Summary

The fund is provided by Scottish Government and managed by SCVO. The main objective of the fund is to provide up to 2 years funding to community-based voluntary organisations enabling them to: • Pilot small innovative and creative projects, increasing capacity to deliver core services tackling poverty and social inequality. • Use the funding to scale up pilot projects to attract more risk-averse grant funding to sustain the work going forward. • Encouraging applications for up to £8,000 per annum for 2 years.

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Geographical areas funded: Scotland

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Revenue

Fund award sizes

Maximum:

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Annually awarded:

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Who can apply

This fund is for community-based organisations with an income of less than £200,000 in their last financial year. Organisations must be based in Scotland and delivering services in Scotland. Types of organisations that can apply include:

• Charities
• Voluntary Organisations
• Social Enterprises
• Community Organisations
• Volunteering Bodies
• Credit Unions
• Housing Associations
• Community Interest Companies (CICs) – if there is an asset lock in place
• Charitable Trusts (if set up by a Local Authority the trust must be fully independent from it)
• Community Enterprise Trusts

Your organisation must be part of a regulated body eg., registered with OSCR. Where this is not the case you must be able to provide us with a reference from a regulated organisation that knows you well but is independent of you, for instance a partner you work with in the community.

Maximum annual income:

£200,000

When to apply

Closed.

How to apply

Apply online via the SCVO Grantmaking portal.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Organisational development & capacity building

Beneficiaries funded: General public

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