Projects Transforming Communities
Across Scotland, projects inspired by the Christian faith are having a transformational effect on local communities. Faithworks celebrates and promotes this work in order to encourage and empower other churches and Christians to rediscover their role at the heart of their community.
Click here to read their stories.
Useful Links
Click here for information and links to government offices, faith networks and strategic third sector organisations in Scotland.
Funding Information for Scotland
Faithworks provides information on a wide range of funding sources. Some funds are available specifically for projects operating in Scotland. These include:
The Souter Charitable Trust
Awards for All Scotland
www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland/index.html
Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland http://www.ltsbfoundationforscotland.org.uk/index.asp?tm=11
The Robertson Trust
http://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/
Women's Fund For Scotland
Centre for Social Justice Awards 2009: £50K prize pot
Are you a small grass roots charity/voluntary group tackling poverty in your local area? If you are people focused, tackling causes and symptoms, driven by conviction and motivated by compassion then please apply.
Simply describe in 500 words how your organization makes an exceptional contribution to tackling poverty
www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/awards
Deadline 17th March
For information and creative ideas on how to raise funds visit IdeasFundraising.
For further information on funding and details of these and many other funding sources, click here to visit our funding pages.
Training and Events
To find out about training and events taking place in Scotland click here. We endeavour to feature quality events on a wide range of topics.
Faithworks affiliates in Scotland include:
Acorn Christian Centre, Edinburgh
Amos Scripture Care Trust, Edinburgh
ANSWER Project, Whitburn
Blue Horizon Youth Project, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
Bridgeton Community Church, Glasgow
Cambusnethan Parish Development And Mission Trust, Wishaw, Lanarkshire
Carmel Community, Nr Back, Isle of Lewis
Communities Together, Penicuik, Midlothian
Community Church, Edinburgh
Community House, Alloa, Clackmannshire
Contraflow, Argyll And Bute, Dunbartonshire
Crieff Baptist Church, Crieff, Perthshire
Crossreach, Edinburgh
Dunblane Christian Fellowship, Dunblane, Perthshire
East Mains Baptist Church, Glasgow
Eric Liddell Centre, Edinburgh
Gateway Christian Fellowship, Auchterarder, Perthshire
Jubilee Social Centre, Glasgow
Kilsyth Congregational Church - The Storehouse, Glasgow
Lifehope, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Moncreiffe Church, Peth, Perthshire
New Life Nursery, Edinburgh
Priesthill and Nitshill Parish Church, Glasgow
Queens Park Baptist Church, Glasgow
Reaching Out, Hawick Congregational Church
Reality Adventure Works, Glasgow
Richmond's Hope, Edinburgh, Morayshire
St Drostan's Orthodox Community, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
St John's Church, Alloa, Clackmannanshire
St Ninian's Parish Church, Glenrothes, Fife
St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, Glasgow
The Ark, Ayr, Ayrshire
The Bridge Christian Centre, Musselburgh, Midlothian
The Ripple Project, Edinburgh
Youth For Christ Scotland, Glasgow
