Guide to finding funding
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Scottish Education And Action For Development - SEAD Fund
SEAD provides small grants for individuals or groups for positive action, and campaigning. Focus areas are: women’s rights, young people and their global rights, climate justice, inequality, poverty and health justice.
Charles Trotter's Trust
The fund supports causes with further the objects and interests of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.
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.
Scottish Forestry - Forestry Grants
The Forestry Grant Scheme offers financial support for the creation of new woodland and the sustainable management of existing woodland.
The Cadogan Charity
The Trust gives grants to recognised national charities, with particular reference to charities in Scotland. They give under the categories of animal welfare, education, conservation and environment, military, medical research and social welfare.
Next deadline: 30 Nov 2025
Firstport - Step Up loans
Step Up offers 0% interest loans from £5K to £30K to support social enterprises based in Scotland that require financial support to strengthen and sustain trading.
Western Recreation Trust
The Trust awards grants to organisations based in the West of Scotland working to improve recreational facilities for young people, older people and those who are unemployed. Grants are awarded towards the cost of equipment.
The Scottish Government- Independent Advocacy Social Care Fund:
The Independent Advocacy Social Care Fund is open for new collective, peer or citizen independent advocacy projects
Next deadline: 22 Sep 2025
Scottish Mining Welfare Trust
To improve the conditions of life of persons who are or have been employed in Scotland in the mining industry
Fast Forward - Gambling Education & Prevention Small Action Fund
Groups of young people aged 12 – 25 in youth groups across Scotland have can apply for a micro grant to turn their ideas into action and create their own gambling education project.