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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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Shackleton Foundation
Provides seed funding and support to early-stage social ventures with a primary focus on benefiting young people in the UK. A single grant of up to £15,000 is available to support leaders with innovative social ideas aimed at generating positive social change for disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people. The next deadline is 27th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  27 April, 2026

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Souter Charitable Trust
The Trust supports projects directed at the relief of all aspects of human suffering in the UK and overseas with a particular but not exclusive Christian emphasis and ethos. The next deadline is 27th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  27 April, 2026

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Asda Foundation - Local Community Spaces Fund
ASDA Foundation knows that accessible community spaces can be a lifeline for local people, and many of these spaces require funding to repair, renovate and develop them so that they can continue delivering vital activities and services. Applications open from 14th to 28th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  28 April, 2026

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The Lintel Trust Small Grant Programme
The Lintel Trust Small Grant Programme
The Lintel Trust provides support for projects helping people to maintain their tenancies, improve their lives and participate fully in community life. Most projects funded offer support to those who are excluded from community activities. The next deadline is 29th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  29 April, 2026

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Leathersellers' Company ACEs Main Grants Programme
Leathersellers' Company Main Grants Programme are now open to receive expressions of interest from charities with the core focus of preventing or tackling the occurrence of and/or reduce the likelihood of long-term negative consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 April, 2026

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Schroder Charity Trust
Applications for work under the following objectives: Enabling children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive and achieve their potential in education and employment; and Strengthening communities through services and opportunities which enhance the wellbeing and life outcomes of vulnerable and disadvantaged people. The next round opens on 1st March and closes on 30th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 April, 2026

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Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
The Trust gives grants to registered charities that work in the UK. Grant rounds for this year include people experiencing or at risk of homelessness - focussing on projects that provide life skills, including food education, healthy living and budgeting. Priority will be given to people leaving the armed forces, leaving prison or care. The next deadline is 30th April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 April, 2026

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The Gannochy Trust
The Gannochy Trust provides funding to registered charities, primarily working in Perth and Kinross, but also to inspire and develop young people (from age 11 to 21 inclusive) throughout Scotland. The next deadline is 1st May for consideration at the grant-making meeting on 1st July. The Application portal opens on 2nd March.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 May, 2026

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The Weir Charitable Trust
This Trust supports services/projects, run by Scottish-based community groups and charities, in the following qualifying categories that address any aspect of the following purposes: Animal welfare, culture, health, recreational facilities and sport. The next deadline is 1st May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 May, 2026

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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 5th May and close when 40 applications have been received.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  5 May, 2026

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The UK Youth Fund
UK Youth and Pears Foundation have launched a new £10 million fund to champion an approach that works: providing multi-year, unrestricted funding alongside targeted capacity-building support to small youth organisations. The aim of the Fund is to strengthen the financial resilience and capacity of small youth and outdoor learning organisations across the UK. Organisations can apply for multi-year unrestricted funding of up to 10% of annual turnover. The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is Wednesday 6th May.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  6 May, 2026

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Whole Family Support Third Sector Delivery Fund
This fund helps third sector organisations support families living in poverty or at risk of poverty. It will do this by boosting their capacity to deliver Whole Family Support in communities across Scotland. Deadline for applications: 7th May.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  7 May, 2026

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