| Organisation | Project Description | Amount |
| Development Trusts Association Scotland Ltd | This project aims to increase the number of urban-based development trusts and improve access to support for development trusts in remote areas, thereby creating a connected network throughout Scotland. | £635,235 |
| Children and Families Department, City of Edinburgh Council | The 'Creating Confident Kids' project will assist 20 primary schools in Edinburgh to deliver an out of school programme to promote emotional health, communication and social skills to complement what is being done in school hours. Each school will develop an out of school hours activities programme, including using outside resources (eg drama, music, counselling, community creative art and develop a CD with songs about emotional well being thoughts. | £929,690 |
| Augment Scotland Ltd | The Angus Community Clubhouse will provide greater financial independence, social inclusion and better transferable skills to people with mental health concerns and dual diagnosis. The 'clubhouse' will be a community resource, providing members with the opportunity to take part in all of the running aspects and gain skills to aid recovery. There will also be a community café and craft shop, which will help generate income streams and integrate members with the wider community. | £539,542 |
| Fife Employment Access Trust | This project will improve the employability skills of individuals with mental health problems and support them into sustainable employment. The project will provide tailored support to individuals, including confidence building, support and guidance, counselling and therapy, mentoring and giving ongoing support once in employment. | £970,478 |
| Scottish Personal Assistant Employers Network | This project will provide a wide range of services including an 'Effective Employers' training and development programme for those disabled people who employ their own support staff. This will ensure they are able to meet their responsibilities as employers and help build their confidence, self-esteem and assertiveness as they take on roles for which they have little or no prior experience. | £322,828 |
| North Ayrshire Forum on Disability | This project will provide advocacy, advice and support to people with disabilities, particularly people over 50 years of age experiencing loss of social networks, retirement or becoming less physically active. | £150,000 |
| Garvald Community Enterprises Limited | The Engine Shed will provide a three year training programme including work experience in the cafe/bakery the group runs, an organic tofu production and its conference/catering service, which will help 50 adults with learning disabilities move into employment within mainstream workplaces over five years. | £276,385 |
| Edinburgh Development Group | The 'Supporting Older Families' project will raise the self-esteem of older families caring for an adult with learning difficulties as well as providing them with improved access to information, advice and support. | £220,412 |
| Argyll and Bute Volunteer Centre | The People Plus project will work in partnership with the Argyll CVS, local authority and other service providers in the Argyll and Bute area to deliver a series of STEPS to Excellence and Breakthrough training courses across Argyll and Bute. It will also provide supported work placements and further promote volunteering in this remote community. | £266,770 |
| PAMIS - Profound & Multiple Impairment Service | The 'Futures Project' will provide people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and their families/carers with the tools, skills and confidence to actively participate in the transition from children's to adult services and make informed and sustainable choices. The project will also develop a 'Transition Planning Tool', which will be available for use across Scotland | £237,303 |
| Stirling Family Support Service | This project will reduce isolation and improve the quality of life for families and carers in Stirling who are affected by another family member's substance misuse. It will provide family support groups, a home visiting service, a telephone helpline, one-to-one support, counselling and training. | £451,903 |
| Alzheimer Scotland Action On Dementia | The Polish and Ukrainian Support Service will work to support and enable members of the Polish, Ukrainian and Italian communities in Edinburgh and the Lothians to become healthier, better informed and positively engaged in community life. It will include one-to-one support, day opportunity programmes, community social events, information and signposting and developing the volunteer base to work with these communities. | £200,000 |
| Sutherland Partnership | The New Futures Sutherland programme will work with 150 people across Sutherland over a period of five years. The project will provide tailored support and mentoring to individuals and will provide this in a location immediately local to the individual. | £375,900 |
| Re-Union Canal Boats Ltd | The 'Big Boat Build' project will develop practical and life skills, improve volunteering opportunities and engage people in community life in the Edinburgh area. The boat will continue to be staffed by volunteers and be available to a wide range of community groups for activities such as training sessions, staff meetings or simply a fun day out. It will moor and sail on the Union Canal. | £148,449 |
| Maxwelltown Information Centre | This project will create a holistic service including intensive one-to-one support, a counselling service, a complementary therapy service and community support groups. It will run for three years and will benefit 5389 people in the disadvantaged Dundee communities of Hilltown, Stobswell and Fairmuir. | £279,653 |
| Calvay Housing Association Ltd | This project will provide nursery and childcare places, family support, dedicated youth facilities and services, IT suite and training, community meeting room and a community café to the people of Barlanark in South Easterhouse, Glasgow in it's newly refurbished and extended local community centre. | £191,653 |
| Dundee Employment & Aftercare Project | This project will benefit 3,600 unemployed people and 1,200 organisations in Dundee over three years. It will provide an outreach basis for participants seeking to return to work or learning and who are experiencing multiple complex barriers to securing and remaining in employment. It will include one-to-one and small group training as well as providing job opportunities. | £432,261 |
| Monifieth Befriending Scheme | This project provides a befriending service in Monifieth, Angus. The project will run for five years and will benefit 102 socially isolated people and 7 organisations. | £117,422 |
| Volunteer Centre Midlothian | The 'LIVE IT side kicks' project will provide computer training to local residents who may wish to find out how to use computers for activities such as accessing the Internet to maintain contact with family and friends, general letter writing or researching their family history. | £56,597 |
| Assynt Foundation | The grant will be used to employ a Development Manager for a further period of three and a half years who will be responsible for developing the 17,950-hectare Drumrunie and Glencanisp Estate. | £57,556 |
| Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust | This project complements the Trust’s overall Housing Improvement Project and will ensure the continued community-led regeneration of the Isle of Gigha through strategic investment in the island's Trust-owned commercial housing stock. The project will directly enable the creation of four revenue earning, environment friendly holiday homes from a farm steading, a house refurbishment and the refurbishment of the islands Post Office/shop/house, over the next two years. | £266,508 |
The Big Lottery Fund has £275 million to invest in Scotland’s communities before 2009 as follows:
The Fund’s future funding plans are detailed in the manifesto ‘Investing in Communities'.
*Investing in Communities is the Big Lottery Fund Scotland’s new funding portfolio, which consists of four investment areas: Growing Community Assets, to help communities obtain, improve, develop, manage, sustain and protect assets that will help them become stronger and more sustainable; Life Transitions to support people at times of change in their lives – at different life stages and in different circumstances; Supporting 21st Century Life to provide support to people and communities to deal with the pace of change, enjoy positive relationships, improve quality of life, and establish connections across 21st century society; Dynamic and Inclusive Communities (DINC) to fund improvements to the capacity and infrastructure of national, intermediary or second tier organisations, to allow communities to engage in civic society and influence civic processes so that they can build strong and more inclusive local communities.