The aim of People's Postcode Trust is to support smaller charities and good causes in the Scotland to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.

The Schroder Charity Trust is an independent grant-making Family Trust that has been supporting the charitable and voluntary sector for over 70 years. They support a broad range of charitable causes in the UK and overseas.

FiMT was established to improve the transition of Service personnel, and their families, from military into civilian life, focusing on those most vulnerable to failure. They are particularly interested in the following areas but this is not exclusive: finding a job, training, education and transition services; early Service Leavers; finding a home; impact on families; support for spouses, dependants and partners; improving the well-being of the Armed Forces Community; ex-Service personnel in the Criminal Justice sector; access to information, help and guidance

The Trustees' current policy is to support primarily projects which are for the benefit of Glasgow and her citizens, funds are also paid to other areas of the central belt and the Argyll & Isles area, other Scottish and UK wide projects will be considered for small grants if they can be applied locally.

The MEB Charitable Trust supports a wide range of charitable activities. The Trust seeks to support Christian organisations; aid in the relief of suffering occasioned by war or natural disaster; and bodies undertaking scientific or medical research. Their accounts show they gave under the headings of age, animals and birds, blind, deaf, children, medical research, welfare, cultural and social, armed services , youth organisations, religion and special appeals.

The Trust’s charitable purposes are broadly stated, their focus is specifically on assisting other charities operating in Scotland or Canada, specialising in work related to the young (up to the age of 21) and the old (over the age of 65). These ages are given as guidelines are not fixed. Within these criteria they have a particular but not exclusive or predominant interest in hospices and veterans of the armed forces.

This trust supports a range of charitable organisations, generally with the emphasis on work being done in Dundee and Tayside, or possibly Scotland-wide. Organisations supported include health and welfare organisations and groups which provide assistance to individuals suffering from physical and mental illnesses.

The Swire Charitable Trust awards grants via three funding programmes - Opportunity: Improving life changes, realising potential - Environment and Heritage: Connecting people to the environment - Heritage: Regeneration through restoration. They prioritise charities that operate in some of the most economically disadvantaged parts of the UK and work with people from the most challenged backgrounds.

The Trustees' primary focus of support is to recognise charities, working both locally in Scotland and abroad, promoting or involved in humanitarian works, the alleviation of suffering and the furtherance of education. Examples of organisations funded are British Red Cross (Scotland), Erskine Hospital and the Salvation Army. They tend to give to the same charities each year.

The Trust has supported Lifeboat Services, the welfare of ex-servicemen and the needs of the homeless amongst others, and welcomes applications from organisations and individuals in the following areas the saving of lives; the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science; the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of animal welfare. The Trust has a preference to give to charitable organisations operating in Scotland.