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
The Community & Third Sector Recovery Programme
Description: The Programme aims to support charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations that are supporting people and communities through the shift from lockdown to recovery. As well as providing ongoing crisis support, they will be planning and implementing changes to adapt and thrive in a very different social and economic climate.
Criteria: The programme has two strands: Adapt & Thrive is capacity building to help organisations adapt, change and thrive post Covid-19; The Communities Recovery Fund is grant funding to deliver support and services in communities. COMMUNITIES RECOVERY FUND IS NOW CLOSED
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown. For more information, please click on the link below.
Closing date: Adapt & Thrive closes 3Oth June 2021
Description: The Programme aims to support charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations that are supporting people and communities through the shift from lockdown to recovery. As well as providing ongoing crisis support, they will be planning and implementing changes to adapt and thrive in a very different social and economic climate.
Criteria: The programme has two strands: Adapt & Thrive is capacity building to help organisations adapt, change and thrive post Covid-19; The Communities Recovery Fund is grant funding to deliver support and services in communities. COMMUNITIES RECOVERY FUND IS NOW CLOSED
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown. For more information, please click on the link below.
Closing date: Adapt & Thrive closes 3Oth June 2021
Funding to Commemorate the COVID-19 Pandemic
Description: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government has established a fund to enable Scottish communities to commemorate those who have lost their lives to the virus. The £4.1 million COVID Community Memorial Projects fund, which will be administered by Greenspace Scotland, could include commemorative gardens, memorials or artworks.
Criteria: Community groups, faith groups and those hit hardest by the pandemic will be supported by commissioned artists to develop projects that reflect local people’s experiences of the pandemic.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: A call for expressions of interest is expected to be issued in April
Description: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government has established a fund to enable Scottish communities to commemorate those who have lost their lives to the virus. The £4.1 million COVID Community Memorial Projects fund, which will be administered by Greenspace Scotland, could include commemorative gardens, memorials or artworks.
Criteria: Community groups, faith groups and those hit hardest by the pandemic will be supported by commissioned artists to develop projects that reflect local people’s experiences of the pandemic.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: A call for expressions of interest is expected to be issued in April
Funding for Projects That Improve Local Life in Rural Communities
Description: Grants are available to support school and community projects in rural communities that are located in an off-grid location (any location that is not connected to a mains or natural gas grid and uses an alternative energy source). The Calor Rural Community Fund offers rural off-grid communities the chance to gain funding for community projects that will improve local life. The total funding pot is worth £85,000 and this year Calor are also partnering with Crowdfunder to give projects the opportunity to raise even more funds.
Criteria: The Calor Rural Community Fund will be making 11 x £5,000 grants, 6 x £2,500 grants and 5 x £1,000 grants to the winning rural projects. Every finalist will receive £500. Funding applied for must equate to 50% or more of the total project cost.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing date: 21st April 2021
Description: Grants are available to support school and community projects in rural communities that are located in an off-grid location (any location that is not connected to a mains or natural gas grid and uses an alternative energy source). The Calor Rural Community Fund offers rural off-grid communities the chance to gain funding for community projects that will improve local life. The total funding pot is worth £85,000 and this year Calor are also partnering with Crowdfunder to give projects the opportunity to raise even more funds.
Criteria: The Calor Rural Community Fund will be making 11 x £5,000 grants, 6 x £2,500 grants and 5 x £1,000 grants to the winning rural projects. Every finalist will receive £500. Funding applied for must equate to 50% or more of the total project cost.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing date: 21st April 2021
Boost Choose Now Change Lives Programme
Description: Boost Drinks has launched the Choose Now, Change Lives community grants scheme to help groups benefit their local area. The scheme is inviting charities, community groups, local authorities, health authorities, social housing, and other not-for-profit organisations to nominate themselves for a share of the £20,000 grant fund.
Criteria: Community sports clubs, community action groups, youth work, music groups and food banks, etc. are eligible to apply.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £10,000
Closing date: 11:59pm on 9th May 2021
Description: Boost Drinks has launched the Choose Now, Change Lives community grants scheme to help groups benefit their local area. The scheme is inviting charities, community groups, local authorities, health authorities, social housing, and other not-for-profit organisations to nominate themselves for a share of the £20,000 grant fund.
Criteria: Community sports clubs, community action groups, youth work, music groups and food banks, etc. are eligible to apply.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £10,000
Closing date: 11:59pm on 9th May 2021
Love Your Network
Description: The Love Your Network grant, funded by Transport Scotland, seeks to empower communities to learn more about their local routes and implement physical improvements which make journeys on the National Cycle Network more attractive and enjoyable.
Criteria: Support is available to constituted community groups, registered charities and other social enterprises.
Minimum: Grants have been changed to grant equipment and training bundles rather than money.
Maximum: As above.
Closing date: 28th May 2021
Description: The Love Your Network grant, funded by Transport Scotland, seeks to empower communities to learn more about their local routes and implement physical improvements which make journeys on the National Cycle Network more attractive and enjoyable.
Criteria: Support is available to constituted community groups, registered charities and other social enterprises.
Minimum: Grants have been changed to grant equipment and training bundles rather than money.
Maximum: As above.
Closing date: 28th May 2021
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Description: The Fund is interested in initiatives in the areas of education of young people in rural areas and the relief of poverty within rural areas. Trustees are particularly interested in funding larger initiatives which would have a significant impact on the rural community.
Criteria: UK charities working in agriculture, rural development and insurance are eligible to apply.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £50,000
Closing date: 29th May 2021
Description: The Fund is interested in initiatives in the areas of education of young people in rural areas and the relief of poverty within rural areas. Trustees are particularly interested in funding larger initiatives which would have a significant impact on the rural community.
Criteria: UK charities working in agriculture, rural development and insurance are eligible to apply.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £50,000
Closing date: 29th May 2021
Arnold Clark Community Fund
Description: Arnold Clark Community Fund is open to charities and community groups who need financial assistance due to the coronavirus pandemic to enable them to continue their important work during this challenging time. If your application is unsuccessful one month, you’ll be kept in the draw which will roll over to the following month.
Criteria: The Fund is open to all UK registered charities and community groups.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,000
Closing date: 31st May 2021
Description: Arnold Clark Community Fund is open to charities and community groups who need financial assistance due to the coronavirus pandemic to enable them to continue their important work during this challenging time. If your application is unsuccessful one month, you’ll be kept in the draw which will roll over to the following month.
Criteria: The Fund is open to all UK registered charities and community groups.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,000
Closing date: 31st May 2021
ACHA Community Action Fund
Description: Argyll Community Housing Association still has grants available within this year’s Fund. 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. Applications will be considered in January 2021 for funding to be made available to spend on projects up until March 2021.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing date: May 2021
Description: Argyll Community Housing Association still has grants available within this year’s Fund. 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. Applications will be considered in January 2021 for funding to be made available to spend on projects up until March 2021.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing date: May 2021
Sustaining Support for Armed Forces Communities
Description: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a new £6 million programme to provide short-term support for existing charitable projects supporting Armed Forces communities in the UK. The Sustaining Support to Armed Forces Communities programme will award grants to Armed Forces charities and charities with an existing track record of supporting Armed Forces communities. Two funding tracks are available: Core and Project Funding.
Criteria: Project Funding Track: for existing projects only that are well used by people from Armed Forces communities; will fund up to 2 Full Time Equivalent staff to deliver your project or activity for a year; plus other reasonable costs.
Core Funding Track: for Armed Forces Charities only; will fund up to two Full Time Equivalent core staff where that enables your organisation to keep delivering services; can also apply for help for transformational costs to help your charity be in a stronger position to deliver services and support in future.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £50,000 and £100,000
Closing Date: Midday on 4th June 2021
Description: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a new £6 million programme to provide short-term support for existing charitable projects supporting Armed Forces communities in the UK. The Sustaining Support to Armed Forces Communities programme will award grants to Armed Forces charities and charities with an existing track record of supporting Armed Forces communities. Two funding tracks are available: Core and Project Funding.
Criteria: Project Funding Track: for existing projects only that are well used by people from Armed Forces communities; will fund up to 2 Full Time Equivalent staff to deliver your project or activity for a year; plus other reasonable costs.
Core Funding Track: for Armed Forces Charities only; will fund up to two Full Time Equivalent core staff where that enables your organisation to keep delivering services; can also apply for help for transformational costs to help your charity be in a stronger position to deliver services and support in future.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £50,000 and £100,000
Closing Date: Midday on 4th June 2021
SSEN Resilient Communities Fund
Description: The fund will focus on support for vulnerable community members and projects which improve community participation and effectiveness; and projects which improve community resilience to emergency events. The fund will provide support for projects which create a stronger, co-ordinated resilience framework for local communities by achieving one of the following criteria: 1.Vulnerability - to protect the welfare of vulnerable community members through enhancing their resilience and improving community participation and effectiveness. 2. Resilience for Emergency Events - to enhance community facilities, services and communication specifically to support the local response in the event of a significant emergency event.
Criteria: Community groups based within the SSEN distribution area, which includes Argyll and Bute, are eligible. You don’t need to be a registered charity to apply, but your organisation must have a constitution (governing document or set of rules) and be set up on a not-for-profit basis.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £20,000
Closing date: Noon on 10th June 2021
Description: The fund will focus on support for vulnerable community members and projects which improve community participation and effectiveness; and projects which improve community resilience to emergency events. The fund will provide support for projects which create a stronger, co-ordinated resilience framework for local communities by achieving one of the following criteria: 1.Vulnerability - to protect the welfare of vulnerable community members through enhancing their resilience and improving community participation and effectiveness. 2. Resilience for Emergency Events - to enhance community facilities, services and communication specifically to support the local response in the event of a significant emergency event.
Criteria: Community groups based within the SSEN distribution area, which includes Argyll and Bute, are eligible. You don’t need to be a registered charity to apply, but your organisation must have a constitution (governing document or set of rules) and be set up on a not-for-profit basis.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £20,000
Closing date: Noon on 10th June 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
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
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 will re-open 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 will re-open 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
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
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
Funding to Support Grassroots Organisations During the Coronavirus
Description: In response to the coronavirus, The Alpkit Foundation is prioritising funding to support projects that demonstrate an immediate impact on those affected by the crisis. Funding can provide support for activities which might include: being active in the local community to help elderly or vulnerable people, minimising the impact of self-isolation for those in quarantine and need access to food, medicines or social care, supporting foodbanks and increasing the number of meals on wheels deliveries to support the elderly, supporting those who are homeless or in temporary accommodation or bringing adventure indoors and overcoming the obstacles that prevent us benefiting from going outdoors.
Criteria: Grants are available to grassroots organisations serving those affected by the outbreak.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
Description: In response to the coronavirus, The Alpkit Foundation is prioritising funding to support projects that demonstrate an immediate impact on those affected by the crisis. Funding can provide support for activities which might include: being active in the local community to help elderly or vulnerable people, minimising the impact of self-isolation for those in quarantine and need access to food, medicines or social care, supporting foodbanks and increasing the number of meals on wheels deliveries to support the elderly, supporting those who are homeless or in temporary accommodation or bringing adventure indoors and overcoming the obstacles that prevent us benefiting from going outdoors.
Criteria: Grants are available to grassroots organisations serving those affected by the outbreak.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
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 £1,000.
Criteria: Voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities/companies), schools community councils and social housing providers are invited to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,000
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 £1,000.
Criteria: Voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities/companies), schools community councils and social housing providers are invited to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,000
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.
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.
Resilient Rural Communities
Description: The Prince’s Countryside Fund will award funding to support farming and rural communities to cope with the impact of Covid-19, to expand on new services that have emerged to support the local community during this time and to build future resilience. Grants of up to £10,000 are available for projects across the UK which are working to create resilient rural communities. Examples could Include rolling out longer term food and medicine delivery services; social groups to support isolated people; or mental health support.
Criteria: Applications are encouraged from community-led organisations with a turnover of less than £500,000 per year in communities with a population of up to 3,000 residents.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £10,000
Closing date: The fund will close when sufficient eligible applications have been received.
Description: The Prince’s Countryside Fund will award funding to support farming and rural communities to cope with the impact of Covid-19, to expand on new services that have emerged to support the local community during this time and to build future resilience. Grants of up to £10,000 are available for projects across the UK which are working to create resilient rural communities. Examples could Include rolling out longer term food and medicine delivery services; social groups to support isolated people; or mental health support.
Criteria: Applications are encouraged from community-led organisations with a turnover of less than £500,000 per year in communities with a population of up to 3,000 residents.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £10,000
Closing date: The fund will close when sufficient eligible applications have been received.
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.
