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