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 National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Community Action

This funding is for communities in Scotland: people who share an identity, interest or experience, or people living in the same place.

The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Fairer Life Chances

For projects that support children, young people and families; or that help people to be healthier and have better access to support. Projects should support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination.

The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Strengthening Organisations

This funding is for organisations in Scotland, that National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) currently funds. They want to support organisations to try out new ideas and ways of working.

The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Young Start

Young Start is a grants programme that distributes money from dormant bank accounts. They will support a wide range of projects for up to three years that will make children and young people aged 8 to 24 confident, healthy, connected or enterprising.

Clothworkers' Foundation - Open Grants Programme

The Open Grants Programme funds capital costs that support the infrastructure needs of small- and medium-sized charitable organisations working with disadvantaged and marginalised people and communities.

A E H Salvesen's 1985 Charitable Trust

The Trust offers support to a wide range of organisations under the headings of education, religion, health, arts, environment, age, ill-health and disability.

AABIE Charitable Initiative

AABIE is the platform which facilitates all at AAB Group to invest in the communities in which they operate by seeking partnerships with charities and inviting applications for donations, grants and volunteer time.

Next deadline: 30 Sep 2026

Aberdeenshire Charities Trust (ACT2)

Aberdeenshire Charities Trust administers charitable funds in Aberdeenshire. It covers a range of areas including the relief of poverty, arts, heritage and culture, and the environment.

Barrack Charitable Trust

The trust reviews its policy every two years - currently the major categories supported are: arts, heritage and culture; recreational facilities; relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health and disability.

Next deadline: 30 Sep 2026