West Dunbartonshire Council - Community Loan Fund

The aim of the Fund is to provide interest free capital loans to Voluntary Organisations that must benefit the West Dunbartonshire area.

Unity Trust Bank - Loans

Provides tailored loans that will help to create jobs or bring wider economic, social or environmental benefit.

NESTA - Arts & Culture Impact Fund

The Arts & Culture Impact Fund is a new £20 million impact investment fund for the UK's arts, culture and heritage social enterprises. The fund offers loans repayable until March 2030.

Co-operative & Community Finance Limited

Makes loans to employee or community owned social enterprises, including co-operatives, community businesses, development trusts and businesses developed from the charitable and voluntary sector.

SIB - Recovery Loan Fund

The Recovery Loan Fund is for UK charities and social enterprises who are improving people’s lives, or the environment they live in. It is designed to support access to finance for UK small business as they look to invest and grow.

Friends Provident Foundation

Aims to fund organisations and activities that support their vision of a fair and sustainable economy.

Next deadline: 10 Jul 2023

Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs - Boost It

Boost It helps social entrepreneurs in Scotland to strengthen their businesses so they can successfully increase trading. It targets those social enterprises who need to increase their levels of trading, rather than those looking to scale up.

sportscotland - The Transforming Scottish Indoor Tennis Fund

The Transforming Scottish Indoor Tennis Fund will deliver a national strategy to create a network of regionally based indoor tennis centres in Scotland to ensure that the majority of the country has access to a high quality indoor tennis centre.

Next deadline: 1 Sep 2023

S J Noble Trust

The trust gives grants and loans to promote rural regeneration in Argyll and the Islands. Applicants must have a business or intend to start a business that is located in Argyll & the islands.

Shetland Charitable Trust - Capital Works Bridging Loan Scheme

This bridging loan scheme is available to organisations carrying out work on a public facility or providing a new public facility in Shetland which is eligible for grant funding from EU/Scottish Government/Lottery.