Welcome to the Sported Funding Bulletin. This page is here to help you find funding opportunities that may be available to your group or organisation.
We know that funding is a priority for many groups in our network, and that finding the right opportunity can sometimes feel complicated.
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Each fund has its own eligibility criteria. If you find a fund that looks suitable, please open the website link and read the guidance carefully before applying.
Finding a fund is an important first step, but it is not the only part of securing funding. If you need more support, you can also explore the resources available on the Hub.
If you are part of the Sported network, you will also receive a monthly Funding Bulletin by email, highlighting selected funds. If you would like extra support, our team of staff and volunteer consultants across the UK would be happy to arrange a chat with you.
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Aberbrothock Skea Trust 16480
Thorntons Law LLP is offering discretionary funding. Grants for charitable organisations in Angus, Dundee, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire to support a range of projects to benefit local residents. The aim of the Trust is to support charitable groups to provide a wide range of initiatives (including medical research, sports and arts activities, improving the general wellbeing of residents, and helping the elderly, sick and disadvantaged) in Angus, Dundee, Perth and Kinross Deadline: 30 November 2026.
AEB Charitable Trust 16481
AEB Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to registered charities in Edinburgh, the Lothians, and the Scottish Borders for projects focused on animal welfare, the environment, health, culture, and support for retired members of the Armed Forces. The Trust supports charities carrying out work under the following themes: The promotion of interests of wildlife, ecology and nature. Deadline: 30 November 2026.
Aldi Scottish Sport Fund 16104
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)
Aldi Scottish Sport Fund - South Scotland (Postcode areas DG, TD) 16371
Aldi offers grants of up to £3,000 to community sports organisations in Scotland. Open to sports clubs, schools, charities and community groups. Funding can support equipment, kits, training costs and activities that increase participation in sport. Closing date: 22 November 2026.
Aldi Scottish Sport Fund (Edinburgh and the Lothians) 16454
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: 25 October 2026.
Ballantrae Community Fund 16360
Foundation Scotland offers grants of up to £25,000 for project, core and capital costs. Open to charities, CICs, community groups, schools and sports clubs benefiting Ballantrae, South Ayrshire. Funding supports community development, facilities, wellbeing, infrastructure and local environmental projects. Closing date: 9 October 2026.
Barcapel Foundation 16118
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 – Outdoor Learning Travel Grant Scheme 16125
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
Clyde Borders Community Fund 16240
SSE is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available for constituted, not-for-profit organisations to deliver activities that promote community spirit, enhance wellbeing, and help create sustainable communities in Skirling, Upper Tweed, and Tweedsmuir. This fund aims to support constituted, not-for-profit groups to deliver activities and projects that promote community spirit, bring people together, enhance wellbeing and quality of life, and foster vibrant, sustainable communities in Skirling, Upper Tweed, and Tweedsmuir.
Deadline: 2 October 2026
Cockburnspath & Cove Community Fund 16370
Foundation Scotland offers grants of up to £50,000 for project, core and capital costs. Open to charities, schools, community groups, sports clubs and local authorities benefiting Cockburnspath and Cove. Funding supports community facilities, wellbeing, heritage, culture, environment and local development. Closing date: 17 November 2026.
Community and Renewable Energy Scheme (CARES) - Community Buildings Fund 16186
Scottish Government is offering funding of up to £80,000. Grants are available for community groups in Scotland to decarbonise community buildings. The funding aims to help community organisations reduce their building's energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Deadline: 30 October 2026
Corra Foundation – Boost Small Grants 16170
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
Cruden Foundation Limited 16187
Cruden Foundation Limited is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for registered charities in Scotland working for the support and improvement of their local community. This fund aims to support charitable projects and activities in Scotland for the benefit of people living there.
No deadline is stated
East Lothian - Community Intervention Fund 16483
East Lothian Council is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grant for capital projects to support community groups in East Lothian. The aim of the Community Intervention Fund is to provide grants towards capital projects for a wide range of local community groups in East Lothian. Deadline: 30 November 2026.
Endrick Trust 16241
Endrick Trust is offering funding of up to £50,000. Funding is available to registered charities in Greater Glasgow for general charitable purposes, in particular the relief of poverty and community development. Funding is available to support charitable causes in the Greater Glasgow area.
Deadline: 2 October 2026
Enovert Community Trust 16487
Enovert Community Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations undertaking community and environmental projects located in the vicinity of Enovert's landfill sites in England. The funding is intended to support community and environmental projects in the vicinity of Enovert's operations across the UK. Deadline: 4 December 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Caithness Futures Fund 16463
RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants to support and strengthen community groups in Caithness. The aim of the scheme is to help community groups in Caithness. Deadline: 31 October 2026.
Foundation Scotland - EDF Renewables Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund 16482
EDF Power Solutions is offering funding of up to £30,000. Grants are available for community-led, charitable projects that benefit the local residents in the community council areas of Dufftown, Auchindoun, Glenrinnes, Glenlivet, Inveravon and Cabrach in Moray. The Fund aims to benefit the local residents living in the community council areas of Dufftown, Auchindoun, Glenrinnes, Glenlivet, Inveravon and Cabrach in Moray. Deadline: 30 November 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Halkirk District Benefit Fund 16464
Nadara is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available for projects to benefit residents and the community in the Halkirk District Community Council area (includes Altnabreac, Banniskirk, Calder, Georgemas, Harpsdale, Spittal, Mybster, Westerdale). The Fund aims for sustainable development including: Advancing citizenship or community development within Halkirk District. Deadline: 31 October 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Kilgallioch Community Fund 16447
ScottishPower Renewables is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to support community projects in Wigtownshire (Dumfries and Galloway) and South Carrick (South Ayrshire). The Fund aims to fund community-led charitable projects that supports rural regeneration and sustainability of local communities in Wigtownshire and South Carrick. Deadline: 12 October 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Kinross-shire Fund 16456
Kinross-shire Fund is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for charities and voluntary organisations to support activity which will develop the vibrant life of the local community and ensure that the area is an attractive place to live, work and visit. Kinross-shire raises funds from individuals and companies, which are used to make grants to local charities and voluntary organisations. Deadline: 26 October 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Social Investment Fund 16172
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
Foundation Scotland - Stroupster Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund 16476
Greencoat UK Wind is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for projects that mainly benefit the communities of Dunnet and Canisbay, Caithness. The Fund aims support a wide range of activities and projects to primarily benefit the communities of Dunnet and Canisbay, Caithness. Deadline: 15 November 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Tannach and District Wind Farm Trust 16465
Gresham House Asset Management is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available for a range of activities and projects to benefit the local communities of Tannach and District. The Fund aims to support community activity and development in the Tannach District area, and a wide range of projects are funded. Deadline: 31 October 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Whiteside Hill Wind Farm Community Fund 16448
Netro Energy UK is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants to support community projects for those living in the Kirkconnel & Kelloholm and Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and district in Dumfries and Galloway. The aim of the scheme is to support community projects for those in the Kirkconnel & Kelloholm and Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and district in Dumfries and Galloway. Deadline: 12 October 2026.
Gannochy Trust 16188
Gannochy Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available across Scotland for work that aims to inspire young people under 21 years of age; and for projects in Perth and Kinross that aim to improve the quality of life for local people, develop and inspire young people or improve the availability/quality of the built and natural environment for wide community use. The Gannochy Trust aims to make a positive difference to people living in Scotland, and in Perth and Kinross in particular, in fields such as community, sport, culture including art, music and dance, youth work, environment, health and wellbeing and heritage.
Deadline: 2 October 2026
Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust 16140
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
John Watson's Trust 16244
John Watson's Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for education purposes to children and young people under the age of 21 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian who have a physical or learning disability or who are socially disadvantaged. The Trust awards grants for educational purposes to children and young people under the age of 21 who have a physical or learning disability, or who are socially disadvantaged.
Deadline: 23 October 2026
Kilgallioch Community Fund 16362
Foundation Scotland offers grants of up to £20,000 for capital, revenue and core costs. Open to charities, CICs and community organisations in Dumfries & Galloway and South Ayrshire. Funding supports community and environmental initiatives, with priority given to new projects and organisations not previously funded. Closing date: 12 October 2026.
Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park – Engagement Travel Grants 16191
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority is offering funding of up to £250. Grants are available for schools and groups working with disadvantaged people across Scotland to cover transport costs for educational trips to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. This fund aims to support schools and groups visiting Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park by covering travel costs to the National Park and the costs of accessing Inchcailloch Island for outdoor learning activities.
No deadline is stated
Mainshill Trust 16466
Mainshill Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to local community groups for projects and activities which benefit the community of Douglas in South Lanarkshire. The Trust exists for the public benefit of Douglas. Deadline: 31 October 2026.
Morrisons Foundation - Connecting Communities 16133
Morrisons Foundation offers grants of up to £20,000 for capital projects. Open to registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales. Funding fully covers projects that improve community facilities and support local people experiencing disadvantage, poor health or financial hardship. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
National Lottery Awards for All - Scotland 16169
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 - Community Action (Scotland) 16123
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 - Fairer Life Chances 16175
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Strengthening Organisations 16194
National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland that are currently receiving funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and work with people experiencing poverty, disadvantage, or discrimination to try out new approaches and projects or develop their current work. The Fund is intended to give existing grant holders the capacity to tackle challenges and try fresh ideas and approaches.
No deadline is stated
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Start Fund 16195
National Lottery Community Fund is offering funding of up to £150,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for work that helps young people (aged 8 to 24) to become more confident and play an active part in realising their potential. The Fund aims to create opportunities for children and young people aged between 8 and 24 years to help them realise their potential.
No deadline is stated
North Lanarkshire - Community Grants 16458
North Lanarkshire Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community groups in North Lanarkshire for projects or activities that will benefit the local community. The aim of the Community Grants scheme is to provide financial support to organisations in North Lanarkshire for projects or activities that bring benefit to the local community in a short timescale. Deadline: 30 October 2026.
North Lanarkshire - Grant Awards Programme (GAP) 16245
North Lanarkshire Council is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community groups in North Lanarkshire for projects or activities that will benefit the local community. The aim of the annual Grant Award Programme is to offer discretionary funding to community and voluntary organisations who contribute to the North Lanarkshire Partnership.
Deadline: 25 October 2026
Pump House Trust 16390
Pump House Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 for revenue and capital costs. Open to charities in Scotland. Funding prioritises community development, environmental projects, youth work, women's initiatives and activities promoting social inclusion. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.