Grant recipients 2007-2008

This year our small grant scheme attracted 209 applications, of which 56 were successful.

Details of successful applications are given below, organised by Health Board area or you can download the list from the link below.

Download a list of grant recipients 2007-08 (91kb PDF)

Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board Area

St Bridget's Nursery Class

Kilbirnie
Grant awarded: £948.99
Development of a fruit, herb and vegetable garden

Bellsbank Women's Project

Dalmellington
Grant awarded: £2995.00
Weaning cookery course

North Ayrshire Young Scot

Stevenston
Grant awarded: £700.00
Seven-week healthy eating programme for young people 12-14 (Food Group)

Homeless Implementation Group

Kilmarnock
Grant awarded: £2001.00
Initiative to provide monthly cooking skills sessions within homeless hostels (Cook Well)

St John Ogilvie Primary School

Irvine
Grant awarded: £500.00
Provision of 'smoothie bar' for P6 and P7 pupils 

Borders NHS Board Area

Burnfoot Community School

Hawick
Grant awarded: £840.43
Three healthy eating projects for young children and parents

Dumfries and Galloway NHS Board

Moffat Childcare Small and Tall

Moffat
Grant awarded: £689.71
Healthy eating projects for children

Building Healthy Communities

Kirkconnel
Grant awarded: £1810.00
Healthy cooking skills training for young mums

Fife NHS Board Area

Beanstalk Fruit and Vegetable Stall

Dunfermline
Grant awarded: £1300.00
Series of short cooking skills programmes for children and parents attending family centre

Forth Valley NHS Board Area

Adult Day Services Clackmannanshire Council

Alloa
Grant awarded: £1913.96
Gardening group for adults with learning disabilties at Glenochil Community Garden

Stirling Boys Club

Stirling
Grant awarded: £2650.00
To create an edible hedge of mainly summer fruits

Dawson Centre Management Committee

Falkirk
Grant awarded: £1840.00
Cooking activities for young people

Kersibank Community Project

Grangemouth
Grant awarded: £2059.87
Family cooking sessions and healthy eating activities

Salvation Army

Falkirk
Grant awarded: £1308.71
Cooking classes for clients

Stirling Health and Wellbeing Alliance

Stirling
Grant awarded: £2802.00
Cooking sessions for young adults led by older adults

Falkirk and District Association for Mental Health

Falkirk
Grant awarded: £1731.39
Garden equipment and ingredients for cooking groups

Grampian NHS Board Area

Mearns Community Development Group

Laurencekirk
Grant awarded: £2039.00
Health promotion and distribution and delivery of fruit and veg to rural communities

NCH Aberdeen Families Project

Aberdeen
Grant awarded: £1390.00
Equipment and provisions for Confidence to Cook sessions

Grampian Autistic Society

Aberdeen
Grant awarded: £823.90
Supplies and equipment for healthy snack making project

Tillydrone Community Flat

Aberdeen
Grant awarded: £2432.50
Practical cooking sessions and supermarket trips with young parents (Tillydrone Fun Food Group)

Peterhead Family Centre

Peterhead
Grant awarded: £525.59
Equipment for parent and child cooking group (Can't Cook Will Cook Group)

WEA Reach Out Project

Aberdeen
Grant awarded: £2830.00
Creation of a training kitchen

Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Board Area

Whitlawburn Fruit Barra

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £600.00
Equipment for fruit and veg  barra

The Hidden Gardens

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £2978.00
Weekly cookery sessions for local mums with children under 2 years (the Baby Weaning Club)

Enable Scotland

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £1475.00
Provision of REHIS elementary food training to staff and development of inhouse course/workbook in nutrition and health

Hillhead Children's Garden

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £1690.00
Pilot orchard visiting project for children and parents (Refruiting Glasgow)

Turning Point Scotland

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £800.00
Vegetable growing project for service users (Moving on to Better Eating project)

St David's Primary School

Johnstone
Grant awarded: £264.31
Development of sustainable organic garden site in playground (Grow, Cook and Eat project)

Milton Food Project

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £504.96
Gardening project for volunteers growing salad crops and herbs

Darnley Street Family Centre

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £2408.00
Healthy food preparation and cooking methods for 8-12 year old girls (Good Food Club)

Deafblind Scotland

Lenzie
Grant awarded: £2656.00
Cooking for health project

Sense Scotland

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £2975.00
Development of online healthy recipe resource for people with sensory, physical and/or learning support needs

Fairbridge

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £1415.00
Healthy meals on a budget classes

Renfrewshire Association for Mental Health

Paisley
Grant awarded: £692.00
Six week cooking skills and healthy eating workshops for three family groups

Council for Homeless Young People

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £690.00
Healthy eating breakfast club and themed cookery evenings

YWCA Family Learning Centre

Glasgow
Grant awarded: £704.00
Equipment for healthy eating courses

Highland NHS Board Area 

Mallaig and Morar Community Centre

Mallaig
Grant awarded: £2690.00
S1 & S2 active youth healthy eating project in after school club

Bute Healthy Living Initiative

Rothesay
Grant awarded: £1048.00
Fortnightly cooking sessions for two local groups (one pot cooking courses)

Lanarkshire NHS Board Area

Getter Better Together Project

Shotts
Grant awarded: £2996.61
Equipment for food co-ops

St Stephen's Primary After School Club

Coatbridge
Grant awarded: £580.00
Healthy eating project for children and parents

ALN Development Centre

Wishaw
Grant awarded: £2800.00
Healthy cooking initiative (3-2-1 Cook)

St Matthew's Primary School

Wishaw
Grant awarded: £2963.20
Cooking group for children and adults (Wonderful Wishaw Cookery Club)

Lothian NHS Board Area

Niddrie Mill Primary School

Duns
Grant awarded: £1651.62
Organic garden project in school grounds

Gorgie City Farm

Edinburgh
Grant awarded: £2500.00
Demonstration vegetable plot

Edinburgh City Youth Cafe

Edinburgh
Grant awarded: £2016.00
Cooking activities for vulnerable young people (Thrifty Munch)

Cafe Bloom

Edinburgh
Grant awarded: £2835.00
Healthy cooking groups

Bookstart 0-3

Edinburgh
Grant awarded: £1020.00
Young mums' cooking project (Can't Cook Want to Cook)

The Rock Trust

Edinburgh
Grant awarded: £910.00
Ten-week cooking group for young homeless

Waverley Care Solas

Edinburgh
Grant awarded: £846.00
Equipment and supplies for food co-op

Edinburgh Cyrenians

Edinburgh
Grant awarded: £800.00
Distribution of store cupboard pack for people who have completed eight-week basic 'cooking at home' session

Woodlands Nursery School

Livingston
Grant awarded: £541.00
Cooking sessions for parents and children (Big Cook Little Cook)

Orkney NHS Board Area

Orkney Association of Youth Clubs

Kirkwall
Grant awarded: £3000.00
Peer education health and wellbeing project

Shetland NHS Board Area

Housing Outreach Service

Lerwick
Grant awarded: £960.00
Basic cookery and healthy eating sessions for new tenants

Tayside NHS Board Area

YWCA Coupar Angus

Coupar Angus
Grant awarded: £1400.00
Healthy eating parenting group

Tayside NHS Board

Alyth Out of School Club

Alyth
Grant awarded: £749.06
Cooking classes for children

NHS Tayside

Perth
Grant awarded: £3000.00
Practical cookery pilot to promote healthy eating during pregnancy

Western Isles NHS Board Area

Iomairt Nis

Ness
Grant awarded: £3000.00
Polytunnel for over 60s group at the Elderberry Community Garden