Hilton in the Community Foundation grants £10k to six Glasgow charities
Howard Lake | 16 October 2014 | News
Six Glasgow charities have received a share of £10,000 from Hilton in the Community Foundation. The grants were announced at the Hilton Glasgow.
The Foundation received applications from over 30 charities from across Glasgow, and the organisations selected were HopScotch Children’s Charity, Music in Hospitals, West Scotland Deaf Children’s Society, Ups and Downs Theatre, Wyndford Nursery School, and Action for Children.
HopScotch Children’s Charity, a charity that provides free holidays to disadvantaged children will use the money to provide 12 vulnerable children from the Gorbals with a five day respite break at the Ardvullin Centre in Ardgour in the West Highlands.
West Scotland Deaf Children’s Society will use the funds to provide Christmas outings to pantomimes for the children and young people over the festive period. They will also use the grant to lay on a winter party for the younger children and help fund their three Outreach Support Groups over the next 12 months.
How to apply for grants
Deadlines for grant applications run quarterly, and the next one will close in January 2015. The central grants application process covers the whole of the UK.
The £10,000 giveaways take place regionally a few times a year. The Foundation works on these with its supporting hotels: details on the next one are not yet available.
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Registered as an independent charity in England and Scotland, the Hilton in the Community Foundation fundraises and makes grants across Europe. It has an independent Board of Trustees and Grants Committee comprised of independent as well as senior Hilton personnel.
A large proportion of HCF’s income is generated through fundraising initiatives run by team members of Hilton Worldwide across Europe.
The Foundation’s core costs are funded by Hilton Worldwide, so every net pound or euro raised goes directly to good causes. Since its establishment in November 2000 the Foundation has raised over £13 million for charity.
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