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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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Scottish Borders Climate Action Network
Young people across the Scottish Borders are full of inspiring ideas to help tackle the climate crisis and promote community climate action– and SBCAN is here to help bring those ideas to life.
  • 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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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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The Vardy Foundation
The Vardy Foundation supports social action and faith based projects with a focus on: Early intervention; Strengthening families; Relief of poverty; Supporting ex-offenders;  and Helping the homeless and those with addictions. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Family Recovery Initiative Fund
Offers one-off grants of up to £5000 to groups that support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland. The aim of the fund is to improve the wellbeing of family members affected by someone else’s harmful substance use based on creating opportunities for people to connect with other people through group activities and access to further support. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Aberdeenshire Educational Trust
The Trust awards grants to individuals, schools and organisations to help with the cost of school trips, further education and funding for sports clubs and facilities. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Robertson Trust - Big Change That Lasts Fund
The Big Change That Lasts Fund supports organisations working in Scotland to deliver long‑term, systemic change that prevents and reduces poverty and related trauma. The Trust is currently inviting applications that focus on delivering big change that lasts under their Financial Security theme. No deadline - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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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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Granite Heart
Small grants to support charities, voluntary groups and initiatives working to make a positive difference in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, in particular those not in receipt of regular funding or income. 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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