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
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Third Sector Resilience Fund Phase 2
Description: due to the overwhelming demand for the TSRF, the Scottish Government has announced a second phase to the fund. Criteria: Potential applicants are encouraged to read the funds guidance notes prior to starting an application. Minimum: £0 Maximum: Applications requesting £50,000 or more will be considered for a loan, a grant or a blended approach (part grant, part loan) Closing date: Ongoing 
Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund
Description: This emergency fund will provide repayable finance to UK charities and social enterprises directly affected by the COVID-19 crisis, many of whom are facing urgent cash-flow problems and disruption to their delivery. Criteria: Charities and social enterprises Minimum: Loans of £100,000 Maximum: Loans of £500,000 Closing date: Ongoing 
Funding for Research and Projects that Address Severe Learning Disabilities
Description: The Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund provides research and project funding in the area of severe learning difficulties, including autism, for both children and adults. Grants are made to cover capital projects and core costs. Criteria: Registered charities, schools and PTAs, and Industrial and Provident Societies may apply. Minimum: £0 Maximum: £10,000 Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time 
Community Justice Fund
Description: Specialist social welfare legal advice organisations can apply for grants to help cope with the immediate impact of the pandemic and lay the foundations for longer-term renewal. Criteria: Registered charities working in the UK Minimum: £25,000 Maximum: £75,000 Closing date: Wave one is ongoing 
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Seafarers UK COVID-19 Emergency Fund
Description: In response to COVID-19’s impact on merchant seafarers, fishers and their families, this new £2m fund is intended for distribution in 2020/21, with 75% allocated to the international merchant seafaring community and 25% to UK coastal fishing fleets. Criteria: Grants are offered to charities and other organisations providing frontline and support services to merchant seafarers, UK fishers and their families. Minimum: £0 Maximum: Unknown Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time and should be made via email to grants@seafarers.uk 
The Rank Foundation – Pebble Grants Programme
Description: Charities and churches can apply for funding of capital projects or for a one-off short term activity, such as an annual respite break or holiday for disadvantaged young people. Criteria: Total project cost must be less than £150,000, annual income must be less than £500,000 and the organisation must already have raised a third of total costs. Minimum: £0 Maximum: Unknown Closing date: Ongoing 
Funds for Financial Literacy Projects
Description: The MSE Charity gives grants for projects focused on building financial capability skills and activities that make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money. Criteria: Not-for-profit organisations may apply. Minimum: £0 Maximum: £5,000 Closing date: Ongoing 
Volant Trust COVID-19 Response Fund
Description: Funding is available to alleviate social deprivation and help vulnerable groups who have been particularly impacted by the pandemic. This can be to support running and core costs as well as for medical equipment. The production of PPE will also be considered. Criteria: Registered charities, CICs, social enterprises and community organisations may apply. Minimum: £0 Maximum: Unknown Closing date: 31st December 2020 
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Social Entrepreuners Fund
Description: The SEF offers three funds: Pounds for Purpose if you are aged 16-26 and want to put an idea that creates a positive impact into action; Start-It for the start-up costs of your social enterprise idea; Build It if you have tried and tested your social enterprise idea and want to turn it into your full-time job. Criteria: Wherever you are on your social enterprise journey Minimum: £0 Maximum: Pounds for Purpose £500; Start It £5,000; Build It £25,000 Closing date: Ongoing |
The Prince’s Countryside Fund
Description: Through the Fund, grants are available for projects which support small, deprived communities in remote rural areas which have been negatively impacted by the COVID crisis. Projects will create resilient rural communities, particularly those with an ageing population or with few working age people and might include reinvigorating a rural transport scheme to tackle isolation or engaging with hard-to-reach households. Criteria: Local charities are encouraged to apply. Minimum: £0 Maximum: £10,000 Closing date: 3rd November 2020 |
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Foundation Scotland Response, Recovery and Resilience Fund
Description: The Fund supports organisations in Scotland which are helping vulnerable people impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Criteria: Grants are available to help charities and constituted community groups with an annual income of up to £250,000 to continue their operations in the ‘new normal’ Minimum: £1,000 Maximum: £5,000 Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time but funds are limited. |
Funding to Help Vulnerable People Apply to the EU Settlement Scheme
Description: The Home Office has announced funding is available to help vulnerable EU citizens apply to the EU Settlement Scheme, which allows them and their families to continue living and working in the UK after 30th June 2021. Criteria: Charities can apply for funding to provide support. Minimum: £0 Maximum: Unknown Closing date: Ongoing |
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The Postcode Recovery Fund
Description: Funding will be provided by the Postcode Dream Trust for projects lasting between 12 and 24 months which tackle a systemic societal issue related to the COVID pandemic. Priority will be given to projects which prioritise educational inequalities, homelessness, domestic violence, health and wellbeing, social exclusion and isolation and poverty. Criteria: Registered charities may apply. Minimum: £500,000 Maximum: £1 million Closing date: 5:30pm on 30th October 2020 
Childs Charitable Trust
Description: The Trust supports UK-based Christian charities and organisations fund projects in the following categories : youth, outreach, society and education. Criteria: Registered charities may apply. Minimum: £0 Maximum: Unknown Closing date: 30th November 2020 |
The Weir Charitable Trust
Description: 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 £100,000 or less Minimum: £0 Maximum: £25,000 Closing date: 5pm on 26th February 2021 
Help the Homeless
Description: Grants are available to organisations whose aim is to help homeless people return to the community and enable them to resume a normal life. The grants are available for capital costs. Criteria: Small and medium-sized charitable organisations may apply. Minimum: £0 Maximum: £5,000 Closing date: 15th December 2020 |
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Scottish Veterans Fund
Description: Grants are available for projects that improve the lives of former service personnel and their families in Scotland. Their aim is to help the veteran community overcome disadvantage experienced as a result of service, as well as transitioning to civilian life by providing health and social care, housing, employment, skills and education and financial advice. Criteria: Charities which support projects that recognise the impact of the pandemic on the veteran community may apply. Minimum: £0 Maximum: £15,000 Closing date: 12 noon on 30th November 2020 
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Funding for Armed Forces Day Events
Description: Ministry of Defence is providing funding for events such as tea parties, parades, big band concerts and live and static demonstrations to be held on or in the weeks around 26th June 2021. Grants can cover up to half the total cost of the event and could be used, for example, for decorations, flags and banners, advertising, insurance and PA and communications systems. Criteria: Organisations, schools and ex-service organisations may apply for funding. Minimum: £0 Maximum: £10,000 Closing date: Applications can be made between 4th November 2020 and 1st March 2021. 
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Fund to Improve the Quality of Life for Serving Armed Forces Personnel
Description: The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is administering the Fund on behalf of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) for projects or activities that help bring people together and reduce isolation amongst single serving personnel living in Single Living Accommodation, and Armed Forces families. Criteria: Army, Naval and Air Force units are encouraged to apply for funding for projects that improve the lives of serving personnel and their families living on or near an Armed Forces base or station. Minimum: £5,000 Maximum: £20,000 Closing date: 23rd November 2020 |
Development Funding for Museums Affected by the Pandemic
Description: The Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) Covid-19 Museums Development Fund will give priority to projects that will help them build resilience and address some of the challenges brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic. Projects will aim to re-engage with communities, develop digital capacity, and strengthen workforce resilience and capacity, thereby providing positive outcome for collections, audiences, workforce, and sustainability. Criteria: This fund has been opened up for museums which have not been eligible for The Recovery and Resilience Fund or in receipt of COVID response funding from Scottish Government. Minimum: £0 Maximum: £60,000 Closing date: 5pm on 13th November 2020. |
The Marsh Christian Trust
Description: The aim of The Marsh Christian Trust is to create a sustainable way to give something back to society by supporting organisations and people who are making a difference. The Trust focuses on funding which could help organisations pay for various running costs such as volunteer expenses, training days and other core outgoings. Charities will be working in the areas of arts and heritage, social welfare, environmental causes and animal welfare, education and training and healthcare. Criteria: Applicants must be registered charities. This does not include Community Interest Companies. Minimum: £300 Maximum: £2,000 Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time. 
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The Petplan Charitable Trust
Description: The Trust has joined with the World Horse Welfare and National Equine Welfare Council to create a Covid-19 Equine Rescues Emergency Fund to help smaller equine welfare organisations whose primary focus is the rescue and re-homing of equines. Criteria: Small and medium-sized charitable equine welfare organisations facing financial and operational challenges as a result of the coronavirus crisis are encouraged to apply. Minimum: £0 Maximum: £5,000 Closing date: 15th January 2021 
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