Business Energy Scotland - SME Loan Fund

Funded by the Scottish Government, this scheme aims to support charities and not-for-profit organisations that are looking to reduce costs through improved energy, material resource and water efficiency.

CAF - Venturesome Impact Fund

CAF provides social investment loans which are unsecured. Investments are tailored to the needs of the organisations they finance and can be used for working capital, delivering new services or building organisational resilience.

Carnegie Dunfermline Trust

Grants are given for projects and activities with social, community, educational, cultural, sporting and recreational purposes. The Trust looks for innovative and far reaching proposals, together with those that particularly impact on young people.

Commonwealth Foundation - Open Grants Call

The Foundation supports civic voices to share their stories, learn and act together and influence the institutions that shape people’s lives. The three themes are: Health Justice, Climate Justice, and Freedom of Expression.

Next deadline: 23 Oct 2025

Community Enterprise - Accelerate

Accelerate is a programme of free business and organisational support targeted at third sector organisations and community groups who are not trading.

Corra Foundation - Boost Fund

Small grants for organisations supporting children and families in their local communities who have been affected by the increase in basic running costs which are making their work much more challenging.

Creative Scotland - Culture Collective Fund

A fund supporting a network of creative practitioners, organisations and communities, working together to create a positive difference locally and nationally.

Opened: 7 Oct 2025
Next deadline: 22 Oct 2025

Cruden Foundation

Support charitable projects and activities in Scotland or those which benefit people who live here. There is a strong focus on community welfare, medical support and research, the arts, education and conservation.

Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund

The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund will help more people get online, drive economic growth and raise living standards.

Next deadline: 29 Oct 2025

Dumfries & Galloway Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

Funds community initiatives supporting mental health and wellbeing in the local area. Part of a nationwide scheme.

Next deadline: 24 Oct 2025