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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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Silverhill Trust
Objectives are to promote the mental, physical and social development of young people in the UK, especially those in poor circumstances (the trustees generally regard young people as being under the age of 21). No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Small Eco Awards
Provides accessible grants of £300 to £20,000 for communities in Scotland to take local, practical action to protect the environment. You don’t have to be an environment organisation to apply. Small Eco Awards is for community groups with practical ideas that can make a positive difference to where they live.
  • Status:  Recurring

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Youth Arts Open Fund
The purpose of the Youth Arts Open Fund is to support freelance artists or organisations seeking small amounts of funding so that they can deliver arts activity for children and young people – primarily those who have traditionally found it hardest to access such opportunities.
  • Status:  Closed

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The Co-op Local Community Fund
The Co-op Local Community Fund gives money to local causes, helping to bring people together and make a difference. They give preference to projects run by small, local organisations that make a real difference to people in their community.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Swan Mountain Trust
For the next three years the trust will focus on organisations concerned with refugees and asylum seekers, with particular emphasis on the mental health of young people in these categories. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Henry Smith Charity - Proud Homes
The Henry Smith Charity want to fund organisations supporting young people facing or experiencing homelessness. Aimed at rganisations that want to make their services safer and more inclusive for LGBT+ young people.
  • Status:  Closed

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