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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The National Lottery Community Fund - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
Awards For All supports projects that aim to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need. Priorities are: bringing communities together, improving places that matter to communities, and enabling people to fulfil their potential.
The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Community Led Activity
This funding aims to support communities to improve the places in which they live and the wellbeing of those most in need. Projects should be people-led, connected, and strengths-based.
The National Lottery Community Fund - (Scotland) - Improving Lives
Improving Lives aims to support activity that helps people overcome difficulties and become more resilient.
The Gordon & Ena Baxter Foundation
Supports projects with clear benefit to communities in Moray and the Highlands and Islands. They will fund a huge variety of capital projects.
The National Lottery Community Fund - (Scotland) - Young Start
Young Start is a grants programme that distributes money from dormant bank accounts. They will support a wide range of projects for up to three years that will make children and young people aged 8 to 24 confident, healthy, connected or enterprising.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Foundation supports a broad range of organisations and activities that share a commitment to making a positive impact to the lives of the communities in which they work, and that are driven by a desire to achieve excellence.
Hugh Fraser Foundation
Makes donations to registered charities which are active in such sectors as the arts and culture, medical & health, the environment and education, care and support of the young and elderly, people with disabilities and the under-privileged.
Next deadline: 24 May 2024
Renewable South Lanarkshire Renewable Energy Fund Micro Grants
Awards micro grants to support local constituted and non-constituted groups for activity which is community focused
The Mackintosh Foundation
The Foundation supports wide range of charitable activities. The main areas are Theatre and the Performing arts and Children / Education. They also support medical causes, community projects, homelessness and the environment.
The Hedley Foundation
The Trust considers applications relating to young people, their education, recreation, support, training, health and welfare. It also funds disabled people and the terminally ill for the provision of specialist equipment and support for carers.
Next deadline: 5 Jun 2024