Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Firstport - Community Enterprise Fund
The Community Enterprise Fund is a funding programme that helps community organisations to start trading or set up social enterprises in Scotland. It offers grants of up to £5,000, to be spent over 6 months.
St James's Place Foundation - Small Grants Programme
The Foundation supports projects across 4 main themes: - Supporting young people – special needs or disadvantaged - Supporting people with cancer - Mental health - Hospice
St James's Place Foundation - Local Office Allowance
Local Office Allowance provides greater flexibility for charities or projects that don’t fit within SJP's core grant programmes, including smaller capital items or charitable projects.
St James's Place Foundation - Major Grants Programme
The Foundation supports projects across 4 main themes: - Supporting young people – special needs or disadvantaged - Supporting people with cancer - Mental health - Hospices
Sanctuary’s Sustainable Communities Fund
Sanctuary’s Community Investment Fund provides grants for community initiatives which make a difference to the lives of Sanctuary residents.
Firstport - Step Up loans
Step Up offers 0% interest loans from £5K to £30K to support social enterprises based in Scotland that require financial support to strengthen and sustain trading.
National Lottery Heritage Grants
National Lottery Heritage Grants fund projects that connect people and communities to the national, regional and local heritage of the UK.
Nadara Gordonstown Wind Farm Community Fund (Auchterless, Inverkeithny & Fisherford)
Supports charitable activity that will sustain and develop the life of the community and ensure that the area is an attractive and vibrant place to live, work and visit. They prefer to fund the purchase of capital items or projects.
Falkirk Council - Rapid Rehousing and Prevention Fund
Falkirk Council is inviting applications from third sector organisations for funding to deliver innovative, person-centered, and test of concept projects that prevent homelessness, promote rapid rehousing, and support tenancy sustainment.
Next deadline: 1 Dec 2025
Ordnance Survey - Charity Partner
The Ordnance Survey (OS)'s next charity partnership will focus on education and digital inclusion, with a charity supporting access for underserved communities; early careers, universities, and academics STEM education; or AI.
Next deadline: 1 Dec 2025