Funding

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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Foux Foundation
The foundation is focused on helping in the areas of: health, education, youth opportunity and poverty. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring
Network Rail Community Fund
Network Rail wishes to develop their relationships with community groups and representatives, building avenues to inform and educate on the safety elements, benefits and opportunities of rail links. The Network Rail Community Fund intends to support community-led projects that produce social value.
  • Status:  Closed
Creative Communities Scotland
Funded by the Scottish Government and facilitated by Inspiring Scotland, the Creative Communities Scotland fund will support grassroots community-led organisations across Scotland to develop and deliver projects that harness the power of creativity in supporting the wellbeing of people and communities. 
  • Status:  Closed
The Maple Trust
This small trust supports charities working in Scotland, focusing on children and young people. Two larger grants (max £10,000) and two smaller grants (£2,500) will be awarded every six months.
  • Status:  Recurring
Faithful Welcome Small Grants
Faithful Welcome is a partnership project between Faith in Community Scotland and Scottish Faiths Action for Refugees. The aim is to support Scotland’s faith communities to welcome refugees and asylum seekers and enable them to be an integral part of community life, wherever they are coming from and whatever the reason.
  • Status:  Recurring
The Northwood Charitable Trust
The Trust provides financial support to help enhance people’s lives through a wide range of charitable organisations. Its main funding themes are addressing deprivation, poverty and inequality, advancing educational attainment, progressing physical and mental health and wellbeing and supporting community, heritage and cultural enrichment.
  • Status:  Recurring
Mrs M A Lascelles Charitable Trust
The Trust makes grants to charities and voluntary organisations in Scotland and the UK, or overseas. They fund a wide range of organisations with a preference for countryside, health, art and young people.
  • Status:  Recurring
Hugo Burge Foundation
Established in 2024, the Hugo Burge Foundation is a major new charity dedicated to supporting the arts, crafts and creative industries across the UK. The Foundation has three key areas of funding available - creative individuals, creative communities, and creative education.
  • Status:  Recurring
Nineveh Charitable Trust
The Nineveh Charitable Trust supports a broad range of UK-based projects and activities of benefit to the general public, with an emphasis on promoting a better understanding of the countryside. Apply any time - no deadlines.
  • Status:  Recurring
Focus Foundation
The Focus Foundation is dedicated to creating meaningful impact for overlooked and underfunded grassroots charities. They primarily support projects that fall under the following themes: Underprivileged children and young people; Mental health charities and initiatives; and Charitable or community projects.
  • Status:  Recurring
Gilly's Trust
Open to small UK charities working to improve the lives of disadvantaged children, young people, families and adults living in the UK. Opens again in 2026.
  • Status:  Recurring
The Swire Charitable Trust
The Swire Charitable Trust’s core programmes –  Opportunity, Nature and Heritage – are open to applications on a rolling basis, with no deadlines. They prioritise UK charities that are well positioned to meet current challenges, and aim to direct grants to where they are needed most.
  • Status:  Recurring
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