Funding

Youth Work Grants & Funding

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

This funding directory has 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 Woodward Charitable Trust
Children and young people who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in antisocial behaviour are among the areas supported by this fund.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  15 December, 2023
The Stevenston Charitable Trust
Established in 2000 with the particular aim of supporting the arts, and particularly the art of music, in the Lothians and Borders regions of Scotland.
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  15 December, 2023
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Music for All is dedicated to changing lives across the UK by improving access to music making. They are a passionate, focused and ambitious UK charity helping disadvantaged music makers experience the joys and far-reaching benefits of making music.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  18 December, 2023
The Lintel Trust Small Grant Programme
Supports projects that help those recognised as being most disadvantaged in social housing. Deadline: 20 December 2023
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  20 December, 2023
The Fat Beehive Foundation
The Foundation provides small grants of up to £2,500 to other small UK charities for websites and digital products. Deadline: 31 March 2023.
  • Status:  Closed
  • Closing date:  5 January, 2024
Agnes Hunter Trust
Agnes Hunter Trust
Supports registered charities delivering health and social welfare projects in Scotland with a focus on disabled and disadvantaged people aged 16 years or over. Re Opening in January 2024
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  11 January, 2024
Theatres Trust Small Grants Programme
This scheme provides grants of up to £5,000 for essential works to enable not-for-profit theatres across the UK to be viable and thrive in the future. Deadline: 21 April 2023.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  12 January, 2024
St Andrews Community Trust
The Trust allocates funds to clubs, charitable organisations and good causes in and around St Andrews. Deadline: Now closed for Application until January 2024
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  12 January, 2024
European Youth Foundation
Provides financial and educational support for young people and European youth activities, that promote the organisation's fundamental values. Deadlines for 2024 are: 15th January and 15th May.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  15 January, 2024
The Fore’s Autumn 2023 National Funding Round
The programme is offering unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 in Spring 2024 to help small charities and social enterprises develop, grow or become more sustainable.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  15 January, 2024
The Edinburgh and Lothian Trust Fund SCIO Grants for Voluntary Organisations
The Edinburgh and Lothian Trust Fund provides grants to charitable status voluntary organisations that provide social welfare in the Edinburgh and Lothian area. Deadline: 18 April 2023.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  16 January, 2024
John Watson's Trust
The Trust awards educational grants to the benefit of those aged 21 or under who are in a situation of disadvantage and/or have additional support needs. Deadline: 26 January 2024
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  26 January, 2024