Co-operative & Community Finance Limited

Makes loans to employee or community owned social enterprises, including co-operatives, community businesses, development trusts and businesses developed from the charitable and voluntary sector.

Charles Hayward Foundation - Overseas - Main Grants

Funds projects that improve the livelihoods of disadvantaged communities in Commonwealth Countries of Africa.

Next deadline: 16 Aug 2024

Shetland Islands Council - Community Development Fund

The grants scheme supports projects in Shetland that deliver services, activities and initiatives in relation to the priority areas including children and young people, health inequalities, and economic recovery and growth.

Next deadline: 31 May 2024

University of Edinburgh Community Grants Scheme

The aims of the Edinburgh Local Community Grants scheme are to: Bring value to new or existing partnerships between the University and local communities; and Have a positive social impact.

NatureScot - Nature Restoration Fund

Funded by The Scottish Government, The Nature Restoration Fund encourages applicants with projects that restore wildlife and habitats on land and sea and address the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change.

Next deadline: 12 Aug 2024

Foundation Scotland - Inch Cape Construction Fund

Supports community projects that help tackle the effects of poverty and inequality while improving the environment and supporting sustainability for residents of the Prestonpans or Cockenzie & Port Seton community council areas.

Jimmie Cairncross Charitable Trust

The Jimmie Cairncross Charitable Trust can support a wide range of charitable activities in the Perth and Kinross region. Funds in the areas of Music and Arts, Disabled and Ill health, Community projects, Young People's Sport and Education.

Air Discount Scheme

The Air Discount Scheme (ADS) aims to tackle the problem of high air fares for the remotest communities in the Highlands and Islands by providing a discount of 50% on the core air fare on eligible routes.

Renfrewshire Council - Sustainable Communities Fund

The Sustainable Communities Fund aims to support local people to develop sustainable projects that will promote or improve community collaboration, health and wellbeing, local spaces, economic development, biodiversity and the environment.

Carsphairn Renewables Energy Fund

Supports projects that would benefit the community and assist inhabitants of the parish to continue their learning through further education. Grants should benefit the social, religious and educational life of the community.

Next deadline: 31 Jul 2024