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 Action

This funding is for communities in Scotland: people who share an identity, interest or experience, or people living in the same place.

The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Fairer Life Chances

For projects that support children, young people and families; or that help people to be healthier and have better access to support. Projects should support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination.

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 2025

The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Strengthening Organisations

This funding is for organisations in Scotland, that National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) currently funds. They want to support organisations to try out new ideas and ways of working.

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.

The National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Change: Carers

This funding is for communities in Scotland: people who share an identity, interest or experience, or people living in the same place.

Next deadline: 28 Aug 2025

British Film Institute - BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund

supports ambitious, audience-facing independent UK and international film and broader screen activity of national scale. Focused on increasing access and growing the participation of audiences that are representative of the UK population.

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.

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.