Monthly Funding Update 2nd March 2021
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
Adapt & Thrive Programme
The Adapt and Thrive Programme aims to support organisations across the third sector to adapt to the challenges presented by COVID-19 and build back better to thrive in the future. It provides the opportunity, space, and support so organisations can reflect on their current services and determine which areas need to change, flex, innovate, or grow in order to be resilient and successful during and post COVID-19.
Deadline: 31 March 2021
https://scvo.org.uk/support/coronavirus/funding/scottish-government/community-recovery/
Volant Charitable Trust - COVID-19 Response Fund
Grants are available to 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 2021
https://www.volanttrust.org/how-to-apply-covid-19/
Morrisons Foundation - COVID-19 Homeless Support Fund
Morrisons Foundation grants up to £10,000 are available to support charities caring for the homeless during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Registered charities that care for the homeless can apply for support to cover three broad areas:
Outreach and support for rough sleepers, including provision of essentials
Delivery of services in hostels and shelters ● Information and advice.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/latest-news/covid-19/
2. ARTS & CULTURE
Association of Independent Museums (AIM) Collections Care Audits
Grants up to £1,100 to enable small museums to undertake a basic, professional collections care audit. The audits will be carried out by an accredited conservator to help smaller AIM members (museums with up to 20,000 visitors a year) identify key issues and priorities for their museum.
Deadline: 31 March 2021
https://www.aim-museums.co.uk/for-aim-members/grants/collections-care-audits/
Association of Independent Museums (AIM)/ Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Scheme
Grants up to £10,000 to help small museums with the conservation of objects in their collections.
Deadline: 31 March 2021
https://www.aim-museums.co.uk/for-aim-members/grants/remedial-conservation-scheme/
Steel Charitable Trust
Grants up to £3,000 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: 02 April 2021
https://steelcharitabletrust.org.uk/
Ragdoll Foundation
Grants of up to £20,000 are available to support arts, cultural and youth-focused organisations working with children and young people in the UK through the arts, artists and creative media.
Deadline: 07 May 2021
http://www.ragdollfoundation.org.uk/portfolio/grant-giving
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Funds of up to £2,000 are available to give a helping hand to projects and initiatives across the UK that are seeking to bring music to their community. The funding is for groups that need assistance to fulfil their potential in developing truly sustainable music programmes.
Deadline: 01 July 2021
http://www.musicforall.org.uk/apply-for-funding/
John Ellerman Foundation
Grants from £10.000 and upwards 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.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.ellerman.org.uk/
Scottish Schools Pipes and Drums Trust - Open Grant Fund
Grants up to £100,000 are available to support the development of school pipe bands in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sspdt.org.uk/funding/open-grant-fund-guidelines/
Further links to Hardship Funds
Bella Caledonia are posting a list of hardship funds and awards currently available to artists and freelancers in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://bellacaledonia.org.uk/2020/11/07/list-of-hardship-funds-for-artists/
3. BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund
This is a new fund for social enterprises and charities that are improving people’s lives across the UK who are experiencing disruption to their normal business model as a result of COVID-19. It has been established to make an existing government scheme, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, more easily accessible to charities and social enterprises.
Deadline: 31 March 2021
https://www.sibgroup.org.uk/resilience-and-recovery-loan-fund
Coronavirus - information for businesses
The UK and Scottish Governments have announced a package of support to assist businesses. You can use this business support finder to see what support is available for you and your business. Regularly for updates.
Deadlines: Changing
https://www.gov.uk/business-coronavirus-support-finder
Social Entrepreneurs Fund –Start It
Up to £5,000 of start-up funding for individuals with a business idea that addresses a social, environmental, and/or community issue. You can apply for Start it if you have an idea for a social enterprise but need some funding to get it up and running. The idea should be new, not a continuation of something already existing.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.firstport.org.uk/funding/social-entrepreneurs-fund-start-it/
4. CHILDREN & FAMILIES
BBC Children in Need - Main Grants Programme
Grants up to £100,000 for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and younger. Application process requires that applicants register by submitting an Organisation Registration form.
Deadline: 12 April 2021
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/
BBC Children in Need - Small Grants Programme
Grants up to £30,000 for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and younger. Online application system is available on the BBC Children in Need website
Deadline: 12 April 2021
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/
Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation
Grants up to £3,000 are available for 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://www.skiptoncharitablefoundation.co.uk
Variety Club - Equipment Grants
Grants up to £5,000 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
Baillie Gifford Community Awards
Grants up to £5,000 are available to support grassroots community organisations across Scotland that are running programmes focussed on children and families, elderly people, education, the environment, health, people who are physically disabled, homelessness and women. Additionally, there is a ring fenced budget for projects involving grassroots sports.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/programmes/baillie-gifford/
Wooden Spoon Charity
Grants are available for organisations that are working to support disadvantaged and disabled children in the UK. There is neither a minimum nor maximum grant level. However, it is unlikely that a project of a physical nature that is under £5,000 will have sufficient substance and scale to qualify.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.woodenspoon.org.uk/
5. COMMUNITY FUNDING
The Prince's Countryside Fund
Grants up to £10,000 are available for farming and rural communities for projects from across the UK which are working to create resilient rural communities. The Grant Manager will be holding a webinar on Wednesday 3 March 2021 (12pm) to talk through the application process and what they are looking for.
Deadline: 19 March 2021
http://princescountrysidefund.org.uk/
Hilden Charitable Fund
Grants up to £5,000 are available for charities working in the areas of homelessness, penal affairs, asylum seekers and refugees, community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people (16-25), and projects in developing countries working on community development, education, and health (with particular interest in projects that address the needs and potential of girls and women).
Deadline: 16 April 2021
http://www.hildencharitablefund.orghttps://bemis.org.uk/ricfund/
Matthew Good Foundation - Grants for Good Fund
Grants up to £3,500 are available for local community groups, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in the UK for projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.matthewgoodfoundation.org/grantsforgood/
6. ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Sea-Changers Coastal Fountain Fund
Grants up to £2,000 are available for community organisations to install a water bottle refill station in a busy or environmentally important coastal location.
Deadline: 15 March 2021
https://www.sea-changers.org.uk/coastal-fountain-fund
Charles Hayward Foundation
Grants up to £75,000 for projects in the following categories: Heritage and Conservation; Social and Criminal Justice; Overseas; and Older People.
Deadline Ongoing
http://www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk/
Pilgrim Trust
Small grants up to £5,000 and larger grants are available for projects in the UK concerned with heritage preservation and social welfare, especially improving the life chances of vulnerable members of society (particularly women and girls).
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk/
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/
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
Baillie Gifford Multi-Year Awards
Grants up to £15,000 are available for constituted charitable organisations in Scotland that work to reduce isolation, support financial inclusion (including food poverty), overcome homelessness or improve employability
Deadline: 30 April 2021
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/programmes/baillie-gifford-multi-year-awards/
Stafford Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available to support registered charities in the UK, with a preference towards charitable organisations operating in Scotland.
Deadline 30 June 2021
http://www.staffordtrust.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme
Grants up to £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/
MacRobert Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities with a preference for organisations based in Scotland which have projects that address the themes and sub-themes as set out by The MacRobert Trust.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.themacroberttrust.org.uk/
8. HEALTH
Scotch Whisky Action Fund Tackling Alcohol Related Harm
Funding up to £75,000 is available to reduce the impact of alcohol-related harm in Scotland's communities.
Deadline: 28 June 2021
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/scotch-whisky-action-fund
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
Paths for All - Community Active Travel Grants
Grants up to £3,000 are available for constituted community groups in Scotland to develop, deliver, and promote their own community-led active travel projects.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/community-paths/cmp-grants
Foundation Scotland - Budge Foundation
Grants up to £1,000 to support organisations whose focus relates to the health, well-being and education of children.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/programmes/budge-foundation/
9. LAND & PROPERTY
The Scottish Land Fund
The Land Fund main application is currently closed but are still accepting first stage applications to help communities develop their ideas or do preliminary work around taking ownership of assets. It supports rural and urban communities to become more resilient and sustainable through the ownership and management of land and land assets.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/scottish-land-fund
Cycling Facilities Fund
Grants up to £500,000 are available to constituted non-profit distributing organisations in Scotland for projects that improve cycling facilities across the country.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.sfct.org.uk/headley.html
10. SPORT FUNDING
Pedal for Scotland Grants
Grants up to £10,000 are available for community organisations in Scotland to organise and deliver beginnerfriendly, local cycling events. The aim of the scheme is to support local events in more places to get more people in Scotland cycling.
Deadline: 08 March 2021
https://www.cycling.scot/pedal-for-scotland/grant-funding
Sports Facilities Fund
Grants up to £100,000 are available for the provision or upgrading of sports facilities in local communities throughout Scotland. The Sports Facilities Fund aims to support capital projects that provide opportunities for people to get involved in and participate in sport and physical activity in Scotland.
Support is available to projects that demonstrate the greatest impact on:
Progression - providing opportunities for people to develop, progress and achieve success at their chosen level of sport.
Participation - providing opportunities for people to get involved and participate in sport and stay involved throughout their life with a particular focus on increasing participation within those groups who are underrepresented in sport: young people; women and girls; disabled people or those from deprived communities
Deadline: 01 April 2021
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/
Peter Harrison Foundation - Opportunities through Sport Programme
Grants are available to charities registered in the UK that are 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
Paths for All - Walking for Health Fund
Grants up to £15,000 are available to a range of organisations working in Scotland for innovative and new approaches to significantly increase the number of people becoming active through walking.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/walking-for-health/wfh-grants/wfh-fund
11. YOUNG PEOPLE
Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund
Grants up to £15,000 are available for smaller UK based charities working with young offenders, prisoners and exprisoners, and young disadvantaged people, especially those at risk of criminal involvement within the UK
Deadline: 30 April 2021
http://www.weavers.org.uk/
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Grants 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 relieve of poverty in rural areas
Deadline: 28 May 2021
https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/about-us/charitable-trust/
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Fund
Grants up to £90,000 are available for organisations whose main purpose is working with and for young people (aged 14-25) who face complex transitions to adulthood.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.phf.org.uk/funds/youth-fund/
The Scout Association - Scout Grants Committee UK HQ Grants
Grants are available to Scout groups across the UK. Grants are available for various groups covering a range of purposes, while others support individual members who are experiencing financial hardship to continue to be involved in Scouting activities
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-things-locally/grants-and-funds-for-your-local-group/grants-from-ukhq/
Variety Club - Youth Clubs Grant
Grants for equipment is 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
Foundation Scotland - Mary Janet King Fund
Grants up to £5,000 to support community groups working with young people in music in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/mary-janet-king-fund
