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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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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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SP Energy Networks - Community Benefit Funding Programme
Community organisations based near eligible electricity transmission infrastructure projects will be able to apply for local and grassroots grants to deliver initiatives supporting local communities. If your community is based within one of the eligible areas, you will be able to apply for upskilling events and tailored workshops that can help your community build capacity and explore bespoke solutions to local challenges. The closing date for round 2 applications is 5pm on 8th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  8 May, 2026

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OneCity Trust
Supports activities which bring people who are impacted by poverty and social isolation together in ways which are creative, impactful and have the potential to have a lasting legacy. Any registered Scottish charity or constituted community group, provided they are based in Edinburgh and focus their activities within the city boundary can apply. The next deadline is 8th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  8 May, 2026

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Screwfix Foundation
A grant giving charity with a clear purpose to support projects that improve, repair and maintain homes and community facilities used by those in need throughout the UK. The next deadline is 10th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  10 May, 2026

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SUEZ Communities Fund
The SUEZ Communities Fund supports community and environmental improvement projects through the Landfill Communities Fund and Scottish Landfill Communities Fund, distributing funds contributed by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK. The next deadline is 13th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  13 May, 2026

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SWEF Business Grants
SWEF Business Grants are available for young people in Scotland who are struggling to invest in their business venture and/or keen to take the business to the next level. The next deadline is 14th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  14 May, 2026

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B&Q Foundation
Funding is available for registered charities who are creating or improving spaces so that more people have a place to feel at home. They focus on charities that support people who are most in need because of homelessness, financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage. The next deadline is 15th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  15 May, 2026

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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 25th February and closes at 5pm on 20th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  20 May, 2026

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Worshipful Company Of Information Technologists (WCIT)
WCIT's purpose is to use the power of tech for impact through digital inclusion, education, charitable, and public engagement initiatives across the entire UK. Every year, it supports a variety of charities through its grant-making programme and by providing pro bono support to a multitude of organisations. The next deadline is 20th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  20 May, 2026

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West Lothian Development Trust
The West Lothian Development Trust fund distributes money received from windfarm developments in West Lothian. Small grants (up to £2,000) and main grants fund (up to £25,000) available to projects that relieve poverty, advance education or social purposes beneficial to an eligible community or promote and encourage environmental improvement. The next deadline is 20th May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  20 May, 2026

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SSEN Powering Communities to Net Zero Fund
This fund helps communities in central southern England and the north of Scotland become more resilient in the face of a volatile climate, and supports their adoption of the Low-Carbon Technologies that will help decarbonise society. The next deadline is 21st May.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  21 May, 2026

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