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The William Syson Foundation - Small Grants Fund
For arts charities working in any art form or cross-art form including but not limited to visual arts, performing arts, poetry, literature, film-making, music, photography, and digital arts.
Due to open: 17 Mar 2025
Sainsbury's Local Charity Scheme
Every year Sainsbury works together with their customers and colleagues to support a local cause at the heart of the local community. Each store will nominate a long list of local charities that benefit their community.
Idlewild Trust
Idlewild Trust is an independent grant-making trust that supports registered charities. It runs two grants programmes supporting specific areas within conservation and the arts.
Next deadline: 2 Jun 2025
Christina Mary Hendrie Trust
The Trust’s charitable purposes are broadly stated, their focus is specifically on assisting other charities operating in Scotland or Canada, specialising in work related to the young (up to the age of 21) and the old (over the age of 65).
Next deadline: 15 Sep 2025
Weavers Benevolent Fund
Funds are given to help disadvantaged young people and to address problems faced by offenders, ex-offenders and their families. There is a preference for supporting smaller charities which provide direct services.
Next deadline: 13 Mar 2025
Mr and Mrs JMB Trust
The Trustees' primary focus of support is to recognise charities, working both locally in Scotland and abroad, promoting or involved in humanitarian works, the alleviation of suffering and the furtherance of education.
The John Ellerman Foundation
The Foundation aims to advance the wellbeing of people, society and the natural world by focusing on the arts, environment and social action. Grants are made in three categories: Arts, Environment and Social Action.
Brownlie Charitable Trust
The objectives of the Trust are widely drawn. They fund mostly under the headings of adult and child welfare and medical research but also support armed services welfare, humanitarian aid and education.
The Philip Henman Trust
Trust offers grants to major UK- based charities, who are concerned with overseas development and who require partnership funding for projects lasting between three and five years.
Opened: 11 Sep 2024
Next deadline: 10 Sep 2025
The Magdalen Hospital Trust
Funding for projects working with vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation.
Next deadline: 28 Feb 2025