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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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The Northwood Charitable Trust
The Trust provides financial support to help enhance people’s lives through a wide range of charitable organisations. Its main funding themes are addressing deprivation, poverty and inequality, advancing educational attainment, progressing physical and mental health and wellbeing and supporting community, heritage and cultural enrichment.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Mrs M A Lascelles Charitable Trust
The Trust makes grants to charities and voluntary organisations in Scotland and the UK, or overseas. They fund a wide range of organisations with a preference for countryside, health, art and young people.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Focus Foundation
The Focus Foundation is dedicated to creating meaningful impact for overlooked and underfunded grassroots charities. They primarily support projects that fall under the following themes: Underprivileged children and young people; Mental health charities and initiatives; and Charitable or community projects.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Cycle Access Fund
Grants are available to organisations working with people that would otherwise be unable to afford the upfront costs of a bike. This fund is now closed until 2027. 
  • Status:  Closed

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Corra Foundation
A Scottish grant-making charity that is about strengthening and amplifying people’s voices and their power to make change.
  • 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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The Vardy Foundation
The Vardy Foundation supports social action and faith based projects with a focus on: Early intervention; Strengthening families; Relief of poverty; Supporting ex-offenders;  and Helping the homeless and those with addictions. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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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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Morrisons Foundation
Supports registered charities that make a positive difference in local communities across England, Scotland and Wales. Morrisons award grants for charity projects and match fund the money that Morrisons colleagues raise for their chosen charities. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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Family Recovery Initiative Fund
Offers one-off grants of up to £5000 to groups that support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland. The aim of the fund is to improve the wellbeing of family members affected by someone else’s harmful substance use based on creating opportunities for people to connect with other people through group activities and access to further support. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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PF Charitable Trust
The PF Charitable Trust's funding policy is to support work at community level. Projects must meet one or more of the following priorities: Disability; Health; Children and Families; Youth work; and Elderly.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Percy Bilton Charity
The charity offers capital grants to UK registered charities who assist disadvantaged young people, people with disabilities or mental health problems and older people. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Recurring

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