Monthly Funding Update 23rd August 2022
Funding Categories:
NEWS & Covid-19 UPDATES
ARTS & CULTURE
BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
COMMUNITY FUNDING
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
GENERAL FUNDING
HEALTH
LAND & PROPERTY
POVERTY & COST OF LIVING CRISIS
SPORT FUNDING
YOUNG PEOPLE
1. NEWS & Covid-19 UPDATES
Network Support Grant
Support is available for Scotland’s commercial bus operators, and community transport operators, aimed at aiding their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline: 09 October 2022
https://www.transport.gov.scot/public-transport/buses/network-support-grant/
National Heritage Memorial Fund - COVID-19 Response Fund
Grants are available to community and public sector organisations in the UK for projects to protect nationally important heritage assets that are at risk due to the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Deadline: 30 April 2023
https://www.nhmf.org.uk/funding/covid-19-response-fund
2. ARTS & CULTURE
Idlewild Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available to registered charities for arts and conservation projects in the UK.
Deadline: 06 September 2022
https://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/
Leche Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available to local not-for-profit groups across the UK for performing arts projects or the conservation of historical objects.
Deadline: 23 September 2022
http://www.lechetrust.org/how-to-apply.htm
Maoin nan Ealan Gàidhlig
Grants available to assist individual artists and art organisations with the delivery of Gaelic arts projects in Scotland.
Deadline: 11 November 2022
https://www.feisean.org/en/meg-en/
Foyle Foundation Main Grants Scheme
Grants between £10,000 and £50,000 are available to registered charities in the UK to support the performing or visual arts and for projects that facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and learning.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/index.php
Garfield Weston Foundation
Grants up to £100,000 are available to charitable organisations in the UK for a wide range of projects in the areas of welfare, youth, community, arts, faith, environment, education, health, and museums and heritage.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.garfieldweston.org/
John Ellerman Foundation
Grants for small to medium-sized charities in the UK whose work in the Foundation's priority areas of arts, environment or social action has impact across the whole of the UK. The minimum grant available is £10,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://ellerman.org.uk/apply-for-funding/what-we-fund
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arts Access and Participation Fund
Grants of between £30,000 and £400,000 for activity lasting between 12 months and 4 years for organisations to widen and deepen participation in the arts. Most grants are in the £60,000 to £250,000 range. Pre-application access support and a bursary of up to £500 is available to help groups apply.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.phf.org.uk/our-work-in-the-uk/arts-access-participation/
Sustrans – ArtRoots Fund
Grants of £2,500 are available for community groups to make artistic or aesthetic improvements to the National Cycle Network in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/projects/2019/scotland/artroots-funding-for-the-nationalcycle-network-in-scotland/
3. BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
Social Innovation Challenge
The Social Innovation Challenge is centred around a theme each year. Building on the legacy of COP26, the 2022 theme is: innovative solutions to climate change issues faced by rural communities in Scotland. The programme will award up to £50,000 in grant funding to support the development of new social enterprise solutions, as well as tailored support to launch and implement the solution.
Deadline: 16 September 2022
https://www.firstport.org.uk/funding/social-innovation-competition/
Scotland - Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund
Loans from £10,000 to £1.5 million are available to social enterprises and the wider third sector in Scotland to support their transition to carbon net zero.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.socialinvestmentscotland.com/learning-hub/social-enterprise-net-zero-transition-fund/
Shackleton Foundation Leadership Award
Seed funding grants of £10,000 and support are available to inspirational leaders and early stage social enterprises in the UK to establish their own non-profit ventures with the potential to provide solutions to intractable social problems faced by disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people.
Deadlines: Ongoing
http://shackletonfoundation.org/
UnLtd - Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
Funding up to £15,000 and specialist support are available for UK social entrepreneurs to help them develop as social leaders, and to start up or grow their idea for a social venture.
Deadlines: Ongoing
https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards
4. CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Corra Foundation - The Children, Young People, Families and Adult Learning Third Sector Fund
Grants are available to provide core funding for registered charities working to improve the lives of children, young people, families, and adult learners across Scotland.
Deadline: 05 September 2022
https://www.corra.scot/grants/the-children-young-people-families-and-adult-learning-third-sector-fund/
Promise Partnership - Keep the Promise Fund
Grants of up to £250,000 over two years are available for public and third sector organisations working with children, young people, and families within the care system to #KeepThePromise and address key challenges in delivering The Promise.
Deadline: 16 September 2022
https://www.corra.scot/grants/revision-of-the-promise-partnership/
Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust
Grants are available to local not for-profit groups supporting children, their families and carers across the UK.
Deadline: 30 September 2022
https://beaconlodge.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Boshier-Hinton Foundation
Grants up to £2,000 are available for charities in the UK working with children and adults with special educational or other needs.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.boshierhintonfoundation.org.uk/apply.php
Happy Days Children's Charity
Funding for families with children aged 3-17 who are disabled, have a special need or have been abused in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.happydayscharity.org/applications
Robert McAlpine Foundation
Grants between £2,500 and £10,000 are available to non-profit making, constituted groups and organisations for local good causes that focus on supporting children and families in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.robertmcalpinefoundation.org/
Tesco Community Grants
Grants of up to £1,500 are available to UK registered charities for charitable work in the UK that benefits children, through their education and/or welfare, youth projects, and the elderly and their welfare.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://tescocommunitygrants.org.uk/
Variety Club - Equipment Grants
Grants are available for specialist equipment for the direct use of children up to the age of 18 years who are sick, disabled or disadvantaged and are resident in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.variety.org.uk/what-we-do/equipment-grants
5. COMMUNITY FUNDING
Baillie Gifford Community Awards
Grants up to £5,000 are available to support grassroots community organisations across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/baillie-gifford-community-awards
DWF Foundation
One-off grants are available to registered charities in the UK for projects that enable communities to achieve their full potential.
The majority of grants are under £5,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://dwfgroup.com/en/about-us/dwf-foundation
Foundation Scotland - Community Benefit Funds
Grants can range from £100 to more than £10,000 and are available for voluntary and community organisations which are working for the benefit of residents and communities in specific community council areas in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/baillie-giffordcommunity-awards
Morrisons Foundation
Grants up to £25,000 are available to registered charities for new projects which directly improve the lives of local people or communities, especially those that are vulnerable or disadvantaged, in England, Scotland or Wales.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/
6. ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Ash Scotland – Small Grants
Grants of £500 are available for charities and community groups in Scotland to support projects and activities that address smoking.
Deadline: 29 August 2022
https://www.ashscotland.org.uk/what-you-can-do/scotlands-charter-for-a-tobacco-freegeneration/charter-small-grants/
Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
Grants are available for charities, community benefit societies and social enterprises in the UK who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support projects that deliver benefits for climate, communities and nature.
Deadline: 02 September 2022
http://www.polden-puckham.org.uk/how-to-apply-report
Theatre Improvement Scheme
Grants of up to £20,000 are available for not-for-profit theatres in the UK for capital improvement projects that will improve environmental sustainability.
Deadline: 06 September 2022
http://www.theatrestrust.org.uk/how-we-help/grants-funding/theatre-improvement-scheme
BA Better World Community Fund (with Crowdfunding)
Grants of up to £50,000 are available to community groups, schools and other not-for-profit organisations for projects that champion education, participation, environment, diversity and health in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://bacommunityfund.co.uk/eligibilitycriteria?utm_source=intercom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cf_ba-better-world&utm_content=launcheligibilityhttps://alpkit.com/pages/foundation
Cairngorms National Park – Outdoor Learning Travel Grant Scheme
Grants up to £200 are available for schools, community groups, and voluntary organisations in Scotland to support transport costs for educational trips to the Cairngorms National Park.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://cairngorms.co.uk/caring-future/funding/travel-grant-scheme/
Climate Action Fund
Grants of up to £1.5 million over two to five years are available for community-led partnerships in the UK to make changes in their community that they believe will have the biggest impact on climate change.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/climate-action-fund-programme
Community clean ups & Litter grants
Grants up to £250 are available to formally constituted groups and organisations undertaking litter clean-ups of public spaces in the Argyll & Bute local authority area this summer.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.grab.org.uk/beachc.html
Ernest Cook Trust
Grants up to £15,000 are available to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations in the UK for educational projects that will encourage young people's interest in the countryside and the environment.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/apply-here/
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - Grants
Grants are available to organisations doing legally charitable work in the UK that focuses on the Foundation's funding priorities of improving the natural world, securing a fairer future, and strengthening the bonds in communities in the UK. The minimum grant size is £30,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/
Foundation Scotland - Martin Currie Community Partnership Programme
Grants up to £7,000 are available for charities and constituted community groups in Scotland addressing diversity, inclusion and inequality, plus encouraging social and environmental sustainability.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/martin-curriecommunity-partnership-programme
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park – Educational Travel Grants
Grants up to £200 are available for schools and groups working with disadvantaged people across Scotland to cover transport costs for educational trips to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/park-authority/how-we-can-help/outdoorlearning/education-travel-grant/
Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund - Small Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for charitable organisations to support community-based projects in the areas of heritage and conservation, education, health and wellbeing, social inclusion, environment, and countryside.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pwcf.org.uk/how-apply-grant
7.GENERAL FUNDING
National Lottery Community Fund - Grants for Improving Lives
Grants of between £10,001 and £200,000 are available for up to three years, are available to a range of organisations in Scotland for activities which help people in Scotland to overcome difficulties and become more resilient.
Deadline: 30 September 2022
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/grants-for-improving-lives
MacRobert Trust
Grants up to £50,000+ are available for UK registered charities with a preference for organisations based in Scotland which have projects that address the themes set out by The MacRobert Trust.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.themacroberttrust.org.uk/grant-making/monetary-awards/
Magic Little Grants Fund
Small one-off grants are available to small local charities and community groups for community projects in Great Britain that address themes set out by the funders.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://localgiving.org/about/magic-little-grants/
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing People Together
Large grants of up to £1 million for up to five years are available to voluntary and community organisations in the United Kingdom for projects that will build stronger connections across communities and improve the infrastructure and conditions that are needed to strengthen these connections.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/bringing-people-together
Robertson Trust - Wee Grants
Grants of £300 to £2,000 are available for small charities and community groups in Scotland carrying out charitable work in local communities to address poverty and trauma.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/wee-grants/
8. HEALTH
Albert Hunt Trust
Grants are available to local charities in the UK that provide hospice care, provide support for the homeless or promote health and wellbeing.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.alberthunttrust.org.uk/
Bally's Foundation
Grants are available for organisations who support individuals suffering from mental health issues and who focus on research in the mental health field.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.ballysfoundation.org/
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme
Grants up to £5,000 are available for UK based registered charities who are providing practical and emotional support to people with, or at high risk of, physical or mental ill health, people living with disability, and their families and carers.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://julesthorntrust.org.uk/
Home Instead Charities
Grants up to £1,500 are available for grass roots community groups and charities addressing mental health and isolation in older people in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.homeinstead.co.uk/charities/apply-for-a-grant/
Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust
Grants up to £3,000 are available for charities that are providing services for blind, deaf and disabled people in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.lionelwigrammemorialtrust.org/
Scottish Forestry Community Fund
A fund to support voluntary and community organisations, development trusts, social enterprises, charities and local authorities for projects and activities that encourage people to use woods more.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://forestry.gov.scot/forests-people/communities/community-fund
Scottish Government National Drugs Mission - Local Support Fund
Funding of up to £50,000 per year for up to four years is available to small community-based groups which deliver frontline services to support people who use drugs, people in recovery and their families.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.corra.scot/grants/drugs-services-funds/
Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Open Fund
Grants up to £50,000 are available for public, third and community sector organisations in Scotland that want to change people's everyday travel behaviour; encouraging people to use sustainable travel choices for longer journeys, walking and cycling for short journeys, and home-working to replace daily commutes.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/pfa/get-involved/smarter-choices-smarter-places-open-fund.html
9. LAND & PROPERTY
Community Ownership Fund
Grants up to £250,000 are available to voluntary, community and charitable organisations in the UK to support them in taking ownership of local assets such as pubs, theatres and parks. The Fund will contribute up to 50% of the total capital required.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-ownership-fund-round-2-how-to-express-your-interest-in-applying
Cruach Trust
Grants up to £2,000 are available to charities and other organisations to support gardeners, retired gardeners and the preservation of gardens throughout the United Kingdom. Additionally, funding can support a wide range of activities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.wssociety.co.uk/charities/cruach-trust
Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund
Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund under CARES will help community organisations reduce their building energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Grant funding is available for up to 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £80,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://localenergy.scot/funding/lets-do-net-zero-community-buildings-fund/
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
Grants are available towards the VAT incurred during repairs and maintenance of listed buildings that are used principally as public places of worship, or which are listed places of worship owned by specified organisations that look after redundant places of worship.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.lpwscheme.org.uk/
Scottish Land Fund
Grants up to £!,000,000 are available to help urban and rural communities in Scotland take ownership of the land and buildings that matter to them, as well as practical support to develop their aspirations into viable projects.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/scottish-land-fund
Sports Facilities Fund
Grants of up to £100,000 are available for the provision or upgrading of sports facilities in local communities throughout Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/
10. POVERTY & COST OF LIVING CRISIS
Emerton-Christie Charity
A very small number of grants are available for registered charities in the UK undertaking projects in the areas of health, supporting those who are disadvantaged, or the arts.
Deadline: 31 August 2022
https://www.emertonchristie.org
Grocers' Charity - Memorial Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to small UK registered charities for work in the specific areas of: relief of youth poverty, the disabled, the elderly, health, military, and the arts and heritage.
Deadline: 09 September 2022
https://grocershall.co.uk/the-charity/memorial-grants/
National Lottery Awards for All - Scotland
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for voluntary, community and public sector organisations in Scotland to carry out projects that will improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-scotland
National Lottery Community Fund - Community-led Activity
Grants of between £10,001 and £150,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for projects in local communities that bring real improvement to the places where people live and to the wellbeing of those most in need.
Deadline: 30 September 2022
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/grants-for-community-led-activity
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Grants between £1,000 and £50,000 are available to large charitable groups and organisations in the UK for projects that further the objectives of the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, particularly those that educate young people in rural areas and the relief of poverty in rural areas.
Deadline: 28 October 2022
https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/about-us/charitable-trust/
Buttle UK - Chances for Children
Grants of up to £2,000 are available to enable vulnerable children and young people in the UK to overcome financial barriers preventing them from achieving their education, training or employment goals.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.buttleuk.org
Casey Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities (or UK affiliates) for start-up projects, or new initiatives, taking place in the UK that exclusively support children (up to 18 years) and their welfare.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.caseytrust.org/#
Percy Bilton Charity - Grants for Organisations
Grants up to £5,000 for registered UK charities with primary objectives to assist one or more of the following groups: disadvantaged/ underprivileged young people (persons under 25); people with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems); older people (aged over 60).
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org/applyOrg
Stuart Halbert Foundation
Grants are available to UK registered charities and other charitable organisations for projects that support disadvantaged people, animal welfare, the Armed forces or local communities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.stuarthalbertfoundation.org.uk/
The Rozelle Trust
Grants are available to smaller charities in Scotland that work to support the poor and disadvantaged in their local communities.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.rozelletrust.org/default.asp
11. SPORT FUNDING
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust
Grants of up to £1,500 are available to help disabled people in the UK to play tennis through the purchase of wheelchairs, tennis equipment and grants for coaching.
Deadline: 18 October 2022
https://www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant
Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust
Each year the Trust gives eight to twelve grants averaging £400 to fund projects that allow disadvantaged young people in the UK to take up opportunities to develop an existing interest in the great outdoors and outdoor activities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.andyfanshawe.org
Baillie Gifford Grassroots Sports
Grants up to £5,000 are available to support grassroots sports organisations to widen participation in sport across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/baillie-gifford-grassroots-sports
Barclays Community Football Fund
Grants of £500 are available to community groups in the UK to a make playing football more accessible at the grassroots level, and in particular encourage girls and young people from lower socio-economic and under-represented groups, including culturally diverse communities, young people with disabilities, and young people from the LGBTQ+ community to take part.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sported.org.uk/barclays-community-football-fund-2/
Hargreaves Foundation
Grants are available for charities and educational institutions that support those under the age of 18 years, and living with a mental health condition, disability or growing up in poverty through the mediums of sport and education.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/
12. YOUNG PEOPLE
Foundation Scotland - Volant Charitable Trust
Grants are typically between £25,000 and £35,000 and are available to registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations in Scotland undertaking projects to help poverty and social deprivation, particularly supporting children, young people and women.
Deadline: 10 October 2022
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/volant-charitable-trust
Allander Youth Activities Charitable Trust
Grants are available for voluntary organisations to support activities that promote the welfare and advance the education and training of young people in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.allandertrust.org.uk
Dulverton Trust
Grants of up to £15,000 per year for up to three years are available to registered charities working to produce significant impact in the Trust's priority areas: youth opportunities, general welfare, conservation, heritage, Africa (Kenya and Uganda), and international stability and reconstruction.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.dulverton.org/
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Start Fund
Grants of between £10,001 and £100,000 for up to three years are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for work that helps young people (aged 8 to 24) to become more confident and play an active part in realising their potential.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/young-start
Variety Club - Youth Clubs Grant
Grants of between £250 and £600 are available to youth clubs in the UK that provide opportunities for improving social skills, team spirit and self esteem for young people aged from 8 to 18 years.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.variety.org.uk/what-we-do/youth-clubs-grants
Youth Scotland - Stand Up to Sectarianism Small Grants Scheme
Grants up to £500 are available to community-based youth groups to tackle local experiences of sectarianism in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.youthlinkscotland.org/funding-directory/s/stand-up-to-sectarianism-small-grants-scheme/
