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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 National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland) - Young Start Fund - Main Grants
Grants of £20,001 to £150,000 for up to 3 years. Young Start Main Grants has 4 new outcomes. Projects must help children and young people: learn more about themselves or other people; take action on issues that matter to them; build positive relationships that improve their wellbeing; learn skills that help them feel more confident for the future. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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SSE - Tangy Community Fund
Provides funding to community and charitable projects in the community council areas of Campbeltown, East Kintyre, The Laggan, Southend and West Kintyre. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Inverclyde Community Fund - Inverclyde Windfarm Fund
The maximum grant under this programme is £2,000 and the trustees are keen to ensure that the grants are directed at small projects which can make a big difference. Priority will be given to organisations which demonstrate good governance and good practice. ICF accepts applications all year round. Trustees generally meet every 4-6 weeks to assess applications.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Glasgow Airport FlightPath Fund
The Glasgow Airport FlightPath Fund was established in 2010 to ensure local communities share in the success of Glasgow Airport. Funding is in three key areas - employment, environment and education. The next deadline is 1st May.
  • Status:  Recurring

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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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SSE Clyde Wind Farm Fund
The community fund is for projects within the Clyde wind farm area. The small grant scheme (less than £10,000) and the community fund (grants over £10,000) provide financial support for capital projects that meet priorities such as relief/prevention of poverty; provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time activities; the advancement of citizenship or community development). No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Stagecoach Group - Giving for Good Community Fund
If you are a local good cause based in one of Stagecoach's local communities that supports children, young people, health and wellbeing you could be eligible for support with a grant of up to £500. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Boots Charitable Trust
The Trust funds charities and voluntary organisations working in the areas of health, lifelong learning, community development and social care, and encourages applications from organisations where grants of up to £10,000 can make the biggest impact. Deadline for next round to be confirmed.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust
This Trust gives grants to economically disadvantaged young people to develop progress in an existing interest
  • Status:  Open

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Agnes Hunter Trust
Agnes Hunter Trust
Following a policy review, the Trustees have decided to focus on one key area of funding: offering grants to charities that support disabled people in Scotland. The next round of grants will open in early August, with grant award decisions made at the end of November.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Asda Foundation
Supports grassroots organisations in making a real impact, and supports local communities in emergencies, reacting quickly to help people in the immediate hours following a disaster.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Bairdwatson Charitable Trust
The aim of the fund it to support organisations providing services relating to training for employment, employment support and vocational skills. It is particularly interested in employment and skills training for young people who are unemployed and in re-training, and support for unemployed people to get them back into work.
  • Status:  Recurring

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