West Region - Shortlisted Member Choice Award Groups
Cycling Without Age (Menstrie)
Cycling Without Age Scotland (CWAS) a charity that works nationwide, providing rides in pioneering e-bike Trishaws that improve the mental and physical wellbeing of people of all ages, but predominantly the elderly, who face mobility challenges and/or are lonely/isolated.
Funding Goal
Funding would go towards purchasing essential new laptops for their Head Office team and our Helix Hub Coordinator, ensuring we can continue supporting 90 Chapters, 1,500 volunteers and the TRIIP project efficiently. Any remaining funds would help cover core running costs so we can keep delivering high-quality support across Scotland.
HSTAR Scotland
HSTAR Scotland is a women-led charity based in Stirling, supporting female survivors of trauma through counselling, wellbeing services, and community events. Guided by the PANEL principles, we champion participation, empowerment, and inclusion while promoting dignity and rights. We’re passionate about engaging with local communities to reduce isolation and support women to rebuild safe, confident, and connected lives through compassion and trauma-informed care.
Funding Goal
Funding would go towards delivering trauma-informed group coaching sessions, supporting our volunteers with essential travel costs, and to create toiletries gift bags for women in crisis. These costs are vital in helping us offer safe, empowering support to women recovering from trauma, poverty, and social exclusion.
Little Blue Suicide Prevention Lanarkshire
Peer support groups for suicide prevention, providing safe spaces where people can talk openly with others who understand. Our trained facilitators have lived experience and are skilled in recognising risk, offering support, and connecting people to help when needed.
Through shared experience, empathy, and open conversation, our groups reduce isolation, offer hope, and show that recovery is possible.
Funding Goal
Funding will go towards creative arts materials, activity session, volunteer training and well-being packs.
Lomond ADHD Services (Dumbarton)
Funding would go towards essential equipment and resources for delivering accessible ADHD workshops and peer support sessions — including a projector and screen, printed materials, sensory regulation tools, and other core materials needed to run engaging, neuro-affirming community support. These items will help us create welcoming, effective sessions that build confidence, reduce isolation, and support long-term sustainability for the project.
Funding Goal
Funding would be spent on equipment for delivering workshops and peer support groups.
MADE4U IN ML2 (Wishaw)
MADE4UINML2 is a grassroots community charity in Wishaw, tackling poverty and supporting children, young people, and families across the ML2 area. From hot meals and holiday clubs to youth groups, volunteering and wellbeing activities, we create safe spaces where people can connect, build confidence, and thrive.
Funding Goal
Funding would go towards kitchen equipment, food supplies, play equipment, FareShare delivery costs, and emergency family food support to help us run our Holiday Hunger Club. These resources ensure we can provide hot meals, fun activities, and immediate support to children and families who need it most during school holidays.
Pause and Breathe (Bonnybridge)
Pause & Breathe create safe spaces where participants can form connections and improve their overall wellbeing, learning skills to enhance their physical, mental, emotional and social health. They have community wellbeing centres in Bonnybridge and Bo’ness and offer a wide variety of sessions, courses and events that benefit the whole community.
Funding Goal
Funding would go towards creative materials, marketing, volunteer and hospitality costs, and contributions toward hall hire to help us deliver regular creative workshops. These resources will allow us to run engaging, community-focused sessions that bring people together, support wellbeing, and expand access to arts activities.
Previous Member Choice Award Groups
- Sunshine Wishes Children Charity
- Menstrie Community Action Group
- The Feel Good Women’s Group
- Lanarkshire Deaf Hub
- Shopmobility Refrewshire
- The Halliday Foundation
- 2nd Blackwood Brownies (Lesmahagow)
- Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership
- FARE(Glasgow)
- Kassi Kunda Foundation (Glasgow)
- North United Communities (Glasgow)
- St Ninians Primary School (Glasgow)