The Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care (SPPC) have launched a small grants scheme to support organisations to undertake remembrance activities this November as part of the To Absent Friends festival.

Two types of small grants (of up to £250) are available:

• - Community grants - for organisations and communities who want to plan private remembrance events at which their community can come together (online, outside or in small gatherings) to share memories, stories and solace
• - Public grants - for organisations who want to organise an interactive public event (online, outside or in a large public space) such as a concert, exhibition or installation, freely open to members of the public.

Who can apply?​

Any organisation with a bank account can apply for a grant. They are encouraging applications from charities, community groups, care homes, NHS organisations, small businesses, prisons, arts organisations, schools, education institutions and more.​

What will a grant fund?​

• - Events that celebrate and remember a person or people who have died – whether recently or long ago
  and/or​
• - Events that recognise the loss caused by coronavirus this year, and provide opportunities to remember people who have died from covid-19 and/or during the lockdown period​

The deadline for applications is 31^st August 2020.

More information about the grants scheme is available here