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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 William Syson Foundation
Promotes, develops and ensures the practice and enjoyment of the arts, including the visual and performing arts, literature and heritage and works to support the arts sector. Now closed for applications. Next round will be in Spring 2026, date to be advised.
  • Status:  Closed

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Wooden Spoon
Wooden Spoon is the children’s charity of rugby. They're a grant-making charity and fund life-changing projects across the UK & Ireland.  No deadlines for applications. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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The Woodward Charitable Trust
Provides grants to organisations supporting disadvantaged families with young children up to age 11, and organisations that work directly with children of the same age group (0-11 years). At least 75% of your organisation’s work must align with this focus. The next general grant round is expected to be open May – July 2026.
  • Status:  Closed

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Creative Scotland - Youth Music Initiative: Strengthening Youth Music
Creating access to high quality music making opportunities for young people aged 0-25, particularly for those that would not normally have the chance to participate.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Youth Music NextGen Fund
The Youth Music NextGen Fund offers emerging creatives grants of up to £3,000 to make their ideas happen.
  • Status:  Recurring

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BBC Children in Need Project Costs
Project Costs support the aims and delivery of a specific piece of work. This work will usually be time-limited, and based on a defined set of activities. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired
This charity exists to provide financial support to children and young people who have a hearing impairment and to organisations who provide help to them. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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Carnegie Dunfermline Trust
Grants are given for projects and activities with social, community, educational, cultural, sporting and recreational purposes that benefit particularly young people within the Dunfermline area.
  • Status:  Open

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charities.connected
Vodafone are providing free mobile connectivity to support charities in the UK tackle digital exclusion. If you're a charity that needs support for digital inclusion programmes, you can apply for free Vodafone SIMs, each loaded with 40GB data/month for 6 months, plus unlimited calls and texts. You can use these however you like - for example, to help stay in touch with service users, or deliver training to people in need.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Clothworkers' Foundation
The Clothworkers’ Foundation improves the lives of people and communities – particularly those facing disadvantage and marginalisation – through grant making. Take the eligibility quiz on the Foundation's website where you will be directed to the correct application form (Main or Small grants programme). No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Charity Digital Exchange
The Charity Digital Exchange offers donated technology products from partners such as Microsoft, Symantec and Cisco to eligible UK-registered charities. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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The Robertson Trust Transport Grants
Funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for 1-3 years available to contribute towards the costs of transport for work supporting people experiencing poverty and trauma. Apply any time - no closing date.
  • Status:  Open

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