The Scottish Government distributes around £32 million annually in support of a huge number of “do gooder” organisations including just short of £4 million to LGBTQI groups. One of them, “Stonewall” went belly-up many months ago but is apparently still in receipt of finance on Swinney’s instructions

LGBTIQ+ Equality

Equality Network Ltd: The aim of the Equality Network project is to create lasting improvement in the situation of LGBTIQ people in Scotland. Director, Peter Hope-Jones, (also employed by the Scottish Government).

2024 Scottish Government grants : £576,316 of which approx £450,000 was spent on staff costs, (14-16).

LEAP Sports Scotland: Scotland’s LGBTIQ+ sports charity campaigning for equality, visibility and greater participation for LGBTIQ+ people in all areas of sport.

2024 Scottish & Local Government grants : £126,000: Total funding all organisations £550,000 of which approx £320,000 was spent on staff costs.

LGBT Youth Scotland: Scotland’s national charity for LGBTQ+ young people, aged 13-25. Supports young people in all aspects of their lives through the provision of youth work, supporting them to use their voice to create change in equality and human rights.

2024 Scottish Government grants: £1,871,046 of which £1,500,000 was spent on staff costs (17 Operational 32 Project work)

Stonewall Equality Ltd: Over the past 35 years, Stonewall has primarily focused its activity in two key domains – influencing legislation and policy, and creating change through research, programming and leadership development.

Stonewall has played a very significant and important role in changing the law to improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people. This includes:

The repeal of Section 28: We were founded in direct response to Section 28, the homophobic legislation that prevented young people learning about homosexuality in schools.

Equalising the age of consent: The Sexual Offences Amendment Act (2001) lowered the age of consent for gay and bi men to 16, aligning the age of consent with heterosexuals.

Lifting the ban on military service: Until 2000, LGBTQ+ people were banned from the British military, often dismissed or stripped of medals. Stonewall campaigned to end this discrimination, leading to the ban’s repeal in 2000.

The right for LGBTQ+ couples to adopt: The Adoption and Children Act came into effect in 2002 and allowed unmarried couples, including LGBTQ+ couples, to apply for joint adoption.

Marriage equality: The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act made history by legalising same-sex marriage in Scotland 2014,

2024 Scottish Government grant: Around £110,000 of which £3000 was SG membership fees. Note Company folded but S.G. maintained the funding support.

LGBT Healthy Living Centre: LGBT Health and Wellbeing was set up in 2003 to improve the health, wellbeing, and equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) people in Scotland. It provides responsive support services, a social programme for the community to connect with each
other in sober and safer spaces, and supports mainstream services to become more inclusive.

2024 Scottish Government grants: £895,000 of which £870,000 was spent on staff costs.

2024: Total Government grants to LGBTIQ+ Equality support organisations: £3,578,000. Staff costs around 60%

Inspiring Scotland Fund: The £28 million funds key themes and challenges of the undernoted E&HR funded organisations.

Autism 2023/2024 Autism ATLAS Ltd. £6,276
Autism Understanding Scotland £28,344
Central Advocacy Partners £9,249
HOPE for Autism £8,425
Inspired Community Enterprise Trust Ltd £26,443
Into Work £28,349
IWORK4ME £5,528
Perth Autism Support SCIO £14,174
SWAN Autism Scotland £13,104
Autism Initiatives £36,363
Cosgrove Care £14,351
Home-Start Caithness £14,590
Home-Start East Highland Ltd. £14,604
HOPE for Autism £7,518
Networking Key Service Limited £12,280
Perth Autism Support SCIO £13,537
Salvesen Mindroom Centre £10,115
SensationALL £10,325
SWAN Autism Scotland £28,482
The Autism Network £9,070
The National Autistic Society £30,116
Aberdeen Foyer £26,381
Callander Youth Project Trust £21,480
FARE Scotland £30,000
Grassmarket Community Project £25,193
Inspired Community Trust Ltd £23,941
Move On £22,658
Ando Glaso £26,052
Common Wheel £15,815
Glasgow Disability Alliance £26,666
Govanhill Baths Community Trust £17,602
Impact Arts (Projects) Ltd £11,101
LGBT Youth Scotland £23,429
Refuweegee £15,258
The Sound Lab £19,991
The Village Storytelling Centre £26,644
Toonspeak Young People’s Theatre £24,839
Delivering Equally Safe £50,341
Aberdeen Cyrenians Ltd £36,578
Aberlour Child Care Trust £49,759
Action for Children £24,764.42 £24,764.42 £24,764
Muslim Women’s Resource Centre £20,589
Angus Women’s Aid £52,386.
Argyll & Bute Rape Crisis £46,195
Argyll & Bute Violence against Women and Girls £8,606
Argyll & Bute Women’s Aid SCIO £82,521
ASSIST, Glasgow City Council £69,047
Barnardo’s £44,000
Border Women’s Aid Ltd £8,368
British Red Cross Society £13,461
Caithness & Sutherland Women’s Aid £36,134
CEA Committed To Ending Abuse £18,978
Central Advocacy Partners £36,625
Children 1st £55,700
Clackmannanshire Women’s Aid £28,073
Close the Gap (SCIO) £40,261
Cumbernauld & District Women’s Aid SCIO £26,250
Deaf Links £30,633
Dumbarton District Women’s Aid £29,900
Dumfries & Galloway Council £16,006
Dumfries & Galloway Rape Crisis Support Centre £48,282
Dumfriesshire & Stewartry Women’s Aid £22,076
Dundee City Council £33,552
Dundee International Women’s Centre £6,044
Dundee Women’s Aid £54,982
East Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership £12,865
East Ayrshire Women’s Aid £27,924
East Dunbartonshire Assn For Mental Health 24,375.00
East Dunbartonshire Women’s Aid SCIO £22,678
East & Midlothian Public Protection Committee £28,784
Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre £101,474
Edinburgh Women’s Aid Ltd £52,164
EmilyTest £15,614
Engender £25,884
FENIKS Counselling, & Support Service Ltd £31,794
Fife Council £33,941
Fife Rape and Sexual Assault Centre £46,069
Fife Women’s Aid £38,500
Forth Valley Rape Crisis Centre £63,756
GEMAP Scotland Ltd £60,043
Glasgow and Clyde Rape Crisis £121,894
Glasgow East Women’s Aid Ltd £38,454
Glasgow Women’s Aid £107,078
Grampian Women’s Aid £48,506
Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid Limited £57,12
INVERCLYDE WOMEN’S AID SCIO £48,750
JustRight Scotland SCIO £9,267
Kenyan Women in Scotland Association (CIC) £7,683
Kibble Education and Care Centre £14,020
Kingdom Abuse Survivors Project £10,424
Lanarkshire Rape Crisis Centre £62,380
LGBT Youth Scotland £12,372
Liber8 (Lanarkshire) Ltd £114,905
Lochaber Women’s Aid £47,358
Monklands Women’s Aid £56,078
Moray Rape Crisis £59,978
Moray Women’s Aid £41,324
Motherwell & District Womens Aid £53,449
Multi-Cultural Family Base £23,386
North Ayrshire Womens Aid £21,869
North Lanarkshire Council £35,505
Orkney Rape Assault Service (ORSAS) £28,432
Perth & Kinross Council £10,606
Perthshire Women’s Aid £60,500
Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre, Perth & Kinross £58,229
Rape and Sexual Abuse Service Highland £62,965
Rape Crisis Grampian £44,805
Rape Crisis Scotland £234,000
Renfrewshire Council £30,000
Renfrewshire Council, Children, Women Children £40,008
Renfrewshire Women’s Aid SCIO £24,191
Respect £8,839
Ross-Shire Women’s Aid £58,947
Rowan Alba Ltd £16,976
Sacro £34,549
SafeLives £20,123
Saheliya £37,688
Sandyford– NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde £4,391
SAY Women £13,002
Scottish Borders Council £11,175
Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre (SBRCC) £42,327
Scottish Commission for Learning Disability £24,502
Scottish Women’s Aid £135,000
Shakti Women’s Aid £75,000
Shetland Rape Crisis £43,274
Shetland Women’s Aid (SCIO) £47,820
South Ayrshire Women’s Aid £41,496
South Lanarkshire Council £9,456
South West Grid for Learning Trust Ltd £14,533
Stirling & District Women’s Aid £43,461
The Highland Council £46,550
The Improvement Service £48,467
The Star Centre £32,632
University of Glasgow Court £16,171.88
Venture Trust £17,273.88
West Dunbartonshire Council £23,439.88
Western Isles Rape Crisis Centre £21,007.94
Western Isles Women’s Aid SCIO £13,000.00
West Lothian Council £45,184.94
West Lothian Women’s Aid (WLWA) £18,707.63
White Ribbon Scotland £18,750.00
Wigtownshire Women’s Aid £22,500.00
Women’s Aid East and Midlothian Ltd £113,084.25
Women’s Aid Orkney £63,466.41
Women’s Aid South Lanark & East Renfrew £100,000.00
Women’s Rape & Sexual Abuse undee and Angus £96,879.88
Women’s Support Project £52,656.00
Young Women’s Movement £6,754.46
Zero Tolerance £75,621.75
EMDR – Supervision Survivors Unite £600.00
EMDR – Travel Grant Survivors Unite £365.00
Equality & Human Rights – 028 Age Scotland £101,685.88
Amina – the Muslim Women’s Resource Centre £51,754.75
BEMIS Scotland £53,750.00
Boots and Beards £18,915.13
British Deaf Association £57,545.63
Central Scotland Regional Equality Council £18,769.25
Civil Rights First £17,640.00
Close the Gap (SCIO) £56,634.88
Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights £36,119.88
Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations £49,775.00
Deafblind Scotland £18,744.75
Disability Equality Scotland £41,205.25
Disability Information Scotland £41,934.38
Equate Scotland £90,935.75
Elect Her £25,011.88
Engender £89,951.63
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) £13,203.25
Equality Network Limited £125,816.25
Ethnic Minorities Law Centre £47,678.38
FENIKS Counselling, Development Service Ltd £20,370.50
Friends of Romano Lav £18,399.38
Generations Working Together £51,732.69
Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector £61,486.25
Glasgow Disability Alliance £83,334.38
Glasgow Women’s Library Ltd £31,264.00
Grampian Regional Equality Council Ltd. £7,111.25
Inclusion Scotland £206,250.00
Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) £54,023.93
JustRight Scotland SCIO £24,360.50
Kairos Women+ £11,611.13
(LEAP) in Sports Scotland £17,850.63
Legal Services Agency Ltd. £34,289.13
LGBT Healthy Living Centre £47,483.00
LGBT Youth Scotland £72,717.63
Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project £38,102.25
Multi-Cultural Family Base £11,429.25
Neighbourhood Networks £23,489.13
Outside the Box Development Support £14,756.75
Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Charity £19,663.75
Scottish TUC (Scottish Pensioners’ Forum) £12,228.25
Scottish Women’s Budget Group £18,595.75
Scottish Women’s Convention £49,166.75
STEP £42,784.38
Stonewall Equality Limited £26,626.25
The Poverty Alliance £33,497.13
The Scottish Older People’s Assembly £12,275.00
West of Scotland Regional Equality Council £36,915.13
Young Women’s Movement £36,163.00
Aberlour Child Care Trust £12,186.00
Action for Children £9,157.00
Barnardo’s £8,5941.00
Befriend a Child £8,459.00
COVEY £9,411.00
Kirkcaldy YMCA £9,366.00
Move On £8,325.00
Quarriers £9,962.00
Right There £9,697.00
Volunteer Glasgow £6,424.00
YMCA Edinburgh £10,735.00
Y Sort It £5,340.00
Crowdfunder 2023 Aberlour Child Care Trust £980.00
Action for Children £1,541.00
Barnardo’s £1,401.00
Befriend a Child £1,401.00
COVEY £840.00
Kirkcaldy YMCA £1,401.00
Move On £840.00
Quarriers £840.00
Right There £3,221.00
Volunteer Glasgow £980.00
YMCA Edinburgh SCIO £3,222.00
Y Sort It £840.00
2025 Action for Children £10,012.00
Barnardo’s £5538.00
Befriend a Child £10,088.00
Right There £15,951.00
YMCA Edinburgh £13,966.00
Y Sort It £1,624.00
Values Into Action Scotland £75,000.00
Learning Disabilities
get2gether £13,500.00
Inspired Community Enterprise Trust Ltd £25,000.00
musicALL £22,500.00
People First (Scotland) £85,348.00
Promoting a More Inclusive Society £112,500.00
Values Into Action Scotland (VIAS) £64,800.00
Link Up Kirkcaldy YMCA £46,667.00
North Edinburgh Arts £11,872.00
The Ayrshire Community Trust £41,395.00
Aberdeen Foyer £25,964.00
Action for Children £130,351
Calman Trust £9,625
East Ayrshire Carers Centre £13,375
ENABLE Scotland £59,784
FARE Scotland £82,344
Hot Chocolate Trust £7,780
Move On £31,324
RUTS £52,750
Street League £144,318
Tullochan £23,324
yipworld £13,000
Enterprise Queen Margaret University £7,000
Human Development Scotland £4,015
3D Drumchapel £4,000
Aberlour Child Care Trust £20,000
Home-Start East Highland Ltd. £15,000
Home-Start East Lothian £4,000
Home-Start Glasgow North & North Lanarkshire £19,956
Home-Start Glasgow South £4,000
Home-Start Levenmouth £3,633
Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde £3,679
Let’s All Talk North East Mums £3,997
Mellow Parenting £3,803
Midlothian Sure Start £19,976
Mind Mosaic Counselling & Therapy £4,000
Multi-Cultural Family Base £4,000
Nurture the Borders £3,873
PMH Borders £11,250
Pregnancy Counselling and Care (Scotland) £4,00
Quarriers £19,874
Starcatchers Productions Ltd £3,333
Stepping Stones North Edinburgh £13,314
With Kids £3,960
Advocacy Orkney £7,565
Advocacy Aberdeen £16,454
Advocacy Western Isles £24,902
Ayrshire Independent Living Network £22,296
Borders Direct Payment Agency £14,780
Braemar Care £3,250
Capability Scotland £25,430
Carr Gomm £68,006
Circles Network £28,522
Clyde Shopmobility £5,547
Cornerstone Community Care £17,890
Disabled Person’s Housing Service Fife £17,309
East Ayrshire Carers Centre £18,495
ENABLE Scotland £24,964
Equal Say Limited £20,080
Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living £58,697
Improving Lives £15,291
Independent Living Association Forth Valley £12,833
Lothian Centre for Inclusive Living £39,751
Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project £18,504
Perth & Kinross Association of Voluntary Service £10,678
Self -Directed Suppor, East Renfrewshire £34,041
Shetland Community Connections SCIO £26,075
Support Choices £18,305
The Advisory Group £16,548
The Advocacy Project £21,313
The Community Brokerage Network £43,268
Thistle Foundation £27,277.
VOCAL – Voice of Carers Across Lothian £26,411.
Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire £26,487
Award 2023 Ayrshire Independent Living Network £3,563
Capability Scotland £1,781
Circles Network £3,563
Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living £3,563
Self-Directed Support Forum East Renfrewshire £1,781
STAND £1,781
Support Choices £1,781
The Community Brokerage Network CIC £403
Voice of Carers Across Lothian £1,781
Survivors 2023/2024 The Body Mind Studio £3,754
3D Drumchapel £5,820
Belville Community Garden Trust £6,211
Bridgend Farmhouse £7,770
Canongate Youth £4,726
Children 1st £7,791
Concrete Garden £6,801
Earthtime for All Ltd £2,541
East Lothian Play Association SCIO £7,785
Family and Community Development West Lothian £4,522
Getting Better Together Ltd £5,176
Include Us £7,737
Jeely Piece Club £7,744
Kingsway Community Connections £9,591
Kirkcaldy YMCA £7,700
MADE4U IN ML2 £7,770
North Edinburgh Arts £7,252
OutLET Play Resource £6,847
Parent Action for Safe Play £7,643
PEEK- Possibilities For Each and Every Kid £7,791
Play Scotland £7,545
Project 31 £7,633
Renfrew YMCA £7,684
Royston Youth Action £7,772
Smart Play Network £7,187
The Ecology Centre £4,855
The Urban Roots Initiative £7,576
The Venchie Children and Young People’s Project £7,712
Under The Trees £6,381
YMCA Edinburgh £6,805
East Lothian Play Association £8,137
Include Me 2 Club £9,450
Scotland Yard Adventure Centre £9,450
Under The Trees £9,450
Thrive Outdoors Active Play £7,500
FARE Scotland £15,000
Jeely Piece Club £15,000
Possibilities For Each and Every Kid £15,000
FARE Scotland £1,850
Jeely Piece Club £1,850
Possibilities For Each and Every Kid £1,850
Care and Learning Alliance £36,157
FARE Scotland £12,875
Jeely Piece Club £12,875
Possibilities For Each and Every Kid £12,875
Scottish Sports Futures £12,000
Care Antonine Care Ltd £10,000
Beyond Limits Dumfries & Galloway £1,000
Bhart Ltd Trading £1,000
Carers Scotland Ltd £2,126
Clacks & Stirling (Stirling Adult Social Care Team) £5,000
Clece Care Services £5,000
Drylaw Rainbow Club Day Centre £786
East Dunbartonshire Assoc For Mental Health £2,100
ENABLE Scotland £9,950
Falkirk Council (Burnbrae Home) £4,200
Greencross Care Home £5,000
Hillview Care Home £6,980
Lancefield Care Home £5,200
Marchglen Care Centre £5,000
Norwood Care Home £2,000
Park Homes Carlingwark House Care Home £1,850
Parklands Limited (Burnbank Care Home) £2,500
Parklands Limited (Parklands Care Home) £5,000
Perth & Kinross Council (LD and Autism social work £560
Quality Care Scotland Ltd £3,600
Shetland Islands Council Outreach, £1,600
Shetland Islands Council Outreach, flexi workers £700
Shetland Islands Council,Outreach, St Sunniva £1,600
Summerdale Care Home £2,700
Turning Point Scotland (Ayr) £3,500
Turning Point Scotland (Dundee) £6,550
Turning Point Scotland (Prestwick) £3,300
Turning Point Scotland (Renfrewshire) £8,868
Aberdeen Foyer £25,000
Action for Children £62,500
ENABLE Scotland £46,250
FARE Scotland £40,000
Street League £59,829
The Talk About Trust £12,088