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 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.

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

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

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

Garfield Weston Foundation

The Foundation supports a broad range of organisations and activities that share a commitment to making a positive impact to the lives of the communities in which they work, and that are driven by a desire to achieve excellence.

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.

The Radcliffe Trust - Music

The Radcliffe Trust supports classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education.

Next deadline: 31st Jan 2022

DCMS - Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

Small or medium sized business may be able to get a gigabit voucher to upgrade your business broadband to a fast and reliable connection over gigabit capable infrastructure.

Soirbheas - Employee Training Grant

This new grant is open to employers/businesses based in the Soirbheas area to help toward covering essential training costs and or salary costs while training is being undertaken.

Opened: 1st Apr 2021

The Shackleton Foundation

The Shackleton Foundation provides seed-funding to inspirational leaders and early-stage social enterprises with the potential to make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people.

Next deadline: 18th Oct 2021