The National Lottery Community Fund - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland

Awards For All supports projects that aim to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need. Priorities are: bringing communities together, improving places that matter to communities, and enabling people to fulfil their potential.

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

The Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. Their new strategy focuses on three aims: Improving Our Natural World; Tackling injustice to deliver A Fairer Future; and Nurturing Creative, Confident Communities.

Lush - Charity Pot Funding

Lush supports small, grassroots organisations around the world working in environment, animal protection and human rights. They look for organisations that take on issues that others don't, those that push the boundaries and challenge mainstream opinion.

The Paristamen Charity - Responsive Grants

Paristamen Responsive Grants are intended to make a contribution to the running costs of a wide range of small/medium charities operating in Scotland.

Next deadline: 1 Jun 2024

abrdn Financial Fairness Trust

The fund's mission is to contribute towards strategic change which improves financial well-being in the UK.

Next deadline: 3 Jun 2024

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

The Trust gives grants to registered charities that work in the UK. They focus on specific priorities every year. The focus area for rounds 3 and 4 in 2024 is Food Poverty.

Due to open: 1 Jul 2024

Andy Jackson Fund for Access

The Fund aims to improve and increase access to paddle-sports/canoeing for the waters of Scotland (e.g. canal, open water, marine and river). It provides funding to any project in Scotland that helps paddlers get on the water.

A B Charitable Trust

ABCT supports charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with marginalised and excluded people in society.

Next deadline: 26 Jul 2024

Gambling Education & Prevention Small Action Fund

Groups of young people aged 12 – 25 in youth groups across Scotland have can apply for a micro grant to turn their ideas into action and create their own gambling education project.

Social Business Trust

SBT’s mission is to support high growth potential social enterprises to scale-up their impact. They do that by investing cash grants and professional support from seven partner organisations in a carefully selected portfolio of social enterprises.