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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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Faith in Community Scotland - Greener Spaces, Fairer Places
This small grants scheme supports the work of faith groups taking small scale local actions which address the link between climate change and poverty. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Three Guineas - Holiday Activity Schemes for Autistic Children and Young People
This scheme provides grants of up to £15,000 for autistic-specific holiday schemes for autistic children and young people, and their siblings, which run in the school holidays. Grants are usually for part of the costs.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Health Lottery Foundation - Community Choice Grants
Community Choice gives passionate people working with small charities and CICs all over Britain the chance to secure a grant of £1,000 for their organisation. You can nominate if you work with a charity or CIC that has activities that improve health and wellbeing in Scotland. The next deadline is 27th February.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Leathersellers' Company Small Grants Programme
UK charities that support vulnerable people in high deprivation areas and have an annual income under £200,000 can apply for one-off grants up to a maximum of £5,000. Applications open at 10am on 7th April and close when 40 applications have been received.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  7 April, 2026

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Ponton House Trust
Welcomes applications from locally-based charities focused on delivering activities in the Edinburgh and Lothian area that help vulnerable and disadvantaged children and young people, and where a grant from the Trust will make a significant difference. The next deadline is 10th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  10 April, 2026

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The 7stars Foundation
Grants are targeted to further the potential and opportunity of children and young people who are surviving abuse, at risk of or experiencing homelessness, caring for a loved one, and challenged by addiction (either personally or through a member of their family). Apprenticeships funding stream open (no deadline). All other funding streams closed until 1st March.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  12 April, 2026

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New Park Educational Trust
The Trust operates by giving grants to organisations and, less frequently, to individuals. The charitable object is the advancement of education for the public benefit. Priority has been given to North East Fife and surrounding areas, but projects have been helped throughout Scotland. The next deadline is 14th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  14 April, 2026

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Aviva Foundation - Financial Futures Fund
Funding for initiatives that aim to address the drivers of financial resilience and promote lasting change. Whether it’s improving access to financial services, building financial capability, or tackling systemic barriers, Aviva is committed to supporting work that makes a real difference in people’s lives. The next deadline is 15th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  15 April, 2026

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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. The next deadline is 15th April.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  15 April, 2026

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Shared Care Scotland - Creative Breaks
The Creative Breaks programme provides 12-month grants to third sector organisations to develop and deliver short breaks projects and services for carers of adults (aged 21 years and over), young carers (caring for children or adults), and those that they care for. Opens for applications on 26th March until 16th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  16 April, 2026

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The Woodward Charitable Trust - Children's Summer Playscheme Grants
Funding for summer playschemes for children between the ages of 5 to 16 years. The next deadline is noon on 16th April..
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  16 April, 2026

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Safe Spaces Youth Work Fund
A small grant fund to enable Youth Scotland member youth groups to deliver better youth work to young people who are at risk or who have experienced ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences). The deadline for applications is 22nd April.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  22 April, 2026

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