.
Alzheimer's Research UK
HealthAlzheimer's Research UK is the UK's leading dementia research charity. We believe in the power of research to defeat dementia. We fund pioneering studies that will make a difference to people's lives and we're committed to increasing funds for the next breakthrough. We are energising a movement to support and take part in research and to empower people through greater understanding of dementia.
Harper Adams University
Economic and community development, Education, ResearchHarper Adams University delivers higher education in support of the agricultural, agricultural engineering, food science and technology, environmental science, veterinary science and land-based sectors.
Oneschool Global UK
Beneficiary group, EducationThe main objects is the advancement of education and in particular by the provision and conduct of schools for the education of boys and girls in accordance with the religious ethos of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church and other associated activities for the benefit of the community.
BBC Children In Need
Beneficiary group, Social welfareThe Charity?s objects are to further such exclusively charitable objects and purposes in any part of the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man as the Directors may in their discretion think fit and in particular (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) to relieve need, hardship, sickness, handicap and distress amongst children and young persons.
The Trussell Trust
Charitable activities, Social welfareThe Trussell Trust supports a nationwide network of food banks and together we provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, and campaign for change to end the need for food banks in the UK. www.trusselltrust.org
Charity Projects
Charity and VCS support, Leisure, Social welfareThe principal activities of Comic Relief, the operating name of the charity, are to raise funds and awareness, and to distribute money in the form of grants and social investments for specific charitable purposes, in support of our vision of a just world free from poverty and our mission of driving change through the power of entertainment.
Real Life Options
Housing, Social careReal Life Options provides support and care to people in the United Kingdom who have disabilities. In particular, the organisation provides and manages services on a peripatetic and domiciliary basis, and provides care and support through the provision of residential housing, both directly and in conjunction with other voluntary agencies, charities and housing associations.
Nesta
Beneficiary groupThe UK's innovation agency for social good. We design, test and scale new solutions to society's biggest problems, changing millions of lives for the better. We will focus our energy and resources on three innovation missions: a fairer start for every child; a healthy life for all, and a sustainable future where the economy works better for people and the planet.
Trinity College London
EducationTO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE PERFORMING AND CREATIVE ARTS BY PROMOTING EDUCATION, INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT IN THE PERFORMING AND CREATIVE ARTS AND LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION. THE CHARITY CONDUCTS EXAMINATIONS BOTH IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS, CARRIES OUT THE VALIDATION OF TEACHER AND OTHER TRAINING COURSES, AND COLLECTS AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION.
National Centre For Social Research
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, HousingThe provision on education and research into all areas of social policy particularly health, employment, housing, travel, education and crime. Most of the projects undertaken include surveys carried out throughout Great Britain