Funding

Youth Work Grants & Funding

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

This funding directory has 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 Awesome Foundation
The Awesome Foundation
Mini-grants are available under a special round of awards to local projects in Glasgow run by someone or groups of people aged 5 to 25. Deadline: 3 April 2024
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  14 February, 2024
Asda Foundation - Empowering Local Communities Grant
Empowering Local Communities is an Asda Foundation grant for local groups aimed at supporting a broad range of activities which contribute towards transforming communities and improving lives, as well as funding to strengthen their volunteering.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  1 March, 2024
Asda Foundation - U18 Better Starts Grant
U18 Better Starts is an Asda Foundation grant for local groups aimed at supporting a broad range of activities for children under the age of 18 which contribute towards transforming communities and improving children’s lives, as well as funding to strengthen their volunteering. The application window is 15th January – 1st March 2024, but could close early if the budget cap is reached.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  1 March, 2024
Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust
The Scottish Children's Lottery Trust funds organisations supporting the most vulnerable children and young people who are at a high risk of being negatively impacted by poverty.
  • Status:  Closed
  • Closing date:  15 March, 2024
The Way Forward for Families Partnership
The Way Forward for Families Partnership funding programme opens following a review and re-design of the Partnership Drugs Initiative. This fund is delivered in partnership with Corra Foundation and Scottish Government. It will continue to focus on improving the lives and outcomes for children, young people and families in Scotland who are affected by drugs and alcohol.
  • Status:  Closed
  • Closing date:  26 March, 2024
Digital Xtra Fund
The core objective of Digital Xtra Fund is to inspire young people to learn advanced digital technologies skills through high quality, exciting extracurricular activities, thus expanding the talent pipeline of young people who might study related disciplines and ultimately pursue a career in digital technologies. Deadline: 28th March.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  28 March, 2024
Cornerstone House - Community Solutions Grants
These grants aim to improve and maintain health and wellbeing, strengthen social connection and support and reduce isolation and loneliness amongst adults, carers and children, young people and families in North Lanarkshire. Deadline: 31st March.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2024
Funded Cyber Essentials Programme
This scheme aims to provide vulnerable organisations with help to implement baseline security controls to prevent the most common types of cyber attack.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2024
Sport Facilities Fund
Sport Facilities Fund
This Fund supports capital projects that create or improve places where people can become involved in and participate in sport and physical activity. Deadline: 1 April 2023.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  1 April, 2024
Leathersellers' Company Main Grants Programme
Leathersellers' Company Main Grants Programme are now open to receive expressions of interest from charities with the core focus of preventing or tackling the occurrence of and/or reduce the likelihood of long-term negative consequences of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Next deadline for applications is 1st of April 2024
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  1 April, 2024
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Music for All is dedicated to changing lives across the UK by improving access to music making. They are a passionate, focused and ambitious UK charity helping disadvantaged music makers experience the joys and far-reaching benefits of making music.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  1 April, 2024
People’s Postcode Trust
Good causes can apply for unrestricted grants between £500 and £25,000. There are 3 funding rounds in 2024, each open for 7 days. Next deadline: 1st April.
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 April, 2024