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

The Paristamen Charity offers unrestricted grants of up to £1,000 for core costs. Open to small and medium-sized Scottish charities. Funding supports organisational sustainability, with particular interest in faith-based organisations and those committed to climate action. Closing date: 1 February 2027.

Robertson Trust is offering funding of up to £250,000. Grants are available to registered charities in Scotland that are working with communities experiencing poverty and trauma. The Trust's funding strategy for 2020-30 aims to provide £200 million in funding over the next ten years to help improve the lives of people and communities experiencing poverty and trauma.

No deadline is stated

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 £60,000. Grants are available to registered charities in Scotland with an annual income of between £30,000 and £500,000 to support the running costs of community spaces in areas experiencing high levels of deprivation and trauma. The Fund is intended to support local community centres, hubs or anchor organisations that are delivering and/or hosting a range of services and activities in places that are significantly affected by poverty and trauma.

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

Robertson Trust is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for small charities and community groups in Scotland carrying out charitable work in local communities to address poverty and trauma. The Trust launched a funding strategy for 2020-30 which aims to provide £200 million in funding over the next 10 years to help to improve the lives of people and communities experiencing poverty and trauma.

No deadline is stated

Scotmid Co-operative offers grants of up to £500 for community projects and activities. Open to charities, schools, sports clubs, CICs and community groups. Funding can be used for equipment, events, local initiatives and fundraising activities that benefit communities. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

GambleAware is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available for groups of young people across Scotland to deliver gambling education and prevention projects and activities. This fund aims to enable youth workers and young people to transform their ideas into action and create their own local gambling education and prevention project.

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

Scottish Government is offering funding of up to £35,000. Grants are available for third sector organisations to develop and deliver short breaks projects and services for disabled children and young people (aged 20 and under), and their carers (adult and/or young carers) in Scotland. The principles of the Better Breaks Fund must be applied to the planning and delivery of all projects, which should make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people with disabilities (aged 20 and under).

Deadline: 30 September 2026

Soirbheas is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants for a range of projects and activities to benefit residents in the community council areas of Glen Urquhart and Strathglass. The aim of the scheme is to support local initiatives that help protect the environment, provide training and promote employment opportunities, and projects that help make the communities of Glen Urquhart and Strathglass more resilient.

Deadline: 14 October 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

Sportscotland is offering funding of up to £250,000. Grants are available for the provision or upgrading of sports facilities in local communities throughout Scotland. The Sports Facilities Fund aims to support capital projects that provide opportunities for people to get involved in and participate in sport and physical activity in Scotland.

Deadline: 1 April 2027

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is offering funding of up to £10,000. Financial assistance is available to groups and organisations working for the benefit of communities surrounding the Drumderg Wind Farm. The Drumderg Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund is a charitable fund to benefit residents of Alyth and Mount Blair in Eastern Perthshire. Deadline: 12 October 2026.

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is offering funding of up to £25,000. The Fund aims to benefit the Contin, Marybank, Scatwell & Strathconon communities in the Scottish Highlands that are affected by the construction and operation of the Fairburn Wind Farm. The Fund aims to benefit communities affected by the construction and operation of the Fairburn Wind Farm. Deadline: 25 October 2026.

SSE Renewables is offering funding of up to £100,000. Grants for a range of local community projects in community council areas of the north of Scotland that host hydro electric facilities. The aims of the new Fund are to support local community, environmental, and socio-economic projects in community council areas in the north of Scotland that host hydro electric assets. Deadline: 10 December 2026.

SSE is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to charities, community groups, and other non-profit organisations in communities near the Grifffin and Calliachar wind farms. This fund aims to support projects and activities that benefit communities in areas local to the Griffin and Calliachar wind farms that: Enhance the quality of life for residents. Deadline: 15 October 2026.

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to support a range of projects to benefit the local communities of: Bettyhill, Strathnaver and Altnaharra; Melvich; and Strathy and Armadale. The Fund aims to build the sustainability of the local communities as vibrant places to live, work and visit, and support the development of a range of activities and services available to the communities; Deadline: 31 October 2026.

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

The Royal Company of Archers Charitable Trust provides grants for project, core and capital costs. Open to charities, community groups, local authorities, sports clubs and individuals in Scotland. Funding supports disability sport, recreation, heritage, culture and activities that improve quality of life for disadvantaged people. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

VisitScotland is offering funding of up to £25,000. Funding is available towards cultural and sporting events, designed to showcase specific towns and regions across Scotland, outside of the key metropolitan areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The funding is intended to support the strategic development of public-facing live sporting and cultural events, which take place outwith the local authority areas of the City of Edinburgh Council and Glasgow City Council and drive domestic tourism within Scotland.

Deadline: 5 October 2026

WAT IF? is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants for a range of community projects to benefit the local residents of Woolfords, Auchengray and Tarbrax in South Lanarkshire. Grants from the WAT IF?

Deadline: 14 October 2026

The Robertson Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 for project, core and capital costs. Open to Scottish charities and constituted community groups with annual income below £30,000. Funding supports work addressing poverty, trauma, community wellbeing and social inclusion. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

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