Firstport - Community Enterprise Fund

The Community Enterprise Fund is a funding programme that helps community organisations to start trading or set up social enterprises in Scotland. It offers grants of up to £5,000, to be spent over 6 months.

Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs - Build It

A Build It award is for social enterprises with a track record of trading and social impact and that need salaried positions to take the business to the next level of financial sustainability.

Next deadline: 22 Jan 2026

Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs Fund - Start It

Start It is a funding programme that helps budding social entrepreneurs in Scotland to get their businesses up and running. Funding comes from the Scottish Government’s Social Entrepreneurs Fund.

Fletchers Foundation

Fletchers Foundation provides financial grants that can be used for aids and equipment, rehabilitation treatment, or a whole host of wider uses that will help individuals with their recovery or quality of life.

Foundation Scotland - Cockaigne Fund

The Cockaigne Fund supports boundary-pushing musical research, development, and performances to delight, inform, and move participants and audiences alike.

Foundation Scotland - Social Investment Fund

The Social Investment Fund offers blended grant and loan investment to social enterprises, community organisations and charities. Investment can be used for capital expenditure, asset acquisition and business growth.

Foundation Scotland - Victoria League Scotland (VLS) Trust

Funds projects which focus on supporting overseas students in Scotland, and which help build positive relationships between different cultural groups.

Foundation Scotland - the Gateway Exchange Fund

The Gateway Exchange Fund seeks applications which are in line with the spirit of creating innovative solutions to situations which challenge an individual’s sense of worth and identity.

Next deadline: 5 Jan 2026

Future Woodlands Scotland - Research and Innovation grants

These Research and Innovation grants support environmental organisations, academic institutions, individuals, and policymakers in advancing research and innovative ideas about Scotland’s native woodlands.

Gannochy Trust

The Gannochy Trust provides funding to registered charities, primarily working in Perth and Kinross, but also to inspire and develop young people throughout Scotland.

Due to open: 3 Nov 2025