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.

Next deadline: 19 Dec 2025

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.

A M Garnett Charitable Trust

The Trust fund exists primarily to assist bodies helping medicine, the environment and education.

AMW Charitable Trust

The trust objects are widely drawn and include: religion, education, culture, social and physical wellbeing, poverty, and physical and mental disabilities. Priority is given to applications from the West of Scotland but also funds national organisations.

Aberlour Urgent Assistance Fund

Aberlour’s Urgent Assistance Fund can provide immediate relief to families with children (aged 21 and under, or 25 if care experienced) who are facing hardship. Families who are struggling to provide food, heating and clothing for their children.

Alfred Dunhill Links Foundation

Supports charities with a link to St Andrews, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie, golf in Scotland, and the preservation of St Andrews.

Next deadline: 1 Jul 2026

Allander Youth Activities Trust

The Trust promotes the education and training of young people across youth organisations. Activities funded include: climbing, mountain biking, quad biking, skiing, sailing, kayaking and trips to various places of interest.

Allied Vehicles Charitable Trust

The Allied Vehicles Charitable Trust was set up to support charity and community organisations.

Andrew Paton's Charitable Trust

This Trust has general charitable purposes with a preference for Scotland, particularly the West of Scotland and Glasgow. It tends to fund the same charities each year.

Andy Jackson Fund for Access

The Fund aims to improve and increase access to paddle-sports/canoeing for the waters of Scotland (e.g. canal, open water, marine and river). It provides funding to any project in Scotland that helps paddlers get on the water.