Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Dumfries & Galloway Council - Area Committee Poverty & Inequality Grants
This funding is specifically to provide free activities for children and young people in Dumfries and Galloway , aged 5-16 with activities over the summer.
Next deadline: 17 Apr 2025
The Roger and Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable Trust
The trust makes grants across a range of areas. In the past grants have been made to religious organisations, in particular Quaker, charities connected with Somerset and education charities.
SSE - Artfield Fell Wind Farm Community Fund
Provides grants to community and charitable projects in the community council areas of Old Luce and New Luce in Dumfries and Galloway.
The Maurice & Hilda Laing Charitable Trust
The Trust has a specifically Christian focus and most grants are made to or through faith-based organisations. The main areas of interest are Advancement of Christian Religion, Relief of Poverty in the UK and Relief of Poverty Overseas.
Plum Trust
The Trust aims to relieve poverty and suffering, work to advance education and carry out any tasks beneficial to the community which, in law, are charitable. The Trust tends to favour organisations in the East of Scotland.
Robert Barr's Charitable Trust
The Barr Charitable Trust has wide charitable purposes and has historically supported a wide range of charitable activities. The Trustees tend to favour capital projects rather than running costs.
Swire Charitable Trust
The Swire Charitable Trust awards grants via three funding programmes; Opportunity, Environment and Heritage. Prioritise those in the most economically disadvantaged parts of the UK and work with people from the most challenged backgrounds.
Evelyn Ferris Mudie Charitable Trust
This fund gives support to the field of medicine, tertiary education, and social welfare. It supports charities in the Tayside area.
CAF - Venturesome Impact Fund
CAF provides social investment loans which are unsecured. Investments are tailored to the needs of the organisations they finance and can be used for working capital, delivering new services or building organisational resilience.
Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation
Supports registered charities based in the UK, particularly in areas near the Society's Principal Office or one of its branches. They support projects which benefit children, young people, and the elderly.
Next deadline: 1 May 2025