CAF - Venturesome

CAF provides social investment loans which are unsecured. Investments are tailored to the needs of the organisations they finance and can be used for specific projects or to support day-to-day working capital.

Growth Impact Fund

Growth Impact Fund is a partnership between Big Issue Invest and UnLtd to provide social investment for early stage, growing organisations who are looking to help tackle inequality.

Local Energy Scotland - CARES Capital Fund

CARES loan and/or grant capital funding is available to communities developing renewable energy, heat decarbonisation and local energy system projects.

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.

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 Dec 2022

Friends Provident Foundation

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

Next deadline: 31 Oct 2022

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.

Community Shares ICOF Limited

The Community Shares Fund supports community-owned enterprises seeking to raise investment through a community share issue.

SIS - Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund

The Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund is designed to support social enterprises and the wider third sector to make the transition to carbon net zero. This fund provides loans

Low Carbon Transport Business Loan 2022/23

Interest free loans are available to Scottish businesses to help lower their transport and travel costs. These loans are funded by Transport Scotland and have a repayment term of up to 6 years.