Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Co-operative & Community Finance - Loans
The Community Shares Fund supports community-owned enterprises seeking to raise investment through a community share issue.
Allied Vehicles Charitable Trust
The Allied Vehicles Charitable Trust was set up to support charity and community organisations.
Screwfix Foundation
Supports projects that improve, fix and repair buildings, homes and facilities specifically used by people in need throughout the UK.
Next deadline: 10 Feb 2026
Scotmid - Member Choice Awards
The Member Choice Award allows Scotmid members to support community projects with votes earned from in-store purchases.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Migration Fund
The Migration Fund supports organisations working towards a world in which everyone is free to move, and no one is forced to move. It provides long term grants to organisations of any size working in the UK.
The McCorquodale Charitable Trust
Funding for a wide variety of charitable organisations across Scotland and the UK. Previous recipients include: National Trust Scotland, The Abbotsford Trust, Erskine Hospital, St Mungos and Highland Hospice.
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Environment Trust
Grants are available for a wide range of projects, including improvements to play areas, parks and footpaths, works to community halls, historic and religious buildings, and projects aimed at conserving or improving native biodiversity, such as local wood
The Big Give - Small Charity Week
The inaugural Small Charity Week match funding campaign will help to build the resilience, skills and profile of the small charity sector whilst helping them raise vital, unrestricted funding to further their impact.
Due to open: 5 Jan 2026
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.
Educational Opportunity Foundation - Main Fund
The Educational Opportunity Foundation supports charitable organisations working to improve access to education or the quality of education for children and young people under the age of 25, both in the UK and internationally.
Next deadline: 14 Jan 2026