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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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Young Changemaker Grants
Supports young people aged 14-25 in the UK with small seed funding grants of up to £1,000 to trial their entrepreneurial ventures, community projects or social enterprise ideas. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Aviva Foundation - Communities Fund
Through a combination of crowdfunding and match funding, the Communities Fund helps organisations raise money to drive meaningful change. To support communities when it matters most, Aviva provide funding directly to organisations that understand local needs, help people build financial wellbeing, and respond to the challenges of our changing climate. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The John Ellerman Foundation
Aims to advance the wellbeing of people, society and the natural world by funding charities for work that has national significance in the arts, environment and social action. For the majority of applications there are no deadlines and you can apply at any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Digital Xtra Fund
The core objective of Digital Xtra is to inspire young people to learn digital technologies skills through high quality, exciting extracurricular activities, thus expanding Scotland’s future talent pipeline. Applications for the 2025/26 academic year are now closed. 
  • Status:  Closed

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The Outward Bound Trust - Scotland's Next Generation
Scotland's Next Generation is for young people aged 14-17 years old from anywhere in Scotland who would like to take part in an Outward Bound experience but need financial support to be able to.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Robertson Trust - Community Spaces
Community Spaces aims to support local communities experiencing poverty and trauma in Scotland and is for registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £500,000. Applicants can apply at any time and there is no set closing date for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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Henry Smith Charity - Holiday Grants
Grants towards recreational holidays or outings within the UK for children aged 13 and under who are from areas of high deprivation, are experiencing disadvantage, or who have a disability. Trips can be to countryside or city locations, but must be outside the children's immediate locality.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Grow Wild - Youth Project Funding
Young people aged 14-25 can apply to lead a project that celebrates UK native wildflowers and fungi in exciting and engaging ways. Projects should be creative and reach and inspire lots of people in schools, youth groups or the community. This fund is now closed until early 2026.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The National Lottery Climate Action Fund
The National Lottery Climate Action Fund will  fund partnership projects that inspire more people to take climate action. By climate action they mean how people can reduce the impact of human activities on the climate. Or even have a positive impact. And also how we can prepare for, and adapt to, the inevitable impacts of climate change.  The next deadline is 17th December.
  • Status:  Closed

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Rannoch Trust
Supports a range of charitable activities, including those relating to the advancement of education; religion; human rights; conflict resolution and reconciliation; and environment protection. No deadlines - applications can be made at any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The National Lottery UK Fund
The UK Fund offers larger amounts of funding for existing projects. This funding is aimed at projects that help bring diverse communities together and projects that help children and young people use their voice to influence change. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland): Fairer Life Chances
This funding is for projects that support children, young people and families, or that help people to be healthier and have better access to support. Projects should support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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