The Macinnes Bequest
Hamish Macinnes’ estate has been bequetherd to the SMT. His trustees saw that the SMT’s objectives and values are those that Hamish held dear and the Trust will distribute the money in the way he would have wanted.
2024 Marty’s Team Smash It – For a Second Year
A team from professional services firm KPMG have repeated their achievement of 2023 and, for a second year, organised a fund raising event in memory of their colleague Marty Stephens. They completed the Fairfield Horseshoe in atrocious weather and kept alive Marty’s legacy in KPMG.
Oban Mountain Rescue Team Replace Vital Equipment
An £8000 SMT grant to Oban Mountain Rescue Team has helped keep their vital digital equipment up to date and reliable.
Benarty Primary School Reach for the Heights
The SMT is delighted to have provided £2700 that enabled primary children from Benarty Primary School near Lochore to enjoy ten 2-hour indoor sessions at the Edinburgh Internatonal Climbing Arena at Ratho.
Marty’s Team Smash It
75 colleagues of Marty Stephens at KPMG have raised over £27,000 for the SMT in his memory, by completing the mammoth Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge. The walk in early May this year went under the banner of The Marty Stephens “Smash It” Challenge and It keeps alive his legacy in the professional services firm KPMG.
Kingussie’s Wee Gem Gets a Polish
Kingussie Community Development Company (KCDC) has won a £9000 SMT grant for work on the Creag Bheag path near the hill’s summit. The path is “the jewel in the crown” of the town’s 20-mile path network, and will soon provide an even finer circular hill walk, with fantastic views across the Spey valley.
Life Changing Journeys in the Wild Places of Scotland
The SMT has made a £20,000 grant to the Venture Trust charity so that more vulnerable people can benefit from a wilderness journey through highland Scotland. These journeys are the centre of VT’s intensive programme for people who face the barriers caused by addiction, poverty, unemployment, a convictions history, or mental health troubles.
What is happening to our Wild Mountains?
The wild Scottish mountains are important to hillwalkers so the SMT wants to ensure they are valued and protected. While Scotland has large areas of wild mountains a report released early in 2022 reveals that this “wildness” is in long-term decline, and the rate of loss is growing.
Urban Uprising, climbing out of disadvantage
This Scottish charity runs courses for 10–18 year olds, mainly at indoor and outdoor climbing walls. and with an award of £1960 from the SMT, they’ll help more youngsters start climbing in Scotland’s great outdoors in 2022.
Belonging in the Hills
The Scottish company Mhòr Outdoor enables people from socially excluded backgrounds to get out on Scotland’s hills, and the Trust is supporting it through a £2000 grant.