Benefits of Joining

The group allows members to meet up regularly in order to share best practice and through dialogue, to keep up-to-date on matters affecting the charity and voluntary sector. The forum also provides opportunities for networking, interaction, and for working together.

We ask that each organisation nominates one person to attend the meetings, this is to ensure that there is continuity at meetings as substitutes are not permitted. The result is that strong working relationships are formed.

 

Please use the links below to download our application form:

 

By clicking on the button below, you can view and download subscription rates for 2024. The Trustees have resolved to hold subscription at the same rate as 2023 given the Cost of Living Crisis so that members can maximise their activity.

 

Membership Structure

Full

An organisation which is a recognised grantmaker (where grantmaking is its principal function), which is registered as a charity in Scotland (wherever in the United Kingdom its headquarters may be) and with more than 50% of its income from Assured Sources (see below) and with the amount of its annual grants awarded being greater than £50K pa.

Assured Sources are:

  • Interest and dividends on investments

  • Rent from land or property

  • Spending of capital

  • Regular long-term donations, committed for at least 3 years, and/or

  • Well established periodic public appeals

Associate

An organisation which is a recognised grantmaker (where grantmaking is its principal function) but where it is not registered as a charity in Scotland, or a distinct entity but not an independent organisation, or a grantmaker where income from Assured Sources (see below) is less than 50%, or it would have qualified for Full Membership but where the amount of its annual grants awarded is less than £50K but more than £10K.

Affiliate

An exceptional discretionary category for organisations which administer or act as a trustee for several grant-making trusts or foundations.

 

The Board has discretion to permit a member, in exceptional circumstances only, to comply with membership criteria over a period of more than one year when external factors may impact a member’s ability otherwise to comply.