Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Western Recreation Trust
The Trust awards grants to organisations based in the West of Scotland working to improve recreational facilities for young people, older people and those who are unemployed. Grants are awarded towards the cost of equipment.
Duncan C Leggat Charitable Trust
The trust makes grants to individuals and groups in need of funding in the West of Scotland, working in the areas of poverty, education and religion.
The MacRobert Trust - Monetary Awards
The monetary awards are split into four categories: Cromar, Alastrean, Douneside and Lady MacRobert. Each one has its own specific governance arrangements and internal processes. Lady MacRobert awards are currently closed.
George Mclean Trust
The fund gives small grants to organisations including those supporting people with disabilities or health problems. It mostly funds in Dundee and the North East.
Bellahouston Bequest Fund
The trust's objectives are renewing church buildings & other places of religious worship, relieving poverty or disease, promoting education and safeguarding places of historical or artistic significance.
The Golsoncott Foundation
The Foundation supports projects that demonstrate and deliver excellence in the arts, be it in performance, exhibition, artistic craft, or scholarly endeavour.
The Radcliffe Trust - Heritage & Crafts
The Radcliffe Trust supports the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s traditional cultural heritage and crafts sectors.
Opened: 1 May 2025
Next deadline: 31 Jul 2025
The Joseph Rank Trust
The Trustees have two main areas of interest: projects that demonstrate a Christian approach to the practical, educational and spiritual needs of people of all ages and the adaptation of Church properties.
Opened: 1 May 2025
Dunard Fund
The Dunard Fund seeks to promote and advance the arts in Scotland, and makes donations principally under the following headings: Classical Music, Visual Arts, Architectural, Humanitarian and Environmental.
Opened: 1 May 2025
Next deadline: 31 May 2025
Dalrymple Donaldson Fund
The purpose of the fund is to make grants for the judicious restoration and repair of buildings of historical or antiquarian interest in Scotland, England, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Greece but specially in Scotland.
Next deadline: 31 Oct 2025