District Grants 2025-26

District Grants Awarded 2025-2026

District Grants fund small-scale, short-term activities that address needs in the local community and overseas.In 2024-25, £18,795 was awarded to Clubs in District Grants from the Rotary Foundation. This list shows the wide range of projects supported.

• Rotary Club of Ayr: support for a Careers Fair for pupils from nine schools in deprived areas within the local community, £500

• Rotary Club of Ayr: support for underprivileged families through Newton Primary School, £895
• Borderlands Passport Group: enhancing the garden of the Dementia Unit at Borderlands General Hospital and improved wheelchair user access with raised flower beds and seating, £530
• Rotary Club of Braids: refurbishment of the 6VT Youth Café, Edinburgh, refreshing the décor and replacing furniture, £300
• Rotary Club of Braids: upgraded IT equipment for the Edinburgh Headway Group to better support adults with acquired brain injuries, £500
• Rotary Club of Braids: with other Clubs and the Rotary Club of Hermanus, South Africa, purchase of pre-fabricated buildings for a new 'Early Childhood' classroom and related facilities at Woelwaters school, £500
• Rotary Club of Clydebank: corrective surgical procedures for children born with cleft lip or cleft palate through Smile Train, £1,105
• Rotary Club of Coatbridge: Airdrie and Monklands: support for a community Dinner and entertainment for those alone at Christmas, £640
• Rotary Club of Currie Balerno: Refrigerator for Crisis Foodbank, Wester Hailes, to store foodstuffs prior to delivery, £1,310
• Rotary Club of Dumbarton: fresh food products in support of the local Community Foodshare charity, £500
• Rotary Club of Dumfries Devorgilla: with 5 other Clubs, maintenance of horse-riding carriages and other mechanical equipment at Sports Driving Unlimited, £1,310
• Rotary Club of Eastwood: replacement wooden community hut with disabled access for the East Renfrewshire Allotment Association in Eastwood Park, £500
• Rotary Club of Edinburgh: children’s gifts and toys through the Rotary GB&I Christmas Toy Box Appeal in partnership with Kids in Mind for children in domestic violence refuges, £300
• Rotary Club of Edinburgh: vouchers for toiletries and groceries for women in Edinburgh Women’s Aid hostels for victims of physical or mental abuse, £450
• Rotary Club of Esk Valley: vouchers for toiletries and groceries for poor families in the Storehouse charity hostel, £500
• Rotary Club of Esk Valley:  with 4 other Clubs and the Rotary Club of Hermanus, South Africa, purchase of pre-fabricated buildings for a new 'Early Childhood' classroom and related facilities for Woelwaters school, £895
• Rotary Club of Grangemouth:  a new bladder scanner for the Beatson Cancer Charity in Glasgow, £685
• Rotary Club of Grangemouth:  refurbishment of bedrooms in Strathcarron Hospice, Denny, £685
• Rotary Club of Innerleithen: Walkerburn & Traquair: security measures for Thondwe Primary School, Malawi, to secure the building and prevent theft and damage of IT equipment, £450
• Rotary Club of Kilsyth: a new outdoor allotment and classroom area at St. Patrick’s Primary, Kilsyth, £250
• Rotary Club of Kirkcudbright: with Kirkcudbright Academy hosting a clothing waste seminar providing information on appropriate clothing for supply to Ghana, £500
• Rotary Club of Kirkcudbright: with Kids Operating Room, essential surgical equipment for children’s hospitals’ operating suites and rooms in the Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, £500
• Rotary Club of Kirkcudbright: Angel Packs for elderly people who have fallen in public areas to provide comfort while they await medical aid. Packs will include blankets and other essential waterproof and basic first aid equipment, £500
• Rotary Club of Longniddry & District: with the Pennypit Trust, food for vulnerable families in the Preston/Seton/Gosford areas at Christmas and New Year, £895
• Rotary Club of North Berwick: with the Rotary Club of Atlantis, vegetable gardens in primary schools in South Africa to encourage healthy eating, knowledge of vegetable cultivation, and produce for the local community, £895
• Rotary Club of North Berwick: planting purple crocus corms in Gullane village to enhance the environment and promote End Polio Now, £60
• Rotary Club of Portobello: with Portobello Surf Life Saving Club providing indoor swimming training in water safety and team work for local young people, £200
• Rotary Club of Portobello: with 'Poetry Street Work' helping to reduce conflict and promote peace in vulnerable communities through poetry workshops, £895
• Rotary Club of Tranent: book barrows for the local primary school to promote and enhance reading opportunities, £200
• Rotary Club of Whitburn: with the Rotary Club of Livingston, promoting the use of essential and reusable sanitary pads to girls through distribution and education on menstrual health awareness in Ogun State, Nigeria, £555.