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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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Future Routes Fund 2026 – For Young People, By Young People
This fund supports projects run by 11-26-year-olds and aims to help young people improve their local environment, provide more opportunities for them to connect with nature, increase their knowledge and understanding of Scottish biodiversity, and empower them to take positive action for nature and the climate. The next deadline is 19th June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  19 June, 2026

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The Prudence Trust - Young Women in Mind 2026-2028
Young Women in Mind is a collaborative funding programme set up by the Pilgrim Trust, the Prudence Trust and the Julia Rausing Trust to support charities to strengthen and scale effective, age-appropriate, and gender‑informed mental health support for girls and young women aged 14–25 in the UK. The deadline for stage one applications is 22nd June.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  22 June, 2026

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Community Grants Fund
This Fund, provided by The City of Edinburgh Council, awards grants of up to £5,000 to voluntary and community groups to encourage small scale activity that benefits local communities. Funding is allocated on a first come, first served basis. The next deadline is 29th June at 11.45pm.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  29 June, 2026

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Stafford Trust
The Trust will consider applications for grants from charities registered in the United Kingdom, with preference being given to charitable organisations operating in Scotland. They fund local community projects and child welfare projects. The next deadline os 30th June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 June, 2026

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The Adamson Trust
The Trust provides financial assistance to help finance holidays, including respite care, for physically and mentally disabled children (aged 3 to 17 years), with preference being given to those locally resident in Scotland. 30th June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 June, 2026

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DWF Foundation
The foundation supports homelessness, health and wellbeing, employability, education, environment and sustainability. It particularly helps with initiatives that develop and improve local communities. Applications will be accepted at any time and will be presented at the next committee meeting. The next deadline is 30th June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 June, 2026

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Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation
The Charitable Foundation accepts nominations from Yorkshire Building Society members and colleagues. Donations range from £250 to £2,500. It particularly welcomes nominations from charities that are working in areas of deprivation, and charities that have an income turnover of less than £100,000. The next deadline is 30th June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 June, 2026

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The Magdalen Hospital Trust
Funding for projects working with vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation. Projects can include those that provide: training for work and personal development, clubs and play schemes, safeguarding education, mental health support and counselling and emergency care. The next deadline is 30th June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 June, 2026

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The Britford Bridge Trust
A charity supporting the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health or the saving of lives; and the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage, or science. Applicants must have national or international reach. The next deadline is 30th June.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 June, 2026

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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

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The Wolfson Foundation
The Wolfson Foundation has a wide range of funding programmes and activities. Their fundamental aim is to improve the civic health of society, mainly through education and research. More specifically, they support excellence in the fields of education, science and medicine; health and disability; and heritage, humanities and the arts. The next deadline is 1st July.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 July, 2026

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Weavers Benevolent Fund
Funds are given to help disadvantaged young people, especially those at risk of offending, and to address problems faced by offenders, ex-offenders and their families. There is a preference for supporting smaller charities which provide direct services. The next deadline is 2nd July.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  2 July, 2026

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