Funding

Youth Work Grants & Funding

Looking for funding to support your youth work project? We can help.

This funding directory lists over a hundred 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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Allander Youth Activities Charitable Trust (Scotland only)
The Trust promotes the education and training of young people across voluntary youth organisations at a local level. Activities funded include: climbing, mountain biking, quad biking, skiing, sailing, kayaking and trips to various places of interest as well as weekends at Scout and Guide Centres. Support for overseas trips, expeditions and activities is also provided.
  • Status:  Recurring
Bank of Scotland Foundation
Bank of Scotland Foundation receives an annual donation from Lloyds Banking Group as part of the Group's commitment to Helping Scotland Prosper. These funds are distributed to charities across Scotland through their grants programmes and a matched giving programme for Lloyds Banking Group employees in Scotland.
  • Status:  Recurring
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Funding for projects in the UK that help individuals overcome disadvantage, social exclusion and lack of opportunity and so realise their full potential. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open
Aviva Community Fund
The Aviva Community Fund helps local causes and projects – with funding, but also with access to tools and resources, like volunteering and professional coaching. It aims to help communities build the kind of long-term, sustainable projects that they need. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund
Supports organisations whose main purpose is working with and for young people (aged 14-25) who face complex transitions to adulthood. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Open
The Dulverton Trust
An independent grant-making charity supporting UK charities tackling a range of issues including youth opportunities, general welfare and conservation. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Recurring
What’s Your Big Idea?!
This fund specifically supports young people (aged 12-25) turn their ideas into reality. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
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
The Pixel Fund
This Fund provides grants to UK based charities in order to support the improvement in mental health and well-being of children and young adults.
  • Status:  Open
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Funding the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open
The Pleasance Trust
This Trust awards grants mainly to small voluntary organisations in the Edinburgh area which promote the activities of benefit to young people in the Edinburgh area.
  • Status:  Open
The King’s Trust Development Awards
Young people aged 16-30 can apply for funding to cover the cost of course fees, tools or equipment to help them achieve their goals.
  • Status:  Open