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Our funders

Thank you to all of our funders and supporters who have helped us to deliver our unique service. They include the following:

  • Aberdeen Asset Management
  • Anderson Strathern, Solicitors
  • Brodies LLP
  • CELCIS
  • Children in Need
  • Chris Lomas Photography
  • Comic Relief
  • Community Learning Exchange
  • Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations’ Trust
  • Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
  • Garfield Weston Foundation
  • HBJ Gateley
  • Legal Education Foundation
  • Levy & McRae, Solicitors
  • LexisNexis
  • Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation
  • Portrack Charitable Trust
  • Robert Barr’s Charitable Trust
  • RS MacDonald Charitable TrustThe Soutar Trust
  • Simpson & Marwick, Solicitors
  • The Baring Foundation
  • The Big Lottery
  • The City of Edinburgh Council
  • The Co-operative Bank
  • The Erskine Cunningham Hill Trust, Edinburgh
  • The Ponton House Trust
  • The Scottish Community Foundation
  • The Scottish Government
  • The Volant Trust

and many others who have generously given their time and funds.

Published: 11th August, 2017

Updated: 6th January, 2021

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