Fife Council - Local Community Planning

Support projects which meet some of the priorities of your local area’s community plan Local Community Plans. Priorities include improvements to community facilities, employment initiatives, and supporting vulnerable groups.

Fife Council - Settlement Trusts

The Council has a number of settlement trusts which support projects under a wide range of categories including education, arts, local communities and the environment.

Firstport - Launch Me

LaunchMe is Scotland’s social enterprise accelerator. It prepares ambitious social enterprises and community organisations for growth so they can achieve social impact at scale.

Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs - Build It

A Build It award is for social enterprises with a track record of trading and social impact and that need salaried positions to take the business to the next level of financial sustainability.

Next deadline: 22 Jan 2026

Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs Fund - Start It

Start It is a funding programme that helps budding social entrepreneurs in Scotland to get their businesses up and running. Funding comes from the Scottish Government’s Social Entrepreneurs Fund.

Focus Foundation

Support projects that fall under the themes: underprivileged children and young people; mental health charities and initiatives; and charitable or community projects.

Next deadline: 3 Nov 2025

For Bute Grants

For Bute runs a charity thrift shop to raise funds to support local groups and individuals in Bute. It supports a wide variety of causes.

Fort Augustus and Glenmoriston Community Fund

Grants are made to groups across a wide spectrum of social, welfare, heritage, educational and community development activities. The majority of funding is directed at locally based work involving, and often initiated by, members of that local community.

Forteviot Charitable Trust

The trust supports a wide range of charitable activities in the City of Perth which the Trustees feel are beneficial to the City of Perth.

Forth Valley Climate Action Hub - First Steps and Next Steps grants for Climate Action

A grant to help new or emerging climate organisations make more impact in their communities, through outreach, building partnerships and inviting innovation