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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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
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. The deadline for main grants are 31st March and 30th September.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  30 September, 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. Application portal opens on 4th August and closes on 3rd October.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  3 October, 2025
Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust
The Scottish Children's Lottery Trust funds aims to make a positive difference to children’s lives through the alleviation of the impact of poverty, financial hardship, disability, illness or socio-economic disadvantage. The next funding window opens on Monday 15th September and closes on Friday 3rd October.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  3 October, 2025
Wesleyan Foundation Community Grants
The Community Grants programme supports grassroots charities across the UK to deliver vital community services. Applications open on 1st September and close on 4th October.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  4 October, 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. The next deadline is 15th October.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  15 October, 2025
Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation
The Charitable Foundation supports registered charities based in the UK where there is clear benefit to the recipients, particularly in areas near the Society's Principal Office or one of its branches. They prefer to support specific tangible items or activities rather than donating to general funds. Applications will re-open on Monday 1st September until Friday 31st October.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 October, 2025
Better Community Business Network
Aims to provide small third-sector grant awards to empower charities and local community projects. This initiative will distribute a one-off grant award of up to £3,000 per charity or to small but credible community projects, which are able to demonstrate their positive impact on the communities they aim to serve. The next round opens on 8th September with a deadline of 31st October.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 October, 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. The next round opens on  3rd September and closes at 5pm on 19th November.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  19 November, 2025
Access Without Limits Community Funding
Grant funding of up to £10,250 is available for eligible community and voluntary organisations to set up and deliver the DofE, as well as the enrolment costs for young people taking part. Closes 1st January 2026.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  1 January, 2026