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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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Rural Action Fund
The Youth Scotland Rural Action Fund is a micro-grant fund supported by The Gannochy Trust. This fund was created in response to the challenges which rural youth groups are facing in funding the delivery of community-based universal youth work. It will make small awards to enable youth groups operating in rural communities to provide more and/or better youth work opportunities for young people.
  • Status:  Closed

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Music for All - Community Project Funding
Music for All is delighted to be offering an exciting opportunity for youth clubs to apply for an award made up of tech/studio equipment plus cash grants of between £1000 and £6000. Organisations must be developing music provision for local young people by providing music making opportunities outside of their school/higher education setting.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Women in Forestry Practical Training Fund
The Women in Forestry Practical Training Fund has been established to support the personal development of women (over 16 years old), providing them with additional skills to progress their careers and employment opportunities in forestry beyond their current role.
  • Status:  Open

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Young Gamechanger Fund
Young Gamechanger Fund
The Young Gamechangers Fund is back with Round 2! Designed by young people, for young people, this unique funding programme empowers you to drive positive transformation in your community. Whether you’re a seasoned leader or just starting your activism journey, this fund is here to support you.
  • Status:  Recurring

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King Charles III Charitable Fund - Small Grants
This mall grants programme is dedicated to supporting UK-registered nonprofit organisations that make a meaningful difference in key areas such as social inclusion, health and wellbeing, education, environment, countryside, and heritage and conservation.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Riada Trust
Funding available for the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health; the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science; the advancement of public participation in sport; the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
  • Status:  Open

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Corra Foundation: The Way Forward for Families Partnership
Funding to support projects that children, young people and families help to design. It is open to partnerships, led by third sector organisations, and working to deliver Whole Family Approaches and #ThePromise, to keep families safe, healthy and together.
  • Status:  Recurring

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OneCity Trust
Supports activities which bring people who are impacted by poverty and social isolation together in ways which are creative, impactful and have the potential to have a lasting legacy. This programme is now closed and will reopen in 2026.
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Robertson Trust - Large Grants
Large Grants are for registered charities working in Scotland with an annual income of over £200,000 and up to £2 million, that support people who are experiencing (or are at high risk of experiencing) poverty and trauma.
  • Status:  Open

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Creative Breaks Fund
Twelve-month grants for third sector organisations to develop and deliver short breaks projects and services for carers of adults (aged 21 years and over), and young carers (caring for children or adults), and the people that they care for. Creative Breaks opens each year for applications in April and closes on May
  • Status:  Recurring

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The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Young Women and Girls
Grants up to £80,000 over two years are available for established community and voluntary organisations run by and for young women and girls. Funding is to support young women and girls who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at high risk of entering it.
  • Status:  Recurring

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Arnold Clark Community Fund: Cost-of-Living Support
Supporting projects which help those within communities currently experiencing hardship as a result of the rising cost of living.
  • Status:  Open

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