Monthly Funding Update 8th November 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
easyfundraising
If your community organisation is looking for an easy and efficient way to raise some additional funds, take a look at easyfundraising. Through this free to use fundraising platform, leading brands like Sainsbury’s, Amazon, M&S, Trainline, Tesco and 7,000 others will give a monetary donation to your community organisation when your volunteers, staff and supporters shop with them. It’s very straightforward and completely free – find out more here www.easyfundraising.org.uk/east-lothian
One Council Partnership Fund - Grants for Communities
Fund is now open for submissions, with the deadline for applications Friday 2nd December. Details about how to apply can be found here: https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/info/210623/funding/12403/one_council_partnership_fund
Movement for good – Nominate a charity to receive £1000
12 Days of Giving is the last phase of the Movement for Good programme for 2022. For 12 days in December, will be drawing 10 charities per working day to receive £1,000. They first draw takes place on December 1st and the last on the 16th so nominate your favourite charity today!
https://movementforgood.com/
Worrying about money leaflet
Support for individualswho are worrying about money! We have produced a leaflet with our partners sign posting to where help is available for individuals and their families.
https://www.worryingaboutmoney.co.uk/east-lothian
2. ARTS & CULTURE
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Grants of up to £8,000 are available to UK-based community groups that aim to bring musical projects to their local communities.
Deadline: 25 November 2023
https://www.musicforall.org.uk/apply-for-funding/the-application-process/
Go See Share Creative Industries Fund
Grants between £3,000 and £10,000 are available to help organisations and creative businesses to undertake trips, allowing them to explore new ways to expand their business activity and make them more financially sustainable. The funding is intended to help recipients to gain knowledge, insight and build relationships at events or other types of visits and then to share this knowledge back in Scotland.
Deadline: 29 November 2022
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/targeted-funding/gosee-share-creative-industries-fund
Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development
Grants between £1,000 and £100,000 are available to enable organisations to explore ways of working that will help them to adapt and respond to the current changing circumstances.
Deadline: 23 December 2022
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/open-fundsustaining-creative-development
Art Fund - Student Opportunities
Applications for up to £10,000 will be considered to harness the talent of university students to help realise a project at a museum or gallery in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/programmes/student-opportunities
Awards for Young Musicians
Grants of £100 to £2,000 are available for the UK's most talented young instrumentalists in any genre, aged five to 17 years of age who, because of financial need, may be prevented from fulfilling their creative potential.Deadline Ongoing
https://apply-aym-awards.smapply.io/
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arts-based Learning Fund
Grants range from £30,000 to £400,000 for up to two or three years and are available 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/
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
Sustrans Scotland – Places for Everyone
Grants are available for local authorities, businesses, charities, and community organisations to support the design and construction of active travel infrastructure that encourages people across Scotland to walk, wheel, or cycle.
Deadline: 29 November 2022
https://www.showcase-sustrans.org.uk/places-for-everyone/
UnLtd - Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
Funding of up to £18,000 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.
Deadline: 31 December 2022
https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards
Business Chargepoint Funding Scheme
Grants up to a maximum of £10,000 to rural SMEs and third sector organisations in Scotland to help with the costs of purchasing and installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure on their premises.
Opening soon
https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/grants-and-loans/business-charge-point-funding/
CRASH
Grants and other support are available to homelessness charities and hospices in the UK for construction-related projects.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.crash.org.uk/apply-for-help/
DSL Business Finance Social Enterprise Loans
Loans are available for new and existing businesses and social enterprises that are located in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://dsl-businessfinance.co.uk/social-enterprise/
Pub is the Hub
Pub is the Hub advises and helps rural pubs, owners, licensees and communities in Great Britain to make a positive impact in responding to and supporting the needs of their local communities by using pubs for the co-location of necessary services and articulating their specialist local needs.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.pubisthehub.org.uk/
Real Farming Trust - Loans for Enlightened Agriculture Programme (LEAP)
A blend of loan finance and grant funding is available to cooperatives, social enterprises and community businesses working in the UK's agriculture and food production sector to support and develop their work, helping to increase their social impact.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://realfarming.org/programmes/leap/whats-leap/
4. CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Scottish Veterans Fund
Grants of up to £50,000 per annum (for up to three years) are available for groups to deliver projects that provide new or innovative approaches to improving the lives of veterans and their families, helping them to overcome any disadvantage experienced as a result of service and supporting a successful transition to civilian life.
Deadline: 19 November 2022
https://www.gov.scot/policies/veterans-and-armed-forces/scottish-veterans-fund/
Scottish Government National Drugs Mission - Children and Families Fund
Grants up to £100,000 per year for four years is available to not-for-profit organisations to improve support for children, young people and families impacted by drug use, and ensure all children, young people and families have access to services.
Deadline: 01 December 2022
https://www.corra.scot/grants/drugs-services-funds/
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to voluntary organisations, charities and schools in the UK to assist with the care and relief of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities in the UK.
Deadline: 01 December 2022
http://www.bailythomas.org.uk/grants/general-programme
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/#
Family Fund Trust
Grants are available to help families, or groups applying on their behalf, in the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 years or younger.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.familyfund.org.uk/
Toy Trust
Grants up to £5,000 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/
5. COMMUNITY FUNDING
Tyne & Esk Rural Communities Development Fund
Grants up to £10,000 The funding covers the rural areas of East Lothian and Midlothian. The urban centres of Musselburgh and Dalkeith are excluded with the exception of Dalkeith Country Park.
Deadline: 30 November 2022
https://www.tyneesk.co.uk/how-apply
Armed Forces Covenant Fund - Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities
Grants of up to £100,000 over two or three years are available to not-for-profit groups across the UK for projects which address the hidden and complex needs of specific beneficiaries within Armed Forces communities in a meaningful way.
Deadline: 14 November 2022
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/reaching-and-supporting/#eligibility
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.ocadogroup.com/our-responsible-business/corporate-responsibility
CalMac Community Fund
Grants of £500 to £2,000 are available to support local groups to enable people to connect with services and each other, particularly those most in need.
Deadline: 06 January 2023
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/calmac-community-fund
Cruden Foundation Limited
Most grants are in the £2,500 to £5,000 range and are available for registered charities in Scotland working for the support and improvement of their local community.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://crudenfoundation.org/
Motability - Community Transport Grants
Grants of £100,000 to £4 million are available for a maximum of three years to local not-for-profit groups for projects which develop, expand and improve community transport options for disabled people in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.motability.org.uk/charitable-grants/grants-to-charities-andorganisations/community-transport-grants/
Henry Smith Charity - Main Grants - Strengthening Communities
Grants of between £20,000 and £70,000 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 to make positive changes in their lives.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/explore-our-grants-and-apply/strengtheningcommunities-grants/strengthening-communities-overview/
National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing People Together
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
Sustrans – Love Your Network Grant
Grants up to £1,000 are available for community groups and organisations for small, community-led projects that benefit people or wildlife on traffic-free National Cycle Network routes in Scotland.
Deadline: 06 February 2023
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/projects/2019/scotland/the-love-your-networkgrant-for-community-groups-in-scotland/
Weir Charitable Trust
Grants of up to £25,000 are available to small charities or community groups in Scotland for work addressing sport, health, culture, animal welfare, or recreational facilities.
Deadline: 28 February 2023
http://www.weircharitabletrust.com/
6. ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Historic Environment Scotland – Historic Environment Support Fund
Grants are available to provide support for one-off heritage events, small projects, and training activities, across Scotland.
Deadline: 30 November 2022
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/grants-and-funding/our-grants/historicenvironment-support-fund/#how-to-apply_tab
Tree Council - Branching Out Fund
Grants between £200 and £2,000 are available to assist schools and community groups in undertaking well-planned tree planting projects across the UK, preferably during National Tree Week.
Deadline: 04 December 2022
https://treecouncil.org.uk/take-action/grants-for-trees/
International Tree Foundation - UK Community Tree Planting Programme
Grants of up to £1,000 and larger grants for large-scale projects up to £15,000 are available to protect, promote and plant trees in local communities in the UK.
Deadline: 16 December 2022
http://internationaltreefoundation.org/
Patagonia International Environmental Grants
Grants of between US$5,000 and US$15,000 are available to small grassroots activist environmental organisations in the UK and Ireland that are working to protect local habitats and frontline communities through bold, original actions.
Deadline: 31 January 2023
https://eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/how-we-fund/
Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
Grants between £50,000 and £150,000 per year, for up to three years are available to UK registered charitable nongovernmental organisations that help to promote peace and security, and environmental sustainability.
Deadline: 03 February 2023
http://www.polden-puckham.org.uk/
BA Better World Community Fund (with Crowdfunding)
Grants of up to £50,000 match funding 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/start-crowdfunding
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
Lush Charity Pot
Grants from £100 to £10,000 are available to small grass-roots organisations working in environment, animal protection and human rights, with priority for less popular causes that aim to create long-term change and struggle to find funding.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://weare.lush.com/lush-life/our-giving/charity-pot-the-essential-guide/
The Chestnut Fund
Grants up to £350 are available to encourage and enable independent community conservation groups that are part of the The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) Community Network to carry out conservation activities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tcv.org.uk/communities/join-community-network/the-chestnut-fund
7.GENERAL FUNDING
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Force for Change Programme
Grants up to £10,000 are available for local community projects that respond to hidden or compelling needs within Armed Forces Communities.
Deadline: 14 November 2022
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/armed-forces-covenant-fund-force-for-change-programme/
Hilden Charitable Fund
Grants between £5,000 and £7,000 per year for up to two years are available for charitable organisations working in the areas of penal affairs and asylum seekers and refugees in the UKDeadline: 27 November 2022
https://www.hildencharitablefund.org
Foundation Scotland - Women's Fund for Scotland
Grants up to £5,000 are available for not-for-profit groups to support projects across Scotland that promote women's development, self-sufficiency, and social and economic equality.
Deadline: 29 November 2022
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/womens-fund-for-scotland
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/
Henry Smith Charity - Main Grants - Improving Lives
Grants of between £20,000 and £70,000 per year for one to three years are available for registered charities, social enterprises and constituted charitable groups to help people in the UK when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/explore-our-grants-and-apply/improving-lives-grantsprogramme/improving-lives-grants-programme-overview/
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
Monthly payments are available for individuals, charities, faith groups, local community groups and businesses in the UK to volunteer accommodation to Ukrainians and their family members who are escaping their homeland due to the Russian invasion.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://homesforukraine.campaign.gov.uk/
50. Scotmid Co-op Community Grants
Grants up to £500 are available to local voluntary and community groups and charities for projects that support local communities served by Scotmid stores.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.scotmid.coop/community-and-charity/supporting-local-communities/community-grant/
8. HEALTH
Community Cycling Fund – Events Grants
Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available for local authorities, businesses, charities, and other community groups across Scotland to deliver activities and events that promote new cycling opportunities and encourage more people to start cycling.
Deadline: 16 November 2022
https://www.visitscotland.org/events/funding/community-cycling-fund
Scottish Government National Drugs Mission - Improvement Fund
Grants of £500 are available for charities and community groups in Scotland to support projects and activities that address smoking.
Deadline: 28 November 2022
https://www.ashscotland.org.uk/what-you-can-do/scotlands-charter-for-a-tobacco-freegeneration/charter-small-grants/
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/
Hamish Ogston Foundation
Grants are available for charities across the UK to deliver heritage, music, and health projects that promote long-term sustainability and measurable social outcomes.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.hamishogstonfoundation.org/
Paths for All – Ian Findlay Path Fund
Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 are available for charities, community groups, and other third-sector organisations for projects that improve path networks and promote walking, wheeling, and cycling across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/ian-findlay-path-fund
Rayne Foundation
Grants typically range 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/our-work/grantmaking-uk
9. LAND & PROPERTY
Architectural Heritage Fund - Loans and Social Investment
Loans of £20,000 up to £1 million are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations to support with the acquisition, restoration and conservation of historic buildings in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://ahfund.org.uk/investment
Community Ownership Fund
Match funding grants 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.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-ownership-fund-round-2-how-to-express-your-interest-in-applying
Heritage Impact Fund
Tailored finance is available for charities, social enterprises and community businesses in the UK to support the acquisition, reuse or redevelopment of buildings that are of historic or architectural importance and that will provide social and economic benefits to the local community.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://ahfund.org.uk/loans/heritage-impact-fund/
Scottish Land Fund
Grants up to £1,000,000 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
10. POVERTY & COST OF LIVING CRISIS
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: 13 January 2023
https://grocershall.co.uk/the-charity/memorial-grants/
Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity
Grants of up to £7,500 are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK for projects that relate to the delivery of financial skills to different defined groups.
Deadline: 31 January 2023
http://www.msecharity.com/
Asda Foundation - Cost of Living Grant
Grants of between £500 and £2,000 are available for local community groups in the UK who are affected by the increase in the cost of living.
Deadline: 01 February 2023
https://www.asdafoundation.org/foundation-grants
Robertson Trust
A wide range of grants of up to £750,000 are available to registered charities in Scotland that are working with communities experiencing poverty and trauma.
Deadline: 23 November 2023
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/our-funds/
BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme
Funding for the purchase of essential items to meet the most basic needs of children and young people in the UK who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.familyfundservices.co.uk/
British Gas Energy Trust
Grants to cover arrears of up to £1,500 will be paid and are available to individuals and families across Great Britain to be used to write off their energy debts.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://britishgasenergytrust.org.uk/grants-available/
COSARAF – Hardship Grants
Grants of up to £2,000 are available for third party social organisations to support individuals and families across the UK who are in financial need and have exhausted all other sources of funding.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.cosaraf.org/apply-for-funding/hardship-grants-application-guide/
Family Action - Welfare Grants Programme
Grants up to £300 are available to support families and individuals for essential personal and household needs to assist families and individuals with low incomes, particularly those living on benefits.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.family-action.org.uk/what-we-do/grants/welfare-grants/
Aviva Community Fund - Cost of Living Boost (with Crowdfunding)
A maximum of £50,000 of match funding is available for any organisation to assist local not-for-profit organisations in the UK who are working to help local people in financial need.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/costoflivingboost
Kellogg's Breakfast Club Grants
Grants of £1,000 per breakfast club are available to support school breakfast clubs in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/our-story/feeding-people-in-need/support-for-schoolbreakfast-clubs/grants-for-schools.html
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Cost of Living Support Scotland
Grants of between £10,001 and £75,000 are available for voluntary groups, community organisations, and other not-forprofit organisations across Scotland to help support individuals, families, and communities currently experiencing hardship as a result of the cost-of-living crisis.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/cost-of-living-support-fund#section-1
11. SPORT FUNDING
Scottish Mountaineering Trust
Grant up to £100,000 are available for organisations and individuals to promote public recreation, knowledge and safe enjoyment of the mountains of Scotland.
Deadline: 31 March 2023
https://thesmt.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant-new-form-and-guidance/
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 April 2023
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/
Peter Harrison Foundation - Opportunities through Sport Programme
Small grants up to £5,000 and grants from £5,000 to £30,000 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
Sports Scotland - Transforming Scottish Indoor Tennis Fund
Grants of up to £250,000 per court are available for community organisations and partnerships to support investment in and creation of indoor tennis facilities across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/othersources/the-transforming-scottish-indoor-tennis-fund/
Lawn Tennis Association - Facility Loan Scheme
Loans are available to help LTA-registered venues in Great Britain deliver projects that enhance community facilities and enable communities to grow participation by enabling accessible play all year round.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.lta.org.uk/workforce-venues/tennis-venue-support/tennis-and-padel-facilityfunding-and-advice/quick-access-loan-scheme/
12. YOUNG PEOPLE
Make Tiny Changes Fund
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to support research and innovative projects that improve the mental health of young people in Scotland. Individuals and organisations are eligible to apply.
Deadline: 13 November 2022
https://tinychanges.com/make-tiny-changes-fund/
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 are typically between £25,000 and £35,000 and are 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/
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Youth Fund
Grants of up to £150,000 spread over three years 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/
Scottish Gambling Education Hub – Gambling Education Youth Fund
Grants of up to £1,000 are available for groups of young people across Scotland to deliver gambling education and prevention projects and activities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://gamblingeducationhub.fastforward.org.uk/the-scottish-gambling-educationnetwork/useful-resources/the-gambling-education-youth-fund/
