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Youth Work Grants & Funding

Looking for funding to support your youth work project? We can help.

This funding directory lists hundreds of charity grants and youth work funds for practitioners, youth clubs, voluntary organisations, community projects and more.

You’ll find information on everything from small local grants for individual practitioners to national funding schemes for large-scale projects. You’ll also find information and guidance on our national funding partnerships here, including the National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund.

We also run a number of National Grants Programmes, designed with and for the youth work sector in Scotland, distributing over £1m each year to youth work organisations across the country. You can contact us if you have any questions about our funding programmes.

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The Mackintosh Foundation
Small and large grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of education, schools, the relief of poverty, theatre, music, drama, the refurbishment and restoration of theatres, the environment and general community projects. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Richard and Siobhan Coward Foundation
Grants of between £500 and £1,500 are available to support the provision of participatory projects which seek to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people under 25. The use of photography must be a core element of the project. The next deadline is 30th September.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Alcohol and Drugs Fund – Local Support Micro Grants
Local Support Micro Grants are for grassroots and community-based groups in Scotland, which deliver frontline services to support people affected by alcohol and drugs, people in recovery and/or their families. This is a rolling fund, so there is no fixed closing date.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Henry Smith Foundation - Equity in Justice Fund
Supports organisations working with racially minoritised young men aged 18–25 who are in contact with the criminal justice system. The key aim of the fund is to increase these men’s access to specialist services designed to meet their specific needs.
  • Status:  Closed

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The National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations
This fund aims to support organisations who seek funding to undertake creative activity such as a specific project or production, a programme of creative work, or a period of research and development. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants
Schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations supporting children and young people can apply for up to £1,500 for projects that improve access to healthy food. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Henry Duncan Grants
This year’s Henry Duncan Grants will fund community-based support for mental health in very remote rural areas of Scotland. Funding is aimed at organisations who are providing mental health support to people experiencing mental ill health or who are in a mental health crisis.
  • Status:  Closed

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Welcome for Newcomers Fund
Grants for organisations and partnerships supporting newcomers to the UK to rebuild their lives, feel at home and become active members of their local communities.
  • Status:  Closed

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The Gambling Harm and Mental Health Fund
The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) administers the Gambling Harm and Mental Health Fund, on behalf of the Scottish Government, to support third sector and community-based organisations across Scotland to support community-based activity to further work on mental health and gambling harms, including a focus on suicide.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Emerton-Christie Charity
The Emerton-Christie charity is a grant-making trust donating to other UK-registered charities. While the trustees may select beneficiaries at their discretion, they tend to focus on the following: Education/training; The Advancement of health; Disability; Arts and culture; and Environment and conservation.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Career Ready Fund - Henry Smith Foundation
The Henry Smith Foundation are launching the Career Ready Fund to support organisations to deliver high‑quality, job coach‑led careers education in both mainstream and SEND school settings. .
  • Status:  Closed

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Creative Scotland - Youth Music Initiative: Access to Music Making
The YMI Access to Music Making Fund supports individuals and organisations working in the youth music sector to create and deliver high-quality music making opportunities for children and young people across Scotland that address inequity.
  • Status:  Recurring

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