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Supporting Scotland’s vibrant voluntary sector

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations

The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations is the membership organisation for Scotland's charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises. Charity registered in Scotland SC003558. Registered office Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Edinburgh EH3 6BB.

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The Aviva Foundation aims to help people and communities feel in control and positive about their financial futures. The Foundation funds charitable, non-profit and social enterprises that aim to improve people’s financial resilience - their ability to cope with money problems.

The Foundation’s current funding priorities are to build understanding and explore alternative solutions that:

  • Build financial inclusion
  • Strengthen financial wellbeing
  • Support strategic initiatives to help individuals and communities to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from financial challenges.

They seek to provide partners with support and security so they can experiment, innovate and try something new to challenge the status quo. This can include:

  • Creating and testing new, creative ways to tackle an entrenched or emerging issue relating to the funding priorities
  • Investing in approaches which will generate insights for others, with the potential to be replicable and to scale, influencing the way issues are seen and tackled in society
  • Forging new coalitions or alliances of diverse partners to address a problem in a different way
  • Developing a response that includes a community that have been previously excluded or underrepresented

Premium information is available exclusively to SCVO members and supporters

Geographical areas funded: UK

Fund type

Type of funding:
Grant, Other resources
Type of cost:
Revenue

Fund award sizes

Minimum:
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Average:
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Annually awarded:
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Notes on award amounts:
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Who can apply

Charitable, non-profit and social enterprises that deliver public benefit. They can also partner with for-profit organisations that can demonstrate how their activities deliver clear public benefit, meet the funding priorities.

Minimum annual income:
£1,000,000

When to apply

There will be one open application process in 2025. The application deadline is: 23 April 2025.

Next deadline: 23 Apr 2025

How to apply

Email to enquire. Then you will need to complete the application form. Successful organisations will be invited to interview.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: General charitable activities

Beneficiaries funded: General public

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