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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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Global Solidarity Fund
The Scottish Government’s new Global Solidarity Fund (GSF) is open for small Scottish-based organisations, community groups and diaspora-led initiatives involved in international development and global citizenship work.
  • Status:  Open

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The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation
Trustees welcome applications for grants towards projects that support group music-making, especially those that involve young people in the process of composing and the development of creative ideas.
  • Status:  Recurring

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CWP Energy
CWP Energy is committed to delivering funding and support to their host communities. To date, they have distributed over £10 million which has created enduring legacies across Scotland. This funding supports a wide range of community needs. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arts Based Learning Fund
Supports arts organisations to work in partnership with formal education settings leading to a mutual exchange and enrichment of expertise. Funding focuses on young people who experience systemic inequity and enabling them to make progress and overcome barriers to learning. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Toy Trust
The British Toy & Hobby Association welcome applications from small UK children's charities - working for the benefit of disadvantaged children aged under 13 years across the UK. No deadline - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Robertson Trust - Big Change That Lasts Fund
The Big Change That Lasts Fund supports organisations working in Scotland to deliver long‑term, systemic change that prevents and reduces poverty and related trauma. The Trust is currently inviting applications that focus on delivering big change that lasts under their Financial Security theme. No deadline - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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SSE - Tangy Community Fund
Provides funding to community and charitable projects in the community council areas of Campbeltown, East Kintyre, The Laggan, Southend and West Kintyre. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Granite Heart
Small grants to support charities, voluntary groups and initiatives working to make a positive difference in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, in particular those not in receipt of regular funding or income. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Scottish Borders Climate Action Network
Young people across the Scottish Borders are full of inspiring ideas to help tackle the climate crisis and promote community climate action– and SBCAN is here to help bring those ideas to life.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Henry Smith Foundation - Equity in Justice Fund
Supports organisations working with racially minoritised young men aged 18–25 who are in contact with the criminal justice system. The key aim of the fund is to increase these men’s access to specialist services designed to meet their specific needs.
  • Status:  Closed

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Aberdeenshire Educational Trust
The Trust awards grants to individuals, schools and organisations to help with the cost of school trips, further education and funding for sports clubs and facilities. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Family Recovery Initiative Fund
Offers one-off grants of up to £5000 to groups that support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland. The aim of the fund is to improve the wellbeing of family members affected by someone else’s harmful substance use based on creating opportunities for people to connect with other people through group activities and access to further support. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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