In April 2025 we marked 40 years since the founding of what is now The Paristamen Charity. To celebrate the anniversary we held an event in Edinburgh and announced awards under a new programme of Anniversary Grants to provide further…
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For many years The Paristamen Charity had not had a formal application form as we preferred to hear from charities applying to us in their own words. However, sometimes essential information was missing and we have noted that many charities…
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Instead of awarding a Large Grant or Blue Sky grant this year (2024/25) we are pleased to announce what we describe as a Collaborative Grant. We have awarded £20,000 to UK-wide Christian charity the Cinnamon Network to enable Cinnamon support…
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We are delighted to welcome two new charity trustees who have joined the board of The Paristamen Charity with effect from 24 October 2024. Both applied in response to an open invitation. Karen Docwra has held a range of senior…
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In March 2023, The Paristamen Charity awarded a substantial ‘Blue Sky’ grant to the University of Glasgow Department of Theology for a project Christian Perspectives on Scotland’s Constitutional Future. The aim was to bring together Christians on both sides of…
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Sheena Stone has now stepped down as a trustee of The Paristamen Charity after almost three years of service: the other trustees are really appreciative of her contribution over that period. Many thanks to all who responded to our open…
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We are delighted to announce a voluntary opportunity for someone with an interest in grant-making to join The Paristamen Charity as a new trustee. One of our existing trustees will be stepping down in summer 2024 and the new person…
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From October 2023, the trustees agreed that The Paristamen Charity should sign up to the Funder Commitment on Climate Change – seeking to respect the environment in our own activities and encouraging grant recipients to do the same. See the…
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The project Faith in Scotland’s Constitutional Future being run by the University of Glasgow’s Dept of Theology and Religious studies has announced a launch conference to take place in Glasgow on Saturday 7 October 2023. Bookings are now open through…
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Following a recent strategy review by trustees, The Paristamen Charity is tightening the criteria for award of Responsive grants. This is because we were starting to receive more applications than we could effectively consider, which would have meant a very…
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