Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Cookie Matheson Charitable Trust
The Trust supports charitable causes which promote education and the practice, enjoyment and appreciation of the musical and pictorial arts. The main areas of support are Northeast Fife and surrounding areas, Dundee and Angus.
Strathnairn Community Benefit Fund - General Grants
Grants are available to community groups or for projects which have future long term benefit for the community.
Scottish Property Industry Festival of Christmas (SPIFOX)
Gives grants to children's charities in Scotland, enabling the purchase of equipment and the provision of facilities to better perform their function of caring.
The Cadogan Charity
The Trust gives grants to recognised national charities, with particular reference to charities in Scotland. They give under the categories of animal welfare, education, conservation and environment, military, medical research and social welfare.
Next deadline: 30 Nov 2025
The Wilson Christie Fund
Support is available for organisations benefiting foreign missionaries and older people in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
The National Lottery Community Fund - The UK Fund
The UK Fund offers larger amounts of funding for existing projects that help bring diverse communities together.
Benefact Trust - Methodist Grants
Benefact Trust’s Methodist Grants Programme seeks to enhance the mission and ministry of the Methodist Church in the UK and Ireland.
Historic Environment Scotland - Heritage & Place Programme
Historic Environment Scotland’s Heritage & Place Programme is an area-based funding programme that aims to contribute to the development of vibrant and sustainable places in Scotland, through community-led regeneration of the historic environment.
Next deadline: 16 Jan 2026
Inverurie Youth Sports Foundation
Welcomes applications for funding to help support the development of youth in sports from within the Garioch area.
Marsh Charitable Trust
The Trust provides funding which could help small organisations pay for various running costs, such as volunteer expenses, training days, equipment maintenance and other core outgoings.