FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Please note that TSI is here to help organisations with applications. Call 0300 303 4141 or email us at support@argylltsi.org.uk
Please note that TSI is here to help organisations with applications. Call 0300 303 4141 or email us at support@argylltsi.org.uk
Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund
Description: The Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund has reopened for applications with refreshed criteria. The Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund is a £1 million Scottish Government fund administered by Corra Foundation. Over £600,000 has been distributed in phase one (February – May 2021). The next phase, which opened on 1 July, will support groups to access the remaining funds. The purpose of the Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund is to provide small grants to community and voluntary groups across Scotland who are delivering activities that connect and support people within their local community.
Criteria: The Fund aims to reach groups who have strong relationships with people in the community, are already supporting people in their communities to reconnect and improve wellbeing and have an annual income of less than £50,000. Groups who are currently in receipt of Scottish Government funding eg. Community Recovery Fund or Adapt and Thrive are not eligible to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £3,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: The Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund has reopened for applications with refreshed criteria. The Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund is a £1 million Scottish Government fund administered by Corra Foundation. Over £600,000 has been distributed in phase one (February – May 2021). The next phase, which opened on 1 July, will support groups to access the remaining funds. The purpose of the Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund is to provide small grants to community and voluntary groups across Scotland who are delivering activities that connect and support people within their local community.
Criteria: The Fund aims to reach groups who have strong relationships with people in the community, are already supporting people in their communities to reconnect and improve wellbeing and have an annual income of less than £50,000. Groups who are currently in receipt of Scottish Government funding eg. Community Recovery Fund or Adapt and Thrive are not eligible to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £3,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Funding to Sustain Rural Services using the Local Pub
Description: Grants are available to enable rural pub owners, licensees, and local communities to work together to help support and sustain local services in England, Scotland and Wales. Pub is the Hub’s Community Services Fund will assist projects which support the needs of local communities by using pubs to offer a new service or replace a service that has already been lost, such as a local shop, library, post office or community centre, or encouraging the local sourcing of products, providing school meals, IT training and church services.
Criteria: Funding will support projects where no other local funding for services currently exists.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £3,000
Closing Date: Applications can be submitted at any time.
Description: Grants are available to enable rural pub owners, licensees, and local communities to work together to help support and sustain local services in England, Scotland and Wales. Pub is the Hub’s Community Services Fund will assist projects which support the needs of local communities by using pubs to offer a new service or replace a service that has already been lost, such as a local shop, library, post office or community centre, or encouraging the local sourcing of products, providing school meals, IT training and church services.
Criteria: Funding will support projects where no other local funding for services currently exists.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £3,000
Closing Date: Applications can be submitted at any time.
ACHA Community Action Fund
Description: Argyll Community Housing Association funding is available for projects that focus on culture and recreation, the environment, e.g. green spaces, community facilities, social activities, health and wellbeing, unemployment, financial hardship, training and education and community safety.
Criteria: Registered charities with a connection to housing or to the aims and objectives of the Association may apply. Each group may apply for a maximum amount of £500 in any one year.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: Argyll Community Housing Association funding is available for projects that focus on culture and recreation, the environment, e.g. green spaces, community facilities, social activities, health and wellbeing, unemployment, financial hardship, training and education and community safety.
Criteria: Registered charities with a connection to housing or to the aims and objectives of the Association may apply. Each group may apply for a maximum amount of £500 in any one year.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing date: Ongoing
The Community Ownership Fund
Description: The £150 million Community Ownership Fund is for communities across the United Kingdom. It has been set up to help communities take ownership of assets and amenities at risk of closure. It will run for 4 years. Funding may support the purchase and/or renovation costs of community assets and amenities, subject to the full eligibility criteria outlined in this prospectus. The fund will support a range of community ownership proposals. For example, projects may include: sporting and leisure facilities, cinemas and theatres, music venues, museums, galleries, parks, pubs, post office buildings and shops.
Criteria: Voluntary and community organisations can bid for match funding. The Fund will run until 2024/25 and there will be at least 8 bidding rounds in total.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: 13th August 2021
Description: The £150 million Community Ownership Fund is for communities across the United Kingdom. It has been set up to help communities take ownership of assets and amenities at risk of closure. It will run for 4 years. Funding may support the purchase and/or renovation costs of community assets and amenities, subject to the full eligibility criteria outlined in this prospectus. The fund will support a range of community ownership proposals. For example, projects may include: sporting and leisure facilities, cinemas and theatres, music venues, museums, galleries, parks, pubs, post office buildings and shops.
Criteria: Voluntary and community organisations can bid for match funding. The Fund will run until 2024/25 and there will be at least 8 bidding rounds in total.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: 13th August 2021
Asda Foundation
Description: The Asda Foundation has launched a new grant to reunite communities, celebrate togetherness, and support groups as Coronavirus restrictions begin to ease across the UK during July, August and September. Through the Bringing Communities Back Together fund, grants are available to either get activities back on track such as gardening clubs, lunch clubs and recreational activities; hold a get-together event such as a welcome back party or community celebration; or a combination of the two.
Criteria: Registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, CICs, and unincorporated clubs or associations may apply.
Minimum: £250
Maximum: £1,000
Closing Date: 16th August 2021
Description: The Asda Foundation has launched a new grant to reunite communities, celebrate togetherness, and support groups as Coronavirus restrictions begin to ease across the UK during July, August and September. Through the Bringing Communities Back Together fund, grants are available to either get activities back on track such as gardening clubs, lunch clubs and recreational activities; hold a get-together event such as a welcome back party or community celebration; or a combination of the two.
Criteria: Registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, CICs, and unincorporated clubs or associations may apply.
Minimum: £250
Maximum: £1,000
Closing Date: 16th August 2021
The Weir Charitable Trust
Description: The Trust is inviting applications from new or established community groups and small charities who are struggling to secure funds through mainstream funders or who have unsuccessfully explored all the statutory sources of funding. The Trust is funding projects relating to sport, health, culture, the advancement of animal welfare and recreational facilities.
Criteria: Charities and community groups with income of £125,000 or less.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £25,000
Closing date: 5pm on 27th August 2021
Description: The Trust is inviting applications from new or established community groups and small charities who are struggling to secure funds through mainstream funders or who have unsuccessfully explored all the statutory sources of funding. The Trust is funding projects relating to sport, health, culture, the advancement of animal welfare and recreational facilities.
Criteria: Charities and community groups with income of £125,000 or less.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £25,000
Closing date: 5pm on 27th August 2021
The Community Capacity and Resilience Fund
Description: CCRF will support organisations to try creative approaches that mitigate the impact of welfare reform, promote social inclusion, combat inequality, and increase partnership working. The Community Capacity & Resilience Fund presents an opportunity for organisations to develop new ways of working to mitigate the effects of welfare reform, combat poverty and social inequality, promote social inclusion and have a preventative impact in their communities.
Criteria: To be eligible for a grant, organisations must have had an income of less than £200,000 in their last financial year. Grants can be spent over 12 months and the aim is a simple way to access funding from the Scottish Government that can trial new ideas and capacity build organisations so they are prepared to access larger funding pots from elsewhere.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £8,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: CCRF will support organisations to try creative approaches that mitigate the impact of welfare reform, promote social inclusion, combat inequality, and increase partnership working. The Community Capacity & Resilience Fund presents an opportunity for organisations to develop new ways of working to mitigate the effects of welfare reform, combat poverty and social inequality, promote social inclusion and have a preventative impact in their communities.
Criteria: To be eligible for a grant, organisations must have had an income of less than £200,000 in their last financial year. Grants can be spent over 12 months and the aim is a simple way to access funding from the Scottish Government that can trial new ideas and capacity build organisations so they are prepared to access larger funding pots from elsewhere.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £8,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
People’s Postcode Trust
Description: The People’s Postcode Trust re-opened for applications on 1st February 2021 and will award grants on a monthly basis until October 2021. Funded by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, the Trust makes grants to support smaller charities and good causes in Scotland under the following themes: Improving mental wellbeing, Enabling community participation in the arts, Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty, Supporting marginalised groups and promoting equality, Improving biodiversity & green spaces, Enabling participation in physical activity, Responding to the climate emergency & promoting sustainability and Increasing community access to outdoor space.
Criteria: To be eligible to apply, organisations will need to have an annual income of below £1 million with preference given to those with an income of below £500,000 per year. The funding is available for 12 months.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Registered charities £20,000 Other constituted groups £2,000
Closing date: 1st October 2021
Description: The People’s Postcode Trust re-opened for applications on 1st February 2021 and will award grants on a monthly basis until October 2021. Funded by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, the Trust makes grants to support smaller charities and good causes in Scotland under the following themes: Improving mental wellbeing, Enabling community participation in the arts, Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty, Supporting marginalised groups and promoting equality, Improving biodiversity & green spaces, Enabling participation in physical activity, Responding to the climate emergency & promoting sustainability and Increasing community access to outdoor space.
Criteria: To be eligible to apply, organisations will need to have an annual income of below £1 million with preference given to those with an income of below £500,000 per year. The funding is available for 12 months.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Registered charities £20,000 Other constituted groups £2,000
Closing date: 1st October 2021
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Description: The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, which supports charities in the UK working in agriculture, rural development and insurance has announced a new funding round. The Trustees are particularly interested in initiatives in young people's education in rural areas and the relief of poverty within rural areas.
Criteria: The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust also provides small grants of up to £1,000 through the NFU Mutual's Community Giving Fund which supports worthwhile community events, charities, schools and community group activities that are local to their operations.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £50,000
Closing Date: 29th October 2021
Description: The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, which supports charities in the UK working in agriculture, rural development and insurance has announced a new funding round. The Trustees are particularly interested in initiatives in young people's education in rural areas and the relief of poverty within rural areas.
Criteria: The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust also provides small grants of up to £1,000 through the NFU Mutual's Community Giving Fund which supports worthwhile community events, charities, schools and community group activities that are local to their operations.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £50,000
Closing Date: 29th October 2021
Magic Little Grants 2021
Description: Online fundraising platform Localgiving, together with the Postcode Community Trust have announced that this year’s Magic Little Grants programme re-opened for applications on 1st March. Small charities and community groups may apply for grants of up to £500 to launch or strengthen their services. As well as receiving a Magic Little Grant, successful organisations that are new to Localgiving will also be given a free annual membership with Localgiving worth £96. This membership gives them access to all of Localgiving’s wider online fundraising services, such as regular fundraising campaigns and training.
Criteria: Small charities and community groups may apply. Applicant organisations will need to have an annual income of below £250,000 or be in their first year of operation.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing date: 31st October 2021
Description: Online fundraising platform Localgiving, together with the Postcode Community Trust have announced that this year’s Magic Little Grants programme re-opened for applications on 1st March. Small charities and community groups may apply for grants of up to £500 to launch or strengthen their services. As well as receiving a Magic Little Grant, successful organisations that are new to Localgiving will also be given a free annual membership with Localgiving worth £96. This membership gives them access to all of Localgiving’s wider online fundraising services, such as regular fundraising campaigns and training.
Criteria: Small charities and community groups may apply. Applicant organisations will need to have an annual income of below £250,000 or be in their first year of operation.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing date: 31st October 2021
Music for All
Description: Grants are available to UK-based community groups and schools to bring music to their community and to establish themselves as a sustainable music programme. The funding which is being made available by the charity Music for All, can be put towards musical instrument costs, workshops/training, using music to break down barriers, providing a variety of educational opportunities as well as helping to find ways to integrate many diverse and minority groups positively into society.
Criteria: UK based community music groups and educational organisations are eligible to apply. Applicants are encouraged to look for other sources of funding to add to the amount needed to deliver the project.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: 1st November 2021
Description: Grants are available to UK-based community groups and schools to bring music to their community and to establish themselves as a sustainable music programme. The funding which is being made available by the charity Music for All, can be put towards musical instrument costs, workshops/training, using music to break down barriers, providing a variety of educational opportunities as well as helping to find ways to integrate many diverse and minority groups positively into society.
Criteria: UK based community music groups and educational organisations are eligible to apply. Applicants are encouraged to look for other sources of funding to add to the amount needed to deliver the project.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: 1st November 2021
Ocado Foundation for Good
Description: Ocado has launched the Ocado Foundation for Good with BizGive to support charity and fundraising activities across the UK. The programme will support ‘the many rather than the few’ by providing grants for community projects which focus their efforts on three core areas: skills for the future, natural resources and responsible sourcing.
Criteria: Charities, community organisations, community interest companies, academic institutions, and local authorities are eligible to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,000
Closing date: 31st December 2021
Description: Ocado has launched the Ocado Foundation for Good with BizGive to support charity and fundraising activities across the UK. The programme will support ‘the many rather than the few’ by providing grants for community projects which focus their efforts on three core areas: skills for the future, natural resources and responsible sourcing.
Criteria: Charities, community organisations, community interest companies, academic institutions, and local authorities are eligible to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,000
Closing date: 31st December 2021
The National Lottery Community Fund
Description: The National Lottery Community Fund is offering grants for community-led projects that brings communities across the UK together. This funding is from the National Lottery Community Fund UK Portfolio. The UK Portfolio is where the National Lottery Community Fund explores new approaches, experiments with how to do things differently, and look to fund work that is more future-focused. The Fund expects to make up to twenty awards over the next twelve months to enable organisations to deliver collaborative projects across at least two countries in the UK that focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, particularly amongst communities disproportionality affected by the pandemic such as people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, and asylum seekers or refugees.
Criteria: The Bringing People Together programme will support projects run by charities, voluntary and community organisations, CICs, CIOs and statutory bodies that build stronger connections across communities and improve the infrastructure and conditions that are needed to strengthen these connections.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £300,000
Closing Date: Applications can be made at any time.
Description: The National Lottery Community Fund is offering grants for community-led projects that brings communities across the UK together. This funding is from the National Lottery Community Fund UK Portfolio. The UK Portfolio is where the National Lottery Community Fund explores new approaches, experiments with how to do things differently, and look to fund work that is more future-focused. The Fund expects to make up to twenty awards over the next twelve months to enable organisations to deliver collaborative projects across at least two countries in the UK that focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, particularly amongst communities disproportionality affected by the pandemic such as people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, and asylum seekers or refugees.
Criteria: The Bringing People Together programme will support projects run by charities, voluntary and community organisations, CICs, CIOs and statutory bodies that build stronger connections across communities and improve the infrastructure and conditions that are needed to strengthen these connections.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £300,000
Closing Date: Applications can be made at any time.
Fareshare’s Surplus with Purpose
Description: Fareshare provides funding to food businesses to offset the costs of sending good quality surplus food to good causes, helping the people most in need.
Criteria: The fund is open to companies seeking to unlock new or hard-to-reach surplus (or ‘waste’) food as well as those that haven’t previously worked with Fareshare.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £50,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time
Description: Fareshare provides funding to food businesses to offset the costs of sending good quality surplus food to good causes, helping the people most in need.
Criteria: The fund is open to companies seeking to unlock new or hard-to-reach surplus (or ‘waste’) food as well as those that haven’t previously worked with Fareshare.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £50,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time
Community Partnership Programme to Tackle Food Poverty and Support the Elderly
Description: Groundwork and One Stop Stores have teamed up to deliver the One Stop Community Partnership Programme to support groups and organisations who are working to tackle food poverty or supporting the elderly within the local community.
Criteria: One Stop convenience stores will create partnerships with local community groups or charities across the UK to provide support for local good causes which could include funding, volunteering, fundraising and awareness raising.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: Applicants are encouraged to visit their local One Stop store for more information.
Description: Groundwork and One Stop Stores have teamed up to deliver the One Stop Community Partnership Programme to support groups and organisations who are working to tackle food poverty or supporting the elderly within the local community.
Criteria: One Stop convenience stores will create partnerships with local community groups or charities across the UK to provide support for local good causes which could include funding, volunteering, fundraising and awareness raising.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: Applicants are encouraged to visit their local One Stop store for more information.
Scottish Sea Farms Heart of the Community Trust
Description: The broad aim of the Trust is to provide financial grants for the community using the following criteria: health and health promotion, education and personal development that leads to the enhancement of a community and community projects.
Criteria: Projects that deliver lasting change within the regions in which the company operates, including Argyll.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: The average award is currently £4,000-£5,000
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: The broad aim of the Trust is to provide financial grants for the community using the following criteria: health and health promotion, education and personal development that leads to the enhancement of a community and community projects.
Criteria: Projects that deliver lasting change within the regions in which the company operates, including Argyll.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: The average award is currently £4,000-£5,000
Closing date: Ongoing
Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme
Description: The scheme is designed to support charities registered and operating in the United Kingdom, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities. The focus will be to make one-year grants only to cover core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or delivery of online digital services to charities that can show financial stability. The priority will be to support local charities still active in their communities which are currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community either directly or through online support if possible.
Criteria: The Foundation can only accept applications from organisations with charitable status. This includes registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations (SCIOs), excepted charities and exempt charities. Organisations must have an annual turnover of less than £150,000 per annum. Larger or national charities will normally not be considered under this scheme.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £10,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: The scheme is designed to support charities registered and operating in the United Kingdom, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities. The focus will be to make one-year grants only to cover core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or delivery of online digital services to charities that can show financial stability. The priority will be to support local charities still active in their communities which are currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community either directly or through online support if possible.
Criteria: The Foundation can only accept applications from organisations with charitable status. This includes registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations (SCIOs), excepted charities and exempt charities. Organisations must have an annual turnover of less than £150,000 per annum. Larger or national charities will normally not be considered under this scheme.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £10,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Garfield Weston Foundation
Description: The Foundation aims to be responsive to where need is greatest and therefore supports a wide range of charitable activity in the following categories: Arts, Education, Youth, Health, Museums & Heritage, Community, Environment, Faith and Welfare. The Trustees have a preference for charities directly delivering services and activities to those in need, and are especially keen to see applications from charities in the Welfare, Youth and Community sectors and also in regions of economic disadvantage. The common theme is that charities demonstrate they are meeting a need effectively with clear outcomes and benefits, good leadership, sensible business plans and a commitment to excellence.
Criteria: From small community groups to large national institutions, the Foundation’s aim is to support organisations that have effective solutions to helping those most in need.
Minimum: Regular grants up to £100,000
Maximum: Major grants £100,000 and over
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: The Foundation aims to be responsive to where need is greatest and therefore supports a wide range of charitable activity in the following categories: Arts, Education, Youth, Health, Museums & Heritage, Community, Environment, Faith and Welfare. The Trustees have a preference for charities directly delivering services and activities to those in need, and are especially keen to see applications from charities in the Welfare, Youth and Community sectors and also in regions of economic disadvantage. The common theme is that charities demonstrate they are meeting a need effectively with clear outcomes and benefits, good leadership, sensible business plans and a commitment to excellence.
Criteria: From small community groups to large national institutions, the Foundation’s aim is to support organisations that have effective solutions to helping those most in need.
Minimum: Regular grants up to £100,000
Maximum: Major grants £100,000 and over
Closing date: Ongoing
Tesco Bags of Help Grants Programme
Description: Funding has been made available by the Tesco’s Bags of Help programme which is administered by Groundwork and can cover a broad range of projects. Three community projects in each local area will be voted on by customers in Tesco stores. Following the vote, the project that received the most votes in its area will receive a grant of up to £1,500. Currently the Tesco Community Grant scheme will award grants to charities and community organisations to fund local good causes whose focus is on supporting:
1. Children, Young People and Families
2. Food Insecurity (eg, food growing, old folk’s lunch clubs, food banks, breakfast clubs etc.)
We are looking for applications to the Campbeltown store for both themes’ activity. Applications are invited from South Kintyre, Campbeltown Islay and Jura.
Criteria: Voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities/companies), schools community councils and social housing providers are invited to apply.
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £1,500
Closing date: Ongoing: projects will change every 3 months.
Description: Funding has been made available by the Tesco’s Bags of Help programme which is administered by Groundwork and can cover a broad range of projects. Three community projects in each local area will be voted on by customers in Tesco stores. Following the vote, the project that received the most votes in its area will receive a grant of up to £1,500. Currently the Tesco Community Grant scheme will award grants to charities and community organisations to fund local good causes whose focus is on supporting:
1. Children, Young People and Families
2. Food Insecurity (eg, food growing, old folk’s lunch clubs, food banks, breakfast clubs etc.)
We are looking for applications to the Campbeltown store for both themes’ activity. Applications are invited from South Kintyre, Campbeltown Islay and Jura.
Criteria: Voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities/companies), schools community councils and social housing providers are invited to apply.
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £1,500
Closing date: Ongoing: projects will change every 3 months.
National Lottery Community Fund – Growing Great Ideas Programme
Description: The Growing Great Ideas programme, part of the UK portfolio, funds projects that support long-term societal change. The UK Portfolio is where the National Lottery Community Fund explores new approaches, experiments with how to do things differently, and looks to fund work that is more future-focused.
Criteria: Lead organisations need to be a registered charity, CIC, SCIO, Community benefit society, Co-operative society, voluntary or community organisation , statutory body (including community councils - they can be part of the initiative but not lead it), Company limited by guarantee (if it has a not-for-profit clause). The minimum length for projects is two years.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £150,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis.
Description: The Growing Great Ideas programme, part of the UK portfolio, funds projects that support long-term societal change. The UK Portfolio is where the National Lottery Community Fund explores new approaches, experiments with how to do things differently, and looks to fund work that is more future-focused.
Criteria: Lead organisations need to be a registered charity, CIC, SCIO, Community benefit society, Co-operative society, voluntary or community organisation , statutory body (including community councils - they can be part of the initiative but not lead it), Company limited by guarantee (if it has a not-for-profit clause). The minimum length for projects is two years.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £150,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis.
Funding to Support Pet Rescue Organisations Affected by the Coronavirus
Description: Funding is available to support organisations which rescue and re-home pets or provide temporary support to ensure pets can remain with their owners.
Criteria: Charities and not-for-profit organisations may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £10,000
Closing date: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Description: Funding is available to support organisations which rescue and re-home pets or provide temporary support to ensure pets can remain with their owners.
Criteria: Charities and not-for-profit organisations may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £10,000
Closing date: Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Funding Available to Support Local Good Causes
Description: The Morrison’s Foundation awards grants to community projects that improve people’s lives and deliver public benefit.
Criteria: Charities with financial information dating back to 2012.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £25,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time
Description: The Morrison’s Foundation awards grants to community projects that improve people’s lives and deliver public benefit.
Criteria: Charities with financial information dating back to 2012.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £25,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time
The Argyll Energy Advice Service
Description: Alienergy delivers a home energy advice service to households across Argyll and Bute, where assistance is available to anyone suffering from fuel poverty. Free training events can be delivered to organisations and groups that support disadvantaged people, to help them recognise and refer fuel-poor households.
Criteria: Contact Rachel on 07860 774 929 to enquire or make a referral.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: Alienergy delivers a home energy advice service to households across Argyll and Bute, where assistance is available to anyone suffering from fuel poverty. Free training events can be delivered to organisations and groups that support disadvantaged people, to help them recognise and refer fuel-poor households.
Criteria: Contact Rachel on 07860 774 929 to enquire or make a referral.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: Ongoing
Updates to National Lottery Community Fund Programmes
Description: The National Lottery Community Fund for Scotland has announced changes to two of its funding programmes to ensure that communities are supported better through the pandemic. The changes have been made to ensure that communities are still able to access funding to help them respond and recover by helping to broaden the type of work that can be funded, making funding available for shorter periods and making the application process quicker. National Lottery Awards for All and Young Start Fund remain unchanged.
Criteria: The Community-Led Fund, which provides grants of up to £150,000 for wellbeing projects, will now support projects of up to 3 years. The Improving Lives Fund has increased funding to up to £200,000 for projects lasting up to 3 years to help people facing challenging circumstances.
Minimum: Please see above
Maximum: Please see above
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
Description: The National Lottery Community Fund for Scotland has announced changes to two of its funding programmes to ensure that communities are supported better through the pandemic. The changes have been made to ensure that communities are still able to access funding to help them respond and recover by helping to broaden the type of work that can be funded, making funding available for shorter periods and making the application process quicker. National Lottery Awards for All and Young Start Fund remain unchanged.
Criteria: The Community-Led Fund, which provides grants of up to £150,000 for wellbeing projects, will now support projects of up to 3 years. The Improving Lives Fund has increased funding to up to £200,000 for projects lasting up to 3 years to help people facing challenging circumstances.
Minimum: Please see above
Maximum: Please see above
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
Scottish Land Fund
Description: Technical assistance funding is available through the Scottish Land Fund. Grants are available to help prepare to purchase a community asset and can fund specialist advice and/or professional fees including the preparation of feasibility studies and business plans, valuations and surveys as well as some costs towards community engagement.
Criteria: Funding is available to voluntary, community and public sector organisations who want to take ownership of land and buildings to help urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable.
Minimum: £2,500
Maximum: £30,000
Closing date: Applications may be submitted at any time. The funding round for stage 2 applications - to fund the purchase of land or buildings for the community - is currently closed.
Description: Technical assistance funding is available through the Scottish Land Fund. Grants are available to help prepare to purchase a community asset and can fund specialist advice and/or professional fees including the preparation of feasibility studies and business plans, valuations and surveys as well as some costs towards community engagement.
Criteria: Funding is available to voluntary, community and public sector organisations who want to take ownership of land and buildings to help urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable.
Minimum: £2,500
Maximum: £30,000
Closing date: Applications may be submitted at any time. The funding round for stage 2 applications - to fund the purchase of land or buildings for the community - is currently closed.
National Lottery Community Fund – Young Start
Description: Young Start helps young people across Scotland become more confident, so they can realise their own potential. Funding is available to help children and young people have better physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, have better connections with the wider community and get access to new skills and training opportunities which will help them get a new job or start a business.
Criteria: Voluntary or community organisations
Minimum: £10,001
Maximum: £100,000
Closing date: Applications are being accepted now
Description: Young Start helps young people across Scotland become more confident, so they can realise their own potential. Funding is available to help children and young people have better physical, mental and emotional wellbeing, have better connections with the wider community and get access to new skills and training opportunities which will help them get a new job or start a business.
Criteria: Voluntary or community organisations
Minimum: £10,001
Maximum: £100,000
Closing date: Applications are being accepted now
The National Lottery Scottish Land Fund
Description: The current round of the Scottish Land Fund closed to full applications in August. We aren’t currently accepting applications for land, buildings, or asset purchases. However, we can still consider first-stage applications to help communities develop their ideas or do preliminary work around taking ownership of assets. See details of SLF Technical Assistance Grants on this page.
Criteria: To discuss what we might be able to support, please get in touch with the Scottish Land Fund team at the National Lottery Community Fund on advice@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk or 0141 846 0447
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: The current round of the Scottish Land Fund closed to full applications in August. We aren’t currently accepting applications for land, buildings, or asset purchases. However, we can still consider first-stage applications to help communities develop their ideas or do preliminary work around taking ownership of assets. See details of SLF Technical Assistance Grants on this page.
Criteria: To discuss what we might be able to support, please get in touch with the Scottish Land Fund team at the National Lottery Community Fund on advice@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk or 0141 846 0447
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: Ongoing
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Description: In response to the COVID pandemic and climate change, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is launching a new strategy which will focus on three inter-dependent aims: improving the natural world, tackling injustice to deliver a fairer future and creative, confident communities.
Criteria: Charities or initiatives with ideas working towards these aims should apply. Funding can be used to cover core or project costs and collaborative approaches are encouraged.
Minimum: £30,000
Maximum: Social investments of between £100,000 and £2 million.
Closing date: Expressions of interest can be submitted at any time.
Description: In response to the COVID pandemic and climate change, the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is launching a new strategy which will focus on three inter-dependent aims: improving the natural world, tackling injustice to deliver a fairer future and creative, confident communities.
Criteria: Charities or initiatives with ideas working towards these aims should apply. Funding can be used to cover core or project costs and collaborative approaches are encouraged.
Minimum: £30,000
Maximum: Social investments of between £100,000 and £2 million.
Closing date: Expressions of interest can be submitted at any time.
Funding for Community Shared Transport Schemes
Description: The funding is being made available by CoMoUK and supports organisations wishing to set up the sharing of assets that have already been purchased or funding has been secured for these. This can include bike share, car share or ride share. The funding can be used for activities that facilitate the sharing of bikes, cars or rides such as subscriptions to smart phone sharing apps, online booking platform and trackers, etc. CoMoUK will cover the cost for 12 months, up to a maximum £2,500 (including any set up costs).
Criteria: Micro-grants are available to Scottish third sector organisations, social enterprises, and established community groups setting up a new shared transport scheme.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £2,500
Closing Date: This is an ongoing fund and awards will be made on a rolling basis until January 2022.
Description: The funding is being made available by CoMoUK and supports organisations wishing to set up the sharing of assets that have already been purchased or funding has been secured for these. This can include bike share, car share or ride share. The funding can be used for activities that facilitate the sharing of bikes, cars or rides such as subscriptions to smart phone sharing apps, online booking platform and trackers, etc. CoMoUK will cover the cost for 12 months, up to a maximum £2,500 (including any set up costs).
Criteria: Micro-grants are available to Scottish third sector organisations, social enterprises, and established community groups setting up a new shared transport scheme.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £2,500
Closing Date: This is an ongoing fund and awards will be made on a rolling basis until January 2022.
Scotland’s Events Recovery Fund
Description: A new £2.75m fund has been launched by EventScotland and the Scottish Government to help Scotland’s events sector plan and deliver events through to the end of 2021 and to provide support as the industry responds and adapts to the effects of Covid-19. The Fund aims to help re-start the events sector and address additional costs which may be incurred as a result of new hygiene and health and safety requirements.
Criteria: Small grants are available for smaller community events and events with existing EventScotland funding offers. Large grants are available for larger scale events supporting the visitor economy.
Minimum: Small grants £1,000-£5,000
Maximum: Large grants £5,000-£35,000
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time
Description: A new £2.75m fund has been launched by EventScotland and the Scottish Government to help Scotland’s events sector plan and deliver events through to the end of 2021 and to provide support as the industry responds and adapts to the effects of Covid-19. The Fund aims to help re-start the events sector and address additional costs which may be incurred as a result of new hygiene and health and safety requirements.
Criteria: Small grants are available for smaller community events and events with existing EventScotland funding offers. Large grants are available for larger scale events supporting the visitor economy.
Minimum: Small grants £1,000-£5,000
Maximum: Large grants £5,000-£35,000
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time
Small Grants Available for Community Projects
Description: The Scotmid Co-operative is offering grants to assist and support community projects and initiatives throughout Scotland. Funding is concentrated on the areas of: Children/Youth, Health & Wellbeing, Fair Trade, Social Inclusion, Arts & Culture, Environment, 65+ Groups (age), and Active Lifestyles.
Criteria: To be eligible for funding, applicants must be a group or individual acting for the wider benefit of the local Community; and live within the geographic boundaries of one of Scotmid Regional Committees.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time.
Description: The Scotmid Co-operative is offering grants to assist and support community projects and initiatives throughout Scotland. Funding is concentrated on the areas of: Children/Youth, Health & Wellbeing, Fair Trade, Social Inclusion, Arts & Culture, Environment, 65+ Groups (age), and Active Lifestyles.
Criteria: To be eligible for funding, applicants must be a group or individual acting for the wider benefit of the local Community; and live within the geographic boundaries of one of Scotmid Regional Committees.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Description: The Fund will provide some much-needed financial assistance, particularly to those heritage sector organisations which have been unable to access Covid-19 emergency funds.
Criteria: The Fund will prioritise projects that boost the local economy, provide job creation and encourage skills development, support local health and wellbeing, encourage re-building community cohesion and demonstrate environmental long-term sustainability and inclusions have been built into the plans. Applications should fully reflect the changed circumstances brought about by the pandemic.
Minimum: Levels of funding: £3,000 - £10,000, £10,000 - £250,000, £250,000 - £5m
Maximum: As above
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
Description: The Fund will provide some much-needed financial assistance, particularly to those heritage sector organisations which have been unable to access Covid-19 emergency funds.
Criteria: The Fund will prioritise projects that boost the local economy, provide job creation and encourage skills development, support local health and wellbeing, encourage re-building community cohesion and demonstrate environmental long-term sustainability and inclusions have been built into the plans. Applications should fully reflect the changed circumstances brought about by the pandemic.
Minimum: Levels of funding: £3,000 - £10,000, £10,000 - £250,000, £250,000 - £5m
Maximum: As above
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
