Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Scottish Borders Local Action Group - Community Led Local Development Fund
The Community Led Local Development Fund is an annual grant fund dedicated to improving life for people living in the Scottish Borders.
Next deadline: 24 Sep 2024
The Linnean Society - Our Local Nature Grant Scheme
The "Our Local Nature" Grants are available to fund innovative projects, designed and led by young people in the UK. It aims to empower young people across the UK to take the lead on projects that involve their local nature and natural spaces.
Next deadline: 24 Oct 2024
South Lanarkshire Council - Social Enterprise Grant
Social enterprises based in the South Lanarkshire area can apply for small amounts of funding to start-up and/or grow trading activity that will deliver social and environmental impact.
NESTA - Arts & Culture Impact Fund
The Arts & Culture Impact Fund is a £20 million impact investment fund for the UK's arts, culture and heritage social enterprises. The fund offers loans repayable until March 2032.
Charles Trotter's Trust
The fund supports causes with further the objects and interests of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland.
SFAD - The Family Recovery Initiative Fund
The Family Recovery Initiative Fund can offer one-off grants to groups that support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland. Its aim is to improve the wellbeing of family members affected by someone else’s substance misuse.
Western Isles Development Trust - Small Projects Fund
The purpose of the trust is to support the regeneration and development of the Outer Hebrides through disbursement of Community Benefit secured from the local deployment of Renewable Energy installations.
Opened: 3 Sep 2024
Environmental Key Fund - Blacklaw Windfarm Community Benefit Fund
The Blacklaw Windfarm Community Benefit Fund is open to communities living closest to the windfarm development through a community and environmental grants scheme.
Next deadline: 3 Dec 2024
A B Charitable Trust
ABCT supports charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with marginalised and excluded people in society.
Next deadline: 25 Oct 2024
Aberdeenshire Charities Trust (ACT2)
Aberdeenshire Charities Trust administers charitable funds in Aberdeenshire. It covers a range of areas including the relief of poverty, arts, heritage and culture, and the environment.