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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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Boots Charitable Trust
The Trust funds charities and voluntary organisations working in the areas of health, lifelong learning, community development and social care, and encourages applications from organisations where grants of up to £10,000 can make the biggest impact. Deadline for next round to be confirmed.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust
This Trust gives grants to economically disadvantaged young people to develop progress in an existing interest
  • Status:  Open

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Agnes Hunter Trust
Agnes Hunter Trust
Following a policy review, the Trustees have decided to focus on one key area of funding: offering grants to charities that support disabled people in Scotland. The next round of grants will open in early August, with grant award decisions made at the end of November.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Asda Foundation
Supports grassroots organisations in making a real impact, and supports local communities in emergencies, reacting quickly to help people in the immediate hours following a disaster.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Bairdwatson Charitable Trust
The aim of the fund it to support organisations providing services relating to training for employment, employment support and vocational skills. It is particularly interested in employment and skills training for young people who are unemployed and in re-training, and support for unemployed people to get them back into work.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Barcapel Foundation
The Foundation supports charitable work and endeavours in Scotland. The three priority areas of interest for funding are health, heritage, and youth (donations in this area span all aspects of assisting children and young adults, although they are particularly keen to support those from socially and financially disadvantaged backgrounds).
  • Status:  Recurring

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Digital Xtra Fund
The core objective of Digital Xtra is to inspire young people to learn digital technologies skills through high quality, exciting extracurricular activities, thus expanding Scotland’s future talent pipeline. Applications for the 2025/26 academic year are now closed. 
  • Status:  Closed

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European Youth Foundation
Provides financial and educational support for young people and European youth activities, that promote the organisation's fundamental values. Deadlines for 2024 are: 15th January and 15th May.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Garfield Weston Foundation
Supports a wide range of charities that make a positive difference, working in different sectors in the UK. These include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Google Grants
Free advertising on Google AdWords for charities seeking to inform and engage people online. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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Hedley Foundation
Hedley Foundation
Trustees seek to help and improve the quality of life of people in the UK, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This is achieved by making grants to registered charities for the benefit of young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Holywood Trust
The Holywood Trust
The Holywood Trust provides grants to organisations working with, and providing opportunities for young people in Dumfries and Galloway. It also provides grant support to groups of young people within an organisation in Dumfries and Galloway. Applications for less than £10,000 and for individuals can be submitted at any time. Applications for over £10,000
  • Status:  Open, Recurring

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