Funding Categories:
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NEWS & Covid-19 UPDATES
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ARTS & CULTURE
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BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
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CHILDREN & FAMILIES
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COMMUNITY FUNDING
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GENERAL FUNDING
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HEALTH
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LAND & PROPERTY
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SPORT FUNDING
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YOUNG PEOPLE
1. NEWS & Covid-19 UPDATES
Volant Charitable Trust – COVID-19 Response Fund
Grants are available to charities that demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic
Deadline: 31 December 2021
https://www.volanttrust.org/how-to-apply-covid-19/
Arnold Clark Community Fund Winter Edition
Grants of up to £1,000 are available for UK registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations who need financial assistance due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. They are currently only accepting applications from organisations who fall into the following categories: food banks, toy banks, housing and accommodation & poverty relief.
Deadline: 31 December 2021
https://www.arnoldclark.com/community-fund
East Lothian Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund
Grants up to £25,000 are available for local, grassroot community activity that meets the overarching national ambitions for the fund and the local priority areas TSI staff are able to help you at each stage of the application.
Deadline: 21 January 2022
https://www.volunteereastlothian.org.uk/latest-news/launch-of-27883273nbspeast-lothian-communities-mental-health-and-wellbeing-fund
National Heritage Memorial Fund – COVID-19 Response Fund
Grants are available to community and public sector organisations in the UK for projects to protect nationally important heritage assets that are at risk due to the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Deadline: 30 April 2023
https://www.nhmf.org.uk/funding/covid-19-response-fund
Culture and Business Fund Scotland (CBFS) COVID-19 Recovery & Renewal Strand
Grants between £1,000 and £40,000 to enable collaboration between businesses and arts and heritage organisations based in Scotland to support all sectors in their recovery and renewal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.culturebusinessfund.scot/
2. ARTS & CULTURE
John Ellerman Foundation – Regional Museums and Galleries Fund
Average grants around £90,000 are available to help strengthen regional museums and galleries in the UK by helping organisations to enhance and sustain curatorial development to attract a broader public.
Deadline: 07 January 2022
https://ellerman.org.uk/apply-for-funding/museums-and-galleries-fund
Culture and Business Fund Scotland
Match funding of between £1,000 and £40,000 that enables collaboration between businesses and arts and heritage organisations based in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.aandbscotland.org.uk/culture-and-business-fund-scotland/
Foyle Foundation Main Grants Scheme
Grants in the range of £10,000 to £50,000 are available to registered charities in the UK to support the performing
or visual arts and for projects that facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and learning.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/index.php
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Arts Access and Participation Fund
Grants of between £30,000 and £400,000 are available for organisations to widen and deepen participation in the arts. The new UK strategy identifies five strategic priorities relating to changes the PHF wishes to see in the UK. These are:
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Investing in young people
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Migration and integration
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Arts access and participation
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Education and learning through the arts
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Nurturing ideas and people
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.phf.org.uk/our-work-in-the-uk/arts-access-participation/
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Arts-based Learning Fund
Grants of between £30,000 and £400,000 to support work which enables pupils in formal education settings, particularly those experiencing systemic inequality or disadvantage, to thrive through engagement with high quality, arts-based learning. The new UK strategy identifies five strategic priorities relating to changes the PHF wishes to see in the UK. These are:
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Investing in young people
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Migration and integration
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Arts access and participation
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Education and learning through the arts
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Nurturing ideas and people
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.phf.org.uk/our-work-in-the-uk/arts-access-participation/
Radcliffe Trust
Grants of between £2,500 and £7,500 are available for UK charities, not-for-profit and Exempt organisations working in the areas of music, especially chamber music, composition and music education, or in heritage and crafts.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.theradcliffetrust.org/
Ragdoll Foundation
Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available to support arts, cultural and youth-focused organisations working with children and young people in the UK through the arts, artists and creative media.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.ragdollfoundation.org.uk/portfolio/grant-giving
3. BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
UnLtd – Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
Funding up to £15,000 is available along with specialist support for UK social entrepreneurs to help them develop as social leaders, and to start up or grow their idea for a social venture.
Deadline: 31 December 2021
https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards
Culture and Business Fund Scotland
Match funding of between £1,000 and £40,000 is available that enables collaboration between businesses and arts and heritage organisations based in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.aandbscotland.org.uk/culture-and-business-fund-scotland/
DPD Eco Fund
Grants of up to £2,000 are available to charities, community groups, schools, small businesses and other local organisations in the United Kingdom for green projects and environment-friendly initiatives.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.dpd.co.uk/green-ts-and-cs.jsp
Scottish Forestry Community Fund
Grants up to £15,000 are available to support voluntary and community organisations, development trusts, social enterprises, charities and local authorities for projects and activities that encourage people to use woods more.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://forestry.gov.scot/forests-people/communities/community-fund
Shackleton Foundation Leadership Award
A single grant of £10,000 and support are available to inspirational leaders and early stage social enterprises in the UK to establish their own non-profit ventures with the potential to provide solutions to intractable social problems faced by disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://shackletonfoundation.org/
4. CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Ironmongers’ Company
Grant up to £10,000 for projects in the UK that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people under the age of 25 years to fulfil their potential.
Deadline: 15 December 2021http://www.ironmongers.org/charity_organisations.htm
Cattanach Charitable Trust
Grants of between £3,000 and £25,000 are available for charities registered in Scotland that support children from birth to three years old, who are affected by levels of relative deprivation.
Deadline: 07 February 2022
https://www.cattanach.org.uk/
Buttle UK – Chances for Children
Grants up to £2,000 are available to enable vulnerable children and young people in the UK to overcome financial barriers preventing them from achieving their education, training or employment goals.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.buttleuk.org
Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to registered charities for charitable work in the UK that benefits children, through their education and/or welfare, youth projects, and the elderly and their welfare.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.skiptoncharitablefoundation.co.uk
Toy Trust
Grants for less than £5,000 are available for registered charities undertaking projects to support disadvantaged and disabled children who are under 13 years of age within the UK and abroad.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://toytrust.co.uk/
5. COMMUNITY FUNDING
National Lottery Community Fund – Platinum Jubilee Fund
Grants of £30,000 to £50,000 are available for local not-for-profit organisations across the UK to deliver community projects which support new opportunities and build better relationships across generations and with the natural world, in commemoration of Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Deadline: 15 December 2021
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/the-platinum-jubilee-fund#section-3
Ocado Foundation for Good
Grants of up to £1,000 are available for registered charities, community interest companies, local authorities and other organisations to support skills development or sustainability projects that bring benefit to communities across the UK.
Deadline: 31 December 2021
https://www.bizgive.app/#/sharable/company/programme/566d0256-2547-47f2-9e8db689e9865f92/ca7e8992ee568a5c3eb39c634b8094174b6806c3e438d7aca080a7a80d858af35268fff152c09e9e9efd3a812dc2b6ccc438437abfe8c62998c6339b2aad1d41
Foundation Scotland – Community Benefit Funds
Grants from £100 to more than £10,000 are available for voluntary and community organisations which are working for the benefit of residents and communities in specific community council areas in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available
National Lottery Awards for All – Scotland
Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are available to voluntary, community and public sector organisations in Scotland to carry out projects that will improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.
Deadline: Ongoing https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-scotland
National Lottery Community Fund – Community-led Activity
Grants of between £10,001 and £150,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for projects in local communities that bring real improvement to the places where people live and to the wellbeing of those most in need.
Deadline: Ongoing https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/grants-for-community-led-activity
Persimmon Community Champions
One-off grants of up to £1,000 are available for local community organisations and charities that have already secured matched funding for local community initiatives across England, Scotland and Wales.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.persimmonhomes.com/community-champions
Robertson Trust
Grants up to £750,000 are available to registered charities in Scotland that are working with communities experiencing poverty and trauma.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/our-funds/
Ross and Liddell Community Bursaries
Grants of up to £500 are available for local community groups and charities in Scotland to buy equipment and materials to improve the services they provide to their local communities.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://ross-liddell.com/community-bursary
Scotmid Co-op Community Grants
Grants of up to £500 are available to local voluntary and community groups and charities for projects that support local communities served by Scotmid stores.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.scotmid.coop/community-and-charity/supporting-localcommunities/community-grant/
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Grants of up to £100,000 are available for small and medium sized local charities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK with a track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural areas.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/grants/
W F Southall Trust
Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available for charities in the UK working in the fields of environmental action and sustainability; social action; peace and reconciliation; and Quaker work.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://southalltrust.org/
Wakeham Trust
Grants are available to registered charities, community and voluntary groups in the UK to support small-scale projects with a community emphasis that would find it hard to obtain funding elsewhere.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://thewakehamtrust.wordpress.com/
6. ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Keeping Scotland Beautiful – Seed Fund for Community Events
Grants up to £500 are available to help smaller charities and community-led groups to set up community climate festivals and events across Scotland.
Deadline: 15 December 2021
https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/scotlands-climate-festival/seed-fund-for-community-events/
Tree Council – Branching Out Fund
Grants of between £300 and £1,500 are available to assist schools and community groups in undertaking wellplanned tree planting projects across the UK, preferably during National Tree Week.
Deadline: 17 December 2021
https://treecouncil.org.uk/take-action/grants-for-trees/
Garfield Weston Foundation
Grants up to £100,000 are available to charitable organisations in the UK for a wide range of projects in the areas of welfare, youth, community, arts, faith, environment, education, health, and museums and heritage.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.garfieldweston.org/
Marsh Charitable Trust
Grants ranging from £300 to £2,000 are available to registered charities that are working in the fields of social welfare, healthcare, arts and heritage, environmental causes and animal welfare, and education and training.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.marshcharitabletrust.org/
Ernest Cook Trust
Grants of up to £15,000 are available to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations in the UK for educational projects that will encourage young people’s interest in the countryside and the environment.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/
Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Open Fund
Grants between £5,000 and £50,000 are available for public, third and community sector organisations in Scotland that want to change people’s everyday travel behavior; encouraging people to use sustainable travel choices for longer journeys, walking and cycling for short journeys, and home-working to replace daily commutes.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/pfa/get-involved/smarter-choices-smarter-places-open-fund.html
Volunteering Matters Action Earth Grants
Grants between £50 and £500 are available for local volunteer groups in Scotland to help local communities tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://volunteeringmatters.org.uk/project/action-earth/
7.GENERAL FUNDING
Woodward Charitable Trust – Small Grants
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to fund core costs of smaller registered charities in the UK working in the following areas: isolated children and young people, disadvantaged families, and prisoners and ex-offenders.
Deadline: 17 December 2021
http://woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk/general_applications/
Didymus Fund
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to small to medium UK based registered charities to support disadvantaged people in the UK, Africa or Central and South America.
Deadline: 31 December 2021
https://www.didymus-charity.org.uk/
Wolfson Foundation
The Foundation aims to support excellence in the UK, generally through the funding of capital infrastructure in the fields of science and medicine, arts and humanities, education, and health and disability.
Deadline: 05 January 2022
https://www.wolfson.org.uk/funding/funding-for-places/
Steel Charitable Trust
Grants between £10,000 and £25,000 are available to registered charities in the UK working in the areas of arts and heritage, education, environment, health, or social and economic disadvantage.
Deadline: 20 January 2022
https://steelcharitabletrust.org.uk/
Warburtons Families Matter Community Grants Programme
Small grants up to £400 are available for local projects, activities and organisations that have charitable aims and that will be of real direct benefit to families in England, Scotland and Wales.
Deadline: 07 February 2022
http://www.warburtons.co.uk/
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available for registered charities in the UK undertaking charitable activities, primarily those supporting humanitarian causes.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.ashworthtrust.org/
Clothworkers’ Foundation
Capital grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK in one of the following areas: alcohol and substance misuse, people with disabilities, disadvantaged minority communities, disadvantaged young people, domestic and sexual abuse, older people, homelessness, prisoners and ex-offenders, and visual impairment. (the Foundation generally funds 10% or more of the balance to be raised).
Deadline: Ongoing
http://foundation.clothworkers.co.uk/
Cruden Foundation Limited
Grants between £2,500 to £5,000 are available for registered charities in Scotland working for the support and improvement of their local community.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.crudengroup.co.uk/group/about-us/corporate-and-social-responsibility
8. HEALTH
East Lothian Communities Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund
Grants up to £25,000 are available for local, grassroot community activity that meets the overarching national ambitions for the fund and the local priority areas TSI staff are able to help you at each stage of the application.
Deadline: 21 January 2022
https://www.volunteereastlothian.org.uk/latest-news/launch-of-27883273nbspeast-lothian-communities-mental-health-and-wellbeing-fund
Albert Hunt Trust
Grants are available to local charities in the UK that provide hospice care, provide support for the homeless or promote health and wellbeing.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.alberthunttrust.org.uk/
Boshier-Hinton Foundation
Grants are available for charities in the UK working with children and adults with special educational or other needs.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.boshierhintonfoundation.org.uk/apply.php
Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust
Grants between £400 and £3,000 are available for charities that are providing services for blind, deaf and disabled people in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.lionelwigrammemorialtrust.org/
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust – Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme
Grants up to £2,500 are available to registered charities that support sick and disadvantaged people.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://julesthorntrust.org.uk/programmes/ann-rylands-small-donations/
Scottish Government National Drugs Mission – Local Support Fund Micro Grants
Micro grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 per year for up to five years are available to small community-based groups which deliver frontline services to support people who use or used drugs, people in recovery and families affected by someone else’s drug use.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.corra.scot/grants/drugs-services-funds/
9. LAND & PROPERTY
Asda Foundation – Investing in Spaces and Places Grant
Grants between £5,000 and £25,000 are available to grassroots organisations in the UK for the improvement of spaces for local communities, leading to a positive difference for those living in the area.
Deadline: 09 January 2022
http://www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/funding-applications/13-the-sylvia-waddilove-foundation-uk
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
Grants up to £2,000 are available to charities and other organisations to support gardeners, retired gardeners and the preservation of gardens throughout the United Kingdom. Additionally, funding can support a wide range of activities.
Deadline: 12 September 2022
http://www.lpwscheme.org.uk/
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK
Grants of between £1,000 to £5,000 are available to registered charities for projects relating to education (only relating to organic farming, animal husbandry, veterinary science, animal welfare and animal surgery), the visual and performing arts, medical research, the relief of disability and severe illness, the preservation of buildings of architectural or historical significance and the accommodation of those in need.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/funding-applications/13-the-sylvia-waddilove-foundation-uk
The Mushroom Trust
Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available for organisations in Scotland to support the creation, maintenance and improvement of urban green spaces.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://mushroomtrust.com/projects/
10. SPORT FUNDING
Rowing Foundation
Grants of between £500 and £3,000 are available to support rowing in Britain with preference shown to encouraging participation in rowing by the young or disabled of all ages through the provision of equipment.
Deadline: 28 February 2022
http://www.therowingfoundation.org.uk/home/
Sports Facilities Fund
One-off grants of up to £2,021 are available.
Deadline: 01 April 2022
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/
Boost Charitable Trust
Small grants are available to charities and non-profit making organisations with a focus on helping disabled and disadvantaged individuals in the UK to participate in sport.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.boostct.org/get-involved
Clubs in Crisis Fund
Grants are available for the provision of leisure activities for the disabled in the UK to support grassroots sports clubs and organisations in the UK working in the sport-for-development sector that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://cash-4-clubs.com/2021-clubs-in-crisis
RYA Foundation
Grants are available for sailing clubs in the UK to promote participation in boating by those who are disadvantaged by reason of youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.rya.org.uk/about-us/charities-foundations/rya-foundation
11. YOUNG PEOPLE
CashBack for Communities Youth Work Fund
Grants are available for community groups and voluntary organisations in Scotland that provide youth work programmes for young people aged 10 to 24 who are at risk of being involved in antisocial behaviour, offending or re-offending or entering the justice system.
Deadline: 17 December 2021
https://www.youthlinkscotland.org/funding/cashback-forcommunities/cashback-for-communities-youth-work-fund
Allander Youth Activities Charitable Trust
Grants are available for voluntary organisations to support activities that promote the welfare and advance the education and training of young people in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.allandertrust.org.uk
Azets Charitable Trusts
Grants between £100 to £10,000 are available to individuals and groups in Scotland for various purposes, including: education; assistance for the poor/disadvantaged; assistance for young people; assistance for the terminally ill; assistance for the children of ministers of the Church of Scotland; and assistance for those in the construction trade.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.azets.co.uk/
Dulverton Trust
Grants between £25,000 and £35,000 are available to UK registered charities working to produce significant impact in the Trust’s priority areas: youth opportunities, general welfare, conservation, heritage, Africa (Kenya and Uganda), and peace and humanitarian support.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.dulverton.org/
Gannochy Trust
Grants are available across Scotland for work that aims to inspire young people under 25 years of age; and for projects in Perth and Kinross that aim to improve the quality of life for local people, develop and inspire young people or improve the availability/quality of the built and natural environment for wide community use.
Deadline: 18 February 2022
http://www.gannochytrust.org.uk/index.php?page=grant-making
National Lottery Community Fund – Young Start Fund
Grants of between £10,001 and £100,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for work that helps young people (aged 8 to 24) to become more confident and play an active part in realising their potential.
Deadline: Ongoing https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/young-start
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Youth Fund
Grants of up to £90,000 spread over three years are available for organisations whose main purpose is working with and for young people (aged 14-25) who face complex transitions to adulthood.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.phf.org.uk/funds/youth-fund/
The Scout Association – Scout Grants Committee UK HQ Grants
Grants are available to Scout groups across the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-things-locally/grants-and-funds-for-yourlocal-group/grants-from-ukhq/
Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund
Grants of between £100 and £750 are available for youth groups in Scotland to enhance and develop community based youth work in Scotland’s rural communities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.youthscotland.org.uk/programmes/youth-scotland-rural-action-fund/
