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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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 August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  10 August, 2026
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. The deadline for applications is 10th August.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  10 August, 2026
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 12th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  12 August, 2026
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 13th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  13 August, 2026
Edinburgh Airport Community Fund
The fund will consider applications from Edinburgh, Falkirk, the Lothians and Fife. Priority will be given to applications which reflect the four pillars of the airport’s Greater Good sustainability strategy - Zero Carbon, Enhancing Scotland, Scotland’s Best Business and Trusted Neighbour. The next deadline is 13th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  13 August, 2026
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 round will open on 20th July and close on 14th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  14 August, 2026
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 14th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  14 August, 2026
The Gambling Harm and Mental Health Fund
The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE) administers the Gambling Harm and Mental Health Fund, on behalf of the Scottish Government, to support third sector and community-based organisations across Scotland to support community-based activity to further work on mental health and gambling harms, including a focus on suicide. The deadline for applications is 14th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  14 August, 2026
The Grocers’ Charity
The Grocers’ Charity awards about £1 million pounds each year to UK-registered charities. For their open grants, they typically provide one-off grants of up to £5,000. The major causes supported include: Relief of hardship, disability, arts, and children and young People. The next deadline is 15th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  15 August, 2026
Warburtons Community Grants
Small grants up to £400 to support charitable organisations towards broader activities which improve health, place or skills for families in their community. The next deadline is 17th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  17 August, 2026
Alcohol and Drugs Fund – Children, Young People and Families Grants
This fund aims to support direct work with children and families affected by alcohol and drugs.  It prioritises projects which demonstrate how they will take a Whole Family Approach which is relational and rights-based when delivering front-line services which support children, young people and families. The next deadline is 18th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  18 August, 2026
Alcohol and Drugs Fund – Partnership and Delivery Grants
Designed to provide funding to organisations that support people affected by alcohol and drugs. It aims to support larger third sector and public sector organisations which provide front-line, evidence-based access to support, treatment, care and recovery. The next deadline is 18th August.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  18 August, 2026
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