The National Lottery Community Fund - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland

Awards For All supports projects that aim to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need. Priorities are: bringing communities together, improving places that matter to communities, and enabling people to fulfil their potential.

The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Community Led

This funding aims to support communities to improve the places in which they live and the wellbeing of those most in need. Projects should be people-led, connected, and strengths-based.

Next deadline: 21 Aug 2024

The National Lottery Community Fund - (Scotland) - Improving Lives

Improving Lives aims to support activity that helps people overcome difficulties and become more resilient.

Next deadline: 21 Aug 2024

sportscotland - Sport Facilities Fund

The fund supports capital projects that create or improve places that people take part in sport and physical activity. They focus on participation, progression, equality & inclusion, people development, collaboration and impact.

Next deadline: 1 Sep 2024

The National Lottery Community Fund - (Scotland) - Young Start

Young Start is a grants programme that distributes money from dormant bank accounts. They will support a wide range of projects for up to three years that will make children and young people aged 8 to 24 confident, healthy, connected or enterprising.

Create:Networks

Create:Networks is a fund to help groups, organisations and creative practitioners create new, or develop existing, local creative networks as enablers for sustainable creative communities in Scotland.

Opened: 1 Jun 2024
Next deadline: 5 Aug 2024

Creative Scotland - Made in Scotland Onward International Touring fund

Enables artists, bands and ensembles based in Scotland to take up new international touring opportunities for work programmed as a direct result of the inviting promoter seeing the work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

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.

Feisean Nan Gaidheal - Tasgadh

Tasgadh is designed to provide support for traditional artists and organisations to create, perform, tour and showcase work. It can also support professional development and learning projects.

Next deadline: 25 Oct 2024

Foundation Scotland - Social Investment Fund

The Social Investment Fund offers blended grant and loan investment to social enterprises, community organisations and charities. Investment can be used for capital expenditure, asset acquisition and business growth.