Long-term charity partners

Foundation grants to Barnardo’s support Bernardo's Works its employability programme for long-term unemployed young people across Scotland. The programme includes ‘Financial Fitness’, aimed at helping young people learn more about managing their personal finances.

FARE is a Glasgow based charity supporting vulnerable people and communities across Glasgow and West Central Scotland. Foundation grant funding supports services for young people to access training and employment.

Every young person should have the chance to succeed. At The King’s Trust, we believe that every young person should have the chance to succeed, no matter their background or the challenges they are facing.

We help young people from disadvantaged communities and those facing the greatest adversity by supporting them to build the confidence and skills to live, learn and earn.

The Foundation financially supports the Trusts’ schools based Achieve programme. This programme helps young people who are at risk of underachieving at school or college to engage with and succeed in education.

Previously a charity distributing the Hymans Robertson Foundation’s bursary to young people in London, the London Screen Academy is now a three-year funded charity partner. The Foundation is supporting the LSA’s work with neuro-diverse young people.

St Basils works with young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, to enable them to find and keep a home, develop their skills, and increase work and education opportunities. Foundation support funds an Employability Coordinator who helps connect young people and interested local employers, to achieve sustainable jobs for the future.

Works+ is an employability charity in the Scottish Borders. Foundation grant funding enables Works+ to provide a range of projects to help young people to secure training, learning and employment, as well as building confidence and supporting well-being.

Lifelink provides one-to-one counselling sessions and interactive online well-being classes focused around developing life skills, to young people supported by the Foundation’s charity partner network, and the staff employed by those charity partners in delivering services to their clients.

Money Ready is a charity specialising in creating and delivering high impact financial education programmes to 7- to 25-year-olds. The Foundation supports Money Ready to deliver its Money Works programme in Scotland and Birmingham, teaching young people aged 16 to 25 about independent living, digital finance skills and debt prioritisation.

Driven by love, Action for Children’s vision is that every child and young person has a safe and happy childhood and the foundations they need to thrive. They deliver crucial services across Scotland, in 30 of the 32 council areas, providing practical and emotional care to children, young people and families. They make sure children and young people’s voices are heard, and campaign to bring lasting improvements to their lives.

The Foundation supports their NextGen employability programme, where young people are empowered together to improve their social, interpersonal and employability skills in Niddrie, Edinburgh.

Street Soccer uses football to create lasting positive change for the most at risk and socially disadvantaged people across Scotland & London. We run free, inclusive, trauma-informed football sessions which are open to everyone of all ages and backgrounds, creating communities of support and bringing people together. Football is just 30% of what we do, 70% is made up of Off-Pitch support, tailored to the individual including housing support, specialist mental health provision, food provision, emotional support, signposting and work with our partner organisations. Our mission is to create hope and lasting positive change for the over 2,000 people we support every year. We do this by reducing isolation, creating community and providing opportunity.