Community Building Grants are aimed at charities helping people and communities in Scotland who are experiencing (or at risk of experiencing) poverty, trauma or both. With this capital funding, they want to support the physical development and/or improvement of buildings that will be used to host or deliver a range of work addressing the impacts of poverty and/or trauma under one or more of the following themes: - Financial wellbeing, - Emotional wellbeing and relationships - Educational and work pathways. See funder website for details of target groups.

This fund will support proposals which match conditions under the following criteria: Arts and Heritage; Cathedrals and Major Churches; Parish Churches; Developing Countries; Education; Health and Social Welfare. Full details on the criteria for each heading can be found on the funder website. This funder is part of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts.

The MEB Charitable Trust supports a wide range of charitable activities. The Trust seeks to support Christian organisations; aid in the relief of suffering occasioned by war or natural disaster; and bodies undertaking scientific or medical research. Their accounts show they gave under the headings of age, animals and birds, blind, deaf, children, medical research, welfare, cultural and social, armed services , youth organisations, religion and special appeals.

The trust gives to a wide range of charitable causes. Organisations that support young people, music, drama, physical health, mental health, the elderly, disabled people and rescue have been funded in the past.

The purpose of the trust is to support for medical research and equipment for care of the elderly, for housing and shelter and for assistance to rural and general trusts for the disabled and young people within the Edinburgh and Dunblane areas. It tends to support the same organisations each year.

The Trust is committed to supporting: the provision of adequate shelter for those in need; encouraging Jewish family innovation; developing community and civil society in Glasgow and Scotland; seed funding creative ideas to solve challenges facing the Jewish community and society in general.

The Trust is a grant-making charity and although the objectives set out in its trust deed are far-reaching, the trustees wish to focus their help upon organisations and projects that address social issues particularly relating to education, health and well-being, and inclusion. The Trustees tend to focus their support in Scotland, Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, with increasing emphasis outwith Scotland.

The Trustees have wide discretion as to which charities the trust supports. They fund activities falling within their charitable purposes of: poverty, education, health, saving of lives, sport, and recreational facilities and activities.

The trust makes a large number of mostly small grants to charities, with a preference for those in Dundee and Tayside.

Funding is UK-wide although a preference is given to Scotland. Themes supported are: Services and Sea; Education & Training; Children & Youth; Science, Engineering & Technology; Agriculture & Horticulture; Tarland & Local Area. Lady MacRobert and Douneside category awards remain closed, however they have made available limited awards to help appropriate registered charities that are particularly struggling as a direct and evidential result of the Covid-19 pandemic.