Providing Support When It's Needed

Our Aims

• Offering financial assistance for educational purposes to students from Orkney and Shetland  studying in Glasgow.

• Providing temporary financial aid to people from Orkney and Shetland, who live in or are passing through Greater Glasgow and find themselves in need due to illness or an emergency.

• Supporting any other related causes that trustees considers appropriate.

We offer two grant schemes - a bursary aimed at students and a more general grant programme for those in need.

Eligibility and Process

• Anyone with direct connections to Orkney or Shetland who is in Glasgow and needs assistance, including students, is eligible to apply.

• General grant applications can be submitted at any time.

• Student Bursaries should be submitted by 31 October and priority will be given to those applying to the Society for the first time.

• Student bursaries are considered in early November with payment in December.

• Emergency aid funds can be made available (depending on the amount needed) almost by return. 

• Grants are paid by cheque.  We require two signatories and are therefore unable to do bank transfers.