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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Dr Guthrie’s Association
Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations that support economically and socially disadvantaged children and young people in Scotland (giving preference to those residing in the Edinburgh area). The next deadline is 25th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  25 September, 2026
Volant Charitable Trust Large Grants Programme
The Volant Charitable Trust prioritises the focus of its awards on charities and organisations who are particularly addressing poverty and deprivation, helping to support vulnerable groups who are most affected, with an emphasis on women, children and young people. The next deadline is 28th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  28 September, 2026
The Fat Beehive Foundation
The Foundation provides small grants of up to £2,500 to other small UK charities for websites and digital products. The criteria for this quarter is education. The next deadline is 30th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
Armed Forces Families Fund - Service Pupil Support Programme
This programme will award grants for projects which address the needs of children aged 4-18 in full-time statutory education who are from currently serving armed forces families. This includes pupils whose parents are on full commitment as part of the full-time reserve service. The next deadline is 30th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
Sea Changers
Sea Changers  enable grassroots, community-led marine conservation to happen all around the UK's shores and coasts, They welcome applications from a variety of groups and entities. The deadline for main grants (£500-£2500) are 31st March and 30th September. The Small Grants Programme is for applications up to £500 and is always open.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
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. The next deadline is 30th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
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. The next deadline is 30th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
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 September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
The latest round of funding is for projects that provide therapeutic support, including healthy eating and outdoor activities. To be eligible, a project must focus exclusively on unpaid adult (18 or over) carers as its beneficiaries, without extending services to other groups. Round 4 opens on 1st September and closes on 30th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
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 September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
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. The next deadline is 30th September.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  30 September, 2026
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 on 24th September and closes on 1st October.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 October, 2026
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