Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
George E T Salvesen Charitable Trust
The fund purposes are to support: the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health; the saving of lives; the advancement of citizenship or community development; the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or
Highland Council - Nature Restoration Fund
The Nature Restoration Fund is a capital fund designed to help support projects that will deliver nature restoration, safeguard wildlife, and tackle the causes of biodiversity loss due to climate change.
Next deadline: 23 Jan 2026
FCC Scottish Action Fund
The FCC Scottish Action Fund offers funding to projects through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund. The objectives are to fund environmentally-friendly projects which meet a proven community need, offer value for money and are sustainable.
Due to open: 25 Feb 2026
Henry Smith Foundation - Holiday Grants Programme
The Holiday Grants Programme offers one-off grants for schools, youth groups and non-profit organisations to take children aged 13 and under on recreational day trips or short residential trips.
Next deadline: 20 Mar 2026
The Wolfson Foundation - Funding for Places
The Foundation's main grants programme provides support for places. They fund capital initiatives across a broad range of organisations working across the fields of education, science and medicine, health and disability and arts and humanities.
Next deadline: 5 Jan 2026
West Lothian Development Trust
The West Lothian Development Trust fund distributes money received from windfarm developments in West Lothian. The fund supports the development of projects in communities within 10km of the stated wind farms.
CABWI Charity
Funding towards learning and development that enables young people and adults to gain additional skills and confidence to enter the labour market.
Due to open: 5 Jan 2026
Figurative - The Arts & Culture Impact Fund
The Arts & Culture Impact Fund provides affordable repayable finance that can be used, among other things, to acquire new assets, improve built infrastructure, develop new ventures or scale up existing revenue streams.
Sea-Changers Scottish Learning Fund
The aim of the new Scottish Learning Fund is to enable early-stage and/or small community-based groups in Scotland who are involved in marine conservation activities to learn, share knowledge, network and develop skills with other groups.
Foundation Scotland - River Avich Hydro Open Grants Fund
This fund provides grants for charitable projects and activities that primarily benefit residents of Inverinan, Lochavich, Dalavich, or Kilmaha.