Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
SafeDeposits Scotland Community Fund
Grants to organisations who commit to deliver a project that meets at least one of five criteria: sustainability and the environment; employability and career skills; social inclusion; technology and digital inclusion; improving the local community.
Next deadline: 29 Aug 2025
Aberdeenshire Council - Community Resilience Fund - Equipment and Maintenance Grant
The Aberdeenshire Community Resilience Fund is for community or resilience groups seeking funding to support community resilience in connection with vulnerability and resilience in emergency events.
Aberdeenshire Council - Community Resilience Fund - Communications Grants
This funding is to improve communications for communities during a prolonged power outage or other emergency which affects the ability to communicate using normal methods.
Foundation Scotland - Cockaigne Fund
The Cockaigne Fund supports boundary-pushing musical research, development, and performances to delight, inform, and move participants and audiences alike.
Shetland Charitable Trust - Capital Works Bridging Loan Scheme
This bridging loan scheme is available to organisations carrying out work on a public facility or providing a new public facility in Shetland which is eligible for grant funding from EU/Scottish Government/Lottery.
abrdn Financial Fairness Trust
The fund's mission is to contribute towards strategic change which improves financial well-being in the UK.
Next deadline: 5 Feb 2026
CFSLA Staff Lottery Grants
The committee can offer assistance to charity and community groups within the boundaries of the participating council areas – i.e. Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling.
Next deadline: 1 Sep 2025
Benefact Group - Movement for Good
Movement for Good awards are available to charities that are changing people’s lives for the better. The public can nominate a charity they would like to see receive the money and competition winners will then be drawn at random.
Next deadline: 16 Dec 2025
Glasgow City Council - Private Lane Improvement Fund
Community support in the development of stalled spaces within local communities.
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.
Next deadline: 13 Aug 2025