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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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Forces Children Scotland – Scotland’s Armed Forces Children’s Charity
Operates a Grants Programme which provides grants to individuals from Armed Forces families to support their education and well-being.
  • Status:  Closed

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Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme
One year grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 are available towards core costs, equipment or project funding for small charities. No deadlines for applications.
  • Status:  Open, Recurring

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Funding Scotland
Find funding for your charity, community group or social enterprise using the free online search engine. From small grants to funding for big capital projects, Funding Scotland can help you track down the funding you need to make a difference in your community.
  • Status:  Open

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BBC Children in Need Core Costs
This funding stream supports essential organisational and administrative spending. These are the key expenses required to keep your organisation running. No deadlines - apply any time.
  • Status:  Open

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The Archer Trust
A UK Christian charitable grant-making trust which supports small UK charities for whom a grant of between £250 and £3,000 will make a big difference. Trustees normally meet in March and September.
  • Status:  Open

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Awards for Young Musicians
Awards for Young Musicians supports outstanding young instrumentalists making music in any genre. No deadline for applications.
  • Status:  Open

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Gambling Education & Prevention
Groups of young people aged 12 – 25 in youth groups across Scotland have can apply for a micro grant to turn their ideas into action and create their own gambling education project. Project examples include: social media campaigns, digital board games, and awareness-raising videos or podcasts. No deadline - apply any time.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Corra Foundation Boost Fund
The Boost Fund (available to distribute until March 2026) is for community-led organisations across Scotland supporting local people affected by poverty or disadvantage. It's all about boosting community-led efforts, to ensure people with ideas for positive change are supported. .
  • Status:  Recurring

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Aldi - Scottish Sport Fund
The Aldi Scottish Sport fund is a Scotland-wide community-based sport programme designed to make it easier for children and young people to take part in sports within their local communities by giving clubs the chance to secure funding. Each region has a different deadline. 
  • Status:  Recurring

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Culture and Business Scotland
The C&BS Fund enables culture and business organisations to come together and build effective, sustainable partnerships, bringing creative projects – large and small – vividly to life.
  • Status:  Open

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Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust
The Scottish Children's Lottery Trust aims to make a positive difference to children’s lives through the alleviation of the impact of poverty, financial hardship, disability, illness or socio-economic disadvantage.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Volunteering Matters - Action Earth Awards
In 2025, Volunteering Matters Action Earth will offer grants to help urban communities to respond to our nature and climate crises. These nature grants support volunteers of all ages, backgrounds and abilities in practical outdoor activities in Scotland’s cities, towns and villages.
  • Status:  Recurring

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