- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Independent
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations have received support from the Equality and Human Rights Fund in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) the amount awarded, (b) the duration of the funding and (c) whether the award was (i) a new allocation or (ii) the continuation of an existing funding arrangement.
Answer
The Equality and Human Rights Fund supports projects that work to promote equality and tackling discrimination and prejudice.
The following table, which is available on the gov.scot website, shows which organisations have received support from the Fund in the last five years. It also provides a breakdown of the amounts awarded to each organisation for relevant periods.
Funding to each organisation from October 2022 onwards has been a continuation of the arrangements established at the outset of the Fund.
Organisation | October 2021-September 2022 | October 2022-March 2023 | April 2023-March 2024 | April 2024-March 2025 | April 2025-March 2026 | Total Award |
Age Scotland | £396,404.00 | £201,625.50 | £406,743.50 | £406,743.50 | £406,743.50 | £1,818,260.00 |
Amina – the Muslim Women’s Resource Centre | £207,839.00 | £102,183.50 | £207,019.00 | £207,019.00 | £207,019.00 | £931,079.50 |
BEMIS Scotland | £215,000.00 | £107,500.00 | £215,000.00 | £215,000.00 | £215,000.00 | £967,500.00 |
Boots and Beards | £59,102.00 | £36,968.00 | £75,660.50 | £75,660.50 | £75,660.50 | £323,051.50 |
British Deaf Association | £224,507.00 | £113,964.00 | £230,182.50 | £230,182.50 | £230,182.50 | £1,029,018.50 |
Central Scotland Regional Equality Council | £72,686.00 | £37,114.00 | £75,077.00 | £75,077.00 | £75,077.00 | £335,031.00 |
Civil Rights First | £48,574.00 | £35,917.50 | £70,560.00 | £70,560.00 | £70,560.00 | £296,171.50 |
Close the Gap (SCIO) | £216,307.00 | £114,774.50 | £226,539.50 | £226,539.50 | £226,539.50 | £1,010,700.00 |
Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights | £142,599.00 | £71,624.50 | £144,479.50 | £144,479.50 | £144,479.50 | £647,662.00 |
Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations - Scotland | £199,100.00 | £99,550.00 | £199,100.00 | £199,100.00 | £199,100.00 | £895,950.00 |
Deafblind Scotland | £71,391.00 | £36,880.50 | £74,979.00 | £74,979.00 | £74,979.00 | £333,208.50 |
Disability Equality Scotland | £170,357.00 | £81,458.50 | £164,821.00 | £164,821.00 | £164,821.00 | £746,278.50 |
DISABILITY INFORMATION SCOTLAND | £164,525.00 | £83,190.00 | £167,737.50 | £167,737.50 | £167,737.50 | £750,927.50 |
Edinburgh Napier University - Equate Scotland | £311,596.00 | £169,871.50 | £355,626.00 | £355,626.00 | £355,626.00 | £1,548,345.50 |
Elect Her | £105,793.00 | £46,939.50 | £100,047.50 | £100,047.50 | £100,047.50 | £452,875.00 |
Engender | £346,980.00 | £177,623.50 | £359,806.50 | £359,806.50 | £359,806.50 | £1,604,023.00 |
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) | £51,954.00 | £25,805.00 | £52,813.00 | £52,813.00 | £52,813.00 | £236,198.00 |
Equality Network Limited | £503,322.00 | £251,603.50 | £503,265.00 | £503,265.00 | £503,265.00 | £2,264,720.50 |
Ethnic Minorities Law Centre | £195,138.00 | £94,856.50 | £190,713.50 | £190,713.50 | £190,713.50 | £862,135.00 |
FENIKS Counselling, Personal Development & Support Service Ltd | £78,869.00 | £40,179.00 | £81,482.00 | £81,482.00 | £81,482.00 | £363,494.00 |
Generations Working Together | £201,388.00 | £101,887.50 | £206,930.75 | £206,930.75 | £206,930.75 | £924,067.75 |
Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector | £247,709.00 | £121,348.00 | £245,945.00 | £245,945.00 | £245,945.00 | £1,106,892.00 |
Glasgow Disability Alliance | £333,325.00 | £166,667.50 | £333,337.50 | £333,337.50 | £333,337.50 | £1,500,005.00 |
Glasgow Women's Library Ltd | £123,395.00 | £61,747.50 | £125,056.00 | £125,056.00 | £125,056.00 | £560,310.50 |
Grampian Regional Equality Council Ltd. | £28,667.00 | £14,160.00 | £28,445.00 | £28,445.00 | £28,445.00 | £128,162.00 |
Inclusion Scotland | £850,000.00 | £412,500.00 | £825,000.00 | £825,000.00 | £825,000.00 | £3,737,500.00 |
Intercultural Youth Scotland (IYS) | £203,379.20 | £104,985.60 | £216,095.70 | £216,095.70 | £216,095.70 | £956,651.90 |
JustRight Scotland SCIO | £95,567.00 | £48,450.50 | £97,442.00 | £97,442.00 | £97,442.00 | £436,343.50 |
Kairos Women+ | £50,754.00 | £21,520.50 | £46,444.50 | £46,444.50 | £46,444.50 | £211,608.00 |
Leadership Equality and Active Participation (LEAP) in Sports Scotland | £70,043.00 | £35,257.50 | £71,402.50 | £71,402.50 | £71,402.50 | £319,508.00 |
Legal Services Agency Ltd. | £129,748.00 | £66,367.50 | £137,156.50 | £137,156.50 | £137,156.50 | £607,585.00 |
LGBT Healthy Living Centre | £171,053.00 | £93,310.00 | £189,932.00 | £189,932.00 | £189,932.00 | £834,159.00 |
LGBT Youth Scotland | £281,930.00 | £143,982.00 | £290,870.50 | £290,870.50 | £290,870.50 | £1,298,523.50 |
Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project | £148,828.00 | £75,306.50 | £152,409.00 | £152,409.00 | £152,409.00 | £681,361.50 |
Multi-Cultural Family Base | £44,892.00 | £22,719.50 | £45,717.00 | £45,717.00 | £45,717.00 | £204,762.50 |
Neighbourhood Networks in Scotland | £94,461.00 | £46,512.50 | £93,956.50 | £93,956.50 | £93,956.50 | £422,843.00 |
Outside the Box Development Support Ltd | £56,995.00 | £29,422.00 | £59,027.00 | £59,027.00 | £59,027.00 | £263,498.00 |
Romano Lav | £82,583.00 | £38,421.50 | £73,597.50 | £73,597.50 | £73,597.50 | £341,797.00 |
Scottish Ethnic Minority Deaf Charity | £79,860.00 | £38,565.50 | £78,655.00 | £78,655.00 | £78,655.00 | £354,390.50 |
Scottish Trades Union Congress (Scottish Pensioners' Forum) | £47,819.00 | £23,831.00 | £48,913.00 | £48,913.00 | £48,913.00 | £218,389.00 |
Scottish Women's Budget Group | £72,062.00 | £37,127.00 | £74,383.00 | £74,383.00 | £74,383.00 | £332,338.00 |
Scottish Women's Convention | £196,666.00 | £98,333.00 | £196,667.00 | £196,667.00 | £196,667.00 | £885,000.00 |
STEP | £157,725.00 | £83,772.00 | £171,137.50 | £171,137.50 | £171,137.50 | £754,909.50 |
Stonewall Equality Limited | £103,992.00 | £52,594.00 | £106,505.00 | £106,505.00 | £106,505.00 | £476,101.00 |
The Poverty Alliance | £116,101.00 | £69,862.50 | £133,988.50 | £133,988.50 | £133,988.50 | £587,929.00 |
The Scottish Older People's Assembly | £49,100.00 | £24,550.00 | £49,100.00 | £49,100.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
West of Scotland Regional Equality Council (WSREC) | £140,906.00 | £73,440.00 | £147,660.50 | £147,660.50 | £147,660.50 | £657,327.50 |
YWCA Scotland | £107,477.00 | £83,782.00 | £144,652.00 | £144,652.00 | £144,652.00 | £625,215.00 |
Total | | | | £8,292,078.95 | £8,242,978.95 | £36,843,807.15 |
