• To support organisations that work to improve the quality of life within the City of Glasgow and especially in respect of poverty, ill health or those with disabilities. Additionally, to provide individual support for those in ill health or in financial hardship. • To support youth in the City through crafts, education and citizens awards and participation in sport. • To raise funds to support the objectives. • To sustain Trades Hall as the home of the House and the Crafts and one of Glasgow’s historic buildings. The activities of the House focus delivery of these objectives by:- • Raising income from its Funds and events which is then devoted to charitable objects centred upon Glasgow, whether for relieving individual distress or more general wider public charitable purposes. • The awarding of grants to support people in financial hardship and ill health • Management of various educational projects to support youth in the City through crafts, education and citizens awards.