Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
The W M Mann Foundation
General charitable purposes, typically registered charities based in Scotland, serving the needs of Scots, and within the fields of music, arts, education, medical research and care etc.
Cycling UK - Cycle Access Fund
The Cycle Access Fund supports those least likely to have access to a bike and provides capital grants to organisations through five different funding strands: Individual Bike Ownership; Shared Use; Recycle; Repair; Cycle parking and storage.
The Tree Council - SP Energy Networks Community Tree Planting Fund
The Tree Council and SP Energy Networks (SPEN) are working in partnership to deliver a programme of tree planting between 2024 and 2028. Together with local communities, they will plant trees across central and southern Scotland.
Next deadline: 31 Jul 2025
ScottishPower Foundation - Annual Grants Programme
UK-wide funding with priorities of education, training and research; Biodiversity and climate change; Art and culture; and Social initiatives.
Next deadline: 18 Jul 2025
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 Scottish Football Partnership Trust
Applications are invited from any football organisation, from senior clubs in the Scottish Premier League to children’s teams competing at a local level.
Templeton Goodwill Trust
The trust supports Scottish Registered Charities principally within the Glasgow area. They support a wide range of projects but with a particular focus on health, social care and children.
Miss Mary Dunlop Murdoch Andrew Charitable Trust
Funds charities that work across a range of areas including health, education and training, youth work, heritage and churches.
Kells Trust
Supports charities benefiting the wellbeing of older people, and smaller charities based in Glasgow and the west of Scotland who support and assist younger people.
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.