Scottish Government is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available to community-based, not-for-profit organisations in Scotland that support people living with dementia for activities and programmes that make a meaningful difference to people with lived experience of dementia and those who provide unpaid care. This fund aims to support groups across Scotland to run projects in local communities supporting people living with dementia.

Deadline: 11 September 2026

Aldi Scotland is offering funding of up to £3,000. One-off grants are available through a random regional draw for local sports clubs in Scotland to support work in their local community. The Aldi Scottish Sport Fund is open in areas across Scotland where there is currently an Aldi store.

Deadline: 27 September 2026 for Fife, Perth & Kinross (Postcode areas PH, KY)

Deadline: 25th October 2026 for Edinburgh & Lothians (Postcode area EH)

Deadline: 22nd November 2026 for South Scotland (Postcode areas DG, TD)

Barcapel Foundation is offering funding of up to £100,000. Grants are available to registered charities in Scotland for projects and activities that promote the Foundation's priority areas of health, heritage and youth.

Deadline: 5 October 2026

Cairngorms National Park Authority is offering funding of up to £300. Grants are available for schools, community groups, and voluntary organisations in Scotland to support transport costs for educational trips to the Cairngorms National Park. This fund aims to support outdoor learning activities in the Cairngorms by helping groups cover transport costs to and from the National Park.

No deadline is stated

Scottish Government is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for community groups across Scotland to help their communities develop, own and benefit from renewable energy projects. The funding can support community-owned renewable electricity generation projects, including solar PV, wind and hydro, and the integration of energy storage and demand flexibility technologies.

Deadline: 14 September 2026

STV Children's Appeal is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available to support grassroots organisations and charities delivering community-led activities to children and families across Scotland affected by poverty. This fund aims to ensure accessible, supportive, community-led activities remain available to children and families despite the challenges the cost-of-living poses for charities and community groups.

No deadline is stated

East Ayrshire Council is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for local voluntary organisations to support community-based projects in East Ayrshire. This fund aims to support voluntary organisations in East Ayrshire delivering a wide variety of activities that benefit residents, local areas, and the environment.

Deadline: 17 September 2026

Whirlwind Renewables LLP is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to organisations in the Halkirk area for community activity and development. The Fund aims to support community activity and development in proximity to the Achlachan Wind Farm.

Next deadline: 15 September 2026

RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £9,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for projects which benefit people living within the Dalavich, Furnace, Glenorchy and Inishail or Inveraray areas, which are in close proximity to the An Suidhe Wind Farm. The Fund aims to benefit communities in proximity to the An Suidhe Wind Farm.

Deadline: 16 September 2026

ScottishPower Renewables is offering funding from £500 to over £50,000. Grants are available to charitable organisations for projects supporting rural regeneration and sustainability in South Ayrshire. The aim of the Fund is to support rural regeneration and sustainability of the six community council areas of Ballantrae, Colmonell & Lendalfoot, Barr, Barrhill, Pinmore & Pinwherry and Girvan & District.

Next deadline: 21 September 2026

Foundation Scotland is offering discretionary funding. Grants for community projects to benefit the residents of the Cockburnspath & Cove Community Council area in the Scottish Borders. The aim of the Cockburnspath & Cove Community Fund is to support projects and initiatives for the benefit of local communities.

Next deadline: 15 September 2026

EDF Power Solutions is offering funding of up to £12,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations with charitable projects that will benefit the Community Council area of the Parish of Stow in the Scottish Borders.

Deadline: 21 September 2026

EDF Power Solutions is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to support charitable projects in Strathpeffer. The Fund aims to support local community projects and activities to benefit the residents of Strathpeffer.

Deadline: 14 September 2026

Grants of between £500 and £25,000 are available to support the local community areas in Dumfries and Galloway with funds from the Blackcraig and Windy Rig wind farms. The Glenkens & District Community Fund aims to enable communities to be connected, resilient and carbon neutral places, where people will want to live, work and visit, to bring up their families, and to grow old.

Next deadline: 16 September 2026

ScottishPower Renewables is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to organisations for community activity and development in the Halkirk District Community Council and the Watten Community Council area. The Fund aims to support community activity and development in the Halkirk District and the Watten Community Council areas.

Next deadline: 15 September 2026

RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for a range of activities and projects to benefit residents of the Halkirk Community Council area in Caithness. The Fund aims to support community activity and development in the Halkirk district in Caithness, and a wide range of projects are funded.

Next deadline: 15 September 2026

RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £5,000 a year. Grants are available for community projects that benefit the residents of the Innerleithen & District community council areas. The Fund supports a wide range of activities and projects to benefit the communities located near the RWE Bowbeat Wind Farm in the Scottish Borders, by improving facilities, services, environment, activities and opportunities, and making the area a friendly, welcoming and sustainable place to live in and visit.

Deadline: 21 September 2026

Grant and loan investments of between £10,000 and £250,000 per organisation with up to 25% of this in the form of a grant are available to social enterprises, community organisations and charities across Scotland to benefit local communities. The fund aims to provide blended grant and loan investment to incorporated community organisations to meet the needs of the business, achieve a vision and secure the organisation's future.

No deadline is stated

Netro Energy UK is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to charitable organisations for community projects in Larbert, Stenhousemuir and Torwood in Falkirk. The aim of the Fund is to preserve and develop the local community areas of Larbert, Stenhousemuir and Torwood.

Deadline: 18 September 2026

Vattenfall is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to local not-for-profit organisations for activities which will benefit residents of the Huntly, Strathbogie and Tap o’Noth community council areas, plus the Cabrach Community Association region. The aim of the Fund is to support positive change by investing in a wide range of community projects in the Huntly, Strathbogie and Tap o’Noth community council areas plus the region served by the Cabrach Community Association.

Deadline: 14 September 2026.

Volant Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations in Scotland undertaking projects to help poverty and social deprivation, particularly supporting children, young people and women. The Large Grants Programme aims to support women, children and young people who are at risk and facing social deprivation in Scotland, particularly during the cost of living crisis.

Deadline: 28 September 2026

Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charities for general charitable purposes in Great Britain. The Trustees have complete discretion as to the type of charitable work supported, however the Trust has focused on supporting projects relating to young people, people with disabilities, the environment and the arts over the last few years.

No deadline is stated

Moray Council is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available for community-led projects that strengthen the economic, environmental and social resilience of Moray's coastal communities and deliver local benefits linked to the coast and sea. The funding is intended for projects that enhance the resilience, sustainability and wellbeing of communities along the Moray coastline.

Deadline: 18 September 2026

The Morrisons Foundation is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to registered charities for placed-based services to benefit local communities in England, Scotland or Wales. The Connecting Communities fund is for capital projects that make a difference to people's lives, by improving infrastructure development and shared spaces.

No deadline is stated

National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available for voluntary, community and public sector organisations in Scotland to carry out projects that will improve local communities and the lives of people most in need. The funding priorities of the programme are: Bringing people together and building strong relationships in and across communities.

No deadline is stated

National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland is offering funding of up to £250,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for community-led projects that build open and inclusive community cohesion.

No deadline is stated

National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland is offering funding of up to £500,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community and public sector organisations in Scotland for projects that support children, young people and families, or help people to be healthier and have better access to support, with a focus on those experiencing poverty, discrimination and disadvantage. The Fund is intended for projects working to achieve the following objectives: Children, young people and families thrive.

No deadline is stated

Queensberry House Trust is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available to registered charities and social enterprises in Edinburgh and the Lothians for projects focused on improving the lives of vulnerable older people. The Trust's objective is ' the advancement of citizenship and community development (including the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities), and also having regard, but not exclusively, to the locality.

Deadline: 15 September 2026

Robertson Trust is offering funding of up to £500,000. Multi-year funding is available to charities, community interest companies, housing associations and credit unions in Scotland for strategic work, including policy work, campaigning, and research, focused on financial security. The Fund aims to support projects that demonstrate strong potential to deliver big change that lasts, meaning strategic, systemic or long‑term impact on poverty and trauma in Scotland.

No deadline is stated

Robertson Trust is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to charities in Scotland that are currently receiving funding from the Robertson Trust's Small Grants programme to undertake initiatives which contribute to organisational and staff resilience. This is a new fund, intended to invest in work that strengthens organisations from the inside.

No deadline is stated

Scottish Hydro Electric Community Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to support charities and community projects with the cost of electricity supply connections. The funding is intended to support charities and community groups with the cost of an electricity supply connection to a community project - either to a new property or to upgrade an existing supply.

Next deadline: 10 December 2026

Scottish Mountaineering Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for organisations and individuals to promote public recreation, knowledge and safe enjoyment of the mountains of Scotland. The aim of this fund is to support projects that promote public enjoyment and knowledge of the Scottish mountains via the promotion of mountaineering, hill walking and other associated activities.

Deadline: 21 September 2026

South Lanarkshire Council is offering grants for community-based capital projects within 10km of a participating renewable energy development in South Lanarkshire. Main grants of over £20,000 are avilable as well as smaller grants of less than £20,000.

Deadline: 15 September 2026

Sports Charity Scotland is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to charitable organisations in Scotland who operate within sectors representing children, young people and sport. The funding is intended to provide support which can make a significant difference to the delivery of existing activities that will benefit children and young people, the disabled and disadvantaged in Scotland.

No deadline is stated

Stirling Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants for local groups and organisations to deliver sport and physical activities for children and young people aged 3 to 26 years old. The Fund aims to support inclusive physical activities to encourage children and young people (aged 3 to 26 years old) to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.

Deadline: 14 September 2026

Weir Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to small charities or community groups in Scotland for work addressing sport, health, culture, animal welfare, or recreational facilities.

Deadline: 30 October 2026