Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust - Funding and Bagpipe Loans

The Trust aims to advance education the arts, heritage, culture and community development by encouraging young people in Scotland to take up and play the chanter, pipes and drums, and by supporting the development of school pipe bands.

Screen Scotland - Film Festival Fund

The National Lottery Film Festival and Screening Programme Fund supports organisations who are looking to produce film festivals and screening programmes in Scotland for a public audience.

Next deadline: 19 Sep 2025

Screen Scotland - Screen Education Fund

The Screen Education Fund supports projects that help make screen education more accessible, inclusive and sustainable.

Sealladh na Beinne Mòire Community Fund

The fund is predominantly for projects which will take place on the South Uist Estate area (i.e. Eriskay, South Uist or Benbecula) that demonstrate sustainable benefit to the SnBM membership and the wider community.

Shetland Charitable Trust - Belmont Built Heritage Grant Scheme

Funding to protect, conserve and revitalise built heritage that is in poor condition or at risk of loss, decline, damage, neglect or of being forgotten.

Next deadline: 27 Jun 2025

Shetland Islands Council - Support to community facilities

This grant aid scheme designed to assist a number of named voluntary organisations, which manage and/or maintain youth facilities and sports facilities, with their annual running costs.

Social Business Trust

SBT’s mission is to support high growth potential social enterprises to scale-up their impact. They do that by investing cash grants and professional support from seven partner organisations in a carefully selected portfolio of social enterprises.

Soirbheas - Express (Tier 1) Grants

Soirbheas provide grants funded by wind farm community benefit. Express grants are small awards for projects which benefit residents in the Glen Urquhart or Strathglass Community Council areas.

Soirbheas - Tier 2 and 3 Grants

Soirbheas provide grants mostly funded by the Corrimony windfarm. The beneficiaries of projects must be resident in the Glen Urquhart or Strathglass Community Council areas.

Solwaybank Windfarm Community Benefit Fund

Funds projects and initiatives that support the rural regeneration and sustainability of communities within the Solwaybank Windfarm area and enhance the lives of those living and working in the area will be supported.

Next deadline: 31 Jul 2025