Funding

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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People’s Postcode Trust
People's Postcode Trust supports smaller charities and good causes in Scotland to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet. The funding offered is unrestricted and therefore flexible. It can be used however it is most needed. The next round opens at 9am on 24th June and closes at 12 noon on  1st July.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 July, 2026
The Gordon & Ena Baxter Foundation
Supports a wide range of causes across the North of Scotland. The Foundation was founded to “spread a little fertiliser” in local communities, and that means supporting good causes across a broad range of themes and activity. The next deadline is 31st July.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 July, 2026
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 31st July.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 July, 2026
Sport Facilities Fund
Sport Facilities Fund
The Sport Facilities Fund provides investment in capital projects that create new or improved places for clubs and communities to participate in sport and physical activity. sportscotland will prioritise their investment into projects that deliver the greatest impact against clear local outcomes. The next deadline is 1st September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 September, 2026
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