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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Wesleyan Foundation Equality Grants
This grant is aimed at driving greater equality for disadvantaged groups in our society. As an inclusive grant, our goal is to help a wide variety of communities, where they face a struggle for equality such as BME, LGBTQ+, Disability, Faith, Women’s and Men’s rights groups. Open 1st May until 1st June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 June, 2025
Grants for Good Fund
Direct funding  to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment. Every three months, five shortlisted projects will be voted for by John Good Group employees. These five charities will all receive a share of £15,000. Next deadline: 15th June.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  15 June, 2025
Hugh Fraser Foundation
Donations to registered charities which are active in such sectors as the arts and culture, medical & health, the environment and education, care and support of the young and elderly, people with disabilities and the under-privileged. The next deadline is 17th June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  17 June, 2025
The Wolfson Foundation
The Wolfson Foundation has a wide range of funding programmes and activities. Their fundamental aim is to improve the civic health of society, mainly through education and research. More specifically, they support excellence in the fields of education, science and medicine; health and disability; and heritage, humanities and the arts. This fund will open on 14th May and close on 1st July (for decisions in December).
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 July, 2025
Weavers Benevolent Fund
Funds are given to help disadvantaged young people, especially those at risk of offending, and to address problems faced by offenders, ex-offenders and their families. There is a preference for supporting smaller charities which provide direct services. The next deadline is 3rd July.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  3 July, 2025
Hedley Foundation
Hedley Foundation
Trustees seek to help and improve the quality of life of people in the UK, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This is achieved by making grants to registered charities for the benefit of young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers. Next deadline: 16th July.
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  16 July, 2025
The Radcliffe Trust Music Grants
The Radcliffe Trust supports classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education. The next deadline is 31st July.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 July, 2025
The Ironmongers' Company - Grants to Charities
The Ironmongers’ Company wishes to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. The Ironmongers’ Company wishes to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. Open for submissions 31st May. Application deadline 31st July.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 July, 2025
The Robert McAlpine Foundation
The Foundation was established by the family of Sir Robert McAlpine and gives grants to support small charities situated throughout the UK. Closing date for applications: 22nd August 2025.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  22 August, 2025
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
Interested in funding charities whose activities involve the whole family, in initiatives that seek to tackle issues that face one or more of its members. Next deadline: 1st September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 September, 2025
The Idlewild Trust
Supporting charities that encourage excellence in the performing arts, and the preservation of buildings and sites of historical interest for the benefit of the public. Applications open 2nd June and close on 5th September.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  5 September, 2025
Youth Music NextGen Fund
This fund offers young creatives grants of up to £2,500 to make their ideas happen. The deadline for the next round is 26th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  26 September, 2025