Gannochy Trust

[2] The founding aims of the Trust were to improve the quality of life for people living in Perth and Kinross, including maintaining the Gannochy Housing estate, providing grant funding for community based initiatives in the local area and investing in capital projects in Perth for the benefit of its citizens.

[1] The Gannochy Housing estate was built by A. K, Bell between 1925 and 1931,[3] to a design by local architect Robert Matthew Mitchell.

[8] The Trust is currently building 48 new bungalows and houses on Gannochy Road, designed to improve health, accessibility and connectedness for tenants.

[17] One of the Gannochy Trust's first major projects was the construction of the Bell's Sports Centre in Perth, completed in 1968.

This was both in recognition of the fact that the Gannochy Trust was a major contributor to this project, as well as the large role they, and their founder A K Bell, have made to the City since its foundation.

[21] Between 2003 and 2010, The Gannochy Trust sponsored the Royal Society of Edinburgh's ‘Gannochy Trust Innovation Award.’ This highly prestigious award was presented to under 45 year olds based in Scotland whose outstanding achievements led to major economic or social benefits to Scotland, or the wider world.