The trust supports a wide range of charitable activities in and around the City of Perth which the Trustees feel are beneficial to the City of Perth.

The fund gives small grants to organisations including those supporting people with disabilities or health problems. It mostly funds in Dundee and the North East.

This NHS Tayside fund is available for communities to enhance their environments, promote community spirit and inspire pride in neighbourhoods. Groups are invited to apply to establish projects or take action to tackle issues which affect the everyday lives of people living in our communities. The fund is particularly looking for new and inventive ways of helping communities. The fund will support the most disadvantaged communities across Tayside, and help to achieve ambitions for health equity. Includes the delivery of services and/or projects that have been identified by the community as meeting a need or aspiration.

The Customer and Community Investment Fund (CCIF), is a funding scheme for community projects. The fund allows LNER to work in partnership with charities, their customers and the communities located along the LNER route. They are looking for projects that support the key themes of: - Mental health: Creating a culture of positive mental health, bringing people and communities together and taking positive action to prevent suicide. - Education and employability skills: A focus on building skills, promoting employability and education amongst marginalised groups by investing in the skills requirements of now and the future. - Diversity and inclusion: Supporting diverse and inclusive community projects, creating opportunities for learning and the social mobility of vulnerable groups. - Environmental Sustainability: By providing support to environmental projects and encouraging sustainable mobility, our aim is to reduce the impact of congestion on our customers and communities, cutting emissions and improving air quality.

The trust makes a large number of mostly small grants to charities, with a preference for those in Dundee and Tayside.

The Gannochy Trust is an independent grant maker, informed by its Funding Strategy and Guidance for 2019 to 2022. During this funding strategy, the greater percentage of the Trust’s funding will be aimed at groups and organisations within Perth and Kinross. Organisations within Perth and Kinross can apply for funding: improve the quality of life for people; develop and inspire young people and improve the availability or quality of the built and natural environment for wide community use. In the rest of Scotland the “develop and inspire young people” strand is available to organisations which support direct work with young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable in communities that have limited access to resources and opportunities. The Trust aims to fund the most compelling projects or organisations that deliver the outcomes that they hope to achieve with our funding, particularly for young people. The Trust will accept applications from organisations working in areas such as community, sport, culture including art, music and dance, youth work, environment, health and wellbeing and heritage.

The Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund is a Micro Grant fund being supported by The Robertson Trust and The Gannochy Trust. This fund has been created in response to the challenges which rural youth groups are facing in funding the delivery of community based universal youth work. It will make small awards to enable youth groups operating in rural communities to provide more and/or better youth work opportunities for young people.

Provides around funding to community and charitable projects in the community council areas of Mount Blair (most of Strathardle and Glenshee) and Alyth. The fund generally supports projects which: - promote community spirit and bring people together - enhance quality of life and promote people's well-being - foster vibrant, sustainable communities.

A range of grants to promote interest and participation in sport throughout Perth and Kinross are available including start up grants, development grants, equipment grants, and personal development grants. Funding is available for: - New club start up costs - Equipment - Running/hosting an event Priority will be given to applications that enhance opportunities for children and young people within Perth and Kinross.

Grants are given to a wide variety of organisations (generally in Scotland, particularly Tayside) including cancer research and other medical charities, youth organisations and arts and music.