Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Hugh Fraser Foundation
Makes donations to registered charities which are active in such sectors as the arts and culture, medical & health, the environment and education, care and support of the young and elderly, people with disabilities and the under-privileged.
Business Energy Scotland - SME Loan Fund
Funded by the Scottish Government, this scheme aims to support charities and not-for-profit organisations that are looking to reduce costs through improved energy, material resource and water efficiency.
Screen Scotland - Screen Education Fund
The Screen Education Fund supports projects that help make screen education more accessible, inclusive and sustainable.
The Edinburgh Bakers Trust
The Trust funds work towards building skills in baking; supporting baking in the arts, science and/or culture; and history/research relating to Scottish milling, flour and related grains, baking in the community - Edinburgh and beyond.
Gannochy Trust - Youth Panel Fund
The Gannochy Trust Youth Panel Fund awards grants to registered charities for work in Perth and Kinross, that deliver the outcomes that the Youth Panel aims to achieve with its funding: Youth Activity, Voice, and Health & Wellbeing.
Next deadline: 27 Feb 2026
Aberdeenshire Community Transport Initiative
Funding for community transport providers in Aberdeenshire.
The National Databank
The National Databank provides free mobile data, texts and calls to people in need via Good Things Foundation’s network of local community partners.
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: 21 Nov 2025
The Theatres Trust - Small Grants Programme
Funds small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability, accessibility or improving the diversity of audiences.
Next deadline: 16 Jan 2026
Fidelio Charitable Trust
Fidelio welcomes applications for grants in support of the Arts particularly for Music, including Opera, Lieder, Composition and Dance. Institutions, colleges, Arts Festivals and other arts organisations in the United Kingdom, may apply.
Next deadline: 16 Jan 2026