VCEL Monthly Funding Update | July 2025

1 | FUNDING NEWS

Youth Work Grants & Funding

Looking for funding to support your youth work project? We can help.
This funding directory lists over a hundred charity grants and youth work funds for practitioners, youth clubs, voluntary organisations, community projects and more.
You’ll find information on everything from small local grants for individual practitioners to national funding schemes for large-scale projects. You’ll also find information and guidance on our national funding partnerships here, including the National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund.
We also run a number of National Grants Programmes, designed with and for the youth work sector in Scotland, distributing over £1m each year to youth work organisations across the country. You can contact us if you have any questions about our funding programmes.
https://www.youthlink.scot/funding/

2 | ARTS & CULTURE

TownsWeb Archiving – Digitisation Grant
Grants and match funding are available for UK-based cultural heritage organisations to support the digitisation of rare and valuable heritage materials and collections. This fund aims to support cultural heritage archives by funding the digitisation of rare and valuable materials and collections, helping to safeguard them from permanent damage and loss, whilst providing opportunities for access, discovery, and revenue generation. Funds of between £1,000 and £3,000 are available.
Deadline: 27 July 2025   
https://www.townswebarchiving.com/digitisation-funding-grant/#find-out-more

Radcliffe Trust  
Funding is 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. Grants are generally in the region of £2,500 to £7,500.
Deadline: 31 July 2025 
https://www.theradcliffetrust.org/
 
Michael Tippett Musical Foundation
Grants are available for the development of group music making in the UK, especially involving young people, and support the performance and recording of works by Michael Tippett.   
Deadline: 30 September 2025 
https://www.tippettfoundation.org.uk/grants
 
Fidelio Charitable Trust
Grant funding to help individuals (over school age) and groups of exceptional ability in the UK that would not otherwise be able to carry out an artistic project or activity without financial support. Grants of up to £5,000 are available.
Deadline: 1 October 2025  (noon) 
http://www.fideliocharitabletrust.org.uk/
 
Turtleton Charitable Trust  
Grants are available to registered charities in Scotland for charitable projects in the fields of heritage, the arts and education. Grants are usually for between £5,000 and £25,000. Funding is intended for the advancement of the arts, culture and heritage, with a preference for visual arts and heritage. However, other aspects of the arts and culture will also be considered. A small number of applications each year focused on support for the disadvantaged and the advancement of education will be considered. 
Deadline: 31 December 2025
https://www.turcanconnell.com/the-turtleton-charitable-trust
 
Association for Industrial Archaeology – Restoration Grants
Funding is available for the restoration of historically, technically, architecturally, and/or archaeologically important industrial buildings, structures, machinery, vehicles and vessels within the UK. Two funding streams are available: 

• Major projects – up to £30,000. Grants must form a significant portion of the total project costs (normally, at least 20% of the total project costs).

• Small projects – up to £10,000 for projects with total costs of no more than £12,500.

The grant is for capital funding only, not ongoing revenue funding.
Deadline: 31 March 2026  
https://industrial-archaeology.org/aia-awards/restoration-grants/

Creative Scotland – Open Fund for Individuals
Supports a wide range of activity initiated by artists, writers, producers and other creative practitioners in Scotland. The fund is intended to support periods of research, development and/or delivery of creative activity, such as specific projects and productions for up to 24 months. It can support an individual’s time where this is related to specific creative outcomes. Grants are available for amounts between £500 and £50,000.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/open-funding/open-fund-forindividuals#timescales
 
National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations
This fund aims to support organisations who seek funding to undertake creative activity such as a specific project or production, a programme of creative work, or a period of research and development.  This includes funding for:

• a specific one-off project or production or

• a period of creative research and development or

• a longer term programme of work.

It can also support organisations to undertake business and organisational development that will:

• enhance their business sustainability through the development of new or more diverse income streams, or

• consider broader organisational development costs.

Eligible organisations can apply for funding between £1k and £100k for projects or programmes lasting up to 18 months.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/open-funding/national-lottery-open-fund-fororganisations
 
Awards for Young Musicians
Grants of £100 to £2,000 are available for the UK’s most talented young instrumentalists in any genre, aged five to 17 years of age who, because of financial need, may be prevented from fulfilling their creative potential. 
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.youngsounds.org.uk/thrive/
 
BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund
Grants of between £20,000 and £200,000 are available to support various audience related activities in the UK, including film festivals, distribution releases, multiplatform distribution proposals, touring film programmes, large scale and ambitious film programmes. Applications are accepted all year round but must be submitted 16 weeks before any funded activity.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/bring-film-wider-audience/bfi-national-lottery-audience-projects-fund
 
Creative Scotland – National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations
Grants of between £1,000 and £100,000 are for constituted artistic, creative, or cultural organisations across Scotland to deliver a variety of creative projects and activities and enable business changes or development projects that make the organisation more financially sustainable. The fund is open all year round. 
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/open-funding/national-lottery-open-fund-fororganisations#support

3 | BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE

Marine Fund Scotland
Grants are available for projects that align with the priorities of the Scottish Government’s Blue Economy policy approach to improve the marine environment. The funding can support eligible individuals, businesses, organisations and communities to deliver projects which contribute to an innovative and sustainable marine economy, reducing carbon emissions and supporting coastal communities. The Marine Fund Scotland delivers on Scotland’s Blue Economy Vision, published in 2022. The funding can support eligible individuals, businesses, organisations and communities to deliver projects which contribute to an innovative and sustainable marine economy, reducing carbon emissions and supporting coastal communities.
Deadline: 22 July 2025   
https://www.gov.scot/publications/marine-fund-scotland-2025-26-general-guidance-notes-v1-2025/
 
Startup Mull
Grants to support any early-stage business on Mull (and surrounding islands) to become established and successful. Any start-up business, working in any industry, established within 12 months and based on Mull (or nearby islands) can apply for support.  Existing businesses may be considered for an award but applications must demonstrate how the grant will achieve major changes to the business. Grants between £5,000 and £10,000 are offered and paid directly to the business.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://startupmull.com/the-startupmull-grant/
 
MMC Venture Capital
Equity investments available to early-stage UK SMEs that demonstrate high growth potential.  Although MMC Ventures can provide investments to companies in any sector, they tend to focus support on the following:

• Business software & Digital Media

• Financial services

• E-commerce

• Business services

The fund is open to all early-stage UK businesses that meet the definition of an SME.   
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://mmc.vc/funds/
 
Pentech Ventures
Venture capital is available to UK businesses in the area of software development. Pentech invests in teams who believe they can build a category leading software company.  Areas of interest include: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Big Data; Infrastructure such as Blockchain; and verticals that are enabled via the efficient use of AI and new infrastructure approaches, such as FinServ, Health, and Enterprise Transformation. Initial investment is likely to be £500,000 to £2 million, with up to £10 million invested over the lifetime of the investment.
Deadline: Ongoing    
https://pentech.vc/about/
 
Oban Business Improvement District Frontage Grant Scheme
The Oban Business Improvement District Frontage Grant Scheme offers grant funding to any existing commercial business operating in the town that wishes to improve the appearance of its business frontage, signage or environment. The maximum grant will be £1,200 per business or 75% of the costs. There is an expectation that businesses will use local contractors wherever possible. 
Deadline: Ongoing  (link may be slow to load) 
https://www.bid4oban.co.uk/business-improvement-scheme
 
Access to Work
Financial assistance is available to help organisations in Great Britain with any extra employment costs that result from employing a person with a disability.
Access to Work provides grants to employers towards extra employment costs which result from an employee having a disability. The programme aims to provide practical advice and support to disabled people and their employers, in order to overcome work related obstacles which result from disability.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
 
Kaleidoscope Investments (Ki)
Kaleidoscope is aimed at giving financial backing to help disabled entrepreneurs in the UK start their own business. The fund will assist in the development of the businesses it invests in and ensure they make a worthwhile return for investors.
Deadline: Ongoing (link may be slow to load)
https://www.kaleidoscope.group/ourservices/kaleidoscope-investments/
 
Foundation Scotland – Social Investment Fund
Grant and loan investments are available to social enterprises, community organisations and charities across Scotland to benefit local communities. Objectives supported: Prevent and/or relieve poverty, Advance community development, Advance education and urban and rural regeneration.
Deadline: Ongoing (link may be slow to load)
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/social-investment-fund

Growth Impact Fund
Funding is available to early stage growing social enterprises and charitable organisations in the UK to address the structural barriers that diverse organisations face.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.bigissue.com/invest/apply-for-funding/
 
Redundancy Payments – Financial Assistance
Assistance to help employers in the UK with severe cash flow problems to make necessary redundancy payments.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.gov.uk/staff-redundant/redundancy-pay
 
Scottish Community Alliance – Community Learning Exchange Fund
Grants up to £1,000 are available to local community groups in Scotland to facilitate learning exchanges with other community groups.  To be eligible to apply, applicants can access the fund through the SCA’s member networks.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.scottishcommunityalliance.org.uk/community-learning-exchange
 
LaunchMe
LaunchMe is an accelerator programme for ambitious, social enterprise start-ups in Scotland. It aims to develop a pool of strong, capable and ambitious social enterprises that can go on to secure investment, so they can achieve social impact at scale. LaunchMe is looking to support eight social enterprises with the commitment and ambition to grow and achieve greater social impact.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.firstport.org.uk/business-support/launchme/
 
The Prospectory – Idea Fund
The funding is intended to enable people to test out an innovative technical solution that can deliver a social or environmental benefit.  The fund offers grants ranging from £250 to £3,000.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://theprospectory.com/idea-fund/

4 | CHILDREN & FAMILIES

Veterans’ Foundation
Grants are available for small and medium-sized charities and not-for-profit organisations that provide support to those in need among serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and their immediate families across the UK.  The following grants are available:

• Small grants of between £500 and £5,000.

• Standard grants of between £5,001 and £30,000. This can be for one year or a multi-year grant for up to three years (eg, £10,000 per year over three years).

• Salary grants up to £25,000 per year for up to three years, for the exclusive use of salary costs.

• Major grants of between £100,000 and £200,000 spread over one to three years.

Deadline: 21 July 2025  
https://www.veteransfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
 
Henry Smith Charity – Holiday Grants for Children
Grants are available for schools, youth groups, not-for-profit organisations, and charities to provide access to one-off recreational trips or holidays for groups of children aged 13 years and younger who experience disadvantage or disability and live in an area of high deprivation.
Deadline: 21 July 2025  (for trips taking place 1 May–31 August 2025)
https://henrysmith.foundation/grants/holiday-grants/
 
Challenger Children’s Fund
The aim of the fund is to meet the special needs of children in Scotland who have long-term, significant disabilities by offering funding for anything that would not otherwise be provided by statutory sources. Grants of up to £750 may be considered.  Applications are accepted on behalf of physically disabled children under the age of 18, who are resident in Scotland. A high rate for DLA mobility would generally be looked for when considering applications. Applications must be sponsored by one of the following: 

• Relevant support organisations

• Social workers

• GPs

• Health visitors

• District nurses         

• Therapists

• Trainee workers and community care assistants (a qualified person must countersign the application).

Deadline: 25 July 2025 
http://www.ccfscotland.org

Funding to Support Serving Families Facing Service-Related Separation (UK)
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is inviting applications to the ‘Apart, not Alone 2025-26’ grants programme which aims to improve the quality of life for those impacted by service related separation.
The funding is intended to support families experiencing separation, recognising the significant impact it can have on various aspects of family life, including emotional wellbeing, mental health, social connections and overall family dynamics.
Deadline: 30 July 2025 (12pm) 
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/apart-not-alone-support-for-serving-families-programme-2025-26/
 
Woodward Charitable Trust – General Grants
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to fund core costs of smaller registered charities in the UK supporting disadvantaged families with young children up to age 11, and organisations that work directly with children of the same age group. The Trust only makes grants for core costs rather than specific projects. This includes:

• Staff salaries.

• Rent.

• Utilities.

• General office costs.

• Accountancy and audit costs.           

• Fundraising.

• Governance and compliance.

• Costs supporting the core programmes of the organisation.

Deadline: 31 July 2025   
https://www.woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk/
 
Toy Trust
Grants are available for registered charities undertaking projects to support disadvantaged and disabled children who are under 13 years of age within the UK. Grants of up to £5,000 are considered. Funding is available to help disadvantaged children aged below 13 years and their families to: 

• Alleviate suffering.

• Support children through awful experiences.

• Encourage achievement through adversity.

• Purchase vital equipment.

• Provide care.

• Bolster existing initiatives.

• Initiate brand new projects.

• Satisfy basic needs.

Deadline: 15 August 2025   
https://toytrust.co.uk/
 
Trefoil – Organisational Grants
Grants are available for registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations to deliver projects and activities that support children with additional needs across Scotland.   
Deadline: 25 August 2025   
https://www.trefoil.org.uk/apply-here
 
National Lottery Community Fund – Supporting Change: Carers (Scotland)
Grants are available to voluntary and community and public sector organisations in Scotland for projects that will reduce health inequalities for unpaid carers through systems change.  Grants of between £500,000 to £2 million are available over 5 to 10 years.   The application process is as follows: 

• Applicants must first contact the National Lottery Community Fund to arrange a discussion with a funding officer about the project and its eligibility.

• Eligible applicants will then be invited to submit a full application. The deadline for applications is 28 August 2025.

Deadline: 28 August 2025   
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/supporting-change-carers
 
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities, working locally or regionally in the United Kingdom, whose activities nurture and support family life.  The funding is for charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members.  
Grants will generally be worth up to £5,000.   The three principal areas that the charity wishes to support are: 

• Interventions that support families and help them in ways that prevent the fracture of the family unit, eg relationship counselling, mediation.

• Families where sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drugs abuse threaten the integrity of the family unit.

• Prisoners and in particular their families, during and after the period of imprisonment.

Deadline: 1 October 2025  
https://kfct.org.uk/
 
Armed Forces Families Fund: Early Years Programme 2025-26
Grants are available for projects lasting up to two years which help enhance early childhood education and childcare settings of young children (birth to 5 years) from Armed Forces families.   
Deadline: 08 October 2025  
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/armed-forces-families-fund-early-years-programme-2024-25/
 
Mother and Baby Unit Family Fund
A Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) is a specialist inpatient unit for people who:

• develop severe mental health problems in the later stages of pregnancy

• develop severe mental health problems during the year after their baby is born

You can claim towards the cost of travel, food and accommodation when you’re visiting someone in an MBU, if you are the:

• partner of the person who gave birth

• baby’s other parent

• main carer of the person who gave birth

If you have children who are 16 and under, you can claim towards the costs travel, food and accommodation during their visits to the MBU too.   
For further information and how to make a claim, visit: https://www.mygov.scot/mother-baby-unit-family-fund
 
Aberlour Urgent Assistance Fund
The Urgent Assistance Fund remains committed to providing emergency cash grants to help families who are struggling to provide essentials such as food, heating, beds and clothing for their children. Applications must be submitted via a sponsor.   Sponsors can be frontline professionals working for a registered charity, housing association or public sector organisation who:

• are working directly with the children/young person

• have made a full assessment of the child’s or young person’s needs Children and young people must meet the following criteria:

• Aged under 21 OR aged 25 and under if the young person is care experienced.

• Living on a low income and experiencing financial hardship.

• Have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on:

• their wellbeing

• their development and education

• The family or young person has recently taken action to improve their situation, are actively engaging with support and are moving on from the crisis.

Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.aberlour.org.uk/get-help/urgent-assistance-fund/auaf-apply
 
True Colours Trust – UK Small Grants
Small grants are available to UK registered charities and community interest companies that are working to make a difference to the lives of disabled children (up to 25 yo) and their families in the UK. Grants of up to £10,000 are available.
Deadline: Ongoing  (link may be slow to load)https://www.truecolourstrust.org.uk/uk-small-grants
 
Family Fund Trust
Grants are available to help families, or groups applying on their behalf, in the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person up to the age of 18 years. The Trust believes services to families with severely disabled children are most effective when they can be adapted to families’ individual needs and personal ways of coping. The Trust, therefore, encourages families to demonstrate the kind of support that would best meet their needs in easing the stress of caring for severely disabled children.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.familyfund.org.uk/
 
Family Recovery Initiative Fund
The Family Recovery Initiative Fund (FRIF) offers one-off grants of up to £5000 to groups that support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.sfad.org.uk/communities/fund-for-families
 
Buttle UK – Chances for Children
Grants of up to £2,400 are available for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://buttleuk.org/apply-for-a-grant/
 
Variety Club – Equipment Grants
Grants are available for specialist equipment for the direct use of children up to the age of 18 years who are sick, disabled or disadvantaged and are resident in the UK.  
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.variety.org.uk/how-can-we-help/equipment-grants-for-children/
 
Percy Bilton Charity – Grants for Organisations
Grants up 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 (under 25 years old); 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
 
Tesco Stronger Starts Grants
Grants up to £1,500 are available to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, with priority given to projects that provide food and support to young people. 
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/grant-funding
 
Happy Days Children’s Charity
Funding for families with children aged 3-17 who are disabled, have a special needs or have been abused.    The aim is to help as many people as possible by funding trips, experiences, respite breaks and group activity holidays for those who need them most. Details of the different types of trips that we offer can be found on the website.
Deadline: Ongoing 
Happy Days Children’s Charity UK – Apply for Funding
 
Children’s Alliance
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations across the UK to give children and young people under the age of 18 access to water for learning, developing and playing. The objective of the programme is to give essential life skills and build children’s confidence and resilience, both physically and emotionally through water-based activities. Priority will be given to disadvantaged children. Applications can be made twice per year in September and March.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://childrensalliance.org.uk/our-work/community/

5 | COMMUNITY FUNDING

Circular Electricals Fund

One-off grants are available for a range of organisations to support new ideas and innovative approaches aimed at keeping electricals and their materials in use for longer, and reducing e-waste. The grant can be used for: 

• Equipment and materials

• Salaries or wages

• Logistics

• Testing and innovation

• Communications campaigns

• Health and safety

• Data collection

• Other

Deadline: 14 August 2025 
https://www.materialfocus.org.uk/partnerships-with-material-focus/circular-electricals-fund/
 
Charles Hayward Foundation
Grants are available to UK registered charities for projects in the following categories: Social and Criminal Justice; and Older People. The Foundation offers the following:

• Small Grants up to £7,000.

• Main Grants: o Social & Criminal Justice: between £15,000 to £25,000 per annum for one to three years. Up to £25,000 may be available for a pilot project.

Deadline: 14 August 2025
https://charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk/
 
Inman Charity
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for UK registered charities carrying out medical, social welfare or general welfare activities within the UK.   
Deadline: 29 August 2025   
https://www.inmancharity.org/

Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
Grants are available to UK based charities for projects that support people of all ages who are socially disadvantaged and/or have disabilities.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://ajct.org.uk/en

Pub is the Hub
Pub is the Hub encourages rural pub owners, licensees, and their local communities to work together to support, retain and locate local services, where possible, within the pub, whilst often improving the viability of the business itself. The provider may be able to assist some projects through its own Community Services Fund, which aims to support projects as a fund of last resort, where no local funding for services currently exists. A grant of up to £3,000 may be provided.
Pub is The Hub does not always have funds to be a direct provider of grants or loans for individual diversification projects. It does, however, provide advice help and support at no cost to licensees and seek to work with the local authorities to find the potential funding sources.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.pubisthehub.org.uk/

Robertson Trust’s Community Spaces Fund 
Funding is intended to support the running costs of local community centres, hubs or anchor organisations that are delivering and/or hosting a range of services and activities in places with high levels of deprivation. Examples of eligible work include:

• The running costs of an accessible community hub based in a town with high levels of deprivation. The hub hosts and delivers services for local people, including community meals, family activities, a youth group and drop-in sessions with partner organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau and local employability service. 

• The running costs of a village hall in a rural community where there are no other community facilities. The hall hosts a range of groups and services, such as a parent and toddler group, a food pantry, and warm space, and provides access to IT facilities.

Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year for up to three years are available to registered charities working in Scotland.   Organisations should demonstrate the various services they deliver and/or host related to preventing or reducing poverty and trauma for local people.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/community-spaces-grants/
 
Royal Countryside Fund – Supporting Rural Communities
The UK-wide Supporting Rural Communities grant programme launched on Friday 10th January 2025. 
This new differentiated funding will support transformative, community-led initiatives across the UK, unlocking the huge potential for positive change in rural communities. The aim is to support innovative solutions that will “power up, not prop up” communities, inspiring change and encouraging economic vibrancy.
Organisations can apply for grants of up to £25,000 over a period of 24 months to deliver activities along the themes of: 

• Keeping young people in the countryside

• Powering up rural communities

• Increasing environmental sustainability

• Building emergency resilience in rural areas.

Support will be focused on isolated rural areas where the activity is required due to a lack of alternative services. Projects must be community led and show that they actively listen to, understand and respond to the needs of their local community. The fund is also looking for community organisations that demonstrate one or more of the following characteristics:

• Working towards a long-term vision

• Facilitating collaboration/connectedness

• Demonstrating innovation.

Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk/how-we-help/rural-communities/supporting-rural-communities-uk/
 
National Lottery Awards for All – Scotland
The National Lottery Awards for All programme is a partnership between The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland, Sportscotland and Creative Scotland.  

• For arts and sports projects, applications can be made for up to £10,000 supporting projects for up to 12 months.

• For community-led projects (that are not primarily arts or sport focused), applications can be made for up to £20,000 per year supporting projects for up to two years.

Groups can only hold one National Lottery Awards for All grant at a time.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-scotland
 
Cruden Foundation
This fund aims to support charitable projects and activities in Scotland for the benefit of people living there. Funding is intended to support projects with a strong focus on community welfare, medical support and research, the arts, education, and conservation.  Most grants are in the £2,500 to £5,000 range, although both smaller and larger grants can also be requested.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://crudenfoundation.org/
 
UK Community Foundations
Grants for projects in all sectors of the local community. Each foundation has its own character appropriate to the location and grants may be made to a wide range of activities including: health; children and young people; arts and culture; the environment; services. Community foundations can meet all areas of community need, including but not limited to:    

• Arts and culture.

• Education.

• Environment.

• Health.

• Community development.

• Children and young people.

• Older people.

• Employment and training.

Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/
 
Robertson Trust – Wee Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available. Revenue and capital funding for constituted community groups and small charities who support people who are experiencing (or are at high risk of experiencing) poverty and trauma, with an annual income of under £30,000.   
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/wee-grants/
 
National Lottery Community Fund – The UK Fund
Grants of £500,000 to £5 million are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which forge connections between communities to create a better-connected society across the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/the-uk-fund

6 | ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION

Marine Fund Scotland
The funding can support eligible individuals, businesses, organisations and communities to deliver projects which contribute to an innovative and sustainable marine economy, reducing carbon emissions and supporting coastal communities.
Deadline: 22 July 2025   
https://www.gov.scot/publications/marine-fund-scotland-2025-26-general-guidance-notes-v1-2025/

Scottish Wildlife Trust – Riverwoods Development Grant

Grants are available to environmental NGOs, charitable trusts, community groups and local public bodies in Scotland to create river woodland development plans.   Grants of up to £20,000 are available. The minimum project cost is £5,000.
The project has the following objectives: 

• Restoring natural processes – Establishment of river woodlands for the purpose of halting and reversing the degradation of freshwater environments. Establishing natural processes associated with permanent woodland cover that minimise the need for human intervention.

• Improving habitat connectivity – Use of river woodland creation and restoration to improve the connectivity of native terrestrial and aquatic habitats, contributing to the expansion of nature networks.

• Supporting species and ecosystem resilience and diversity – Use of targeted and well-designed river woodland creation and restoration at scale to aid in addressing the biodiversity crisis and local effects of a rapidly changing climate.

• Increased engagement – Widened participation in river woodland creation and restoration through cross-sector connectivity, collaboration and knowledge sharing, alongside reconnecting communities with their local rivers.

Deadline: 28 July 2025 (noon)  
https://www.riverwoods.org.uk/project/riverwoods-development-grant/
 
Network Rail Community Tree Planting Fund
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for community groups, charities, community interest companies, schools, and other organisations to support tree-planting projects across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The following can apply:

• Local authorities.

• Charities & other NGOs.

• Community groups.

• Education institutions.

• Individual landowners.

Deadline: 31 July 2025    
https://treecouncil.org.uk/grants-and-guidance/our-grants/network-rail-community-tree-planting-fund/
 
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
Grants are available to animal welfare charities for projects or activities in the UK that benefit and protect animals, relieve the suffering of animals, address the conservation of wildlife or encourage a greater understanding of animals. The objectives of the Trust are to donate to projects or activities encompassing one or more of the following areas: 

• The benefit and protection of animals.

• The relief of suffering in animals.

• The conservation of wildlife.

• The encouragement of a greater understanding of animals.

• Grants range from £1,000 to a normal maximum of £10,000.

Deadline: 1 August 2025  
https://www.jeansainsburyanimalwelfare.org.uk/

 
Material Focus – Electricals Recycling Fund
Grants up to £100,000 and are available to support recycling, reuse or repair organisations that test creative and practical methods for collecting unwanted electricals within the UK.
Deadline: 14 August 2025
https://www.materialfocus.org.uk/partnerships-with-material-focus/circular-electrical-fund-form/
 
Sea-Changers Grant Programme
One-off grants are available to UK-based marine conservation charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that address specific marine conservation areas.  Sea-Changers is the UK charity dedicated to raising money for UK-based marine conservation. Its vision is to create a world where the seas and shores are clean and healthy and marine species are protected.   Two levels of funding are available: 

• Small Grants programme – up to £500.

• Main Grants programme – between £500 and £2,500.

The Small Grants Programme is currently open. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed regularly. 
The Main Grants programme has two application rounds per year with deadlines of 31 March and 30 September. 
The application forms and guidelines are available on the Sea-Changers website.
Deadline: 20 September 2025  
https://www.sea-changers.org.uk/
 
The Mushroom Trust
This fund aims to support the creation, enhancement, and upkeep of green spaces throughout Scotland. This includes both the creation of urban spaces, such as public parks, community gardens and allotments, as well as other environmental and conservation projects, such as ancient woodland restoration projects. Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available.   

• Eligible projects include: 

• Formal gardens.

• Public parks and pathways.

• Community gardens, woodlands, orchards, and allotments.

• Cycle ways.

• Woodland restoration.

The Trustees encourage applications for the initial costs for design work in connection with new projects where this has not yet been considered.
Deadline: 31 March 2026  
https://mushroomtrust.com/projects/
 
Pets Foundation – Preventing Pet Relinquishment Grants
Grants are available for projects which aim to keep pets with their owners and out of rescue, including projects providing emergency pet fostering for people facing crisis, subsidised veterinary care, neutering schemes and pet food banks.   Grants of up to £80,000 per year are available. Multi-year funding applications, up to a three-year period, will be considered.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.petsfoundation.co.uk/preventing-pet-relinquishment/
 
National Lottery Community Fund – Climate Action Fund – Our Shared Future
The funding is for formal partnership working across sectors, led by community and voluntary organisations or public sector organisations for projects that reach more people by either: 

• Linking climate action to the everyday lives and interests of local communities and inspiring them to take action.

• Influencing communities at a regional or national level, for example by linking up groups across locations, or a campaign that inspires change across one country, or the whole UK. Most grants will be between £1 million and £1.5 million over three to five years.

Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/climate-action-fund-our-shared-future
 
Scottish Forestry Community Fund
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations, development trusts, social enterprises, charities and local authorities for projects and activities that encourage people to use woods more.  The funding aims to encourage and support greater use of woods by people to improve their health, wellbeing and life chances.  Applicants will need to provide match funding for projects above £1,000.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.forestry.gov.scot/forests-people/communities/community-fund

Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Grant for Staff and Fleets
Grants are intended to support Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the UK with the costs of electric vehicle infrastructure and chargepoints on their business premises.
Deadline: Ongoing     
https://find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/electric-vehicle-infrastructure-grant-for-staff-and-fleets-1

Pets Foundation – Rescue Centre Grants
Grants are available for charities and non-profit organisations in the UK whose main objective is the rescue and rehoming of domestic pets in the UK.
The Pets Foundation provides three grant programmes:

• Rescue Centres  – to support organisations whose main activities are the rescue and rehoming of UK pets.

• Pets Assisting People – to support organisations whose main activities are one or more of the following: o The provision of temporary or ongoing assistance to ensure pets can remain with their owners, where rehoming takes place only when it is not possible to reunite the pet with their owner.

• Changing the lives of adults and children through the provision of animal-based activities or practical assistance.

• Preventing Pet Relinquishment – to support projects that aim to keep pets with their owners and out of rescue. 

Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.petsfoundation.co.uk/rescue-centres/
 
Plug-in Vehicle Grant (PIVG) Scheme
As announced by the Chancellor at the Autumn Budget, £120 million will be provided in 2025-26 to support the purchase of new electric vans via the Plug-in Vehicle Grant and to support the manufacture of wheelchair accessible EVs.  The amount of the grant depends on which category the vehicle is in. 
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/grants-for-plug-in-vehicles
 
Exchange Market
A pilot funding scheme rewarding arable farmers in the UK for reducing emissions within their supply chains through tailored, verified plans. Farmers can join Exchange Market by having a completed Exchange baseline and a recent Farm Carbon Toolkit assessment. The Soil Association Exchange will then work with applicants to create a verified emissions reduction plan. With annual payments based on verified results, the programme ensures transparency and accountability at every step.  Farmers in the scheme can earn up to £60 per tonne of carbon reduced annually, with 50% of payments provided upfront to support their transition.
Deadline: Ongoing  (website may be slow to load)
https://www.soilassociationexchange.com/exchangemarket
 
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation – Grants
The minimum grant size is £30,000 and available 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/applications/
 
National Lottery Community Fund – Climate Action Fund – Our Shared Future
Grants of £500,000 to £1.5 million over three to five years are available to local not-for-profit groups and partnerships for community-driven projects. They want to reach people who are new to climate action by funding other types of organisations too. And by using people’s everyday activities as a starting point for climate action. There is a plan to close to applications in late 2025. The final deadline will be announced nearer the time. 
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/climate-action-fund-our-shared-future
 
Swire Charitable Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities working to deliver positive and lasting change to UK society under three programme areas: opportunity, environment and heritage.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.swirecharitabletrust.org.uk/our-funding/
 
Electric Vehicle Chargepoint and Infrastructure Grant for Landlords
Funding to install electric vehicle chargepoints as a landlord, social housing provider or property factor.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.gov.uk/electric-vehicle-chargepoint-grant-landlords

7 | GENERAL FUNDING

ScottishPower Foundation – General Grants
Grants are available to registered charities in the UK for projects that support education, environmental protection, arts, culture and social initiatives.   Grants of between £35,000 and £150,000 are available.
Deadline: 18 July 2025 
https://www.scottishpower.com/pages/annual_grants_programme.aspx
 
The Fore
Unrestricted grants are available to enable small charities in the UK to grow, strengthen or become more efficient or resilient.   The Fore is the only open-access funder in the UK offering development funding and strategic support to earlystage charities and social enterprises
Deadline: 29 July 2025 (noon) 
https://thefore.org/
 
Delamere Dairy Foundation
Grants are available to charitable and community organisations in England, Scotland and Wales to support projects that deliver benefits for local communities. Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available. The funding is intended to support : 

• The advancement of agriculture and of environmental protection.

• The advancement in life of young people by developing their capabilities so that they may mature as contributory members of society.

• The relief of financial hardship.

• The advancement of education.

• The relief of sickness.

Applications are expected to reopen on 1 July 2025 with a deadline of 31 July 2025. Deadline: 31 July 2025 (noon) 
https://delameredairyfoundation.org.uk/
 
Weir Charitable Trust
Grants are available to small charities or community groups in Scotland for work addressing sport, health, culture, animal welfare, or recreational facilities. The Trust will consider applications for grants of up to £25,000 (ave. grant £3,500).
Deadline: 15 August 2025 
https://weircharitabletrust.com/fund-changes-in-2025/
 
RS MacDonald Charitable Trust
Funding is available for registered charities in Scotland in the following areas: tackling child abuse and neglect; visual impairment; neurological conditions; medical research; and animal welfare. The Trust’s principal areas of interest are: 

• Tackling child abuse and neglect.

• Visual impairment.

• Neurological conditions.

• Medical research.

• Animal welfare.

Small grant applications are accepted any time. The closing date for Main Grants (for all themes) is 11:00am on 3 September 2025.  
Deadline: Ongoing and 3 September 2025 (11:00 am) 
https://www.rsmacdonald.com/our-grants/
 
Grocers’ Charity Grant
One-off grants are available to small UK registered charities for work in the specific areas of: relief of poverty, disability and inclusion, the elderly, health, military, environment and conservation, and the arts and heritage. The Charity provides oneoff grants for UK registered charities to support the following areas: 

• Relief of poverty.

• Children and young people.

• The elderly.

• Disability.

• Health.

• Military.

• Heritage.

• The arts.

• Environment and conservation.

Deadline: 5 October 2025 
https://grocershall.co.uk/the-charity/apply-for-a-grant

De Brye Charitable Trust
Grants are available for charitable organisations that provide care and housing for the aged, orphans and neglected children or aid physically disabled children and the blind. The majority of grants are between £500 and £5,000.
Deadline: Ongoing   
Enquiries: 01727 869141
 
Rhododendron Trust
Grants are available to UK registered charities who are working for the welfare of the disadvantaged in the UK and overseas as well as some cultural and wildlife projects.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.rhododendron-trust.org.uk/contacting-the-trust
 
 Mickel Fund
Grants of up to £10,000 are available.  
Funding is available for projects in Scotland that address one or more of the following categories:

• The advancement of education.

• The prevention or relief of poverty.

• The advancement of health and saving of lives.

• The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture and science.

• The advancement of public participation in sports.

Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.mickelfund.org.uk/
 
Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust
The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust offers grants to registered charities active in Great Britain.
The funding is intended to support projects relating to young people, people with disabilities, the environment and the arts.   Grants usually range from £500 to £2,500. However, larger grants may be awarded under exceptional circumstances.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.gfct.org.uk/
 
National Lottery Awards for All – Scotland
For arts and sports projects, applications can be made for up to £10,000 supporting projects for up to 12 months. For community-led projects (that are not primarily arts or sport focused), applications can be made for up to £20,000 per year supporting projects for up to two years.
Deadline: Ongoing  (link be may slow to load)  
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-scotland
 
MacRobert Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities with a preference for organisations based in Scotland which have projects that address the themes set out by The MacRobert Trust.   
Theme 1:   Armed Forces & Good Citizenship
Theme 2:   Education & Professional Excellence
Theme 3:   Local Community & Other MacRobert Interests 
Deadline: Various
https://www.themacroberttrust.org.uk/grants/
 
Matthew Good Foundation – Grants for Good Fund
A small number of grants are available for local community groups, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in the UK for projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.matthewgoodfoundation.org/amplify-fund-grants-for-good/
 
The Rozelle Trust
The Trust will generally support smaller charities, especially those working at grass roots and local community level where the funds will be able to make a significant difference. Awards will be made to support a wide range of charitable activities to benefit young people and children, those experiencing poverty, and the disabled.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.rozelletrust.org/default.asp
 
Foundation Scotland
Some of the funds are available on a Scotland-wide basis, and others are aimed at specific geographical areas or themes. You’ll find grant size and criteria information on each fund’s page, together with any unique criteria. Also, every fund lists a deadline for applications, and there may be more than one round of funding each year. When searching, be sure to note all the key dates in the fund listing.
Deadline: Various 
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding

Rees Jeffreys Road Fund
Grants are available for the education of transport professionals, improvement of the roadside environment and research into all aspects of roads, road usage and road traffic. 
Deadline: 3 October 2025  
https://reesjeffreys.co.uk/
 
Robertson Trust – Transport Grants
The new-look Transport Grants offer increased funding of between £5K-20K per year for 1-3 years. For registered charities working in Scotland. Currently only accepting applications for Transport Grants for work which addresses our themes of Financial Security, Education Pathways or Work Pathways, or which are focused on removing transport barriers for people and places with higher rates or risks of experiencing poverty and trauma, to ensure they can participate in and connect with their communities. This is in recognition that a lack of access to affordable, reliable transport can impact the ability to participate in society and thrive.   
Deadline: Ongoing  
 https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/transport-grants/
 
Bus Operator Accessible Information Regulations Support Grant
Small operators of local bus services in Great Britain can apply for grant funding to increase the provision of onboard audible and visible information, in order to comply with the requirements of the Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations 2023.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://rtig.org.uk/aig/apply
 
Paths for All – Ian Findlay Path Fund
Grants are available for charities, community groups, other third-sector organisations and National Park Authorities for projects that improve path networks and promote walking, wheeling, and cycling across Scotland. Funding of between £10,000 – £100,000 is available, with 30% match funding required. If you are at an early stage of your project, the funder can offer up to 100% of design costs.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/ian-findlay-path-fund
 
Energy Saving Trust – Plugged in Communities Grant Fund
Grants are available for community transport organisations across Scotland to cover the costs of purchasing or leasing a zero-emission vehicle.  
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/grants-and-loans/plugged-communities-grant-fund/

WCIT – IT4Good Grant Programme
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations across the UK to deliver IT projects and activities that support the themes of education, inclusion, IT for charities, and understanding of IT. Grants of up to £15,000 are available. This fund aims to support IT projects and activities that relate to one or more of the following priority areas:

• Education.

• Inclusion.

• Tech for charities.

• Public understanding of Technology. 

Deadline: 18 August 2025 (5pm)
https://wcitcharity.org.uk/

Volunteering Support Fund 2025 – 2027
This Fund is being managed by Impact Funding Partners on behalf of The Scottish Government.
The fund supports small to medium-sized third sector organisations across Scotland to recruit additional volunteers for the delivery of a new, or the expansion of an existing, volunteering project.
The aim is to improve how volunteers are supported in their roles. Organisations are encouraged to demonstrate how their project contributes to the Scottish Government’s priority of ending Child Poverty.
Deadline: 25th August 2025 at 5pm
https://impactfundingpartners.com/current-funding/volunteering-support-fund-2025-2027/?utm_source=Website&utm_medium=webpage&utm_campaign=open+fund
 
SafeDeposits Scotland – Community Fund
Grants are available for organisations across Scotland to deliver projects and activities that enhance local communities by addressing issues such as sustainability, the environment, employability, and social and digital inclusion. Grants of up to £5,000 are available.
Deadline: 29 August 2025   
https://communityfund.safedepositsscotland.com/
 
The Access Foundation
Grants are available to registered charities, CICs, educational establishments and CIOs for projects that mitigate the digital divide by making computing facilities, support and/or learning available to disadvantaged and vulnerable people.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://theaccessgroupfoundation.com/apply/
 
The Family Recovery Initiative Fund (FRIF)
Grants are available to organisations and groups working to support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland. 
One-off grants of up to £5,000 are available.  Projects funded through the FRIF have included Digital Inclusion.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.sfad.org.uk/communities/fund-for-families
 
Clothworkers’ Foundation
The Foundation aims to use its funding to improve the quality of life for people and communities that face disadvantage and marginalisation. Funding is available for capital costs, including: digital/audio visual equipment. 
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.clothworkersfoundation.org.uk/
 
Robertson Trust – Wee Grants
Grants are available for small charities and community groups in Scotland carrying out charitable work in local communities to address poverty and trauma – and support for digital access. Projects might include ESOL classes, digital skills, and support for people looking for work.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/wee-grants/

8 | HEALTH

Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
Grants are available to voluntary organisations, charities and schools in the UK to assist with the care and relief of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities in the UK.   The Charity operates the following grant schemes: 

• Small Grants: from £250 up to £9,000.

•  General Grants: over £9,000.

Deadline: 1 August 2025   
https://www.bailythomas.org.uk/
 
Trefoil – Organisational Grants
Grants are available for registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations to deliver projects and activities that support children with additional needs across Scotland.  
Deadline: 25 August 2025   
https://www.trefoil.org.uk/apply-here
 
National Lottery Community Fund – Supporting Change: Carers (Scotland)
Grants are available to voluntary and community and public sector organisations in Scotland for projects that will reduce health inequalities for unpaid carers through systems change. Unpaid carers are defined as ‘Adults or children who look after a relative, friend or neighbour. They might look after someone due to a disability, illness, mental health condition, addiction or old age’. 
Deadline: 28 August 2025   
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/supporting-change-carers
 
Inman Charity
Grants are available for UK registered charities carrying out medical, social welfare or general welfare activities within the
UK. Examples of previously awarded organisations categories include: Medical – Research,  S45ocial – Hospice,  Social – Older People, Social – Deaf and Blind, Social – Disabled and Welfare, Armed Forces, 108. General. Most grants tend to be between £2,000 and £5,000, with an occasional larger grant.
Deadline: 29 August 2025   
http://www.inmancharity.org/

Agnes Hunter Trust
The funding is intended to support disabled people throughout Scotland, providing them with opportunities and enabling them to lead fulfilling lives. This can include specific groups of people, for example those living with mental ill health, cancer, physical and sensory impairments and long-term health conditions, as well as people with learning disabilities, autistic people, and other neurodivergent people.
Deadline: autumn/winter round. Applications will open on 7 August 2025 (10:00) and close on 28 August 2025 (17:00).
https://www.agneshunter.org.uk/

Gardening With Disabilities Trust
Small grants are available to groups and individuals in the UK who suffer all kinds of chronic disabilities – mental and physical – to help them get gardening again.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
  
Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme
Grants are available for activity providers, communities, networks and organisations across the UK to develop new opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active or help increase their levels of physical activity. Grants of between £500 and £3,000 are available.  Applications will be accepted from activity providers, national governing bodies, Parkinson’s groups and branches, and sports and healthcare professionals.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/grants-physical-activity-providers

RNIB Technology Grants
The funding is intended for UK residents who are registered blind or partially sighted people and who have been refused funding from their local authority for the items they need. The grant will support the cost of any item that is on the RNIB list of approved equipment.
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://www.rnib.org.uk/living-with-sight-loss/money-and-benefits/benefits-concessions-and-grants/grants-fromrnib/

Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
Grants are available to UK based charities for projects that support people of all ages who are socially disadvantaged and/or have disabilities.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://ajct.org.uk/en
 
Vegetarian for Life Grants
Funding is available for charities and charitable organisations supporting older vegetarians and vegans.   
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://vegetarianforlife.org.uk/resources/grants

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/

The Family Recovery Initiative Fund (FRIF)
One-off grants of up to £5,000 are available to organisations and groups working to support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland.  
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.sfad.org.uk/communities/fund-for-families
 
Barchester Healthcare Foundation
Grants are available for small local groups and small local charities to improve the quality of life and combat loneliness in older people as well as adults with a physical or mental disability.  Grants for individuals and groups available.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk/apply

Fletchers Foundation
Grants are available to charities and organisations in the UK working to support individuals or families who have suffered life changing circumstances as a result of illness ( born with or acquired), severe personal injury, accident or medical negligence.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://fletchersfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-support/

9 | LAND & PROPERTY

Screwfix Foundation
Grants are available to UK registered charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that improve, fix, and repair buildings, homes and facilities specifically used by people in need across the UK. Grants of up to £5,000 are available.   
Deadline: 10 August 2025  
https://www.screwfix.com/landingpage/screwfix-foundation
 
Leeds Building Society Foundation
The funding is intended to support projects to improve the health, wellbeing and financial literacy of people who are experiencing homelessness. Small Grants of between £250 and £1,000 are available anywhere in the UK.    Grants may only be used for capital expenditure (that is, to purchase items used to directly help those in need). 
Deadline: 11 August 2025   
https://www.leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk/your-society/about-us/foundation/
 
Scottish Government – Cladding Remediation Programme
Homeowners in Scotland concerned about unsafe cladding can access funding to have their buildings assessed.   The programme is committed to ensuring that residential buildings with cladding are assessed to identify whether this presents a fire risk. Following this, work may be needed to eliminate or mitigate these risks depending on their severity (referred to as ‘remediation’). 
Deadline: 30 September 2025 (EOI)  
https://www.mygov.scot/cladding-open-call
 
Scottish Government – Housing Infrastructure Fund
Grants available to registered social landlords and local authorities in Scotland for the unlocking of sites to provide new affordable housing which aligns with the ‘Housing to 2040’ strategy.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.gov.scot/policies/more-homes/housing-infrastructure-fund/
 
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Funding for charities, not-for-profit organisations and public bodies to help with the cost of acquiring historic land, buildings, works of fine and decorative art and other objects of interest which are important to national heritage.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.nhmf.org.uk/funding
 
Scottish Land Fund
Grants between £5,000 and £1,000,000 are available to organisations in both urban and rural Scotland which are community-led, community-controlled and defined by a geographic area that can demonstrate significant positive impact for the community as a whole. Applicants will have the opportunity to test out and develop their ideas with support from a Scottish Land Fund Adviser.
Deadline: Ongoing (link may be slow to load)
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/scottish-land-fund#section-2

10 | POVERTY & COST OF LIVING CRISIS

Grocers’ Charity Grant
One-off grants are available to small UK registered charities for work in the specific areas of: relief of poverty, disability and inclusion, the elderly, health, military, environment and conservation, and the arts and heritage.
Deadline: 5 September 2025
https://grocershall.co.uk/the-charity/apply-for-a-grant/our-grant-process  
 
Adamson Trust
Grants for voluntary and community organisations and charities to help with the cost of holidays or respite breaks for disabled children (aged 3 to 17 years) with physical, mental, or emotional impairments.  Individual families can apply and, in addition, applications on behalf of groups of children, organisations and other registered charities. 
Deadline: 30 September 2025  
https://www.theadamsontrust.co.uk/
 
Veterans’ Foundation
Grants are available for small and medium-sized charities and not-for-profit organisations that provide support to those in need among serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and their immediate families across the UK.  Maximum value: £75,000.
Deadline: 30 September 2025 
https://www.veteransfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
 
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Grants up to £50,000 are available to large charitable groups and organisations in the UK for projects that further the objectives of the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, particularly those that educate young people in rural areas and the relief of poverty in rural areas. The Trustees meet twice a year to consider applications received. These meetings are currently held in June and November.  For the November meeting applications must be submitted by 4th October 2024.
Deadline: 10 October May 2025 
https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/about-us/charitable-trust/applications-for-funding/
 
National Lottery Community Fund – Fairer Life Chances (Scotland)
Grants are available to voluntary and community and public sector organisations in Scotland for projects that support children, young people and families, or help people to be healthier and have better access to support, with a focus on those experiencing poverty, discrimination and disadvantage.  Grants of between £20,001 and £500,000 are available. However, it is expected that most grants will be for £250,000 or less. 
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/fairer-life-chances#section-3
 
Cash for Kids – Cost of Living Grants
General Grants, Holiday Hunger Grants and Children Mental Health Grants are available to charities, community groups and professionals to help disadvantaged children across the UK during the current cost-of-living crisis. 
Mission Christmas for gift applications opens in August each year.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://cashforkids.org.uk/cost-of-living
 
BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme
Funding for the purchase of essential items to meet the most basic needs of children and young people in the UK who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances. Where possible, items will be provided directly rather than awarding a cash grant.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.familyfundservices.co.uk/
 
British Gas Energy Trust
Grants are available to individuals and families across Great Britain to be used to help write off their energy debts. , regardless of energy provider.
The Trust offers two funds: 

• Individuals and Families Fund – Open to Credit and Pre-Payment Meter customers

• British Gas Energy Support Fund – now closed

Both are intended to tackle fuel poverty by clearing the energy debts of struggling households and respond to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.   You do not need to be a British Gas customer to apply for this fund – you can be a British Gas Customer, or a customer from another supplier with arrears of up to £1,700. 
Deadline: Ongoing   
https://britishgasenergytrust.org.uk/grants-available/
 
Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants
Kellogg’s is awarding grants of £1,000 to school Breakfast Clubs, to help them provide breakfast to those children who need it most.   Eligible breakfast clubs must be based in a school in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland and aimed at pupils between reception class and year 13.
Deadline: Ongoing  (link may be slow to load)
https://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/our-story/feeding-people-in-need/support-for-school-breakfastclubs/grants-for-schools.html
 
COSARAF – Hardship Grants
Grants of up to £2,000 but only in exceptional circumstances will individuals receive a grant of more than £500 these are available for third party social organisations to support individuals and families across the UK who are in financial need and have exhausted all other sources of funding.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.cosaraf.org/what-we-do/hardship-grants/
 
Faith in Community Scotland – Greener Spaces, Fairer Places
Grants of up to £500 are available to local faith groups and other related organisations for projects that address poverty and climate change in communities across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.faithincommunity.scot/gsfp

Foux Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities across the United Kingdom and Ireland to deliver a variety of projects and activities that address health, education, youth opportunity, and the relief of poverty 
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.fouxfoundation.org.uk/
 
Trefoil – Lilias Finlay Holiday Fund
Trefoil offers holiday grants to children and families who meet our development needs criteria.
Applicants for holiday grants should be under eighteen years old and living in Scotland. Trefoil only funds holidays in the UK and does not support overseas trips.   Applications for holiday grants are open and considered all year.
Please apply at least 12 weeks before your holiday. Your applications should be supported by two references.
Holiday grants are open and considered all year.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.trefoil.org.uk/apply-here

Junius S Morgan Benevolent Fund
One-off grants of £500 are available are available to current and retired nurses, midwives and nursing associates living the UK and who are experiencing financial hardship for a variety of reasons. There is also a Domestic Abuse Fund to support survivors of domestic abuse who are experiencing financial crisis or hardship as a result of their experience of domestic abuse. Individuals applying to the fund must have worked as a nurse, midwife, or nursing associate in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.juniusmorgan.org.uk/grants/
 
Randal Charitable Foundation
Both small scale-grants (under £3,000) and larger-scale grants are available for UK based charities, voluntary groups, and other not-for-profit organisations to support projects and activities that directly assist people in the most desperate need, with a particular focus on directly saving lives and improving quality of life. 
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.randalfoundation.org.uk/applications/
  
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Grants of £2,000 to £10,000 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  deprived rural areas.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/our-grants
 
Victim Support Scotland – Emergency Assistance Fund
Grants are available to support people affected by crime across Scotland and provide a wide range of goods and services to people who would typically lack access to financial help.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://victimsupport.scot/get-support/emergency-assistance-fund/
 
Thomas Wall Trust – Grants for Individuals
The individual grants programme aims to support motivated adults living in the UK to undertake education and training that will increase their chances of employment. 
Grants of up to £1,500 are available to undertake accredited vocational training up to level 3 (Qualification levels explained) and towards other costs associated with studying.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.thomaswalltrust.org.uk/grants-for-individuals/
 
Inspiring Scotland – Bright Start Breakfasts Fund
Grants are available to primary schools, local authorities, third sector organisations and childcare providers in Scotland to expand and set up breakfast clubs for primary school children in Scotland.  Grants are expected to be between £8,000 and £12,000, depending on the location and needs of the community and school.   
The Fund will run from August 2025 to June 2026.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://inspiringscotland.org.uk/fund/bright-start-breakfasts/

11 | 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.   Grants of up to £1,600 for a group, club or project are available. Up to £600 is available for individuals.
Deadline:  20 July 2025   
https://www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/grant-criteria-application-notes/
 
Scottish Mountaineering Trust
Grants are available for organisations and individuals to promote public recreation, knowledge and safe enjoyment of the mountains of Scotland. Funding will not be awarded for expeditions unless they have a clear scientific, educational, or otherwise charitable purpose. Grants cannot be made for the improvement of premises which are not generally available to the mountaineering community. Eligible projects will address the following key themes: 

• The provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities.

• The advancement of public participation in sport.

• The advancement of education. (For example, skills training or broader education or research.)

• The saving of lives. (Both saving those in danger and safety of participants.)

• The advancement of arts, heritage, culture, or science. (Including history, traditions, academic disciplines, exploration, and experimentation.)

• The advancement of health. (Both physical and mental health.) Eligible activities include, but are not limited to: 

• Footpath repair and maintenance.

• The promotion of mountaineering education and training particularly aimed at young people.

• Building renovation or maintenance.

• Expeditions where a scientific or otherwise charitable purpose can be demonstrated.

• Publishing books and information about the mountains, mountain activities and people that inform, inspire and educate.

• Providing support to overcome barriers and enable people from all communities and backgrounds to take part in the mountain activities.

Deadline:  19 September 2025  
https://thesmt.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant-new-form-and-guidance/
 
Sports Facilities Fund
Grants are available for the provision or upgrading of sports facilities in local communities throughout Scotland. Grants of to 50% of eligible project costs up to a maximum of £200,000 may be awarded. Applicants are advised to contact the facilities team at Sport Scotland and to discuss their project with the relevant local authority and governing body of sport. 
Guidelines and the online application forms can be found on the Sport Scotland website.  
Deadline:  21 October 2025 (17:00pm) 
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/
 
The Primary Club
Grants are available to support sport and recreation for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK. Recent examples of funded projects include: 

• Creating children’s tactile audiobooks about three sports stars.

• Supporting children’s residential outdoor activity breaks in specialised centres.

• Developing a multi-sensory woodland environment in Cornwall, building on a major investment by RNIB.

• Supporting several tandem cycling clubs to supply, maintain and store their equipment.

• Supporting numerous clubs which offer regular training sessions and competitive matches in cricket, goalball, Showdown, baseball, golf, bowls and other sports.

Deadline:  30 November 2025  
https://www.primaryclub.org/funding/
 
Sports Charity Scotland
Grants are available to charitable organisations in Scotland who operate within sectors representing children, young people and sport.  The funding is intended to provide support which can make a significant difference to the delivery of existing activities that will benefit children and young people, the disabled and disadvantaged in Scotland.   Most awards made are between £500 and £5,000.
Deadline: Ongoing (link may be slow to load)  
https://sportscharityscotland.com/
 
Sports Scotland – Transforming Scottish Indoor Tennis Fund
The aim of the fund is to support the creation of indoor tennis facilities in area of high demand across Scotland, as well as to provide investment in pre-existing facilities. This is part of a wider strategy to create a national community tennis network and generate working partnerships across local communities while increasing participation in tennis clubs across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/othersources/the-transforming-scottish-indoor-tennis-fund/
 
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/fund
 
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.   Boost has awarded grants across a wide spectrum of sports projects and focusing on five areas of disadvantage:  Financial hardship.

• Physical and learning disabilities.

• Mental health.

• Medical research and relief.

• Social exclusion.

Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.boostct.org/get-involved
 
SportsAid Award
Assistance for unfunded talented young sportsmen and women (12-18 years old or up to 35 for disability sports) who participate in specific sports and are preparing to compete in major international competition.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.sportsaid.org.uk/faqs

Cycling UK – Cycle Access Fund (Scotland)
The Fund aims to remove barriers to cycling for those least likely to have access to a bike.  Organisations must be based in Helensburgh & Lomond.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.cyclinguk.org/cycle-access-fund

12 | YOUNG PEOPLE

7stars Foundation
Grants are available to support young people challenged by abuse and addiction, those who are young carers, and those who are homeless or without a safe place to call home.   

• Project grants of up to £2,500 are available. 

• Shine Bright grants of up to £1,500 are available.  

• Social Impact grants of up to £1,500 are available.

Deadline: 31 August 2025  
https://the7starsfoundation.co.uk/apply
 
Access Without Limits Grants for Community Organisations
Grants are available for voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations to allow them to set up and deliver the Duke of Edinburgh Award to create more opportunities for marginalised young people (14 to 24 years) to access the Award.   Grants of up to £10,250 are available. All funding must be spent by 31 March 2026.
Deadline: 31 January 2026 
https://www.dofe.org/access-without-limits/community/
 
Richard and Siobhán Coward Foundation – Grants for Community Photography
Grants are available to support the provision of participatory projects in the UK which seek to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people under 25. The use of photography must be a core element of the project.   Grants of between £500 and £1,500 are available.
Deadline: 2 April 2026  
https://www.cowardphotography.org/photographic-art-therapy
 
Wooden Spoon Charity
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations that are working in the UK to support the lives of children and young people with a cognitive age under 25 years who are disadvantaged physically, mentally, or socially.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://woodenspoon.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
 
Cash For Kids – Holiday Hunger Grants
Grants are available to charities, voluntary and community groups to provide food and activities for disadvantaged children and young people during the school holidays.  No minimum or maximum values are stated, but awards are usually between £1,000 and £3,000.
Deadline: Ongoing  
https://cashforkids.org.uk/grants
 
Ernest Cook Trust – Outdoor Essentials Grant
Grants are available to UK state funded primary and secondary schools to enable them to get their pupils learning outdoors.   The current round of funding offers grants for the following options:

• Nature and Nurture – school grounds improvements.

• Transport and Travel – transport costs to outdoor learning venues.

• Wellies and Waterproofs – outdoor clothing.

Deadline: Ongoing  
https://ernestcooktrust.org.uk/what-we-do/everything-outdoors/outdoor-essentials-grant/
 
Kellogg’s School Breakfast Club Grants Programme  
Kellogg’s, is accepting applications for the Breakfast Club Grants Programme. Grants of up to £1,000 are available to schools across the UK to help fund breakfast clubs aimed at pupils between reception class and year 13 to ensure that those who need it most receive a morning meal.  Only one grant per school in each academic year is available. 
Deadline: Ongoing  (link may be slow to load)
https://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/our-story/feeding-people-in-need/support-for-school-breakfast-clubs/grants-forschools.html
 
National Lottery Community Fund – Fairer Life Chances (Scotland)
Grants are available to voluntary and community and public sector organisations in Scotland for projects that
support children, young people and families, or help people to be healthier and have better access to support, with a focus
on those experiencing poverty, discrimination and disadvantage.   The Fund is intended for projects working to achieve the following objectives:

• Children, young people and families thrive.

• People have better relationships, connections, and physical or mental health.

Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/fairer-life-chances#section-3
 
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.   The Foundation aims to distribute a total of around £2 million in grants per year. There is no minimum or maximum grant size.
The following organisations can apply:

• Registered Charities or Charitable Incorporated Organisations.

• Schools and Further Education Colleges (usually exempt charities). 

• NHS Trusts.

Deadline: Ongoing 
https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/

Leslie Sell Charitable Trust
Grants for trips or projects associated with the Scouts or Guides movement within the UK. Please note the Trustees are unable to consider applications for trips or events submitted within four months of your proposed departure or event date due to processing times.
Deadline: Ongoing 
https://lesliesellct.org.uk/
 
National Lottery Community Fund – Young Start Fund
Grants of between £20,001 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