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
Funding to Improve Local Green Spaces (Scotland)
Description: The funding is being made available through the Volunteering Matters Action Earth Grants who will be awarding a total of 150 grants on a first come first served basis.Priority will be given to volunteer groups which:
Minimum : £50
Maximum: £250
Closing Date: Applicants should register their interest and submit their applications as soon as possible.
Description: The funding is being made available through the Volunteering Matters Action Earth Grants who will be awarding a total of 150 grants on a first come first served basis.Priority will be given to volunteer groups which:
- Work in areas where there is substantial social or economic deprivation
- Improve and develop the health and wellbeing of their local community
- Involve disabled people, vulnerable people or those at risk of exclusion
- Encourage and involve people under 26 in practical outdoor conservation
Minimum : £50
Maximum: £250
Closing Date: Applicants should register their interest and submit their applications as soon as possible.
Let's Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund
Description: The new Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund under CARES will help community organisations reduce their building energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Criteria: Funding is available for many types of self-managed community buildings, including
village halls, community centres, community hubs, sports facilities and faith buildings. Applicants must be constituted non-profit distributing community organisations, including organisations with charitable status, that are established and operating across a geographically defined community or faith groups.
Maximum: Grant funding is available for up to 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £80,000.
Closing Date: The fund is planned to run until the end of March 2025, subject to funding availability.
Description: The new Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund under CARES will help community organisations reduce their building energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Criteria: Funding is available for many types of self-managed community buildings, including
village halls, community centres, community hubs, sports facilities and faith buildings. Applicants must be constituted non-profit distributing community organisations, including organisations with charitable status, that are established and operating across a geographically defined community or faith groups.
Maximum: Grant funding is available for up to 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £80,000.
Closing Date: The fund is planned to run until the end of March 2025, subject to funding availability.
Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund
Description: The Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund will support social enterprises, charities, and community organisations to become carbon neutral through activities including waste reduction, reducing energy consumption, transitioning to sustainable transport options, and developing circular economy products, services, processes and practices.
Criteria: The fund provides flexible loans from £10,000 to £1,500,000. Organisations which have a particular focus on circular economy projects that deliver new or additional re-use, repair, or leasing/sharing activity, may also be eligible for a small grant of up to £20,000. Organisations should produce an expression of interest form in the first instance.
Amount: Minimum – £10,000 Maximum – £1,500,000
Interest rate: 3% Fixed
Term: Loans must be settled in full by 31st March 2031
Description: The Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund will support social enterprises, charities, and community organisations to become carbon neutral through activities including waste reduction, reducing energy consumption, transitioning to sustainable transport options, and developing circular economy products, services, processes and practices.
Criteria: The fund provides flexible loans from £10,000 to £1,500,000. Organisations which have a particular focus on circular economy projects that deliver new or additional re-use, repair, or leasing/sharing activity, may also be eligible for a small grant of up to £20,000. Organisations should produce an expression of interest form in the first instance.
Amount: Minimum – £10,000 Maximum – £1,500,000
Interest rate: 3% Fixed
Term: Loans must be settled in full by 31st March 2031
Scottish Landfill Communities Fund Accepting Applications for 2022
Description: Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations to enhance the environment of communities affected by landfill operations in Scotland. Viridor Credits Environmental Company is offering grants of up to £25,000 for constituted, not-for-profit organisations for projects that address one or more of the following objectives as defined by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA):
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £25,000
Closing Date: The deadlines for applications in 2022 are 31 July and 31 October.
Description: Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations to enhance the environment of communities affected by landfill operations in Scotland. Viridor Credits Environmental Company is offering grants of up to £25,000 for constituted, not-for-profit organisations for projects that address one or more of the following objectives as defined by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA):
- Object A - The reclamation, remediation, restoration, or other operation on land to facilitate economic, social, or environmental use.
- Object B - Community-based recycling, reuse, and waste prevention projects.
- Object C - To provide, maintain or improve a public park or other public amenities.
- Object D - The conservation or promotion of biological diversity through the provision, conservation, restoration or enhancement of a natural habitat or the maintenance or recovery of a species in its natural habitat.
- Object E - The maintenance, repair or restoration of a building, other structure or a site of archaeological interest which is a place of religious worship, or a site of historic or architectural or archaeological interest and is open to the public.
- Object F - The provision of financial, administration and other similar services to projects.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £25,000
Closing Date: The deadlines for applications in 2022 are 31 July and 31 October.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund (UK)
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:
Maximum: £100,000 (may be single payments or spread over up to three years).
Closing Date: To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system. The deadline to register is the 28th October 2022 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 14th November 2022
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.
- Better economics – with grants funding work that explores how sustainability rather than traditional forms of economic growth.
- Beyond consumerism – funded work will include that which engages people individually and collectively in moving culture away from consumerism and towards more sustainable ways of living.
- New Voices – funding for campaigns and movements that enable marginalised groups and young activists to have a voice in decisions which affect them.
- Responding to the dual harms of Covid-19 and systemic racism.
Maximum: £100,000 (may be single payments or spread over up to three years).
Closing Date: To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system. The deadline to register is the 28th October 2022 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 14th November 2022
First Port Social Entrepreneurs Fund – Start it
Description: This fund is specifically for individuals with a social business idea that addresses social, environmental and or community issues. A Start It award can help you pay for start-up costs. The kind of costs we can cover are quite wide-ranging; typical examples include: legal fees for setting up a legal entity for the enterprise and/or registration as a charity or Community Interest Company; rent, website, branding, logo design and marketing materials; stationery, insurances.
Criteria: You can apply for Start it if you have an idea for a social enterprise but need some funding to get it up and running. The idea should be new, not a continuation of something already existing. Applicants who have never had an award from us before will be prioritised.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: This fund is specifically for individuals with a social business idea that addresses social, environmental and or community issues. A Start It award can help you pay for start-up costs. The kind of costs we can cover are quite wide-ranging; typical examples include: legal fees for setting up a legal entity for the enterprise and/or registration as a charity or Community Interest Company; rent, website, branding, logo design and marketing materials; stationery, insurances.
Criteria: You can apply for Start it if you have an idea for a social enterprise but need some funding to get it up and running. The idea should be new, not a continuation of something already existing. Applicants who have never had an award from us before will be prioritised.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Scottish Forestry Community Fund
Scottish Forestry Community Fund supports groups and organisations that encourage people to use woods more. Funding is available for schemes including those that promote physical activity such as walking, safe routes to school, natural play and adventure play; develop materials that promote the health and well-being benefits of using woodlands; facilitate volunteering for skills training, health improvement and community development; establish volunteer groups and the induction of volunteers; provide resources to involve communities in the decision making process of managing their local woodland.
Criteria: Eligible applicants need to support the above outcome and objectives. Applicants can include: community groups, voluntary groups, development trusts, social enterprises, charities, local authorities. Private individuals are ineligible. The minimum requirement is that the applicant has a bank account, and for community-based groups, a basic constitution.
The level of funding will be on a sliding scale. Follow the link below for more details.
Closing Date: Ongoing
Scottish Forestry Community Fund supports groups and organisations that encourage people to use woods more. Funding is available for schemes including those that promote physical activity such as walking, safe routes to school, natural play and adventure play; develop materials that promote the health and well-being benefits of using woodlands; facilitate volunteering for skills training, health improvement and community development; establish volunteer groups and the induction of volunteers; provide resources to involve communities in the decision making process of managing their local woodland.
Criteria: Eligible applicants need to support the above outcome and objectives. Applicants can include: community groups, voluntary groups, development trusts, social enterprises, charities, local authorities. Private individuals are ineligible. The minimum requirement is that the applicant has a bank account, and for community-based groups, a basic constitution.
The level of funding will be on a sliding scale. Follow the link below for more details.
Closing Date: Ongoing
Funding to Encourage Sustainable & Active Travel Choices for Everyday Journeys (Scotland)
Description: To help achieve Scotland’s target to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045, Paths for All has launched the Smarter Choices Smarter Places COP26 Legacy Fund to support projects which encourage sustainable and active travel choices for everyday journeys.
Criteria: Grants are available to charities, community groups and other third sector organisations for projects that increase walking, wheeling, cycling, and the use of public transport to reduce emissions and protect the environment. Activities could include climate change awareness events, holding car-free days, and cycling and walking activities. Partnerships are particularly encouraged. Funding is available for 50% of the total project cost.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £50,000
Closing Date: Expressions of Interest should be submitted asap
Description: To help achieve Scotland’s target to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2045, Paths for All has launched the Smarter Choices Smarter Places COP26 Legacy Fund to support projects which encourage sustainable and active travel choices for everyday journeys.
Criteria: Grants are available to charities, community groups and other third sector organisations for projects that increase walking, wheeling, cycling, and the use of public transport to reduce emissions and protect the environment. Activities could include climate change awareness events, holding car-free days, and cycling and walking activities. Partnerships are particularly encouraged. Funding is available for 50% of the total project cost.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £50,000
Closing Date: Expressions of Interest should be submitted asap
Electric Bike Loan Scheme for Individuals
Description: To encourage sustainable and active travel, Transport Scotland are making interest-free loans available to help Scottish residents purchase new electric bikes, including cargo and adapted cycles. The scheme offers interest-free loans for individuals, repayable over four years, that can be used for: 2 x ebikes capped at £3,000 each; 1 x family eCargo bike capped at £6,000; or 1 x adapted cycle.
Criteria: Applicants must not make any other payment towards the purchase of the ebike(s) before receiving a loan offer as funding is not provided retrospectively.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £6,000
Closing Date: The fund is administered by Energy Saving Trust, which will process applications on a first come, first served basis all year round, subject to the availability of loan funds.
Description: To encourage sustainable and active travel, Transport Scotland are making interest-free loans available to help Scottish residents purchase new electric bikes, including cargo and adapted cycles. The scheme offers interest-free loans for individuals, repayable over four years, that can be used for: 2 x ebikes capped at £3,000 each; 1 x family eCargo bike capped at £6,000; or 1 x adapted cycle.
Criteria: Applicants must not make any other payment towards the purchase of the ebike(s) before receiving a loan offer as funding is not provided retrospectively.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £6,000
Closing Date: The fund is administered by Energy Saving Trust, which will process applications on a first come, first served basis all year round, subject to the availability of loan funds.
The Scottish Land Fund
Description: To help urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable, the National Lottery Community Fund is awarding grants to enable voluntary, community and public sector organisations to take ownership of land and buildings. Successful applicants will clearly demonstrate that their project will help their local community to: achieve more sustainable economic, environmental and/or social development through ownership of land and buildings, have a stronger role in and control over their own development, own well-managed, financially sustainable land and buildings. Delivered in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, The Scottish Land Fund enables both urban and rural communities to successfully manage local land and land assets to meet local need and deliver benefit for the whole community. Practical support will also be provided to help communities to develop their aspirations into viable projects.
Criteria: Applicants can be from one of a wide range of representative community bodies, including voluntary organisations, social enterprises or community councils.
Minimum: £5,000
Maximum: £1m
Closing Date: Applications can be made at any time.
Description: To help urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable, the National Lottery Community Fund is awarding grants to enable voluntary, community and public sector organisations to take ownership of land and buildings. Successful applicants will clearly demonstrate that their project will help their local community to: achieve more sustainable economic, environmental and/or social development through ownership of land and buildings, have a stronger role in and control over their own development, own well-managed, financially sustainable land and buildings. Delivered in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, The Scottish Land Fund enables both urban and rural communities to successfully manage local land and land assets to meet local need and deliver benefit for the whole community. Practical support will also be provided to help communities to develop their aspirations into viable projects.
Criteria: Applicants can be from one of a wide range of representative community bodies, including voluntary organisations, social enterprises or community councils.
Minimum: £5,000
Maximum: £1m
Closing Date: Applications can be made at any time.
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 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 per year for up to three years.
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 per year for up to three years.
Closing date: Applications can be submitted 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.
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.
Funding to Help Save Nationally Important Heritage Assets at Risk of Loss Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Description: The National Heritage Memorial Fund’s Covid-19 Response Fund will support a broad range of heritage, from fine and decorative arts to museum collections and archives, historic buildings and land, and items of industrial, transport and maritime heritage. Successful applications could include: acquisition costs, urgent conservation works necessary as a result of COVID-19, fixed term support to enable heritage assets to be sustainably re-homed, interim safeguarding costs and investment in permanent solutions to support heritage assets for the long term.
Criteria: Charities, not-for-profit and public sector organisations can apply for funding to help save nationally important heritage assets at risk of loss due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: The fund will remain open to applications until the end of April 2023.
Description: The National Heritage Memorial Fund’s Covid-19 Response Fund will support a broad range of heritage, from fine and decorative arts to museum collections and archives, historic buildings and land, and items of industrial, transport and maritime heritage. Successful applications could include: acquisition costs, urgent conservation works necessary as a result of COVID-19, fixed term support to enable heritage assets to be sustainably re-homed, interim safeguarding costs and investment in permanent solutions to support heritage assets for the long term.
Criteria: Charities, not-for-profit and public sector organisations can apply for funding to help save nationally important heritage assets at risk of loss due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: The fund will remain open to applications until the end of April 2023.
£26 Million Government Funding for Innovative Biomass Projects (UK)
Description: In an effort to help the UK reach net zero by 2050, the Government has launched Phase 2 of their Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to increase production of sustainable biomass that can be used to power homes and businesses.
Criteria: This round of funding is open to applications from projects previously supported under Phase 1 of the programme. The projects will be taken from the design stage through to the demonstration stage, showcasing new methods to grow biomass feedstock such as algae, seaweed and hemp, which can be used to produce low-carbon energy.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Each project will be able to bid for up to £4 million in funding, or up to £5 million for bids from the multi-site demonstrator projects.
Closing Date: No application deadline has been given.
Description: In an effort to help the UK reach net zero by 2050, the Government has launched Phase 2 of their Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to increase production of sustainable biomass that can be used to power homes and businesses.
Criteria: This round of funding is open to applications from projects previously supported under Phase 1 of the programme. The projects will be taken from the design stage through to the demonstration stage, showcasing new methods to grow biomass feedstock such as algae, seaweed and hemp, which can be used to produce low-carbon energy.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Each project will be able to bid for up to £4 million in funding, or up to £5 million for bids from the multi-site demonstrator projects.
Closing Date: No application deadline has been given.
