VCEL Monthly Funding Update | November 2024
1 | FUNDING NEWS
Cash for Kids - Mission Christmas 2024
Mission Christmas is BACK from Monday 18th November! We're now accepting gift applications from organisations supporting local children. Please click through and choose your area to apply, and be sure to read the Terms of Grant and Gift Application Criteria. Please note that individual families can't apply directly - a referral must come from a professional such as a teacher, social worker, GP etc.
https://cashforkids.org.uk/cost-of-living
Business Gateway helps Herb & Soul blossom in East Lothian
East Lothian-based Herb & Soul is showcasing the healing power of plants, offering a unique approach to wellbeing through herbalism and nature immersion.
Founded by Karen Jane Brown in February 2024, the received specialist support from Business Gateway to help start-up. It provides workshops, walks, and educational events.
Business Gateway helps Herb & Soul blossom in East Lothian | Scottish Financial News
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. Maoin nan Ealan Gàidhlig is funded by Creative Scotland and administered by Fèisean nan Gàid
heal. Deadline: 15 November 2024
https://www.feisean.org/en/meg-en/
Creative Scotland Youth Music Initiative (YMI) Funding
Funding is available to individual musicians, music facilitators, music groups and youth organisations in Scotland for professional development and training activities that will extend and improve music making activities for children and young people.
Deadline: 19 November 2024
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/targeted-funding/youth-music-initiative
Henry Moore Foundation
Grants are available to support the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern and contemporary registers and to fund research that expands the appreciation of sculpture. Grants between £5,000 and £20,000 are available.
Deadline: 01 December 2024
https://www.henry-moore.org/grants/grants-programme
Turtleton Charitable Trust
Grants of up to £25,000 are available to registered charities in Scotland for charitable projects in the fields of heritage, the arts and education, particularly focused on support for the disadvantaged and the advancement of education.
Deadline: 31 December 2024
https://www.turcanconnell.com/the-turtleton-charitable-trust
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://www.youngsounds.org.uk/awards/
BFI National Lottery Audience Projects Fund
Grants of between £20,000 and £200,000 are available to support various audience related activities in the UK, including film festivals, distribution releases, multiplatform distribution proposals, touring film programmes, large scale and ambitious film programmes. Applications are accepted all year round but must be submitted 16 weeks before the start of any funded activity.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/bring-film-wider-audience/audience-fund
Creative Scotland – National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations
Grants of between £1,000 and £100,000 are available to projects lasting up to 18 months for constituted artistic, creative, or cultural organisations across Scotland to deliver a variety of creative projects and activities and enable business changes or development projects that make the organisation more financially sustainable. The fund is open all year round – with no deadlines.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/open-funding/national-lotteryopen-fund-for-organisations#support
Foundation Scotland - Cockaigne Fund
Grants for charities, unincorporated organisations and individuals involved in classical and traditional music, with emphasis on community initiatives.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/cockaigne-fund
3 | BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
HIT Scotland Scholarships
The Emerging Talent Scholarship Scheme offers a number of local, national and international placements for Scottish individuals in the hospitality industry to update their skills, enhance their personal development and bring fresh ideas back to Scottish businesses in order to remain at the forefront of international innovations.
Deadline: 17 November 2024
https://hitscotland.co.uk/scholarships/
Access to Work
Financial assistance is available to help organisations in Great Britain with any extra employment costs that result from employing a person with a disability.
Access to Work provides grants to employers towards extra employment costs which result from an employee having a disability. The programme aims to provide practical advice and support to disabled people and their employers, in order to overcome work related obstacles which result from disability.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work/apply
Kaleidoscope Investments (Ki)
Kaleidoscope is aimed at giving financial backing to help disabled entrepreneurs in the UK start their own business. The fund will assist in the development of the businesses it invests in and ensure they make a worthwhile return for investors.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.kaleidoscope.group/ourservices/kaleidoscope-investments/
Foundation Scotland - Social Investment Fund
Grant and loan investments are available to social enterprises, community organisations and charities across Scotland to benefit local communities. Objectives supported: Prevent and/or relieve poverty, Advance community development, Advance education and urban and rural regeneration.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/social-investment-fund
Graduate Placement Programme
Funding is available to support small to medium sized enterprises and social enterprises with the opportunity to take on a graduate – funding up to 50% of their salary. All allocated funding must be fully spent by March 2025.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.hie.co.uk/support/browse-all-support-services/innovation-argyll-and-bute-fund/
Growth Impact Fund
Funding is available to early stage growing social enterprises and charitable organisations in the UK to address the structural barriers that diverse organisations face.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.bigissue.com/invest/investments-funds-programmes/
Redundancy Payments - Financial Assistance
Assistance to help employers in the UK with severe cash flow problems to make necessary redundancy payments.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/staff-redundant/redundancy-pay
Scottish Community Alliance - Community Learning Exchange Fund
Grants up to £1,000 are available to local community groups in Scotland to facilitate learning exchanges with other community groups.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://scottishcommunityalliance.org.uk/community-learning-exchange/
LaunchMe
LaunchMe is an accelerator programme for ambitious, social enterprise start-ups in Scotland. It aims to develop a pool of strong, capable and ambitious social enterprises that can go on to secure investment, so they can achieve social impact at scale. LaunchMe is looking to support eight social enterprises with the commitment and ambition to grow and achieve greater social impact.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.firstport.org.uk/business-support/launchme/
The Prospectory - Idea Fund
The funding is intended to enable people to test out an innovative technical solution that can deliver a social or environmental benefit. The fund offers grants ranging from £250 to £3,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://theprospectory.com/idea-fund/
4 | CHILDREN & FAMILIES
The Way Forward for Families Partnership Fund
Grants are available to constituted third sector organisations in Scotland that work with children, young people and families affected by drugs and alcohol for partnership projects with public sector organisations. Grants of up to £250,000 are available over three years.
Deadline: For Expressions of Interest 19 November 2024 The closing date for applications is 2pm on Thursday 28th November 2024.
https://www.corra.scot/grants/the-way-forward-for-families-partnership/
Foundation Scotland - Volant Charitable Trust Small Grants Programme
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for organisations to support projects to address poverty and social deprivation during the current cost of living crisis, with emphasis on children, young people and women.
Deadline: 18 December 2024 (midnight)
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/volant-charitable-trust-small-grantsprogramme
Family Recovery Initiative Fund
The Family Recovery Initiative Fund (FRIF) offers one-off grants of up to £5000 to groups that support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.sfad.org.uk/communities/fund-for-families
BBC Children in Need - Core Grants
Grants up to £120,000 to cover core costs for up to three years are available for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people aged 18 years or under who are living in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/
Buttle UK - Chances for Children
Grants of up to £2,400 are available for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.buttleuk.org
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
Percy Bilton Charity - Grants for Organisations
Grants up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities with primary objectives to assist one or more of the following groups: disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (under 25 years old); 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
Tesco Stronger Starts Grants
Grants up to £1,500 are available to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, with priority given to projects that provide food and support to young people.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/grant-funding
Happy Days Children's Charity
Funding for families with children aged 3-17 who are disabled, have a special needs or have been abused. The aim is to help as many people as possible by funding trips, experiences, respite breaks and group activity holidays for those who need them most. Details of the different types of trips that we offer can be found on the website.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.happydayscharity.org/applications
Children’s Alliance
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations across the UK to give children and young people under the age of 18 access to water for learning, developing and playing. The objective of the programme is to give essential life skills and build children’s confidence and resilience, both physically and emotionally through water-based activities. Priority will be given to grass roots initiatives delivering water based projects for disadvantaged children.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://childrensalliance.org.uk/our-work/community/
5 | COMMUNITY FUNDING
Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund
Grants are available for UK registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations that can demonstrate impact with ex-offenders, young offenders or young people at risk of offending, either within a local area or nationally.
Deadline: 14 November 2024
https://www.weavers.org.uk/charity/charitable-grants
Woodward Charitable Trust - General Grants
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to fund core costs of smaller registered charities in the UK working in the following areas: isolated children and young people, disadvantaged families, and prisoners and ex-offenders.
The funding is for charitable organisations in the UK, to support core costs in the following areas:
Children and young people (up to 25 years) who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in antisocial behaviour. This covers gang violence and knife crime, education and mentoring, as well as projects that work to raise self-esteem and employment opportunities and encourage an active involvement in and contribution towards the local community.
Disadvantaged families. This covers parenting support and guidance, mental health, food poverty, refuges and domestic violence projects.
Prisoners and ex-offenders and specifically projects that maintain and develop contact with prisoners' families and help with the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders after their release.
The fund is expected to be open from 4 November 2024 to 13 December 2024 (noon).
Deadline: 13 December 2024 (noon)
https://woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk/general_applications/
Robertson Trust – Wee Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available. Revenue and capital funding for constituted community groups and small charities who support people who are experiencing (or are at high risk of experiencing) poverty and trauma, with an annual income of under £30,000.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/wee-grants/
National Lottery Community Fund - The UK Fund
Grants of £500,000 to £5 million are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which forge connections between communities to create a better-connected society across the UK
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/the-uk-fund
DWF Foundation
One-off grants are available to registered charities in the UK for projects that enable communities achieve their full potential. The Foundation’s work focuses on the issues of homelessness, health and wellbeing, employability, education, the environment and sustainability
Deadline: Ongoing
https://dwfgroup.com/en/about-us/dwf-foundation
6 | ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Tree Council - Branching Out Fund
Grants of up to £2,500 are available to assist schools and community groups in undertaking tree planting projects across the UK.
Deadline: 01 December 2024 (midnight)
https://treecouncil.org.uk/take-action/grants-for-trees/
International Tree Foundation - UK Community Tree Planting Programme
The UK Community Tree Planting Programme supports projects run by community groups and voluntary organisations that engage communities in planting and caring for native species of trees
Deadline: 13 December 2024 (noon)
https://www.internationaltreefoundation.org/uk-grants
Workplace Charging Scheme for State-funded Education Institutions
Grants for eligible state-funded UK education institutes to provide support towards the costs of the purchase, installation and infrastructure of electric vehicle chargepoints.
Deadline: 31 March 2025
https://find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/grants/workplace-charging-scheme-for-state-funded-educationinstitutions-1
Scotland - Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund
Loans are available to social enterprises and the wider third sector in Scotland to support their transition to carbon net zero. The purpose of the fund is to support social sector organisations (SSO) in their journey to become carbon neutral, and to develop the circular economy. Through the fund Social Investment Scotland are interested in supporting activities that will reduce carbon footprint.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.socialinvestmentscotland.com/support/
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - Grants
The minimum grant size is £30,000 and 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.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/
Material Focus - Electricals Recycling Fund
Grants up to £100,000 and are available to support recycling, reuse or repair organisations that test creative and practical methods for collecting unwanted electricals within the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.materialfocus.org.uk/partnerships-with-material-focus/funding-information/fundedproject-electrical-recycling-easier-across-uk/
National Lottery Community Fund - Climate Action Fund - Our Shared Future
Grants of £500,000 to £1.5 million over three to five years are available to local not-for-profit groups and partnerships for community-driven projects. They want to reach people who are new to climate action by funding other types of organisations too. And by using people’s everyday activities as a starting point for climate action. You’ll be able to apply until at least the end of 2024. There is a plan to close to applications in early 2025. The final deadline will be announced nearer the time.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/climate-action-fund-our-shared-future
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/
Electric Vehicle Chargepoint and Infrastructure Grant for Landlords
Funding to install electric vehicle chargepoints as a landlord, social housing provider or property factor.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/electric-vehicle-chargepoint-grant-landlords
7 | GENERAL FUNDING
Lloyd's Register Foundation - Small Grants
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for research and education organisations in the UK for engineering skills, heritage and education projects that focus on the heritage, maritime and public sectors.
Deadline: 25 November 2024
https://www.lrfoundation.org.uk/en/before-you-apply/
SafeDeposits Scotland – Community Fund
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for organisations across Scotland to deliver projects and activities that enhance local communities by addressing issues such as sustainability, the environment, employability, and social and digital inclusion.
Deadline: 29 November 2024
https://safedepositsscotland.com/community-fund
SafeDeposits Scotland – Community Fund
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for organisations across Scotland to deliver projects and activities that enhance local communities by addressing issues such as sustainability, the environment, employability, and social and digital inclusion.
Deadline: 29 November 2024
https://communityfund.safedepositsscotland.com/
MacRobert Trust
Grants 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.
Theme 1: Armed Forces & Good Citizenship
Theme 2: Education & Professional Excellence
Theme 3: Local Community & Other MacRobert Interests
Deadline: Various
https://www.themacroberttrust.org.uk/grants/
Matthew Good Foundation - Grants for Good Fund
A small number of grants 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/
The Rozelle Trust
The Trust will generally support smaller charities, especially those working at grass roots and local community level where the funds will be able to make a significant difference. Awards will be made to support a wide range of charitable activities to benefit young people and children, those experiencing poverty, and the disabled.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.rozelletrust.org/default.asp
Robertson Trust – Transport Grants
The new-look Transport Grants offer increased funding of between £5K-20K per year for 1-3 years. For registered charities working in Scotland. By supporting the costs of a vehicle, or transport costs more broadly, the fund aims to help charities deliver their services and remove barriers for people and places affected by poverty and trauma. This is in recognition that a lack of access to affordable, reliable transport can impact the ability to participate in society and thrive.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/transport-grants
Bus Operator Accessible Information Regulations Support Grant
Small operators of local bus services in Great Britain can apply for grant funding to increase the provision of onboard audible and visible information, in order to comply with the requirements of the Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations 2023.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://rtig.org.uk/aig
Paths for All – Ian Findlay Path Fund
Grants are available for charities, community groups, other third-sector organisations and National Park Authorities for projects that improve path networks and promote walking, wheeling, and cycling across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/ian-findlay-path-fu
Energy Saving Trust – Plugged in Communities Grant Fund
Grants are available for community transport organisations across Scotland to cover the costs of purchasing or leasing a zero-emission vehicle. The fund aims to support community transport organisations in Scotland to transition to zeroemissions vehicles
Deadline: Ongoing
https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/grants-and-loans/plugged-communities-grant-fund/
The Access Foundation
Grants are available to registered charities, CICs, educational establishments and CIOs for projects that mitigate the digital divide by making computing facilities, support and/or learning available to disadvantaged and vulnerable people.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://theaccessgroupfoundation.com/apply/
Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS)
Small or medium-sized businesses in the UK may be able to access a capital grant to upgrade their business broadband to a Gigabit capable connection through this programme. The Government is providing up to vouchers as immediate help for people experiencing slow broadband speeds in rural areas. Vouchers worth up to £4,500 are available for homes and businesses.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gigabit-broadband-voucher-scheme-information
8 | HEALTH
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust - Innovation and Improvement in Health and Care Fund
A very small number of grants are available to registered or exempt charities and NHS organisations to support the implementation of innovative models of health and care in the UK. Awards in the range of £150,000 to £500,000.
Deadline: for Expressions of Interest is 15 November 2024
https://julesthorntrust.org.uk/programmes/innovation-and-improvement-in-health-and-care-fund/
Ulverscroft Foundation
The Foundation provides funding for projects in the UK that benefit visually impaired people. Grants range from around £100 to £500,000.
Deadline: 19 December 2024
https://www.ulverscroft-foundation.org.uk/
Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
Grants are available to UK based charities for projects that support people of all ages who are socially disadvantaged and/or have disabilities.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://ajct.org.uk/en
Vegetarian for Life Grants
Funding is available for charities and charitable organisations supporting older vegetarians and vegans.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://vegetarianforlife.org.uk/resources/grants
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/
The Family Recovery Initiative Fund (FRIF)
One-off grants of up to £5,000 are available to organisations and groups working to support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.sfad.org.uk/communities/fund-for-families
The Pixel Fund
Grants up to £5,000 are available for registered UK-based charities and registered to support projects that promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://pixelfund.org.uk/
Barchester Healthcare Foundation
Grants are available for small local groups and small local charities to improve the quality of life and combat loneliness in older people as well as adults with a physical or mental disability in England, Scotland, and Wales.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk/apply
Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired
Grants to advance the education and welfare of children and young people (aged up to their mid-twenties) in the UK who have a hearing impairment.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.grantsforthedeaf.co.uk/
Fletchers Foundation
Grants are available to charities and organisations in the UK working to support individuals or families who have suffered life changing circumstances as a result of severe personal injury, accident or medical negligence.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://fletchersfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-support/
Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust
Funding is available for charities that are providing services for blind, deaf and disabled people in the UK. The trust examine all applications in December each year, and a cheque will be sent out at that time, if successful. No other communication will be received.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.lionelwigrammemorialtrust.org/
9 | LAND & PROPERTY
Quaker Housing Trust
Grants and loans are available for a wide range of charitable social housing projects in Britain with a focus on helping small charitable organisations to enhance the quality of their housing provision or to create new homes.
Funding is awarded as follows:
Best practice grants - up to £6,000.
Main grants and loans - Up to £50,000 for a mixture of grants and loans. Up to £25,000 for grants.
Organisations do not need to have pre-existing Quaker links or support in order to apply for funding.
Deadline: 13 November 2024
http://www.qht.org.uk/
B&Q Foundation Grants
Grants of up to £10,000 available for registered charities working with people in need (by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability, other disadvantage or distress) in the UK, and who need funding for the following:
Projects that provide, maintain, repair or improve housing or community space.
Supporting people experiencing poor housing or homelessness.
Deadline: 15 November 2024
https://bqfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Help the Homeless Grant Scheme
Grants for capital projects are available to small and medium-sized charities registered in the UK working to assist homeless people to rebuild their lives and return to the community.
Deadline: 15 December 2024
https://www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/applying-for-funding/
Veterans' Capital Housing Fund – Refurbishment Grants Programme
Grants for projects that assist in the refurbishment or extension of rental accommodation that will offer high quality support for veterans with a housing need.
Deadline: 3 January 2025
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/refurbishment-grants-programme/
Historic Environment Scotland - Historic Environment Grants Programme
Grants of up to £500,000 are available for formally constituted, not-for-profit organisations across Scotland to deliver projects and activities that support Scotland’s historic environment.
Deadline: 07 January 2025
https://www.historicenvironment.scot/grants-and-funding/our-grants/historic-environment-grantsprogramme/#overview_tab
Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund – Major Capital Grants Programme
Grants for charities and registered social housing providers with at least five year’s housing experience to support new builds and significant refurbishments, including extensions, of rental accommodation offering high quality support for veterans with a housing needs
Deadline: 8 January 2025
https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/major-capital-grants-programme/
Scottish Government - Housing Infrastructure Fund
Grants available to registered social landlords and local authorities in Scotland for the unlocking of sites to provide new affordable housing which aligns with the 'Housing to 2040' strategy.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.scot/policies/more-homes/housing-infrastructure-fund/
Community Ownership Fund
Round 4 grants are available to voluntary, community and charitable organisations in the UK to support them in taking ownership of local assets such as sporting and cultural venues, meeting spaces, community centres, pubs and shops that are at risk of closure. An updated prospectus and new Expression of Interest form for Round 4, the final round of the Fund, has been published. Round 4 Window 1 is open from 25 March 2024 to 10 April 2024. Round 4 Window 2 will open in late May. Specific timings for the final window will be published in due course.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-ownership-fund-round-4-how-to-express-your-interest-in-applying
National Heritage Memorial Fund
Funding for charities, not-for-profit organisations and public bodies to help with the cost of acquiring historic land, buildings, works of fine and decorative art and other objects of interest which are important to national heritage.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.nhmf.org.uk/funding
Scottish Land Fund
Grants between £5,000 and £1,000,000 are available to organisations in both urban and rural Scotland which are community-led, community-controlled and defined by a geographic area that can demonstrate significant positive impact for the community as a whole. Applicants will have the opportunity to test out and develop their ideas with support from a Scottish Land Fund Adviser.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/scottish-land-fund#section-2
Edward Gostling Foundation - Capital Grants Programme
Capital grants of up to £250,000 are available for registered charities and CIOs for major capital projects that will cost at least £1 million and support the Foundation's commitment to creating new and sustainable capacity that will transform lives and bring about a step change in the way care is delivered.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.edwardgostlingfoundation.org.uk/capital-grants/
10 | POVERTY & COST OF LIVING CRISIS
Asda Foundation - Cost of Living Grant
Grants up to £2,000 are available for local community groups in the UK who are affected by the increase in the cost of living. Volunteer-related costs, rent/utilities expenses and food/essentials are supported by the grant.
Deadline: 08 November 2024
https://asdafoundation.org/our-grants/cost-of-living-grant
Foundation Scotland - Volant Charitable Trust Small Grants Programme
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for organisations to support projects to address poverty and social deprivation during the current cost of living crisis, with emphasis on children, young people and women.
Deadline: 18 December 2024 (midnight)
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/volant-charitable-trust-smallgrants-programme
Grocers' Charity Grant
One-off grants are available to small UK registered charities for work in the specific areas of: relief of poverty, disability and inclusion, the elderly, health, military, environment and conservation, and the arts and heritage.
Deadline: next deadline 10 January 2025
https://grocershall.co.uk/the-charity/apply-for-a-grant/our-grant-process
Mickel Fund
Grants are available for registered charities for projects in Scotland that address the charitable objectives of the
Fund. Any applications received will be considered at the meeting due to be held in March 2025
Deadline: 03 February 2025
https://www.mickelfund.org.uk/
Abrdn Financial Fairness Trust
Grants are available for strategic work, including policy work, campaigning and research, which has the potential to improve financial wellbeing at a national scale in the UK, especially for those on low-to-middle incomes.
Deadline: 05 February 2025 (13:00)
https://www.financialfairness.org.uk/en-gb/our-funding-process
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. Where possible, items will be provided directly rather than awarding a cash grant.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.familyfundservices.co.uk/
British Gas Energy Trust
Grants are available to individuals and families across Great Britain to be used to help write off their energy debts. , regardless of energy provider.
The Trust offers two funds:
Individuals and Families Fund - Open to Credit and Pre-Payment Meter customers
British Gas Energy Support Fund – now closed
Both are intended to tackle fuel poverty by clearing the energy debts of struggling households and respond to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. You do not need to be a British Gas customer to apply for this fund - you can be a British Gas Customer, or a customer from another supplier with arrears of up to £1,700.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://britishgasenergytrust.org.uk/grants-available/
Kellogg's Breakfast Club Grants
Kellogg’s is awarding grants of £1,000 to school Breakfast Clubs, to help them provide breakfast to those children who need it most. Eligible breakfast clubs must be based in a school in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland and aimed at pupils between reception class and year 13.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/our-story/feeding-people-in-need/support-for-school-breakfastclubs/grants-for-schools.htm
Robertson Trust - Wee Grants
Grants of £300 to £2,000 are available for up to one year for small charities and community groups in Scotland carrying out charitable work in local communities to address poverty and trauma. Will be reopening with the new look version of Our Funds in September 2024.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/wee-grants
COSARAF – Hardship Grants
Grants of up to £2,000 but only in exceptional circumstances will individuals receive a grant of more than £500 these 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/what-we-do/hardship-grants/
Faith in Community Scotland - Greener Spaces, Fairer Places
Grants of up to £500 are available to 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/gsf
Family Fund Trust
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.familyfund.org.uk/grants/
Foux Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities across the United Kingdom and Ireland to deliver a variety of projects
and activities that address health, education, youth opportunity, and the relief of poverty
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.fouxfoundation.org.uk
Hollyhock Charitable Foundation
Grants from £5,000 to £400,000 are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which bring general benefit to residents and communities across Great Britain, with a focus on health, poverty, education and Christianity. The trustees consider grants on a quarterly basis.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.hollyhockfoundation.co.uk/
Happy Days Children's Charity
Funding for families with children aged 3-17 who are disabled, have a special need or have been abused.
Deadline Ongoing
https://www.happydayscharity.org/applications
Trefoil – Lilias Finlay Holiday Fund
Trefoil offers holiday grants to children and families who meet our development needs criteria.
Applicants for holiday grants should be under eighteen years old and living in Scotland. Trefoil only funds holidays in the UK and does not support overseas trips.
Applications for holiday grants are open and considered all year. Please apply at least 12 weeks before your holiday. Your applications should be supported by two references. Holiday grants are open and considered all year.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576960ce8419c2500dd8401b/t/66e4087691daf96bdf54fb99/1726220407 353/Trefoil%2BHoliday%2BHoliday.pdf
Junius S Morgan Benevolent Fund
One-off grants of £500 are available are available to current and retired nurses, midwives and nursing associates living the UK and who are experiencing financial hardship for a variety of reasons. There is also a Domestic Abuse Fund to support survivors of domestic abuse who are experiencing financial crisis or hardship as a result of their experience of domestic abuse. Individuals applying to the fund must have worked as a nurse, midwife, or nursing associate in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.juniusmorgan.org.uk/grants/
Randal Charitable Foundation
Both small scale-grants (under £3,000) and larger-scale grants are available for UK based charities, voluntary groups, and other not-for-profit organisations to support projects and activities that directly assist people in the most desperate need, with a particular focus on directly saving lives and improving quality of life.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.randalfoundation.org.uk/grant-giving/
The Rozelle Trust
Financial assistance is 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
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Grants of £2,000 to £10,000 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
https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/our-grants
Victim Support Scotland – Emergency Assistance Fund
Grants are available to support people affected by crime across Scotland and provide a wide range of goods and services to people who would typically lack access to financial help.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://victimsupport.scot/victims-fund/
Sheldon Trust
A small number of grants up to £10,000 are available for registered charities undertaking projects to relieve poverty and need in society.
Deadline: Currently open – for decision in January 2025
https://pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants/sheldon-trust/
Family Action - Welfare Grants Programme
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 up to the age of 18 years. Groups in Scotland can apply for help with the higher costs of living. Fund is currently closed to applicants living in Wales and Northern Ireland. Applications are encouraged from Scotland. Welfare Grants Programme has now closed for new applications due to overwhelming demand. It is unlikely to open again until December 2024.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://family-action.org.uk/services/welfare-grants-programme/
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The Primary Club - Murray Fund
The Primary Club is a registered charity that provides financial support for a wide range of recreational and sporting facilities for the blind and visually impaired (VI) in the UK. The Club supports a wide range of other VI sports including baseball, futsal, goalball, golf, scuba diving, showdown, skiing, swimming, tandem cycling and Braille chess. The maximum amount available for any individual applicant or project is £25,000.
Deadline: 15 November 2024
https://www.primaryclub.org/funding/
Jordan Sinnott Foundation Trust
Grants of up to £5,000 per court are available to clubs, community groups or teams in the UK to encourage vulnerable and underprivileged children and young adults to get active and enjoy taking part in sport.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.js25.co.uk/ApplyForFunding
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Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund
Grants are available for UK registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations that can demonstrate impact with ex-offenders, young offenders or young people at risk of offending, either within a local area or nationally. There are two levels of funding:
Small grants of up to £5,000.
Main Grants have no maximum amount.
Deadline: 14 November 2024
https://www.weavers.org.uk/charity/
Toy Trust
Grants of 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: 15 November 2024
https://toytrust.co.uk/
Trefoil - Individual - Personal development grants
Trefoil offers Personal Development Grants to young people in Scotland under twenty-five years old with special needs, whether mental, social, or physical, that affect their development.
Applications are open.
Deadline: 25 November 2024
https://www.trefoil.org.uk/apply-here
CISI Future Foundation
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations and charities in the UK for projects and initiatives to increase financial literacy among young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Projects should be for a minimum of six months and a maximum of three years. The minimum grant available is £20,000.
Deadline: 29 November 2024
https://www.cisi.org/cisiweb2/future-foundation/apply-for-a-grant
The Royal Society - Tomorrow's climate scientists
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to fund schools to research specifically into climate change and biodiversity issues. The programme aims to give students not just a voice but an opportunity to take action themselves to address climate and biodiversity issues.
Deadline: 29 November 2024
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/partnership-grants/
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
Grants 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.
The Charity operates the following grant schemes:
Small Grants: up to £9,000.
General Grants: over £9,000.
Deadline: 01 December 2024
https://www.bailythomas.org.uk/grants/general-programme/general-guidelines
Ironmongers’ Company – Charitable Grants for STEM Projects
Funding is intended to support charities in the UK with projects to encourage young people, in particular those between 11 and 18 from disadvantaged backgrounds, to study science subjects and go on to further education or training in STEM related subjects.
Deadline: 01 December 2024
https://www.ironmongers.org/supporting-stem-projects
Ironmongers' Company
Grants for projects in the UK that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people under the age of 25 years to fulfil their potential. Grants are available for projects that will deliver clearly defined, educational benefits and develop learning, motivation and skills. Grants range from a few hundred pounds up to around £10,000. The average grant awarded is £4,000.
Deadline: 15 December 2024
https://www.ironmongers.org/helping-charitable-organisations
Trefoil – Organisational Grants
Trefoil organisational grants are for registered charities or nor-for-profit organisations that help young people with special needs in Scotland. Trefoil does not fund overhead costs e.g., salaries or capital projects.
Deadline: 3 February 2025
https://www.trefoil.org.uk/apply-here
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. The Foundation aims to distribute a total of around £2 million in grants per year. There is no minimum or maximum grant size.
The following organisations can apply:
Registered Charities or Charitable Incorporated Organisations.
Schools and Further Education Colleges (usually exempt charities).
NHS Trusts.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/
Trefoil – Lilias Finlay Holiday Fund
Trefoil offers holiday grants to children and families who meet the development needs criteria.
Applicants for holiday grants should be under eighteen years old and living in Scotland. Trefoil only funds holidays in the UK and does not support overseas trips.
Applications for holiday grants are open and considered all year. Please apply at least 12 weeks before your holiday. Your applications should be supported by two references.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/576960ce8419c2500dd8401b/t/66e4087691daf96bdf54fb99/1726220407353/Tr efoil%2BHoliday%2BHoliday.pdf
Leslie Sell Charitable Trust
Grants for trips or projects associated with the Scouts or Guides movement within the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://lesliesellct.org.uk/
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Start Fund
Grants of between £20,001 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
Foux Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities across the United Kingdom and Ireland to deliver a variety of projects and activities that address health, education, youth opportunity, and the relief of poverty.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.fouxfoundation.org.uk/
