Provides funding for environmental and eco-friendly community projects to enhance the local area, funding for educational trips and activities for local schools and sponsorship for local events and shows.

The Coalfields Community Investment Programme is a small fund created to support activities that tackle some of the key challenges that still remain in coalfield communities. The programme will support projects in eligible coalfield areas that meet one or more of the following themes: job creation and employment support; skills and training, health and wellbeing; community action.

Our Place aims to empower local people and organisations to bring about a massive and lasting positive difference in a limited number of neighbourhoods. It is focused on the assets that exist in these neighbourhoods and will bring together local talent and energy, connect individuals, groups and organisations and increase the confidence of people to take positive action. It is not an open fund and operates only in: Auchmuty in Fife; Camelon in Falkirk; Lochside and Lincluden in Dumfries and Galloway; Ardrossan (Central and North East) in North Ayrshire;Whitlawburn and Springhall in South Lanarkshire and Shortlees in East Ayrshire.

The trust objects are widely drawn and include: religion, education, training, instruction and culture; the promotion of the spiritual, moral, intellectual, social and physical wellbeing; the relief or prevention of poverty, misery, neglect, suffering, disease, sickness, infirmity, age, distress, physical and mental disabilities. The funder gives priority to applications from the West of Scotland but also funds national organisations.

The Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund is a Micro Grant fund being supported by The Robertson Trust and The Gannochy Trust. This fund has been created in response to the challenges which rural youth groups are facing in funding the delivery of community based universal youth work. It will make small awards to enable youth groups operating in rural communities to provide more and/or better youth work opportunities for young people.

The fund offers small grants to groups, agencies and projects working for the common good of all people in need in and around Glasgow. Applications will be considered from organisations and community groups providing direct benefit to communities, particularly in the following priority areas: children and young people, the elderly, people with disabilities, those suffering from the effects of poverty or unemployment, those suffering as a result of alcoholism and or drug abuse, individuals or groups in the community suffering from the effects of discrimination, those who have been, or are experiencing mental illness.

The Banks Kype Muir Community Fund has been created to provide support to deliver local projects that provide social, economic and / or environmental benefit. It will focus on supporting the following, non-exhaustive, list of typical groups, voluntary organisation and projects: playgroups; youth clubs; sports clubs and facilities; the scout and guide movement; senior citizens clubs and activities; village halls; church halls; community council projects; local charities; projects to enhance the environment; schools (for projects that are not normally funded by SLC); education, employment, training and skills development for unemployed people.

Start & Grow offers investment packages to enable social enterprises and community organisations to start-up, develop and expand. All Start & Grow investments are made up of one third grant and two thirds loan. Loans are repayable over up to five years and are charged at a fixed interest rate of base rate (currently 0.5%) plus 6%. Investments can be used for both revenue and capital costs (including set-up). You must demonstrate that as a result of our investment your organisation will create or maintain employment or training opportunities in your area.

Making Enterprise Happen will make investments of between £60,000 and £500,000. Each will be in the form of a mixed grant and loan package, with a minimum of 50% to be repaid with negotiable terms. Interest will be fixed at base rate (currently 0.5%) + 6%. Investments are designed to enable social enterprises and community organisations to play a more meaningful role in the regeneration of their community by providing them with the capital to realise their potential.

Tenovus Scotland makes a key difference to Scottish medical research development through small and large medical research grants and scholarships. The main focus is on funding projects to produce pilot evidence that then attracts longer term support from major external funders, leading to further research development.