What we do

Project Support

Since 1969, the Trust has supported many individuals, teams and chess events, including the international Glorney and Faber Cup events, when held in Scotland. Recent support includes:

  • A grant to a Primary School in Glasgow to enable some of their pupils to enter a major UK chess competition
  • A grant to a popular, voluntary regional schools league for chess equipment
  • A contribution to Chess Scotland's initiative to provide Dinosaur Chess teaching and self-learning software to all Scottish Schools that would like to use it
  • A contribution towards a young player's expenses to compete abroad for Scotland in the 2007 World Youth Chess Championships

The Trust has also supported national, regional and local training and coaching schemes and contributed towards the costs of sending accompanying chaperones and coaches with Scotland's junior representatives abroad.


Chess Teaching in Schools

Looking ahead we are particularly keen to offer advice, and, where appropriate, financial support, including possible matching fund arrangements with bodies such as education authorities, to support an encouraging growth area in Scotland, the local provision of both full and part-time employed chess teachers in schools.

We entirely agree with the view expressed in the Scottish Government endorsed research project on "Chess Development in Aberdeen's Primary Schools" (University of Aberdeen 2005) which states that "substantial funding for chess development in Scotland's primary schools could improve literacy, numeracy and the confidence of pupils who require learning support" and argues for "a new specialist - the visiting chess coach".

We go further. We are entirely convinced that similar conclusions apply to young people of all ages.