The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust

The Trust made a range of awards on 25th November 2009, including the following:

Aberdeen University: Research to be undertaken by Dr Carl Counsell and a team under his leadership will produce information vital for the future care of sufferers of Parkinson’s disease as well as assessing the burden the condition places on their carers. An award of £42,000 has been made.

Pilton Youth & Children's Project:

Providing support to children at risk in North Edinburgh and their parents through a range of creative ways on an individual and group basis. For this work an award over three years of £30,000 has been made.

Royal Blind: This charity has just launched a major appeal for the redevelopment of its school at Craigmillar Park, Edinburgh. Included in the plans, to be carried through in the next few years, are residential and sporting facilities. Provision will be made for children with multiple disabilities. Towards the substantial costs of the proposed works an award over three years of £150,000 has been made.

RNLI: Regular training for existing and new members of lifeboat crews is needed to equip them with the skills to save lives at sea while keeping themselves safe. For the training of the crew at Invergordon an award of £24,280 has been made.

St Andrews’ University: Through the new Interdisciplinary Medical Research Institute research into the more intractable human diseases is to be undertaken. To fund the purchase of a microscope for use in connection with research into Alzheimer’s disease an award of £50,000 has been made.

TullochanTrust: Based in West Dumbartonshire this charity works with children and young people who are disadvantaged and at risk. A project to provide vulnerable young people with a more secure base from which they can develop self-worth and discover their innate abilities has been awarded £72,000 over three years.

Visibility: This Glasgow-based charity’s successful work with ex-service men and women suffering from neurological sight loss (sight loss or impairment following brain injury or stroke) is to be rolled out for the benefit of a wider group of individuals so affected in the West of Scotland. An award of £60,000 over three years has been made.

Alphabetical list of the remaining awards where no conditions yet to be met.

Aberlour Child Care Trust – for its Edinburgh Outreach Project, based at Craigmillar, which helps children under 12 rendered vulnerable to neglect and abuse through their parents’ drug and alcohol misuse: £16,000

Action Medical Research – to support a three year medical research project into Rett’s Syndrome being undertaken at Edinburgh University: £60,000

Bannockburn Riding for the Disabled Group – supporting the costs of lessons: £5,000

Befriend a Child, Aberdeen – to support work with children living within substance misusing homes, over two years: £20,000

Befrienders (Argyll and Bute) – to support the recruitment, training and support of befrienders over two years: £10,000

Broomhouse Centre, Edinburgh – for work providing access to counselling for emotionally endangered young carers: £5,200

Counselling & Family Mediation Grampian – for a new outreach counselling service for children and young people: £10,000

Edinburgh University – research to establish predictors of psychosis in young people with mild learning disability: £27,540

Epilepsy Scotland - towards the salary costs of an Epilepsy Link Officer, over two years: £20,000

The Fostering Network, Glasgow – towards the costs of a DVD: £5,300

Grampian Society for the Blind – for the provision of ICT equipment and training thereon: £15,000

Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, Forfar – towards the costs of a canine hydrotherapy treadmill: £5,000

Hazelwood Vision, Glasgow - towards the costs of an extended day programme for children affected by sensory impairment and other complex support needs, over three years: £15,000

Lothian Autistic Society - towards transport costs for a holiday play-scheme in West Lothian: £12,480

MS Society Scotland - for a disabled accessible vehicle and hoists at Leuchie, East Lothian: £20,225

Muir Maxwell Trust – towards research, over three years, within the Muir Maxwell Centre for Childhood Epilepsy, Little France, Edinburgh : £60,000

Multi-Cultural Family Base, Edinburgh – to support work with children and young people affected by domestic violence, over two years: £15,000

National Autistic Society – for its Edinburgh Befriending Scheme: £12,000

National Theatre of Scotland – for the provision and development of audio assistance for blind and visually impaired theatre-goers and website visitors: £5,000

Parkinson’s Self Help Group (North Lanarkshire) – to support a “young onset” group: £5,000

The Place 2 Be – supporting counselling work in Edinburgh schools which provides emotional and therapeutic support: £15,000

Positive Help, Edinburgh - for work with children affected by HIV: £10,000

Safe Space, Dunfermline – assistance with running costs: £10,000

Scottish Spina Bifida Association – support for the salary costs of a part-time hydrocephalus worker, over three years: £60,000

Signpost, Livingston – assistance with running costs, over two years: £15,000

Tomorrow’s People - towards transport costs for a project supporting young people into employment, education and training in Inverclyde: £14,400

The Yard, Edinburgh – towards the costs of outreach work in special schools: £20,000

Wester Hailes Youth Agency, Edinburgh – supporting work with young people: £10,000

This page was last updated on 9th February 2010