Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Forth Valley Climate Action Hub - First Steps and Next Steps grants for Climate Action
A grant to help new or emerging climate organisations make more impact in their communities, through outreach, building partnerships and inviting innovation
Leslie Sell Charitable Trust - Peter Sell Award
The Trustees invite applications which widen engagement and involvement in Scouting and Guiding – in particular, the Trustees welcome applications that will encourage people to engage with scouting or guiding who have not previously done so.
Next deadline: 14 Feb 2026
North Ayrshire Ventures Trust
The NAVT fund is a grant programme developed to enable voluntary, community and social enterprises in North Ayrshire to either become self-sustaining, or deliver a legacy for the local community.
Angus Council Charitable Trust
The Angus Council Charitable Trust provides support to vulnerable people in Angus and assists local groups or organisations with ongoing projects.
Focus Foundation
Support projects that fall under the themes: underprivileged children and young people; mental health charities and initiatives; and charitable or community projects.
Next deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Lanarkshire Climate Action Hub - Climate Change in Your Community Grant
To enable community groups and organisations who haven’t previously had climate conversations, to utilise climate knowledge and the artistic skills of a creative practitioner(s) to host events with their community.
Lanarkshire Climate Action Hub - Climate Ready Places Grant
The Climate Ready Places Grant is to enable your community to consider what the impacts from these climatic changes and extreme weather will look like in your local area and to identify ideas for how you prepare to respond to them.
Lanarkshire Climate Action Hub - Youth Reuse and Sharing Grant
A grant of up to £1,000 for projects that involve young people aged between 16 to 25 years old, to introduce a more sustainable way of buying and using products through enabling shared access, providing reusable items or repurposing.
University of Edinburgh Micro-grant Scheme
The aims of the Edinburgh Micro-grant Scheme are to: Bring value to new or existing partnerships between the University and local communities; and Have a positive social impact.
Home Instead - Supporting communities
Money raised from Home Instead Offices and external supporters funds groups who support the mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing of ageing adults.