Welcome to the latest funding update from Volunteer Centre East Lothian.
1 | FUNDING NEWS
NHS – Access our Community Benefit Gateway
Community Benefit Gateway (CBG) is a free and easy to use online service that connects NHSScotland suppliers with third sector community organisations within Scotland.
It supports community initiatives such as:
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Work placement opportunities
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Volunteering projects
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The provision of professional advice
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Assistance with building community facilities
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Environmental proposals
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Improving and promoting biodiversity
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Lifelong learning projects (this list is not exhaustive)
In collaboration with Public Health Scotland, the CBG helps improve the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of local areas and assists in the reduction of health inequalities across Scotland. CBG’s purpose is to establish a positive relationship between appropriate suppliers and third sector community organisations through the fulfilment of community needs.
Case studies and more information is available in link below
Access our Community Benefit Gateway | National Services Scotland
ESESCommunities.org – the online community benefits portal
The online community benefits portal matching communities and good causes with suppliers and business in the ESES City Region Deal area.
The Edinburgh & South East Scotland City Region Deal (ESES CRD) is a £1.4 billion Scottish and UK Government investment to accelerate growth, create new economic opportunities and meaningful new jobs that will help to reduce inequalities. Visit About to find out more.
Funded by the Deal, this website allows community groups and good causes to submit requests for “Community Benefits”.
Community Benefits are the method by which local communities and good causes are encouraged to receive additional social value from the supply chain of businesses delivering publicly funded contracts and developments.
Local charities, community groups and good causes can find out more and submit specific community benefit requests by visiting our For Communities page.
Support is also available to both City Region Deal suppliers and all other businesses within the region to deliver community benefits and undertake positive actions within the communities they serve. Visit our For Business page to find out more.
Community benefits play an important role in the wider sphere of Community Wealth Building.
2 | ARTS & CULTURE
Hinrichsen Foundation
Funding is available to support organisations and individuals undertaking projects to promote music, particularly contemporary music, in the UK.
There are two levels of funding available:
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One-off small grants typically between £500 and £3,000.
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Multi-year partnerships (only accepted in the May funding round).
Deadline: 14 March 2025
https://www.hinrichsenfoundation.org.uk/
Jerwood Foundation
This fund aims to support organisations with a focus on making art available for public benefit and emerging talent in the arts throughout the UK – most grants range between £1,000 and £25,000.
Deadline: 19 March 2025
https://jerwood.org/funding/
Music for All – Community Project Funding
Grants are available to UK-based community groups that aim to bring musical projects to their local communities. In the current round, support will be available in the following distinct areas:
Working with primary school-aged children
Learning and cognitive challenges
Deadline: 27 March 2025 (11.59pm)
https://www.musicforall.org.uk/
William Syson Foundation
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for charities, voluntary groups, and not-for-profit organisations to support the advancement of the arts, heritage, and culture in Scotland. This includes, but is not limited to music, the visual arts, theatre, and literature.
Deadline: 28 March 2025
https://www.williamsysonfoundation.org.uk/
Creative Scotland – Youth Music Initiative CPD and Training Fund
Funding is available for individuals and organisations who work with children and young people on out-of-school music projects in Scotland to undertake training and professional development opportunities. The funding is intended to support individuals, organisations and networks to undertake training and continuing professional development that will strengthen youth music in Scotland for the benefit of young people. Training and CPD should deliver the following outcomes:
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People delivering youth music develop their skills and confidence.
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The development, strengthening and increased sustainability of the youth music sector.
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The provision of increasingly high quality, efficient, innovative youth music services.
Awards to individuals will typically range from £100 to £1,000, while awards for organisations will generally range from £500 to £5,000.
Deadline: 31 March 2025
https://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/ymi-cpd
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 the start of any funded activity.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/bring-film-wider-audience/audience-fund
Creative Scotland – National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations
Grants of between £1,000 and £100,000 are available to projects lasting up to 18 months 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-lotteryopen-fund-for-organisations#support
Foundation Scotland – Cockaigne Fund
Grants of up to £5,000 for charities, unincorporated organisations and individuals involved in classical and traditional music, with emphasis on community initiatives.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/cockaigne-fund
3 | BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
UnLtd – Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
Funding 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. The following levels of funding are available:
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Starting Up – funding of up to £8,000 for social entrepreneurs with an idea for a venture which has not yet been established, or which has been running for less than a year.
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Scaling Up – funding of up to £18,000 to grow an existing social enterprise that has been operating for between one and four years.
Together with funding, award recipients will be assigned to one of UnLtd’s dedicated programmes to provide support aligned with the needs of their social venture for up to one year.
Deadline: 24 March 2025
https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards
Shackleton Foundation Grant
Seed funding grants 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: 28 April 2025
https://www.shackletonfoundation.org/
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/
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
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/investments-funds-programmes/
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://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
Henry Smith Charity – Holiday Grants for Children
Grants of up to £2,800 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: 19 March 2025
https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/
Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust
Grants 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. The funding is intended for projects and activities in Scotland that help to alleviate the impact of poverty, financial hardship, social exclusion, relative/multiple deprivations, and disability or illness among children, young people, and their families.
In 2025, three levels of funding will be available:
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The Medium Fund (opening March 2025) – Grants of up to £10,000.
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Small Fund (opening September 2025) – Grants of up to £5,000
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Bright Futures Fund (opening September 2025) – The maximum grant has not yet been confirmed.
Deadline: 28 March 2025
https://www.scottishchildrenslotterytrust.com/
Challenger Children’s Fund
Small grants are available to help meet the needs of physically disabled children (under the age of 18) in Scotland. Grants of up to £750 may be considered. More may be granted in exceptional circumstances. A high rate for DLA mobility would generally be looked for when considering applications. The Trustees will consider awarding money for a range of essential items, so long as they are for the direct benefit of the child named on the application form. Applications must be sponsored by one of the following: Social Workers / Health workers.
Deadline: 28 March 2025
http://www.ccfscotland.org
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. Applications are accepted from individual families and on behalf of groups of children, registered charities and other organisations.
Deadline: 31 March 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. The following grants are available:
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Small grants of between £500 and £5,000.
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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).
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Salary grants up to £25,000 per year for up to three years, for the exclusive use of salary costs.
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Major grants of between £100,000 and £200,000 spread over one to three years. (Currently closed).
Deadline: 31 March 2025
https://www.veteransfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Empowering Bereaved Military Families Programme Grant
The Empowering Bereaved Military Families Programme is provided and administered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust. This programme will offer a single portfolio grant of up to £1.8 million, to achieve long term, transformational change in the non-statutory support provided to bereaved military families. The grant is available towards a project being delivered over a period of up to four years. The project should start by Autumn/Winter 2025. It is anticipated that elements of the project will run at varied paces and timeframes during the duration of the grant. This programme has a two stage application process. The deadline for stage one Expressions of Interest is midday on Wednesday 2 April 2025.
Deadline: 02 April 2025 (12:00pm)
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/empowering-bereaved-military-families-programme/
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
BBC Children in Need – Core Grants
Grants up to £120,000 to cover core costs for up to three years are available for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people aged 18 years or under who are living in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/
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/what-we-do/equipment-grants
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
https://www.happydayscharity.org/applications
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
Imperial Polythene – Imperial Community Impact Fund
This fund aims to encourage and empower local organisations working in the fields of environment, sustainability, creativity, and addressing local problems to deliver projects that enhance the well-being of communities and promote sustainable development.
Deadline: 20 March 2025
https://www.imperialpolythene.com/community-impact-fund
The Happiness Fund
Grants are available to support grassroots, neighbourhood-based community projects in the UK which improve mental health and wellbeing, inclusion, and learning and skills development in local communities. The fund is intended to support the setting up of new groups and activities, but to be successful, applicants will need to indicate how the activity/group can become self-sustainable or able to attract funding from other sources.
Deadline: 28 March 2025
https://www.laughology.co.uk/no-category/the-happiness-fund-2
Matrix Causes Fund
Grants are available to UK charitable organisations promoting access to justice, equality of opportunity or sustainability. Funding is intended to promote access to justice (particularly for people trying to get support for their basic needs), equality of opportunity or a sustainable environment. Two levels of funding are available:
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One-off grants of up to £5,000.
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Grants of up to £3,000 a year for three years.
Deadline: 31 March 2025
https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/csr/matrix-causes-fund/
abrdn Financial Fairness Trust
Grants are available for strategic work, including policy work, campaigning and research, which has the potential to improve financial wellbeing at a national scale in the UK, especially for those on low-to-middle incomes. Eligible projects include:
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Policy work.
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Campaigning.
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Research.
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Public attitudinal work.
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Improving practice and design.
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Evaluations of existing initiatives that have not been evaluated. The grant can be used for project costs and for ongoing costs, including staff salaries and overheads.
Deadline: 5 June 2025 (1pm)
https://www.financialfairness.org.uk/en-gb/our-funding-process
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:
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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 yoth group and drop-in sessions with partner organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau and local employability service.
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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:
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Keeping young people in the countryside
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Powering up rural communities
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Increasing environmental sustainability
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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:
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Working towards a long-term vision
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Facilitating collaboration/connectedness
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Demonstrating innovation.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk/how-we-help/rural-communities/supporting-rural-communities-uk/
Scottish Community Alliance – Community Learning Exchange Fund
The Fund aims to facilitate peer to peer learning exchanges for community groups in Scotland with the overall objective of improving the capacity and resilience of the community sector. Guidance notes, an online application form and a list of SCA member networks and their contact details are available from the Scottish Community Alliance website. Contact the Scottish Community Alliance for further information.
Deadline: Ongoing
Email: cle@scottishcommunityalliance.net
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.
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For arts and sports projects, applications can be made for up to £10,000 supporting projects for up to 12 months.
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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
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:
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Arts and culture.
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Education.
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Environment.
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Health.
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Community development.
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Children and young people.
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Older people.
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Employment and training.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/
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/
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/
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
The Finnis Scott Foundation
Although the Trustees may make grants for any charitable purpose, their current policy is to focus their grant making in the areas of:
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Horticulture (gardening) and plant sciences.
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Fine art and art history.
The Trustees are keen to support horticultural training through bursaries and apprenticeships. Applications should be made by the sponsoring institution: individuals may not apply. Grants are not offered for covering usual salary commitments nor for expenditure already incurred.
Deadline: 20 March 2025 (16:00)
https://www.finnis-scott-foundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Workplace Charging Scheme for State-funded Education Institutions
Grants for eligible state-funded UK education institutes to provide support towards the costs of the purchase, installation and infrastructure of electric vehicle chargepoints.
Deadline: 31 March 2025
https://find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/workplace-charging-scheme-for-state-funded-educationinstitutions-1
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.
Deadline: 31 March 2025
https://mushroomtrust.com/projects/
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:
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Rescue Centres – to support organisations whose main activities are the rescue and rehoming of UK pets.
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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.
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Changing the lives of adults and children through the provision of animal-based activities or practical assistance.
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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/grant-programme/
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
https://www.soilassociationexchange.com/exchangemarket
International Tree Foundation – UK Community Tree Planting Programme
The UK Community Tree Planting Programme supports projects run by community groups and voluntary organisations that engage communities in planting and caring for native species of trees. Grant applications for the 24/25 season are now open
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.internationaltreefoundation.org/uk-grants
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/
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: Ongoing
https://www.materialfocus.org.uk/partnerships-with-material-focus/funding-information/funded-project-electricalrecycling-easier-across-uk/
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. You’ll be able to apply until at least the end of 2024. There is a plan to close to applications in early 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-landlord
7 | GENERAL FUNDING
People’s Postcode Trust – Scotland
The aim of People’s Postcode Trust is to support smaller charities and good causes in the Scotland to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet. Grants range from £500 to £25,000. Local charities and other not-forprofit organisations based and working in Scotland can apply.
There will be three funding rounds in 2025:
Round 1 opens 24 March and closes 31 March 2025.
Applications open at 9am and close at 12 noon 31 March 2025
https://www.postcodetrust.org.uk/
Strategic Timber Transport Fund (STTS)
Support to facilitate the sustainable transport of timber in rural areas of Scotland for the benefit of local communities and the environment, through innovative projects and partnerships. Projects may involve: forest access roads benefiting a local community; rail and waterway improvements; improved road mapping; or public road strengthening.
Deadline: 21 March 2025
https://www.forestry.gov.scot/forestry-business/timber-transport/strategic-timber-transport-scheme
Digital Xtra
Digital Xtra is offering grants to organisations delivering extracurricular digital skills activities for children and young people aged under 16 in Scotland. The initiative aims to equip young people with skills in areas such as coding, robotics, games design, data science and cyber, encouraging them to consider careers in digital technology.
Funding between £500 and £5,000 is available to eligible organisations, including registered companies, charities, chartered bodies, local authorities, schools, colleges and universities.
Deadline: 27 March 2025 (15:00)
https://www.digitalxtra.scot/
Mode Shift Revenue Support Scheme – Bulk and Waterways
The Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) is provided by the Department for Transport and assists companies with the operating costs associated with running rail or inland water freight transport instead of road, where rail or inland waterway transport is more expensive. It is designed to facilitate and support modal shift, generating environmental and wider social benefits from reduced lorry journeys on Britain’s roads. The scheme is extended until 31 March 2026.
Deadline: 31 March 2026
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/freight-grants
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/
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
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
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-scotland
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/grantsforgood/
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
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. The fund aims to support community transport organisations in Scotland to transition to zeroemissions vehicles.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/grants-and-loans/plugged-communities-grant-fund/
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/
Open Technology Fund (OTF) – Rapid Response Fund
Rapid Response Fund provides emergency support and funding for individuals, groups and organisations who are being targeted by digital threats, such as hacking, censorship, or surveillance. It can provide direct financial support or technical services through trust partners to urgently address these issues and protect them from further harm. The average support is between $5,000 and $25,000 (approximately between £4,000 and £20,000).
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/
8 | HEALTH
McCarthy Stone Foundation – Dementia Grants Programme
The programme aims to support organisations providing services for people over 65 years old with dementia in areas of deprivation affecting older people in Great Britain. Memory cafes and dementia clubs are supported. Grants up to £7,500 are available.
Deadline: 14 March 2025 (17:00)
https://mccarthystonefoundation.org/our-grant-programmes/
Ulverscroft Foundation
The Foundation provides funding for projects in the UK that benefit visually impaired people. Grants range from around £100 to £500,000.
Deadline: 15 March 2025
https://www.ulverscroft-foundation.org.uk/
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
The Pixel Fund
Grants up to £5,000 are available for registered UK-based charities and registered to support projects that promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://pixelfund.org.uk/
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
Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired
Grants to advance the education and welfare of children and young people (aged up to their mid-twenties) in the UK who have a hearing impairment.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.grantsforthedeaf.co.uk/
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
Help the Homeless Grant Scheme
Grants for capital projects are available to small and medium-sized charities registered in the UK working to assist homeless people to rebuild their lives and return to the community. The quarterly deadlines for applications for funding each year are:
Deadline: 5pm on 15th March/15th June/15th September/15th December.
https://www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/applying-for-funding/
Barcapel Foundation
Support is available for the preservation and protection of Scotland’s heritage, in particular:
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The Built Environment – ie the man-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity, ranging from the large-scale civic surroundings to the personal places. As well as the substantial donations to the National Trust for Scotland and the Scottish Civic Trust in Barcapel’s history, the Trustees continue to support smaller, but no less important projects.
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Cultural Heritage – Support is also available for the preservation of artistic heritage. This has been achieved previously by donating to established galleries and other organisations which display the arts of a previous age, as well as to more contemporary artistic endeavours with a view to ensuring their longevity.
Deadline: 21 March 2025
https://barcapelfoundation.org/
Lintel Trust – Small Grants Programme
Grants of either £500 or £1,000 are available for small, local not-for-profit groups and organisations in Scotland that have a have a close connection with a housing association, housing co-operative or other social housing provider for small grassroots community projects that reach out to people who are excluded from community activities. Projects must fall under one of the following themes:
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Social isolation.
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Support for older people.
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Digital participation.
Deadline: 30 April 2025
https://www.linteltrust.org.uk/apply-for-funding/
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/
Community Ownership Fund
Round 4 grants are available to voluntary, community and charitable organisations in the UK to support them in taking ownership of local assets such as sporting and cultural venues, meeting spaces, community centres, pubs and shops that are at risk of closure. An updated prospectus and new Expression of Interest form for Round 4, the final round of the Fund, has been published. Round 4 Window 1 is open from 25 March 2024 to 10 April 2024. Round 4 Window 2 will open in late May. Specific timings for the final window will be published in due course.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-ownership-fund-round-4-how-to-express-your-interest-in-applying
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
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/scottish-land-fund#section-2
10 | POVERTY & COST OF LIVING CRISIS
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: 31 March 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: 31 March 2025
https://www.veteransfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available to registered UK charities that work with communities in the UK for projects that address specific categories set out by the Trust each year. In 2025, the focus in rounds 1 & 2 is on The Arts:
Improving Access.
Deadline: 30 April 2025
https://austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk/
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: 23 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:
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Individuals and Families Fund – Open to Credit and Pre-Payment Meter customers
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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
Robertson Trust – Wee Grants
Grants of £300 to £2,000 are available for up to one year 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/
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
Family Fund Trust
Grants up to £300 are available to support families and individuals for essential personal and household needs to assist families and individuals with low incomes, particularly those living on benefits.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.familyfund.org.uk/grants/
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/
Hollyhock Charitable Foundation
Grants from £5,000 to £400,000 are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which bring general benefit to residents and communities across Great Britain, with a focus on health, poverty, education and Christianity. The trustees consider grants on a quarterly basis.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.hollyhockfoundation.co.uk/
Happy Days Children’s Charity
Funding 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
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://static1.squarespace.com/static/576960ce8419c2500dd8401b/t/66e4087691daf96bdf54fb99/1726220407 353/Trefoil%2BHoliday%2BHoliday.pdf
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/
Merchant Navy Welfare Board
Grants are available to support organisations serving and retired seafarers, fishers and their dependants.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.mnwb.org/Grants_to_Organisations
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/grant-giving/
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
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/victims-fund/
Family Action – Welfare Grants Programme
The Welfare Grants Programme is aimed at people who already receive means-tested benefits but still need a little helping hand to afford basics or replace essentials like a broken washing machine. Together with emotional support this can help individuals and families avoid a bigger crisis and get back on track. Grants Open UK wide: The fund is open for applications for people over the age of 60 who live anywhere in the UK including Greater London. On the 5th March 2025 there is the intention to reopen grant applications for people living anywhere in the UK who have a diagnosed mental health illness or who have recently experienced domestic abuse. Applications can only be made by a suitable referring organisation such as a statutory agency or charity that provides health or social care, housing associations, probation services and GP’s. Members of the public cannot apply themselves directly.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://family-action.org.uk/services/welfare-grants-programme/
11 | SPORT FUNDING
Scottish Mountaineering Trust
Grants are available for organisations and individuals to promote public recreation, knowledge and safe enjoyment of the mountains of Scotland. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to:
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Footpath repair and maintenance.
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The promotion of mountaineering education and training particularly aimed at young people.
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Building renovation or maintenance.
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Expeditions where a scientific or otherwise charitable purpose can be demonstrated.
Deadline: 21 March 2025
https://thesmt.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant-new-form-and-guidance/
Sports Facilities Fund
The Sports Facilities Fund aims to support capital projects that provide opportunities for people to get involved in and participate in sport and physical activity in Scotland. Grants of to 50% of eligible project costs up to a maximum of £200,000 may be awarded.
Deadline: 01 April 2024 (5pm)
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/
Peter Harrison Foundation – Active Lives Grant Programme
Grants are available to UK charities to support grassroots sports projects which provide opportunities for self-development for people living in the most disadvantaged areas in the UK who encounter physical, mental, social, or economic barriers. The Peter Harrison Foundation supports projects working with children, young people and adults who are disadvantaged or with disabilities. Grants of £5,001 to £30,000 are available. It offer small and major grants to charities and community amateur sports clubs in the UK and south east of England under the following two grant programmes:
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Active Lives – opportunities through sport and physical activity.
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Positive Futures – opportunities for children and young people.
Due to an unprecedented surge in demand for funding, the Peter Harrison Foundation has announced it will close to new funding applications until further notice from 2 April 2025. Applications received by the end of the day on 1 April 2025 will still be considered.
Deadline: 01 April 2024
https://peterharrisonfoundation.org/about-our-grant-programmes/
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:
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Financial hardship.
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Physical and learning disabilities.
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Mental health.
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Medical research and relief.
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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
12 | YOUNG PEOPLE
Grow Wild Youth Grants
Grants are available for young individuals (aged 16 to 25 years) in the UK to deliver a creative project that celebrates why UK native plants and/or fungi are so special. Grants of £500 are available for projects that can start in May and are completed by 31 October.
To be eligible, applicants must:
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Have a great project idea.
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Find a supporting organisation, such as a school, university, youth club or a local community group, to help them deliver the project.
Supporting organisations must be:
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An established and relevant organisation that is charitable in purpose or not-for-profit. In particular:
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Voluntary, youth or community group.
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Education body (excluding primary schools) o Arts charity
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Local Authority or other council body
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Health Authority o Able to provide a member of staff or volunteer to:
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Liaise with Grow Wild
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Support the young person as required (eg, providing access to facilities and equipment, publicity of activities, advice and guidance.)
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Deadline: 19 March 2025 (15:00).
https://growwild.kew.org/apply-
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Barcapel Foundation
The Foundation supports all areas of development for young people, with a particular emphasis on those from socially and financially disadvantaged backgrounds. The Foundation looks favourably upon any charity, organisation, individual or endeavour that seeks to:
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Motivate young people to fulfil their potential.
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Challenge them to be the best that they can.
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Teach them that they are the architects of their own future.
Deadline: 21 March 2025
https://barcapelfoundation.org/
Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust – General Grants
A small number of grants are available to small UK registered charities working to support people with a learning disability to learn skills to help them live more independent lives after they leave formal education. Maximum value £5,000. Priority will be given to applications from projects which additionally meet at least two of the following criteria:
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Designed for, and aimed, at people with learning disabilities aged 18 to 25 outside the school environment.
Those age 16+ who are not in formal education, training or work will also be considered.
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Have been adversely affected by Covid-19 and its implications.
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Offer the opportunity for people to gain transferable life skills, which may include how to access support.
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Offer employment experience.
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Build in accredited training.
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Enable social interaction with other people and allow self-expression and confidence building.
Deadline: 31 March 2025
https://www.margaretdobsontrust.org/
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.
The funding is used to support projects including those which might be a single workshop or event, or a programme of linked activities and might involve working with the participants solo or in groups. Grants of between £500 and £1,500 are available.
Examples of activities that might be included are:
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Outings with a photographer to learn how to take pictures of people or landscapes using digital or analogue film.
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Dark room experiences.
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Creating images using techniques such as cyanotype or pinhole cameras.
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Learning printing techniques using a range of media.
Deadline: 02 April 2025
https://www.cowardphotography.org/photographic-art-therapy
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
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:
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Children, young people and families thrive.
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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:
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Registered Charities or Charitable Incorporated Organisations.
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Schools and Further Education Colleges (usually exempt charities).
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NHS Trusts.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/
Trefoil – Lilias Finlay Holiday Fund
Trefoil offers holiday grants to children and families who meet the 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.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576960ce8419c2500dd8401b/t/66e4087691daf96bdf54fb99/1726220407353/Tr efoil%2BHoliday%2BHoliday.pdf
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
Foux Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities across the United Kingdom and Ireland (and worldwide) 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/
