The investment of grant-making Trusts and Foundations in the work of Aberlour has never been more welcome. These funding bodies – mostly charities themselves, are, like us, challenged by the current financial downturn. Nevertheless, year on year, their support for Aberlour is growing – we have 20 new first-time investors since April 2009.
Without this philanthropy we would simply not have been able to sustain a significant amount of our work in Scotland.
· Lloyds TSB Foundation (Scotland) and their ground-breaking Partnership Drugs Initiative are partners in much of Aberlour’s difficult work in Scotland’s communities with families affected by drug and alcohol misuse.
· BBC Children in Need and the Railway Children have worked with us for many years to support our Refuge and community services for children who run away from home.
· The Robertson Trust sustain two Aberlour services – Bridges in Glasgow and a Mother and Baby project within Cornton Vale Prison. Bridges, which improves the educational outcomes, health and wellbeing of children affected by parental substance use in the Glasgow area, is also supported by Radio Clyde’s Cash for Kids.
Grantmaking Charities and Corporate Foundations invested more than half-a-million pounds in Aberlour in 2009/10 with The Big Lottery Fund pledging a further new half-million for Youthpoint Glasgow.
"BIG are proud to have been able to invest in Aberlour’s Youthpoint Glasgow project, their street work service for young people. As part of our Investing in Communities portfolio, this project is now addressing some of the key challenges these individuals face as they make a successful transition to adulthood.”
Trusts have recently supported our Outreach Dundee service, Youthpoint Glasgow, our Outreach Edinburgh service and our volunteer befriending service, Unit 2, in Stirling – to name but a few.
We would like to thank all of our Trust and Foundation supporters for their faith in the positive difference Aberlour make in the lives of children, young people and families in Scotland.