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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ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
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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
Arnold Clark Community Fund
Grants 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.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.arnoldclark.com/community-fund
Volant Charitable Trust – COVID-19 Response Fund
Grants are available to UK charities that demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Deadline 31 July 2022.
https://www.volanttrust.org/how-to-apply-covid-19/
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
Up to three years of 100% match funding of between £1,000 and £40,000 is available 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.aandbscotland.org.uk/
National Emergencies Trust (with Crowdfunding) – Local Action Fund
A maximum of £20,000 of match funding per organisation is available for not-for-profit groups and organisations in the UK who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to help them get back on their feet after the challenges of the pandemic.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/local-action-fund
2. ARTS & CULTURE
Radcliffe Trust
Grants in the region of £2,500 to £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: 31 July 2022
https://www.theradcliffetrust.org/
Art Fund – Student Opportunities
Funding up to £10,000 is available to harness the talent of university students to help realise a project at a museum or gallery in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/programmes/student-opportunities
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
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/
National Fund for Acquisitions (Scotland)
Grants to assist towards the purchase of objects for the collections of museums, galleries, specialist libraries and archives in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.nms.ac.uk/about-us/services-and-expertise/national-fund-for-acquisitions/
Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts – Headley Trust
Funding for registered charities in the UK for projects in the following areas: arts and heritage UK, cathedrals and major churches, parish churches, arts and heritage overseas, developing countries, education, and health and social welfare.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.sfct.org.uk/Headley.html
Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust – Open Grant Fund
One-off cash awards of up to £5,000 are available to support the development of school pipe bands in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sspdt.org.uk/funding/open-grant-fund-guidelines/
Victoria Wood Foundation
Grants are available for arts projects and initiatives in the UK.
Deadline Ongoing
https://victoriawoodfoundation.org.uk/
3. BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
Community Cycling Fund – Events Grants
Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available for local authorities, businesses, charities, and other community groups across Scotland to deliver activities and events that promote new cycling opportunities and encourage more people to start cycling.
Deadline: 20 June 2022
https://www.visitscotland.org/events/funding/community-cycling-fund
UnLtd – Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
Funding up to £15,000 and specialist support are available for UK social entrepreneurs to help them develop as social leaders, and to start up or grow their idea for a social venture.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards
Shackleton Foundation Leadership Award
Seed funding grants up to £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
BBC Children in Need – We Move Fund: Youth Social Action
Grants up to £15,000 and up to £50,000 are available to not-for-profit groups delivering projects which build Black children and young people’s confidence and skills across the UK. Register Interest by 10 June 2020
Deadline 20 June 2022
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/the-work-we-do/our-focussed-funding/we-move/
Bòrd na Gàidhlig – Early Years Education Fund
Grants up to £5,000 and up to £15,000 are available for voluntary early years groups that support parents, families and children aged 0 to 3 years, to encourage and increase the day to day use of Gaelic, and to encourage continuity into Gaelic education throughout Scotland.
Deadline 21 July 2022
https://www.gaidhlig.scot/en/funding/funding-schemes/early-years-grants/
Ironmongers’ Company
Grants up to £10,000 are available 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 31 July 2022
https://www.ironmongers.org/helping-charitable-organisations
ASDA Foundation – U18 Better Starts Grants
Grants from £500 to £1,500 are available for local organisations in the United Kingdom to support activities for children under 18 years old to improve their lives and the community. For Round 2, a focus of the grant is to ensure children are supported during the summer.
Deadline 19 August 2022
https://www.asdafoundation.org/foundation-grants
Casey Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities (or UK affiliates) for start-up projects, or new initiatives, taking place in the UK that exclusively support children (up to 18 years) and their welfare.
Deadline Ongoing
http://www.caseytrust.org/#
Happy Days Children’s Charity
Grants are available for families with children aged 3-17 who are disabled, have a special need or have been abused.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.happydayscharity.org/applications
Tesco Community Grants
Grants are available to non-profit making, constituted groups and organisations for local good causes that focus on supporting children and families in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://tescocommunitygrants.org.uk/
5. COMMUNITY FUNDING
Investing in Communities Fund – Round 2
The Investing in Communities Fund (ICF) is a streamlined communities fund that is delivered as part of the Empowering
Communities Programme. Grants between £5,000 and £350,000 are available.(£150,00 in a single year). The fund reflects Scottish Government commitment to investing in communities so that they can develop the resources and resilience to decide their own aspirations, priorities and solutions in response. The fund supports the most disadvantaged or fragile communities to tackle poverty in all its forms on their own terms.
Deadline: 28 June 2022
https://www.gov.scot/policies/community-empowerment/empowering-communities-fund/#ICF
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust – Force for Change Programme
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for local community projects that respond to hidden or compelling needs within Armed Forces Communities.
Deadline: 08 August 2022
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/armed-forces-covenant-fund-force-for-change-programme/
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: 08 August 2022
https://www.warburtons.co.uk/our-company/sustainability/within-the-community/giving-donating/financial-giving/
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation – Grants
Minimum grant size is £30,000available and avialable to organisations doing legally charitable work in the UK that focuses on the Foundation’s funding priorities of improving the natural world, securing a fairer future, and strengthening the bonds in communities in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/
Foundation Scotland – Community Benefit Funds
Funding 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/martin-curriecommunity-partnership-programme
Morrisons Foundation
Grants up to £25,000 are available to registered charities for new projects which directly improve the lives of local people or communities, especially those that are vulnerable or disadvantaged, in England, Scotland or Wales.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/
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-local-communities/community-grant/
6. ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Paths for All – Community Paths Grants
Grants up to £1,500 are available to help community groups in Scotland create, promote and maintain local community paths.
Deadline: 08 July 2022
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/community-paths/cmp-grants
Whirlwind Charitable Trust
Grants from £1,000 to £10,000 are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged people, often young people, with an additional focus on understanding and improving the marine environment in the UK.
Deadline: 18 July 2022
https://www.whirlwind.org.uk/
Steel Charitable Trust
Grants from £10,000 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 July 2022
https://steelcharitabletrust.org.uk/
Historic Environment Scotland – Heritage and Place Fund
Grants are available to support not-for-profit organisations in Scotland to deliver heritage-focused and community-led regeneration schemes of the local historic environment.
Deadline: 31 July 2022
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/grants-and-funding/our-grants/heritage-place-programme/
Foundation Scotland – Martin Currie Community Partnership Programme
Grants up to £7,000 are available for charities and constituted community groups in Scotland addressing diversity, inclusion and inequality, plus encouraging social and environmental sustainability.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/martin-curriecommunity-partnership-programme
Marsh Charitable Trust
Grants from £300 to £2,000 are available for UK 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/
Oak Trust
Grants between £250 and £4,000 are available for registered UK charities that are supporting people who are disadvantaged, medical and environmental charities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.oaktrust.org.uk/
Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Open Fund
Grants of up to £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 Small grants between £50 and £250 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/
W F Southall Trust
Grants 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/
7.GENERAL FUNDING
Inman Charity
Grants from £2,000 to £5,000 are available for registered charities in the UK carrying out medical, social welfare or general welfare activities.
Deadline: 31 August 2022
http://www.inmancharity.org/
Magic Little Grants Fund
Small one-off grants up to £500 are available to small local charities and community groups for community projects in Great Britain that address themes set out by the funders.
Deadline: 31 October 2022
https://localgiving.org/about/magic-little-grants/
Boshier-Hinton Foundation
Grants of up to £2,000 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
Foundation Scotland – David and Averil Macdonald Fund
Grants to support community groups for charitable activities to benefit those in need in Islay, Tain, Elgin and Livingston.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/david-and-averil-macdonald-fund
Hugh Fraser Foundation
Grants are available to non-profit-making organisations for charitable work in a number of different sectors in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.turcanconnell.com/the-hugh-fraser-foundation/
Chance to Flourish
Grants up to £15,000 are available for registered charities in Scotland to support projects and activities that benefit vulnerable children, young people, and families most at risk of poverty.
Deadline: 17 June 2022
https://www.chancetoflourish.co.uk/
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation
Grants between £250 up to £2,000 are available to support registered charities and good causes in local communities across the UK to alleviate poverty, improve health and save lives.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.ybs.co.uk/index.html
Weaver’s Company Benevolent Fund
Grants are available for smaller UK based charities working with young offenders, prisoners and ex-prisoners, and young disadvantaged people, especially those at risk of criminal involvement within the UK.
Deadline 14 July 2022
https://weavers.org.uk/
Scotland – Workforce Wellbeing Fund for Adult Social Work and Social Care
Grants are available to public, private and voluntary organisations in Scotland’s adult social work and social care sector to support projects which look after the wellbeing of staff.
Deadline: 29 July 2022
https://www.inspiringscotland.org.uk/workforce-wellbeing-fund-for-adult-social-work-and-social-care/
Hargreaves Foundation
Grants are available for charities and educational institutions that support those under the age of 18 years, and living with a mental health condition, disability or growing up in poverty through the mediums of sport and education.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/
Robertson Trust – Wee Grants
Grants of £300 to £2,000 are available for small charities and community groups in Scotland carrying out charitable work in local communities to address poverty and trauma.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/wee-grants/
SEAD Fund
Small grants from £100 to £250 are available for small community groups and individuals to run or kick-start campaign activity that engages with people and has a demonstrable impact promoting social justice.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sead.org.uk/
The Rozelle Trust
Financial assistance is available to smaller charities in Scotland that work to support the poor and disadvantaged in their local communities.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.rozelletrust.org/default.asp
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/
MacRobert Trust
Grants up to £1,000 and for more than £50,000 are available to registered charities with a preference for organisations based in Scotland which have projects that address the themes set out by The MacRobert Trust.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.themacroberttrust.org.uk/grant-making/monetary-awards/
8. HEALTH
Paths for All – Walking for Health Fund
Grants of between £7,500 and £15,000 are available to a range of organisations working in Scotland for projects and activities that significantly increase the number of people becoming active through walking.
Deadline: 24 June 2022
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/walking-for-health/wfh-grants/wfh-fund
Vegan Society Grants
Grants are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which encourage people to go vegan in the UK and overseas.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/grants?dm_i=6MG6,I3S1,1GCQ5T,29N8K,1
Baring Foundation – Arts and Mental Health Programme
Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 are available over a minimum of two years are available to arts organisations in the UK for projects that promote the role of creativity in the lives of people with mental health problems from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
Deadline: 26 July 2022
https://baringfoundation.org.uk/our-grant-making/current-funding-opportunities/
Ash Scotland – Small Grants
Grants of £500 are available for charities and community groups in Scotland to support projects and activities that address smoking.
Deadline: 29 August 2022
https://www.ashscotland.org.uk/what-you-can-do/scotlands-charter-for-a-tobacco-freegeneration/charter-small-grants/
Bally’s Foundation
Grants are available for organisations who support individuals suffering from mental health issues and who focus on research in the mental health field.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.ballysfoundation.org/
DWF Charitable Foundation
One-off grants up to £5,000 are available to registered charities in the UK for projects that address issues of homelessness, employability, education, health and wellbeing, and environment and sustainability.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.dwf.law/about-us/dwf-foundation/
Percy Bilton Charity – Grants for Organisations
Grants in the range of £2,000 to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities with primary objectives to assist one or more of the following groups: disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (persons under 25); people with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems); older people (aged over 60).
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org/applyOrg
Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund – Small Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for charitable organisations to support community-based projects in the areas of heritage and conservation, education, health and wellbeing, social inclusion, environment, and countryside.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pwcf.org.uk/how-apply-grant
Scottish Government National Drugs Mission – Local Support Fund
Funding of up to £50,000 per year for up to five years is available to small community-based groups which deliver frontline services to support people who use drugs, people in recovery and their families.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.corra.scot/grants/drugs-services-funds/
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust – Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme
Grants up to £5,000 are available to UK based registered charities who are providing practical and emotional support to people with, or at high risk of, physical or mental ill health, people living with disability, and their families and carers.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://julesthorntrust.org.uk/programmes/ann-rylands-small-donations/
9. LAND & PROPERTY
Cruach Trust
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
https://www.wssociety.co.uk/charities/cruach-trust
Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund
Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund under CARES will help community organisations reduce their building energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Grant funding is available for up to 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £80,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://localenergy.scot/funding/lets-do-net-zero-community-buildings-fund/
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
Grants are available towards the VAT incurred during repairs and maintenance of listed buildings that are used principally as public places of worship, or which are listed places of worship owned by specified organisations that look after redundant places of worship.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.lpwscheme.org.uk/
SUEZ Communities Trust Scottish Landfill Communities Fund – Primary Fund
Grants of between £1 and £50,000 are available to non-profit making organisations in Scotland for projects under the categories of Land Reclamation (Object A), Community Recycling (Object B), Public Amenities (Object C), Biodiversity (Object D) and Historic Buildings (Object E).
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.suezcommunitiestrust.org.uk/apply-for-funding/scotland/
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK
Grants up to £5,000 are available to registered charities in the UK 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
https://pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants/waddilove-foundation-uk/
The Mushroom Trust
Grants 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
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust
Grants are available to help disabled people in the UK to play tennis through the purchase of wheelchairs, tennis equipment and grants for coaching.
Deadline: 21 June 2022
https://www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk
Weir Charitable Trust
Grants up to £25,000are available to small charities or community groups in Scotland for work addressing sport, health, culture, animal welfare, or recreational facilities.
Deadline: 31 August 2022
http://www.weircharitabletrust.com/
Boost Charitable Trust
Small grants are available to charities and not-for-profit 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
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
Essentia Foundation
Grants up to £9,000 are to small charities and community groups in Scotland for projects aiming to improve the health and social welfare of children and young people, and to support opportunities for training, enhanced learning and upskilling for young people up to 25 years old.
Deadline: 27 June 2022
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/programmes/essentia/
Peter Sell Annual Award
Grants up to £5,000 are available for Scout or Guide groups in the UK to encourage new members and to ensure long term benefits from the award.
Deadline: 19 September 2022
http://lesliesellct.org.uk/the-peter-sell-annual-award/
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
Leslie Sell Charitable Trust
Grants for trips or projects associated with the Scouts or Guides movement within the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.lesliesellct.org.uk/
National Lottery Community Fund – Young Start Fund
Grants of between £10,001 and £100,000 for up to three years 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 £150,000 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/
Variety Club – Youth Clubs Grant
Grants between £250 and £600 are available for equipment is available to youth clubs in the UK that provide opportunities for improving social skills, team spirit and self esteem for young people aged from 8 to 18 years.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.variety.org.uk/what-we-do/youth-clubs-grants
Dear Colleague,
Welcome to the latest funding update from Volunteer Centre East Lothian.
Funding Categories:
1. NEWS & Covid-19 UPDATES
Arnold Clark Community Fund
Grants 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.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.arnoldclark.com/community-fund
Volant Charitable Trust – COVID-19 Response Fund
Grants are available to UK charities that demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Deadline 31 July 2022.
https://www.volanttrust.org/how-to-apply-covid-19/
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
Up to three years of 100% match funding of between £1,000 and £40,000 is available 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.aandbscotland.org.uk/
National Emergencies Trust (with Crowdfunding) – Local Action Fund
A maximum of £20,000 of match funding per organisation is available for not-for-profit groups and organisations in the UK who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to help them get back on their feet after the challenges of the pandemic.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/local-action-fund
2. ARTS & CULTURE
Radcliffe Trust
Grants in the region of £2,500 to £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: 31 July 2022
https://www.theradcliffetrust.org/
Art Fund – Student Opportunities
Funding up to £10,000 is available to harness the talent of university students to help realise a project at a museum or gallery in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/programmes/student-opportunities
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
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/
National Fund for Acquisitions (Scotland)
Grants to assist towards the purchase of objects for the collections of museums, galleries, specialist libraries and archives in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.nms.ac.uk/about-us/services-and-expertise/national-fund-for-acquisitions/
Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts – Headley Trust
Funding for registered charities in the UK for projects in the following areas: arts and heritage UK, cathedrals and major churches, parish churches, arts and heritage overseas, developing countries, education, and health and social welfare.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.sfct.org.uk/Headley.html
Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust – Open Grant Fund
One-off cash awards of up to £5,000 are available to support the development of school pipe bands in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sspdt.org.uk/funding/open-grant-fund-guidelines/
Victoria Wood Foundation
Grants are available for arts projects and initiatives in the UK.
Deadline Ongoing
https://victoriawoodfoundation.org.uk/
3. BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
Community Cycling Fund – Events Grants
Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available for local authorities, businesses, charities, and other community groups across Scotland to deliver activities and events that promote new cycling opportunities and encourage more people to start cycling.
Deadline: 20 June 2022
https://www.visitscotland.org/events/funding/community-cycling-fund
UnLtd – Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
Funding up to £15,000 and specialist support are available for UK social entrepreneurs to help them develop as social leaders, and to start up or grow their idea for a social venture.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards
Shackleton Foundation Leadership Award
Seed funding grants up to £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
BBC Children in Need – We Move Fund: Youth Social Action
Grants up to £15,000 and up to £50,000 are available to not-for-profit groups delivering projects which build Black children and young people’s confidence and skills across the UK. Register Interest by 10 June 2020
Deadline 20 June 2022
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/the-work-we-do/our-focussed-funding/we-move/
Bòrd na Gàidhlig – Early Years Education Fund
Grants up to £5,000 and up to £15,000 are available for voluntary early years groups that support parents, families and children aged 0 to 3 years, to encourage and increase the day to day use of Gaelic, and to encourage continuity into Gaelic education throughout Scotland.
Deadline 21 July 2022
https://www.gaidhlig.scot/en/funding/funding-schemes/early-years-grants/
Ironmongers’ Company
Grants up to £10,000 are available 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 31 July 2022
https://www.ironmongers.org/helping-charitable-organisations
ASDA Foundation – U18 Better Starts Grants
Grants from £500 to £1,500 are available for local organisations in the United Kingdom to support activities for children under 18 years old to improve their lives and the community. For Round 2, a focus of the grant is to ensure children are supported during the summer.
Deadline 19 August 2022
https://www.asdafoundation.org/foundation-grants
Casey Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities (or UK affiliates) for start-up projects, or new initiatives, taking place in the UK that exclusively support children (up to 18 years) and their welfare.
Deadline Ongoing
http://www.caseytrust.org/#
Happy Days Children’s Charity
Grants are available for families with children aged 3-17 who are disabled, have a special need or have been abused.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.happydayscharity.org/applications
Tesco Community Grants
Grants are available to non-profit making, constituted groups and organisations for local good causes that focus on supporting children and families in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://tescocommunitygrants.org.uk/
5. COMMUNITY FUNDING
Investing in Communities Fund – Round 2
The Investing in Communities Fund (ICF) is a streamlined communities fund that is delivered as part of the Empowering
Communities Programme. Grants between £5,000 and £350,000 are available.(£150,00 in a single year). The fund reflects Scottish Government commitment to investing in communities so that they can develop the resources and resilience to decide their own aspirations, priorities and solutions in response. The fund supports the most disadvantaged or fragile communities to tackle poverty in all its forms on their own terms.
Deadline: 28 June 2022
https://www.gov.scot/policies/community-empowerment/empowering-communities-fund/#ICF
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust – Force for Change Programme
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for local community projects that respond to hidden or compelling needs within Armed Forces Communities.
Deadline: 08 August 2022
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/armed-forces-covenant-fund-force-for-change-programme/
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: 08 August 2022
https://www.warburtons.co.uk/our-company/sustainability/within-the-community/giving-donating/financial-giving/
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation – Grants
Minimum grant size is £30,000available and avialable to organisations doing legally charitable work in the UK that focuses on the Foundation’s funding priorities of improving the natural world, securing a fairer future, and strengthening the bonds in communities in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/
Foundation Scotland – Community Benefit Funds
Funding 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/martin-curriecommunity-partnership-programme
Morrisons Foundation
Grants up to £25,000 are available to registered charities for new projects which directly improve the lives of local people or communities, especially those that are vulnerable or disadvantaged, in England, Scotland or Wales.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/
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-local-communities/community-grant/
6. ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Paths for All – Community Paths Grants
Grants up to £1,500 are available to help community groups in Scotland create, promote and maintain local community paths.
Deadline: 08 July 2022
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/community-paths/cmp-grants
Whirlwind Charitable Trust
Grants from £1,000 to £10,000 are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which improve the lives of disadvantaged people, often young people, with an additional focus on understanding and improving the marine environment in the UK.
Deadline: 18 July 2022
https://www.whirlwind.org.uk/
Steel Charitable Trust
Grants from £10,000 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 July 2022
https://steelcharitabletrust.org.uk/
Historic Environment Scotland – Heritage and Place Fund
Grants are available to support not-for-profit organisations in Scotland to deliver heritage-focused and community-led regeneration schemes of the local historic environment.
Deadline: 31 July 2022
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/grants-and-funding/our-grants/heritage-place-programme/
Foundation Scotland – Martin Currie Community Partnership Programme
Grants up to £7,000 are available for charities and constituted community groups in Scotland addressing diversity, inclusion and inequality, plus encouraging social and environmental sustainability.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/martin-curriecommunity-partnership-programme
Marsh Charitable Trust
Grants from £300 to £2,000 are available for UK 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/
Oak Trust
Grants between £250 and £4,000 are available for registered UK charities that are supporting people who are disadvantaged, medical and environmental charities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.oaktrust.org.uk/
Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Open Fund
Grants of up to £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 Small grants between £50 and £250 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/
W F Southall Trust
Grants 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/
7.GENERAL FUNDING
Inman Charity
Grants from £2,000 to £5,000 are available for registered charities in the UK carrying out medical, social welfare or general welfare activities.
Deadline: 31 August 2022
http://www.inmancharity.org/
Magic Little Grants Fund
Small one-off grants up to £500 are available to small local charities and community groups for community projects in Great Britain that address themes set out by the funders.
Deadline: 31 October 2022
https://localgiving.org/about/magic-little-grants/
Boshier-Hinton Foundation
Grants of up to £2,000 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
Foundation Scotland – David and Averil Macdonald Fund
Grants to support community groups for charitable activities to benefit those in need in Islay, Tain, Elgin and Livingston.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/david-and-averil-macdonald-fund
Hugh Fraser Foundation
Grants are available to non-profit-making organisations for charitable work in a number of different sectors in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.turcanconnell.com/the-hugh-fraser-foundation/
Chance to Flourish
Grants up to £15,000 are available for registered charities in Scotland to support projects and activities that benefit vulnerable children, young people, and families most at risk of poverty.
Deadline: 17 June 2022
https://www.chancetoflourish.co.uk/
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation
Grants between £250 up to £2,000 are available to support registered charities and good causes in local communities across the UK to alleviate poverty, improve health and save lives.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.ybs.co.uk/index.html
Weaver’s Company Benevolent Fund
Grants are available for smaller UK based charities working with young offenders, prisoners and ex-prisoners, and young disadvantaged people, especially those at risk of criminal involvement within the UK.
Deadline 14 July 2022
https://weavers.org.uk/
Scotland – Workforce Wellbeing Fund for Adult Social Work and Social Care
Grants are available to public, private and voluntary organisations in Scotland’s adult social work and social care sector to support projects which look after the wellbeing of staff.
Deadline: 29 July 2022
https://www.inspiringscotland.org.uk/workforce-wellbeing-fund-for-adult-social-work-and-social-care/
Hargreaves Foundation
Grants are available for charities and educational institutions that support those under the age of 18 years, and living with a mental health condition, disability or growing up in poverty through the mediums of sport and education.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/
Robertson Trust – Wee Grants
Grants of £300 to £2,000 are available for small charities and community groups in Scotland carrying out charitable work in local communities to address poverty and trauma.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/wee-grants/
SEAD Fund
Small grants from £100 to £250 are available for small community groups and individuals to run or kick-start campaign activity that engages with people and has a demonstrable impact promoting social justice.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sead.org.uk/
The Rozelle Trust
Financial assistance is available to smaller charities in Scotland that work to support the poor and disadvantaged in their local communities.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.rozelletrust.org/default.asp
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/
MacRobert Trust
Grants up to £1,000 and for more than £50,000 are available to registered charities with a preference for organisations based in Scotland which have projects that address the themes set out by The MacRobert Trust.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.themacroberttrust.org.uk/grant-making/monetary-awards/
8. HEALTH
Paths for All – Walking for Health Fund
Grants of between £7,500 and £15,000 are available to a range of organisations working in Scotland for projects and activities that significantly increase the number of people becoming active through walking.
Deadline: 24 June 2022
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/walking-for-health/wfh-grants/wfh-fund
Vegan Society Grants
Grants are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which encourage people to go vegan in the UK and overseas.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/grants?dm_i=6MG6,I3S1,1GCQ5T,29N8K,1
Baring Foundation – Arts and Mental Health Programme
Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 are available over a minimum of two years are available to arts organisations in the UK for projects that promote the role of creativity in the lives of people with mental health problems from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
Deadline: 26 July 2022
https://baringfoundation.org.uk/our-grant-making/current-funding-opportunities/
Ash Scotland – Small Grants
Grants of £500 are available for charities and community groups in Scotland to support projects and activities that address smoking.
Deadline: 29 August 2022
https://www.ashscotland.org.uk/what-you-can-do/scotlands-charter-for-a-tobacco-freegeneration/charter-small-grants/
Bally’s Foundation
Grants are available for organisations who support individuals suffering from mental health issues and who focus on research in the mental health field.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.ballysfoundation.org/
DWF Charitable Foundation
One-off grants up to £5,000 are available to registered charities in the UK for projects that address issues of homelessness, employability, education, health and wellbeing, and environment and sustainability.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.dwf.law/about-us/dwf-foundation/
Percy Bilton Charity – Grants for Organisations
Grants in the range of £2,000 to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities with primary objectives to assist one or more of the following groups: disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (persons under 25); people with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems); older people (aged over 60).
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org/applyOrg
Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund – Small Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for charitable organisations to support community-based projects in the areas of heritage and conservation, education, health and wellbeing, social inclusion, environment, and countryside.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pwcf.org.uk/how-apply-grant
Scottish Government National Drugs Mission – Local Support Fund
Funding of up to £50,000 per year for up to five years is available to small community-based groups which deliver frontline services to support people who use drugs, people in recovery and their families.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.corra.scot/grants/drugs-services-funds/
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust – Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme
Grants up to £5,000 are available to UK based registered charities who are providing practical and emotional support to people with, or at high risk of, physical or mental ill health, people living with disability, and their families and carers.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://julesthorntrust.org.uk/programmes/ann-rylands-small-donations/
9. LAND & PROPERTY
Cruach Trust
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
https://www.wssociety.co.uk/charities/cruach-trust
Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund
Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund under CARES will help community organisations reduce their building energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Grant funding is available for up to 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £80,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://localenergy.scot/funding/lets-do-net-zero-community-buildings-fund/
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
Grants are available towards the VAT incurred during repairs and maintenance of listed buildings that are used principally as public places of worship, or which are listed places of worship owned by specified organisations that look after redundant places of worship.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.lpwscheme.org.uk/
SUEZ Communities Trust Scottish Landfill Communities Fund – Primary Fund
Grants of between £1 and £50,000 are available to non-profit making organisations in Scotland for projects under the categories of Land Reclamation (Object A), Community Recycling (Object B), Public Amenities (Object C), Biodiversity (Object D) and Historic Buildings (Object E).
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.suezcommunitiestrust.org.uk/apply-for-funding/scotland/
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK
Grants up to £5,000 are available to registered charities in the UK 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
https://pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants/waddilove-foundation-uk/
The Mushroom Trust
Grants 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
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust
Grants are available to help disabled people in the UK to play tennis through the purchase of wheelchairs, tennis equipment and grants for coaching.
Deadline: 21 June 2022
https://www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk
Weir Charitable Trust
Grants up to £25,000are available to small charities or community groups in Scotland for work addressing sport, health, culture, animal welfare, or recreational facilities.
Deadline: 31 August 2022
http://www.weircharitabletrust.com/
Boost Charitable Trust
Small grants are available to charities and not-for-profit 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
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
Essentia Foundation
Grants up to £9,000 are to small charities and community groups in Scotland for projects aiming to improve the health and social welfare of children and young people, and to support opportunities for training, enhanced learning and upskilling for young people up to 25 years old.
Deadline: 27 June 2022
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/programmes/essentia/
Peter Sell Annual Award
Grants up to £5,000 are available for Scout or Guide groups in the UK to encourage new members and to ensure long term benefits from the award.
Deadline: 19 September 2022
http://lesliesellct.org.uk/the-peter-sell-annual-award/
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
Leslie Sell Charitable Trust
Grants for trips or projects associated with the Scouts or Guides movement within the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.lesliesellct.org.uk/
National Lottery Community Fund – Young Start Fund
Grants of between £10,001 and £100,000 for up to three years 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 £150,000 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/
Variety Club – Youth Clubs Grant
Grants between £250 and £600 are available for equipment is available to youth clubs in the UK that provide opportunities for improving social skills, team spirit and self esteem for young people aged from 8 to 18 years.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.variety.org.uk/what-we-do/youth-clubs-grants
