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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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Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Provides grants to small and medium sized local organisations in the UK with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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The National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund's vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. They can fund heritage projects from £10,000 up to £10million. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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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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NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
The NFU Mutual Charitable Trust promotes and supports charities in the UK working in agriculture, rural development and insurance. Trustees are particularly interested in the education of young people in rural areas and relief of poverty within rural areas and will focus on providing funding to larger initiatives, which would have a significant impact on the rural community. This fund will reopen on 17th July for the December round of funding.
  • Status:  Recurring

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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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Variety Youth Club Grants
Supports youth clubs and supplies them with essential equipment through part-funding. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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Volant Charitable Trust Small Grants Programme
In response to the current cost of living crisis, the Volant Charitable Trust is for the foreseeable future prioritising 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.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Outward Bound Trust Adventure Fund
The Outward Bound Adventure Fund provides funding for an Outward Bound summer of adventure. Young people aged 10-22 years old can spend 5, 7, 14 or 19 days of their summer enjoying outdoor challenge, discovery, fun and new friendships. An online application with an immediate decision!
  • 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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Summer Adventures for Armed Forces Families
This summer, Outward Bund is inviting children of active UK military families to embark on life-changing adventures designed to build confidence, resilience, and friendships. There's up to 40% funding available for Summer Adventures.
  • Status:  Recurring

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