Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Co-operative & Community Finance Limited
Makes loans to employee or community owned social enterprises, including co-operatives, community businesses, development trusts and businesses developed from the charitable and voluntary sector.
SSEN Transmission Community Benefit Fund
To kickstart impactful projects or initiatives that will bring meaningful benefits to communities near SSE energy infrastructure.
Foundation Scotland - EDF Renewables Corriemoillie Community Fund (Lochbroom)
Awards of up to £250 are available for charitable purposes which will benefit people living in the area served by Lochbroom Community Council.
Renfrewshire Council - Sustainable Communities Fund
The Sustainable Communities Fund aims to support local people to develop sustainable projects that will improve the lives of local people, build resilient communities, and advance equality of opportunity and improve accessibility.
Next deadline: 19 Aug 2025
John Gordon's Charitable Fund
Makes donations to various charities for charitable or educational purposes and the trustees resolve. They have previously supported organisations in Aberdeen working in education, care, youth, disability, children, music, poverty, medical and chruches.
Walter Craig Charitable Trust
Gives grants for the public benefit and general welfare of the residents of the Tayside area.
The Rowan Boland Memorial Trust
The Trust provides junior sports people, living in the Scottish Borders, with assistance to enable them to further their sporting careers, whatever their chosen sport.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Sustainable Future
The overall focus is on developing and promoting sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to the current consumerist and growth-based paradigm.
Next deadline: 18 Aug 2025
The Oak Foundation - Housing and Homelessness
The Oak Foundation seeks to fund initiatives rooted in a deep understanding of the experiences of people facing homelessness, addressing three themes: renter rights; supply and access to affordable homes; and reduction in homelessness.
The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Community Action
This funding is for communities in Scotland: people who share an identity, interest or experience, or people living in the same place.