Guide to finding funding
For support with funding and fundraising, take a look at our funding guide.
Search results
Quaker Housing Trust
Supports charitable housing projects giving safe, affordable, and often supported, homes to people of all ages and meeting a wide variety of housing needs. They give grants and interest-free loans.
Next deadline: 12 Jun 2024
Big Issue Invest
Provides social investment and loan finance to social enterprises, social ventures and third sector organisations in Scotland.
Foundation Scotland - Social Investment Fund
The Social Investment Fund offers blended grant and loan investment to social enterprises, community organisations and charities. Investment can be used for capital expenditure, asset acquisition and business growth.
Local Energy Scotland - Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings
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.
RBS Social & Community Capital - Community Business Loan
Loans are available for established third sector organisations that are delivering high social value - in a sustainable way.
Shetland Charitable Trust - Capital Works Bridging Loan Scheme
This bridging loan scheme is available to organisations carrying out work on a public facility or providing a new public facility in Shetland which is eligible for grant funding from EU/Scottish Government/Lottery.
Growth Impact Fund
Growth Impact Fund is a partnership between Big Issue Invest and UnLtd to provide social investment for early stage, growing organisations who are looking to help tackle inequality.
Unity Trust Bank - Loans
Provides tailored loans that will help to create jobs or bring wider economic, social or environmental benefit.
The Architectural Heritage Fund - Heritage Impact Fund
The Heritage Impact Fund offers tailored, flexible loans to charities, social enterprises and community businesses that want to acquire, reuse or redevelop historic or architecturally important buildings in the UK.
CAF - Venturesome
CAF provides social investment loans which are unsecured. Investments are tailored to the needs of the organisations they finance and can be used for working capital, delivering new services or building organisational resilience.