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The Weir Charitable Trust aims to support Scottish-based community groups and small charities to provide services across Scotland to help the Scottish community. These groups and charities are likely to have found it difficult to access funds elsewhere. It fund supports services/projects in the following qualifying categories:

• Sport: encouraging and increasing public participation in sport (activities which involve physical skill and exertion)
• Recreational facilities: the provision or organisation of recreational facilities (buildings, pitches or similar) with the aim of improving the conditions of life for the people for whom the facilities are primarily intended. This is only in relation to facilities which are primarily intended for people who need them due to age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
• Animal welfare: for the advancement of animal welfare
• Health: the advancement of health, including prevention or relief of sickness, disease or human suffering
• Culture: supporting the heritage - tangible or otherwise - of Scotland, through projects that encourage participation in and preservation of Scotland's distinctive culture.

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Geographical areas funded: Scotland

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Capital, Revenue, Core costs

Applicant success rate:

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Fund award sizes

Maximum:

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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

Registered Scottish charities, constituted groups and community interest companies with an annual income of up to £150,000. Applications must meet one or more of the qualifying criteria of animal welfare, culture, health, recreational facilities and sport.

Maximum annual income:

£150,000

When to apply

Currently closed for applications, deadlines for 2026:

• 5.00pm Friday 6th February 2026 (outcomes advised by end March/April)
• 5.00pm Friday 1st May 2026 ((outcomes advised by end June/July)
• 5.00pm Friday 31st July 2026 (outcomes advised by end September/October)
• 5.00 pm Friday 30th October 2026 (outcomes advised by end December)

Applications are accepted at any time

Next deadline: 6 Feb 2026

How to apply

Application form available on the Trust's website. They request that any enquiries are made via email or using the online contact form on the Trust's website.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Animal welfare Arts and culture Community facilities Health care and wellbeing Health education and promotion Heritage and building preservation Sport and physical activity Recreation and social activities

Beneficiaries funded: Economically/socially disadvantaged General public Socially isolated people Mental health conditions Ill-health Disabilities Learning disabilities Physical disabilities Sensory impairments Local communities Young people

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