Guide to
finding funding
Key steps to think about if you’re looking to bring in income through grants or other fundraising methods.
Wm Sword Charitable Trust
Grants are given to provide relief and assistance to children and other persons who are sick or are otherwise in conditions of need, hardship or distress. Preference is given to applications from small projects local to Dundee.
Creative Scotland - National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations
Supports organisations who seek funding to undertake creative activity such as a specific project or production, a programme of creative work, or a period of research and development.
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.
Fife Council - Youth Work Grants
Fife Council’s Community Youth Work Grants Scheme offers assistance through three schemes: Youth Work Project Grant; International Youth Experience Grant; and Youth Work Volunteering Training Grant.
Fife Council - Special Projects Scheme
One-off grants for voluntary organisations whose work complements the work of Social Work Services. Particular attention will be given to groups operating within priority areas or serving priority groups within the terms of Fife Council Policies.
Fife Council - Culture Grants
Grants to encourage and support creativity in local communities in the following areas: literature, performance, heritage, audio-visual, and visual arts.
Fife Council - Tenants Groups Schemes
To help meet running costs of tenant and residents groups, such as publicising and holding meetings; responding to requests for help, from tenants and the Council; producing information for those they represent; keeping up to date with local developments.
Gambling Education & Prevention Small Action Fund
Groups of young people aged 12 – 25 in youth groups across Scotland have can apply for a micro grant to turn their ideas into action and create their own gambling education project.
Foundation Scotland - Cambusbarron Community Fund
The Cambusbarron Community Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the Cambusbarron Community Council area in Stirling. Applications should usually be linked to priorities identified in the Cambusbarron Community Action Plan.
The Veterans' Foundation Grant
Supports charities and organisations that provide lifetime support to those in need among serving armed forces personnel, veterans and their immediate families.
Next deadline: 30 Jul 2024