Charities In Scotland
Discover 6,574 charities in Scotland. Use the search below to filter within these results.
Lifelites
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, HealthRaising funds to donate and maintain specialist technologies for children and young people using palliative care services throughout the British Isles.
Collections Trust
Charitable activities, HeritageThe Collections Trust is the UK's independent organisation for cultural collections. We campaign for the public right to access and engage with collections.We do this by:-Promoting best practiceEncouraging InnovationRepresenting the interests of the sector
The Jo Cox Foundation
The Jo Cox Foundation's mission is to inspire and galvanise positive change at local, national and international levels in through building stronger communities, a better public life and a fairer world in Jo Cox's honour.
Abigail's Footsteps
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Health, Social welfareCampaigning for & the funding where appropriate of: 1.Fully trained, inspired, compassionate Bereavement Midwives2.By making the best use of hospital architecture & layout,funding sensitively designed delivery rooms located away from maternity wards.3.Necessary equipment in each maternity unit to preserve a stillborn baby until at least the day after the mother's discharge from hospital.
Scientific Committee On Antarctic Research
ResearchThe charity has two main objectives: a) advance and promote scientific knowledge, understanding and education on any aspect of; and b) initiate, facilitate, co-ordinate and encourage international scientific research activity in; i)the Antarctic region;ii)on the role of the Antarctic region in the Earth system; and iii)on the effect of global change on the Antarctic region.
The Lewin Trust
Social welfareThe Lewin Trust's vision is to make a tangible difference to poverty and inequality through early intervention and to break the cycles of dependence on relief. We aim to achieve this by providing grant funding and support to UK charities that are working within the UK or overseas in areas of need or deprivation.
Formission CIO
EducationTheological College
Queen Mary's Roehampton Trust
Armed forces, Charitable activitiesMakes grants to organisations which provide services for war disabled ex-Service personnel (and former members of the mercantile marine disabled in war) and their dependants.
Eil UK
Beneficiary groupEIL UK provides intercultural learning opportunities to create a more peaceful and tolerant world. Each year the charity's cultural immersion programmes include study abroad, family homestays, group educational programmes, training and language courses for more than 1000 international and UK participants. Our work deepens understanding of and appreciation for other countries and cultures.
The National Association For Children Of Alcoholics
Beneficiary group, HealthNacoa provides information and support for everyone affected by a parent's drinking. Our work is about planning a positive future for the 2.6M children who live with parents who drink too much in the UK today; providing them with an opportunity to see that the world can be different from the one they know, that they can break the cycle of addiction and go on to live happy and fulfilled lives.
The Genetics Society
Arts, ResearchThe object of the Society is to promote the advancement of the science of genetics for the benefit of the public. The Society does this by promoting the interchange of scientific information about genetics through running and sponsoring scientific meetings, through publishing scientific journals and through awarding small grants for travel and research, especially to junior scientists.
National Eczema Society
ArtsThe National Eczema Society exists to support people affected by eczema and to work on their behalf. We run phone and email helplines, websites , publish a wide range of information booklets fact sheets and a quarterly magazine and put people in touch with local support groups. We also support medical research into eczema and provide information resources for healthcare professionals.
Members Church Of God International UK Chapter
ReligionMCGI is a Christian religious organization, with its main headquarters in the Philippines and various chapters located around the globe including the UK and the Isle of Man. The majority of the Church members are Filipino nationals but through its continuous effort to propagate the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ across the world, it has grown into a group of diverse racial descents.
Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK
Beneficiary group, Social careTo advance the education & awareness of the general public and medical professionals of the condition known as Pulmonary Hypertension. The relief of need of sufferers of PH, their families & carers through the provision of financial assistance towards, but not exclusively, respite care, travel grants & equipment grants at the discretion of the executive committee, as and when resources allow.
The G C Gibson Charitable Trust
The trustees make donations to registered charities operating throughout the United Kingdom. The majority of donations are recurring as the trustees recognise the importance of helping charities with their core expenditure. However consideration is also given to capital or special projects.
Intelligence Corps Association
HeritageTo promote the well-being & efficiency of the Intelligence Corps by fostering esprit de corps and maintaining contact between past and present members. To educate in the role, history, traditions and ethos of the Corps. To provide relief to qualifying beneficiaries. To commemorate and remember those members, or former members, who have lost their lives or suffered injury in service to the public.
The Royal College Of Chiropractors
EducationProfessional membership organisation that promotes quality, safety and excellence in chiropractic practice and provides postgraduate workplace training, continuing professional development and research funding in the public interest.
British Nuclear Medicine Society
Researchengage with healthcare providers involved in the clinical use of radionuclides - provide resources and encourage the provision of education and training to support CPD - develop standards & guidelines for safe and effective practice - promote research and development - provide greater information for the benefit of patients - Promote and support the recertification/ revalidation of practitioners.
The Women's Royal Army Corps Association (incorporating Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps And Auxiliary Territorial Service Comrades Association)
Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activitiesMaintaining contact between former members of the QMAAC, ATS and WRAC and women still serving in the ARMY.Fostering esprit de Corps, comradeship and welfare.To relieve those in need by making grants or providing or paying for goods, services or facilities for them.
The Central Gifts Committee Of The Churches Of God
Arts, Beneficiary group, Social welfareSupport & encourage outreach by Churches of God; maintaining full time Lord's servants & gospel workers; assistance towards youth work including Camps; provision & maintenance of meeting places of the Churches of God; contributions to Hayes Press for the publication & distribution of literature; provision for relief of poverty, assistance towards education, medical needs in developing countries.
Benslow Music Instrument Loan Scheme
ArtsThe objects of the Benslow Music Instrument Loan Scheme are to lend good quality instruments to promising young music students who are unable to afford or obtain a suitable instrument of their own.
Future Trees Trust CIO
Environment, FacilitiesWe envision that all productive forests and woodlands in the UK will contain a proportion of selected or genetically improved trees to enhance diversity and resilience to climate change, pests and diseases. The wood they produce will be used in the construction of net zero carbon buildings, locking up carbon for decades and helping to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Digital Pipeline
Economic and community development, Education, Environment, Social welfareDigital Pipeline helps alleviate poverty by providing access to computer equipment for the poorest schools and projects in the UK and the developing world. As a consequence we also promote conservation, protection & improvement of the environment through the re-use of ICT equipment.
The Bestway Foundation
Charitable activities, Education, Health, HeritageProviding scholarships/grants to University students of South Asian origin both in the UK and overseas.The relief of sickness and the preservation of health both in the UK and in South Asia by way of grants to hospitals, medical research establishments, by building, new hospitals, or in such other manner as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion decide.
Armed Forces Education Trust
Beneficiary groupTo provide educational support for children effected by military life.