What projects have received funding from the Scottish Veterans’ Fund.

Recipients of grant funding from the Scottish Veterans'' Fund in both 2008-09 and 2009-10 are detailed in the following tables. In addition, Veterans Scotland, which administers the fund on behalf of the Scottish Government, has been provided with £8,000 over the same two year period to meet its administrative and advertising costs.
Scottish Veterans Fund, 2008-09
Organisation
| Amount (£)
| Description

Veterans Scotland
| 2,200
| A public event to mark the Veterans Awareness Day celebrations.

Veterans Scotland
| 5,500
| Thanksgiving Service for those Service personnel killed on active service in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Freight Agency
| 7,800
| A book used to raise awareness of Veterans and issues surrounding their well being, aimed at young people.

Erskine
| 8,000
| Research for a report on the needs of service personnel returning from active service.

Poppy Scotland
| 9,000
| A report to gain a better understanding of alcohol dependency issues as they relate to Veterans.

Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH)/Combat Stress.
| 9,500
| To provide a practical Veterans guide to those agencies working with mental health difficulties.

Scottish Poverty Information Unit.
| 9,500
| To collect base line information on the financial information on the financial situation and well being of veterans in Scotland.

Lady Haig Poppy Factory
| 9,500
| Ventilation system for the Factory.

Scottish Veterans Residencies
| 9,500
| To develop a new website to reach out to Forces leavers with the focus on Housing.

First Base Agency
| 9,500
| To improve the lot of Service personnel with drug dependency as a result of being unable to cope with civilian life. This is a pilot project in the Dumfries area.

Total
| 80,000
|


2009-10