The National Lottery Community Fund - (Scotland) - Improving Lives

Improving Lives aims to support activity that helps people overcome difficulties and become more resilient.

Garfield Weston Foundation

The Foundation supports a broad range of organisations and activities that share a commitment to making a positive impact to the lives of the communities in which they work, and that are driven by a desire to achieve excellence.

The Sir Halley Stewart Trust

The Trust funds projects that focus on the prevention (rather than the alleviation) of human suffering. They have three priority areas Medical, Social and Religious, with education being a central theme that runs across all three.

Christian Book Promotion Trust - Speaking Volumes

The Trust offers grants for Christian books to any library whether it’s in a school, prison, hospice, church - anywhere really that a book can be borrowed and read by lots of people.

Next deadline: 10 Jun 2024

Barrack Charitable Trust

The trust reviews its policy every two years - currently the major categories supported are: arts, heritage and culture; recreational facilities; relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health and disability.

Next deadline: 31 Oct 2024

The Claremont Trust

The Claremont Trust seeks to support groups which give practical expression to their faith in the life of society in Scotland and overseas. It welcomes applications from any faith group.

Next deadline: 30 Apr 2025

National Churches Trust - Small Grants

The programme offers small grants towards urgent maintenance works and small repairs identified as high priority to listed and unlisted Christian churches, chapels and meeting houses.

Next deadline: 30 Jun 2024

The Roger and Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable Trust

The trust makes grants across a range of areas. In the past grants have been made to religious organisations, in particular Quaker, charities connected with Somerset and education charities.

The Maurice & Hilda Laing Charitable Trust

The Trust has a specifically Christian focus and most grants are made to or through faith-based organisations. The main areas of interest are Advancement of Christian Religion, Relief of Poverty in the UK and Relief of Poverty Overseas.

Miss E C Hendry Charitable Trust

Funds a range of charities under the headings of: church; community support; medical research/community care; armed forces welfare;arts; international aid.