Funding

Youth Work Grants & Funding

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

This funding directory lists over a hundred 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 William Syson Foundation
Promotes, develops and ensures the practice and enjoyment of the arts, including the visual and performing arts, literature and heritage and works to support the arts sector. Next Deadline is 28 March 2025
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  28 March, 2025
YMI CPD Fund
Funding is available for organisations and individuals resident in Scotland who are dedicated to strengthening youth music in Scotland. Next Deadline to apply is 31 Mar 2025
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2025
Sea Changers
Sea Changers  enable grassroots, community-led marine conservation to happen all around the UK's shores and coasts, They welcome applications from a variety of groups and entities. Deadline for the main grants are 31 March and 30 September
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2025
Sport Facilities Fund
Sport Facilities Fund
This Fund supports capital projects that create or improve places where people can become involved in and participate in sport and physical activity. Deadline: 1 April 2025.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  1 April, 2025
Peter Harrison Foundation - Active Lives
An independent grant-making foundation dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities or significant disadvantages to reach their full potential. Next deadline: 1st April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 April, 2025
The Novum Trust
Providing small short-term, one-off grants generally of between £500 and £2,500 to support distinctively new and Scottish projects in Christian action and research. Deadline: 15 April 2025
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  15 April, 2025
The Steel Charitable Trust UK Under-26 Fund
This fund aims to improve outcomes for children and young people in the UK who are wholly or mainly under 26 years of age. The overarching focus is on creating educational and/or access opportunities for young people in circumstances, groups or locations that face economic challenges or social marginalisation that may lead to significant disadvantages in later life. The next round opens at noon on 10th March 2025 and closes on 15th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  15 April, 2025
Allander Youth Activities Charitable Trust (Scotland only)
The Trust promotes the education and training of young people across voluntary youth organisations at a local level. Activities funded include: climbing, mountain biking, quad biking, skiing, sailing, kayaking and trips to various places of interest as well as weekends at Scout and Guide Centres. Support for overseas trips, expeditions and activities is also provided.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 April, 2025
The Gannochy Trust
There are three types of grants available - Project funding for the delivery of projects and activities; Core funding for operational costs such as salaries, overheads and day to day running costs; and Capital funding to create or improve an asset, such as a new building or refurbishment. The next deadline for applications is 2nd May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  2 May, 2025
Comic Relief - Every Step of the Way: Safe and Supported Beyond Homelessness
This funding opportunity aims to support organisations that work to empower young people who are at immediate risk of, or experiencing homelessness to access the right support at the right time. Apply by 7th May.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  7 May, 2025
FCC Scottish Action Fund
The FCC Communities Foundation provides funding for community, heritage, and environmental projects in areas around eligible waste management sites in Scotland. Deadline: 4 December 2024.
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  14 May, 2025
Creative Breaks Fund
Twelve-month grants for third sector organisations to develop and deliver short breaks projects and services for carers of adults (aged 21 years and over), and young carers (caring for children or adults), and the people that they care for. Deadline for applications: 20th May 2024.
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  20 May, 2025