Guide to
finding funding
Key steps to think about if you’re looking to bring in income through grants or other fundraising methods.
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RS Macdonald Charitable Trust - Main Grants
The trust supports Scottish charities under the funding themes: Tackling Child Abuse & Neglect, Visual impairment, Neurological conditions, Animal welfare and Medical research.
Next deadline: 3 Sep 2024
MEB Charitable Trust
The MEB Charitable Trust supports a wide range of charitable activities. The Trust seeks to support Christian organisations; aid in the relief of suffering occasioned by war or natural disaster; and bodies undertaking scientific or medical research.
Social Business Trust
SBT’s mission is to support high growth potential social enterprises to scale-up their impact. They do that by investing cash grants and professional support from seven partner organisations in a carefully selected portfolio of social enterprises.
Thistledown Trust
Supports registered charities, preference may be given to activities that are concerned with the welfare of animals. In recent years they have given to a wide range of organisations supporting health, young people and emergency relief.
A M Garnett Charitable Trust
The Trust fund exists primarily to assist bodies helping medicine, the environment and education.
The Weir Charitable Trust
This fund supports services/projects, run by Scottish-based community groups and small charities, in the following qualifying categories: sport, recreational activities, animal welfare, health and culture.
Next deadline: 30 Aug 2024
The Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
The Fund will consider grants for the conservation of any threatened or poorly known animal, plant or fungus species. Priority will be given to those projects that support the professional development of young conservationists.
Sylvia Aitken Charitable Trust
Funding is intended for organisations which are involved in initiatives that benefit children, young people, students or researchers. In particular the grant aims to aid the development of medical research and higher or further education.
Next deadline: 31 Aug 2024
Fife Environment Trust - Small Grants
The trust continues to operate as one of the key funding bodies in Fife, awarding grants for community, environmental and heritage projects across the Kingdom to benefit the lives of those living close to landfill sites.
Fife Environment Trust - Large Grants
Supports projects in communities across Scotland focused on sustainability and responding to the climate emergency.