Our ability to support people with cerebral palsy and their families simply is not possible without the charitable trusts and foundations who help us to ensure specialist therapy, support and information is available to everyone with cerebral palsy in Scotland who needs it.
Thank you to the trust and foundations that support us
Over 85% of our income comes from funding we have raised ourselves, the majority of which in 2021-22 was from charitable trusts and foundations. We are deeply grateful to all those organisations who support us and who share our vision that we need to be an organisation who can provide services for people with cerebral palsy.
We would like to thank all those trustees, grant making teams and advisors for enabling us to ensure we continue to help people throughout Scotland.
In 2021-22 87% of our fundraised income came from grants. A total of £473,887 was awarded in 57 grants. Of these, £249,901 was unrestricted, allowing us to use the grants for organisational running costs.
Multi-year awards are incredibly important to Cerebral Palsy Scotland. They enable us to strategically plan for sustainable service delivery. Thank you to R S MacDonald Charitable Trust, The National Lottery Community Fund and others who support us with their longer term commitments.
How trusts and foundations have helped
Generous funding from charitable trusts and foundations has helped us to improve the lives of people with cerebral palsy through specialist therapy. In 2021/22 Cerebral Palsy Scotland has:
- Welcomed 79 children and 61 adults for therapy
- Completed 701 therapy sessions
- That included 626 in-person sessions, 52 virtual sessions and 18 home visits
- Delivered 88 first assessment appointments
- Saw 62 new service users, and 78 people returned for therapy
Our commitment to funders
Charitable Trusts and Foundations partner with us because we:
- Provide appropriate support services for all ages and stages of the cerebral palsy community and their families
- Address the mental health needs of people with cerebral palsy and their families by adopting a psychologically informed approach to practice
- Increase capacity and accessibility by offering flexible options for therapy, in-person, at-home, online and with outreach programmes, to reach the cerebral palsy community across Scotland
- Create opportunities for families and carers to meet and share experiences
- Advocate for the cerebral palsy community to represent their needs
- Continue campaigning to change Government policy to ensure statutory provision is improved and reflects the needs of the cerebral palsy community
We provide regular updates about the impact we make, including in our annual review and accounts and through sharing stories of the people we support.
Cerebral Palsy Scotland is very grateful for every grant received.
Get in touch
To discuss making a grant, please contact trusts@cpscot.org.uk.
