Highland Council - Common Good Funds

The Common Good Fund can be used to provide financial support for a wide range of local community activities.

Highland Council - Nature Restoration Fund

The Nature Restoration Fund is a capital fund designed to help support projects that will deliver nature restoration, safeguard wildlife, and tackle the causes of biodiversity loss due to climate change.

Next deadline: 23 Jan 2026

Highland Council - Ward Discretionary Fund

Each of the 21 council wards receives a discretionary budget and it will be for each ward to consider when they wish to commit funds. Any reasonable applications, normally from community groups and organisations will be considered.

Historic Environment Grants Programme

The Historic Environment Grants Programme can support a wide range of projects which clearly relate to and will benefit Scotland’s historic environment.

Historic Environment Scotland - Heritage & Place Programme

Historic Environment Scotland’s Heritage & Place Programme is an area-based funding programme that aims to contribute to the development of vibrant and sustainable places in Scotland, through community-led regeneration of the historic environment.

Next deadline: 16 Jan 2026

Hobart Charitable Trust

The objectives of the Trust are widely drawn. The trustees will employ their discretion in order to determine which charitable initiatives they support. Trustees meet in January each year and tend to support the same charities.

Hugh & Mary Miller Bequest

The Hugh and Mary Miller Bequest offers financial support to charitable organisations for the disabled, young people and the disadvantaged in Scotland.

I B B Trust

This trust supports a range of charitable organisations for work in Dundee and Tayside.

Idlewild Trust

Idlewild Trust is an independent grant-making trust that supports registered charities. It runs two grants programmes supporting specific areas within conservation and the arts.

Next deadline: 13 Feb 2026

Inchrye Trust

Funds a range of activities with a focus on helping organisations and projects that address social issues particularly relating to education, health and well-being, and inclusion.

Next deadline: 28 Feb 2026