The National Lottery Community Fund - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland

Awards For All supports projects that aim to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need. Priorities are: bringing communities together, improving places that matter to communities, and enabling people to fulfil their potential.

The Robertson Trust - Community Building Grants

Community Building Grants are aimed at charities helping people and communities in Scotland who are experiencing (or at risk of experiencing) poverty, trauma or both.

Opened: 30th Sep 2020

The Robertson Trust - Large Grants

Large Grants focuses on work that addresses the impacts of poverty and/or trauma under one or more of the following themes: Financial wellbeing, Emotional wellbeing and relationships, and Educational and work pathways.

Opened: 30th Sep 2020

The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Scottish Land Fund

The fund will help communities take ownership of the land and buildings that matter to them, as well as practical support to develop their aspirations into viable projects.

The National Lottery Community Fund - (Scotland) - Improving Lives

Improving Lives aims to support activity that helps people overcome difficulties and become more resilient.

The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Community Led Activity

This funding aims to support communities to improve the places in which they live and the wellbeing of those most in need. Projects should be people-led, connected, and strengths-based.

Holywood Trust

The Trust supports opportunities for young people in Dumfries and Galloway, primarily aged 15-25. The focus is on helping young people move forward in their lives, whether by grants to organisations or to individual young people.

BBC Children In Need - Main Grants

BBC Children in Need awards grants each year to organisations supporting disadvantaged children and young people under 18 in the UK. Projects can either work directly with children or seek to improve their social and physical environments.

Next deadline: 12th Apr 2021

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

The Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. Their new strategy focuses on three aims: Improving Our Natural World; Tackling injustice to deliver A Fairer Future; and Nurturing Creative, Confident Communities.

Opened: 7th Oct 2020

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Small Grants

Provide grants to small, well-established organisations in the UK who address local issues in areas of extreme urban deprivation, or in remote and fragile rural communities.They will fund projects which fall roughly into three categories: Community Suppor