Monthly Funding Update 23rd May 2022
Funding Categories:
NEWS & Covid-19 UPDATES
ARTS & CULTURE
BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
COMMUNITY FUNDING
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
GENERAL FUNDING
HEALTH
LAND & PROPERTY
SPORT FUNDING
YOUNG PEOPLE
1. NEWS & Covid-19 UPDATES
Arnold Clark Community Fund
Grants up to £1,000 are available for UK registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations who need financial assistance due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.arnoldclark.com/community-fund
Volant Charitable Trust - COVID-19 Response Fund
Grants are available to UK charities that demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Deadline: 31 July 2022
https://www.volanttrust.org/how-to-apply-covid-19/
3. 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
4. Culture and Business Fund Scotland (CBFS) COVID-19 Recovery & Renewal Strand
Up to three years of 100% match funding of between £1,000 and £40,000 is available to enable collaboration between businesses and arts and heritage organisations based in Scotland to support all sectors in their recovery and renewal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.aandbscotland.org.uk/
National Emergencies Trust (with Crowdfunding) – Local Action Fund
A maximum of £10,000 of match funding per organisation is available for not-for-profit groups and organisations in the UK who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to help them get back on their feet after the challenges of the pandemic.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/local-action-fund
2. ARTS & CULTURE
Maoin nan Ealan Gàidhlig
Grants available to assist individual artists and art organisations with the delivery of Gaelic arts projects in Scotland.
Deadline: 27 May 2022
https://www.feisean.org/en/meg-en/
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Grants of up to £2,000 are available to UK-based community groups that aim to bring musical projects to their local communities.
Deadline 27 May 2022
https://www.musicforall.org.uk/apply-for-funding/the-application-process/
Museums Galleries Scotland Museum Development Fund
Grants up to £60,000 for Scotland's museums to strategically develop core or new work.
Deadline 13 June 2022
https://www.museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk/funding/museum-development-fund/
Scottish Book Trust – Live Literature Programme
Funding is available to community groups and not-for-profit organisations in Scotland to deliver author events in their local community.
Deadline 29 August 2022
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-authors/live-literature/apply-now-part-funded
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/
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.
Deadline Ongoing
https://www.phf.org.uk/our-work-in-the-uk/arts-access-participation/
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arts-based Learning Fund
Grants range from £30,000 to £400,000 for up to two or three years 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
John Ellerman Foundation
Grants of between £30,000 and £400,000 to support work which enables pupils in formal education settings, particularly those experiencing systemic inequality or disadvantage, to thrive through engagement with high quality, arts-based learning.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.phf.org.uk/funds/arts-based-learning-fund/
Schroder Charity Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available for UK charities supporting education, communities, the environment, health, arts, culture and heritage.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://schrodercharitytrust.org/homepage
3. BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme
Grants of between £500 and £2,500 are available for activity providers, communities, networks and organisations across the UK to develop new opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active.
Deadlines 10 June 2020
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/physical-activity-grants
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 30 June 2020
https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards
Scottish Mountaineering Trust
Grants are available for organisations and individuals to promote public recreation, knowledge and safe enjoyment of the mountains of Scotland.
Deadlines 31 August 2022
https://thesmt.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant-new-form-and-guidance/
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.
Deadlines Ongoing
https://forestry.gov.scot/forests-people/communities/community-fund
4. CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Barbara Ward Children's Foundation
Grants for charitable organisations undertaking projects for severely disadvantaged children and young people anywhere in the world.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.bwcf.org.uk/
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/
Buttle UK - Chances for Children
Grants 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
Toy Trust
Grants are available for registered charities undertaking projects to support disadvantaged and disabled children who are under 13 years of age within the UK and abroad.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://toytrust.co.uk/
Wooden Spoon Charity
Grants are available for organisations that are working to support disadvantaged and disabled children in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.woodenspoon.org.uk/
5. COMMUNITY FUNDING
28. Nationwide Building Society Community Grants
Grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 are available to smaller charities and other charitable organisations for projects that tackle a housing problem in local communities in eligible parts of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Deadline: 27 May 2022
https://www.nationwidecommunitygrants.co.uk/
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing People Together
Grants of up to £300,000 for up to two 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: 30 September 2022
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/bringing-people-together
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
Cruden Foundation Limited
Grants are available for registered charities in Scotland working for the support and improvement of their local community.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://crudenfoundation.org/
Henry Smith Charity - Main Grants - Strengthening Communities
Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year, for up to three years are available to support the running costs of small community-based organisations working in the most deprived areas of the UK to help people make positive changes in their lives.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/explore-our-grants-and-apply/strengtheningcommunities-grants/strengthening-communities-overview/
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Grants up to £100,000 are available for small and medium sized local charities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK with a track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural areas.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/grants/
6. ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
FCC Scottish Action Fund
Grants of between £2,000 and £40,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations for environmental and community-based projects that are within 10 miles of any landfill site or transfer station in Scotland and are for the benefit of the general public.
Deadline: 08 June 2022
https://fcccommunitiesfoundation.org.uk/funds/fcc-scottish-action-fund
Steel Charitable Trust
Grants from £10,000 are available to registered charities in the UK working in the areas of arts and heritage, education, environment, health, or social and economic disadvantage.
Deadline: 20 July 2022
https://steelcharitabletrust.org.uk/
Historic Environment Scotland - Heritage and Place Fund
Grants are available to support not-for-profit organisations in Scotland to deliver heritage-focused and community-led regeneration schemes of the local historic environment.
Deadline: 31 July 2022
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/grants-and-funding/our-grants/heritage-place-programme/
BA Better World Community Fund (with Crowdfunding)
Grants of up to £50,000 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: Ongoing
https://bacommunityfund.co.uk/eligibilitycriteria?utm_source=intercom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cf_ba-better-world&utm_content=launcheligibility
Cairngorms National Park – Outdoor Learning Travel Grant Scheme
Grants 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/
Charles Hayward Foundation
Grants up to £75,000 are available to UK registered charities for projects in the following categories: Heritage and Conservation; Social and Criminal Justice; Overseas; and Older People.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk/
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park – Educational Travel Grants
Grants of 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/
Swire Charitable Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities working to deliver positive and lasting change to UK society under three programme areas: opportunity, environment and heritage.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.swirecharitabletrust.org.uk/
7.GENERAL FUNDING
Ocado Foundation for Good
Grants of up to £1,000 are available for registered charities, community interest companies, local authorities and other organisations to support skills development or sustainability projects that bring benefit to communities across the UK.
Deadline: 31 December 2022
https://www.bizgive.app/#/sharable/company/programme/566d0256-2547-47f2-9e8db689e9865f92/ca7e8992ee568a5c3eb39c634b8094174b6806c3e438d7aca080a7a80d858af35268fff152c09e9e9efd3a81 2dc2b6ccc438437abfe8c62998c6339b2aad1d41
Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme
Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 are available to smaller charities registered and operating in the UK for projects that will make a significant impact on their work.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/small-grants-scheme/
Scotland - Workforce Wellbeing Fund for Adult Social Work and Social Care
Grants are available to public, private and voluntary organisations in Scotland's adult social work and social care sector to support projects which look after the wellbeing of staff.
Deadline: 29 July 2022
https://www.inspiringscotland.org.uk/workforce-wellbeing-fund-for-adult-social-work-and-social-care/
Grocers' Charity - Memorial Grants
One off 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: 10 September 2022
https://grocershall.co.uk/the-charity/memorial-grants/
National Lottery Community Fund - Grants for Improving Lives
Grants of between £10,001 and £200,000 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
Faith in Community Scotland - Greener Spaces, Fairer Places
Grants are available for local faith groups and other related organisations for projects that address poverty and climate change in communities across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.faithincommunity.scot/gsfp
Rayne Foundation
Grants from £10,000 to £20,000 per year for up to three years and are available to charities in the UK working in the fields of arts, health and wellbeing, education in its widest sense, and those that cover social issues, to support activities that bring clear and direct benefits to vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.raynefoundation.org.uk
National Lottery Awards for All - Scotland
Grants of between £300 and £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
People's Postcode Trust - Scotland
Grants from £500 to £25,000 are available for smaller charities and good causes in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.postcodetrust.org.uk/applying-for-a-grant
Robertson Trust
Grants up to £750,000 are available to registered charities in Scotland that are working with communities experiencing poverty and trauma.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/our-funds/
8. HEALTH
Vegan Society Grants
Grants are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which encourage people to go vegan in the UK and overseas.
Deadline: 30 June 2022
https://www.vegansociety.com/get-involved/grants?dm_i=6MG6,I3S1,1GCQ5T,29N8K,1
Baring Foundation - Arts and Mental Health Programme
Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 are available over a minimum of two years are available to arts organisations in the UK for projects that promote the role of creativity in the lives of people with mental health problems from ethnically diverse backgrounds.
Deadline: 26 July 2022
https://baringfoundation.org.uk/our-grant-making/current-funding-opportunities/
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
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/
Benefact Trust – Brighter Lives Mental Health Programme
Grants are available for churches and Christian charities across the UK and Ireland to provide increased mental health support for people and communities in need.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://benefacttrust.co.uk/which-grant-is-for-me/brighterlives/#:~:text=Brighter%20Lives%20is%20our%20new,on%20our%20social%20media%20channels%E2%80%A6
Gosling Foundation
Grants are available for charitable organisations carrying out projects in the UK that benefit the Foundation's focus areas: Royal Navy/Royal Marines, Youth, Education or Health.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.thegoslingfoundation.com/
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/
Scottish Government National Drugs Mission - Local Support Fund
Funding of up to £50,000 per year for up to five 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/
9. LAND & PROPERTY
Wolfson Foundation
The Foundation aims to support excellence in the UK, generally through the funding of capital infrastructure in the fields of science and medicine, arts and humanities, education, and health and disability.
Deadline: 01 July 2022
http://www.wolfson.org.uk/
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: 01 September 2022
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/
Theatre Improvement Scheme
Grants 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
SUEZ Communities Trust Scottish Landfill Communities Fund - Smaller Projects Fund
Grants of between £1 and £20,000 are available to non-profit making organisations in Scotland for projects under the categories of Land Reclamation (Object A), Community Recycling (Object B), Public Amenities (Object C), Biodiversity (Object D) and Historic Buildings (Object E).
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.suezcommunitiestrust.org.uk/apply-for-funding/scotland/
10. SPORT FUNDING
Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust
The Trust exists 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
Wake Charitable Trust
Grants are available for the provision of leisure activities for the disabled in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://brucewaketrust.co.uk/grants/
Peter Harrison Foundation - Opportunities through Sport Programme
Grants are available to UK charities running sports projects which provide opportunities for people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their potential and develop personal and life skills.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://peterharrisonfoundation.org/grant-programmes/grant-programmes
11. YOUNG PEOPLE
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Grants up to £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: 27 May 2022
https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/about-us/charitable-trust/
Gannochy Trust
Grants of up to £30,000 are available across Scotland for work that aims to inspire young people under 25 years of age; and for projects in Perth and Kinross that aim to improve the quality of life for local people, develop and inspire young people or improve the availability/quality of the built and natural environment for wide community use.
Deadline: 03 June 2022
https://www.gannochytrust.org.uk/our-grants/
Barclays Community Football Fund
Grants up to £500 are available to community groups 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/
Clothworkers' Foundation
Capital grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK in one of the following areas: alcohol and substance misuse, people with disabilities, disadvantaged minority communities, disadvantaged young people, domestic and sexual abuse, older people, homelessness, prisoners and ex-offenders, and visual impairment.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.clothworkersfoundation.org.uk/
Dulverton Trust
Grants are typically between £25,000 and £35,000 and available to UK 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/
The Scout Association - Scout Grants Committee UK HQ Grants
Grants are available to Scout groups across the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-things-locally/grants-and-funds-for-your-localgroup/grants-from-ukhq/
Youth Scotland - Stand Up to Sectarianism Small Grants Scheme
Grants of 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/
