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
Brand for Growth
Description: In Brand for Growth (Adapting to Thrive), Social Enterprises have the opportunity to benefit from a fully funded re-evaluation of their brand. Successful applicants will embark on a bespoke rebranding exercise to align and strengthen the organisation for the new future. This will comprise consultancy, design and rollout phases resulting in a revitalised brand outlook, revised visual identity and a starter pack of brand resources. The programme is seeking social enterprises in Scotland with high growth and impact potential who can demonstrate that they would benefit significantly from a top level branding exercise they may otherwise struggle to resource.
Criteria: Social Enterprise based in Scotland
Would benefit significantly from brand development
High growth and high impact potential
Fully invested in the process
Impacted by the pandemic and with a change plan in place
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: 31st March with a second round 1st-30th April 2021.
Description: In Brand for Growth (Adapting to Thrive), Social Enterprises have the opportunity to benefit from a fully funded re-evaluation of their brand. Successful applicants will embark on a bespoke rebranding exercise to align and strengthen the organisation for the new future. This will comprise consultancy, design and rollout phases resulting in a revitalised brand outlook, revised visual identity and a starter pack of brand resources. The programme is seeking social enterprises in Scotland with high growth and impact potential who can demonstrate that they would benefit significantly from a top level branding exercise they may otherwise struggle to resource.
Criteria: Social Enterprise based in Scotland
Would benefit significantly from brand development
High growth and high impact potential
Fully invested in the process
Impacted by the pandemic and with a change plan in place
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: 31st March with a second round 1st-30th April 2021.
Architectural Heritage Fund
Description: The Architectural Heritage Fund Project Viability Grants are available to enable organisations to work out whether a proposed use for a building will be economically viable. The grant will contribute towards the cost of exploring different options for reuse or testing a single option. At the end of the process applicants should be able to make an informed decision on whether the organisation should commit to further cost, risk and effort in developing the project. Priority will be given to projects involving historic buildings that have statutory protection (i.e., listed or in a Conservation Area and of acknowledged historic significance) and at risk and projects that have the potential to make a significant positive social impact.
Criteria: To apply for a grant, applicants must be a formally constituted charity or social enterprise whose members have limited liability.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £7,500
Closing date: 30th April 2021
Description: The Architectural Heritage Fund Project Viability Grants are available to enable organisations to work out whether a proposed use for a building will be economically viable. The grant will contribute towards the cost of exploring different options for reuse or testing a single option. At the end of the process applicants should be able to make an informed decision on whether the organisation should commit to further cost, risk and effort in developing the project. Priority will be given to projects involving historic buildings that have statutory protection (i.e., listed or in a Conservation Area and of acknowledged historic significance) and at risk and projects that have the potential to make a significant positive social impact.
Criteria: To apply for a grant, applicants must be a formally constituted charity or social enterprise whose members have limited liability.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £7,500
Closing date: 30th April 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
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
Grants for Social Entrepreneurs
Description: Grants plus business support are available to social entrepreneurs that are looking to start or grow an existing social venture. The funding is being made available through the UnLtd the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in and around the UK. The grants are being made available through two funding streams: grants of up to £15,000 to grow an existing social enterprise; grants of up to £5,000 to start a new social enterprise. UnLtd are committed to providing 50% of their awards to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs.
Criteria: To be eligible applicants need to be: Aged 16 and over, living in the UK, willing to participate in a learning experience, working to benefit people living in the UK, have a real social impact, fulfil a clear need and demand, have clear outputs and goals
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000 and £15,000
Closing Date: 30th June 2021
Description: Grants plus business support are available to social entrepreneurs that are looking to start or grow an existing social venture. The funding is being made available through the UnLtd the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in and around the UK. The grants are being made available through two funding streams: grants of up to £15,000 to grow an existing social enterprise; grants of up to £5,000 to start a new social enterprise. UnLtd are committed to providing 50% of their awards to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs.
Criteria: To be eligible applicants need to be: Aged 16 and over, living in the UK, willing to participate in a learning experience, working to benefit people living in the UK, have a real social impact, fulfil a clear need and demand, have clear outputs and goals
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000 and £15,000
Closing Date: 30th June 2021
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund
Description: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust recognises that climate change caused by human activity is threatening the well-being of humanity and that the wealthiest countries and individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of emissions, whilst the poorest countries and sections of society are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to tackle this issue, the Sustainable Futures Fund focuses grant making on: Identifying the true costs and risks of resource depletion, climate change and other environmental problems; Campaigns, initiatives and work that promote alternatives to consumerism; Campaigns and movements that give a voice to young activists and marginalised groups on issues of economic and environmental justice.
Criteria: To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system.
Minimum: A few hundred pounds
Maximum: £100,000
Closing date: The deadline to register is 6th August 2021 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on 23rd August 2021
Description: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust recognises that climate change caused by human activity is threatening the well-being of humanity and that the wealthiest countries and individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of emissions, whilst the poorest countries and sections of society are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to tackle this issue, the Sustainable Futures Fund focuses grant making on: Identifying the true costs and risks of resource depletion, climate change and other environmental problems; Campaigns, initiatives and work that promote alternatives to consumerism; Campaigns and movements that give a voice to young activists and marginalised groups on issues of economic and environmental justice.
Criteria: To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system.
Minimum: A few hundred pounds
Maximum: £100,000
Closing date: The deadline to register is 6th August 2021 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on 23rd August 2021
The Cruach Trust
Description: The Cruach Trust is a small charity which provides financial support for gardeners, retired gardeners and for preserving gardens throughout the United Kingdom. Previous projects supported have included supporting a horticultural apprenticeship, arranged through the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, grants for gardens, wildlife and the natural environment and grants for music, the arts and cultural charities. The trustees also have discretion to make donations to a wide range of organisations in the UK and abroad, with charitable objectives of whatever nature.
Criteria: Funding is available to registered or recognised charities, societies, trusts or other bodies with a preference for small local and national charities.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,500
Closing date: 10th September 2021
Description: The Cruach Trust is a small charity which provides financial support for gardeners, retired gardeners and for preserving gardens throughout the United Kingdom. Previous projects supported have included supporting a horticultural apprenticeship, arranged through the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, grants for gardens, wildlife and the natural environment and grants for music, the arts and cultural charities. The trustees also have discretion to make donations to a wide range of organisations in the UK and abroad, with charitable objectives of whatever nature.
Criteria: Funding is available to registered or recognised charities, societies, trusts or other bodies with a preference for small local and national charities.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,500
Closing date: 10th September 2021
Grants to Support Action for Marine Conservation
Description: Sea-Changers Main Grants programme has funding available to support creative and innovative approaches which have lasting benefits and outcomes to tackle the root causes of marine conservations threats. Sea-Changers is particularly interested in grassroots projects which galvanise community action.
Criteria: Marine conservation charities and not-for-profit organisations (including schools) based and working in the UK can apply for grants towards projects and research that address the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK and increase the number of people taking action for marine conservation.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,200
Closing Date: 30th September 2021
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.
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.
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.
Scottish Government Recycling Improvement Fund
Description: A new five-year £70 million Scottish Government Recycling Improvement Fund to improve recycling services and treatment infrastructure has opened to applications. New innovations and improvements could include: promoting waste prevention or reuse; improving the consistency of collections; collecting problematic materials such as electrical items; improving sorting and treatment infrastructure; introducing new low-carbon technologies that would deliver wider environmental benefits, or encouraging behaviour change.
Criteria: Local authorities, groups of local authorities and local authority-led partnerships involving the third and private sectors are invited to apply to the Recycling Improvement Fund to help drive new innovations and improvements to recycling in their area and across the country.
Minimum: £16m is available in the first year
Maximum: £16m is available in the first year
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: A new five-year £70 million Scottish Government Recycling Improvement Fund to improve recycling services and treatment infrastructure has opened to applications. New innovations and improvements could include: promoting waste prevention or reuse; improving the consistency of collections; collecting problematic materials such as electrical items; improving sorting and treatment infrastructure; introducing new low-carbon technologies that would deliver wider environmental benefits, or encouraging behaviour change.
Criteria: Local authorities, groups of local authorities and local authority-led partnerships involving the third and private sectors are invited to apply to the Recycling Improvement Fund to help drive new innovations and improvements to recycling in their area and across the country.
Minimum: £16m is available in the first year
Maximum: £16m is available in the first year
Closing date: Ongoing
Funding to Improve Local Community Paths
Description: Projects across Scotland can apply for grants to develop and improve the quality of local paths and provide volunteering opportunities. Paths for All Community Path Grants help improve, maintain and promote local community path networks creating safer, more welcoming environments that encourage people to be more active and improve health and wellbeing. Funding could be used to buy tools and materials, hire machinery, install signage, or sow a wildflower meadow.
Criteria: Registered charities, community groups, community councils, development trusts and community woodland groups may apply. Applicants must match the amount of funding applied for with a volunteer ‘in kind’ contribution, and must involve at least eight volunteers.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,500
Closing date: Fund opens March 2021
Description: Projects across Scotland can apply for grants to develop and improve the quality of local paths and provide volunteering opportunities. Paths for All Community Path Grants help improve, maintain and promote local community path networks creating safer, more welcoming environments that encourage people to be more active and improve health and wellbeing. Funding could be used to buy tools and materials, hire machinery, install signage, or sow a wildflower meadow.
Criteria: Registered charities, community groups, community councils, development trusts and community woodland groups may apply. Applicants must match the amount of funding applied for with a volunteer ‘in kind’ contribution, and must involve at least eight volunteers.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,500
Closing date: Fund opens March 2021
Funding for Projects that Promote a Better Understanding of the Environment and Countryside
Description: The Nineveh Charitable Trust funds a broad range of projects and activities that promote a better understanding of the environment and countryside, whilst facilitating improved access, education and research.
Criteria: UK schools and not-for-profit organisations may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time
Description: The Nineveh Charitable Trust funds a broad range of projects and activities that promote a better understanding of the environment and countryside, whilst facilitating improved access, education and research.
Criteria: UK schools and not-for-profit organisations may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time
Outdoor Tourism Re-start Fund
Description: From late January 2021, adventure and marine tourism businesses in Scotland will be able to apply for a share of a new £2.5 million fund, to be administered by VisitScotland, to help them prepare for the 2021 visitor season. It's aimed at responsible tourism operators who provide sustainable outdoor related activities to visitors on land and water, from wildlife watching to charter and sailing holidays, bushcraft and survival to canoeing and mountaineering.
Criteria: The fund will support essential re-commissioning and re-start costs for businesses, aimed at those who have been significantly affected by the pandemic due to their seasonality and high set up costs associated with the activities they deliver.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £15,000
Closing date: Fund opening late January 2021.
Description: From late January 2021, adventure and marine tourism businesses in Scotland will be able to apply for a share of a new £2.5 million fund, to be administered by VisitScotland, to help them prepare for the 2021 visitor season. It's aimed at responsible tourism operators who provide sustainable outdoor related activities to visitors on land and water, from wildlife watching to charter and sailing holidays, bushcraft and survival to canoeing and mountaineering.
Criteria: The fund will support essential re-commissioning and re-start costs for businesses, aimed at those who have been significantly affected by the pandemic due to their seasonality and high set up costs associated with the activities they deliver.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £15,000
Closing date: Fund opening late January 2021.
Funding to Help Charities and Social Enterprises Become More Sustainable
Description: Rapid Action by the Fore and Trusts (RAFT) has launched its second phase to help organisations as restrictions are eased. Funding can be used for any purpose, including core costs, to enable grantees to strengthen their organisations, plan ahead, become more sustainable and focus on the new needs of their beneficiaries.
Criteria: Small charities and social enterprises with annual income below £500,000 and who may have found it difficult to access funding in the past are encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £15,000
Closing date: Opens for applications on 21st September 2020 on a first-come, first-served basis.
Description: Rapid Action by the Fore and Trusts (RAFT) has launched its second phase to help organisations as restrictions are eased. Funding can be used for any purpose, including core costs, to enable grantees to strengthen their organisations, plan ahead, become more sustainable and focus on the new needs of their beneficiaries.
Criteria: Small charities and social enterprises with annual income below £500,000 and who may have found it difficult to access funding in the past are encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £15,000
Closing date: Opens for applications on 21st September 2020 on a first-come, first-served basis.
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.
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.
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
Funding Available for Green Projects
Description: Delivery company DPD has announced that grants of up to £2,000 are available through its Eco Fund. Previous projects supported included £1,000 to purchase seven recycling bins for a school canteen; these bins allowed pupils to segregate waste, reducing the amount of waste going into landfill and £1,700 funding to a primary school to redevelop its forest school facility and plant hedgerows creating an environment for wildlife to thrive.
Criteria: The fund is open to anyone but schools and educational facilities across the UK working on green projects with their students and start-up companies working on developing environmentally friendly products are particularly encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £2,000
Closing date: Applications are reviewed monthly and there are no application deadlines.
Description: Delivery company DPD has announced that grants of up to £2,000 are available through its Eco Fund. Previous projects supported included £1,000 to purchase seven recycling bins for a school canteen; these bins allowed pupils to segregate waste, reducing the amount of waste going into landfill and £1,700 funding to a primary school to redevelop its forest school facility and plant hedgerows creating an environment for wildlife to thrive.
Criteria: The fund is open to anyone but schools and educational facilities across the UK working on green projects with their students and start-up companies working on developing environmentally friendly products are particularly encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £2,000
Closing date: Applications are reviewed monthly and there are no application deadlines.
