• Awards for All £8,073
  
• Clothworkers' Foundation £15,000
  
• Gannochy Trust £10,000
  
• Garfield Weston Foundation £5,000
  
• Landfill Tax Credit Scheme (SBC) £55,000
  
• LLankellyChase Foundation £20,000
  
• Lloyds TSB £6,475
  
• Menzies Distribution £1,000
  
• Robertson Trust £10,000
  
• Community Grant Scheme £5,000
• Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust £500
• Hugh Fraser Foundation £5,000
• Trusthouse Foundation £20,000
• Coopertive Community Grant £500
  

In addition we have been awarded £30,000 from Viridor specifically for 'green' technology such as solar panels, a ground source heat pump and additional insulation which will all help to reduce the ongoing running costs of the building. SCRHI and Berwickshire Community Council's Environment Forum have also awarded funding towards the heating.

The committee, with support from local people, has worked hard to raise £16,290.

Events

A proportion of this has been raised by a band of hardworking volunteers who organise the annual Whitsome Village Fair. Not only does the Fair raise money for the Ark but it gives a really fun social day out for locals and visitors alike.

Committee members have also organised quiz nights, auctions and other events to raise funds.

The support of local people attending these events is much appreciated by the committee.

Volunteers from the committee act as marshalls for the Caledonian Challenge. This event is organised by the Scottish Community Foundation and it raises huge sums of money for Scottish Charities.

The marshalls elected to have their fees paid directly to the charity of their choice. Whitsome Ark has benefited greatly from the efforts of these volunteers.