Cattanach is an independent charitable funder for Early Years work in Scotland. We fund work that supports children and their families from pre-birth to three years old. At Cattanach, we believe in working with the strengths that families and communities have to support their children (some call this an "asset-based model") and we want to see this reflected in the work we fund. To honour this commitment, we require all proposals to involve both children and their carers, whether parents, adopted or foster parents, or kinship carers. We aspire to be a helpful funder and to give support and advice when needed. The Cattanach Trustees wish to maintain best practice in grant making, and to encourage recipient organisations to think of Cattanach as a partner. They are also keen to work with other partner organisations, whether these are funders, corporate or statutory bodies, umbrella or support organisations