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Funds are listed in alphabetical order.
Age Scotland – Encouraging and Supporting Grassroots Activity Fund 16064
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 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)
Arts Council of Wales - Arts, Health and Wellbeing Lottery Funding 16100
Arts Council of Wales (ACW) is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to support partnerships from across the arts, health, social care and third sectors to provide high-quality creative projects that deliver health and wellbeing benefits for the people of Wales. The funding is intended to support partnership proposals spanning arts, health, social care, nature, environment, and the third sectors.
Next deadline: 23 September 2026
Be Active Wales Fund 16065
Grants of up to £50,000 are available to support community sports clubs and organisations in Wales for projects to reduce inequality, create long-term sustainability and introduce new or different ways of operating. The funding is intended to support projects aimed at upskilling volunteers, developing new ways of delivering physical activity, using technology to engage more people, and reaching those currently under-represented in sport and physical activity.
Next deadline: 11 September 2026
Bingham Trust 16101
The Bingham Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations undertaking general charitable activities in Buxton, Derbyshire. Funding is intended to support organisations undertaking general charitable activities, including the relief of poverty, the provision of educational services, the assistance of religious activity and the benefit of the community, in the SK17 postcode area around Buxton. Preference is to fund one-off capital projects.
Next deadline: 24 September 2026
Blaby District Council Community Revenue Grants Scheme 16102
Blaby District Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to develop projects and services that benefit the community in Blaby. Grants are available to develop projects and services that benefit the community.
Next deadline: 25 September 2026
Bluestone Foundation Community Fund 16092
Bluestone Foundation is offering funding of up to £2,500. Grants are available for local voluntary and community organisations to support social and environmental projects in Pembrokeshire. The aim of the fund is to provide financial assistance to communities across Pembrokeshire through supporting environmental and social projects.
Deadline: 21 September 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
Cambridge City Council - Large Community Grants 16098
Cambridge City Council is offering funding of up to £10,000 per year for up to three years. Grants are available to local voluntary and community organisations delivering recurring activities or projects that benefit Cambridge residents. Funding is intended to support local voluntary and community groups to deliver recurring activities and projects that contribute to a fairer, greener and more inclusive Cambridge, supporting the vision of 'One Cambridge – Fair for All'.
Deadline: 22 September 2026
Cambridge City Council - Organisation Support Grants 16099
Cambridge City Council is offering funding of up to £40,000. Grants are available to established voluntary and community organisations in Cambridge to plan ahead, build resilience and deliver long-term impact. These grants provide unrestricted, multi-year funding to established voluntary and community organisations with a strong presence in Cambridge and a track record of delivering significant benefit to residents.
Deadline: 22 September 2026
Charles Littlewood Hill Trust 16089
Charles Littlewood Hill Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charitable organisations carrying out social welfare or community activities in Nottinghamshire or Norfolk. The scheme is intended to support organisations undertaking a range of charitable purposes.
Next deadline: 20 September 2026
East Ayrshire Council – Community Grants to Local Organisations 16083
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
Flintshire - Community Chest Grants 16093
Flintshire County Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to support community-focused activities organised by local not-for-profit voluntary and community groups operating in the Flintshire area. The programme has been established to provide funding towards a one-off community-focused activities taking place in Flintshire.
Deadline: 21 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - Achlachan Wind Farm Community Fund 16073
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
Foundation Scotland - An Suidhe Wind Farm Community Fund 16081
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
Foundation Scotland - Blackridge Community Fund 16090
Gresham House Asset Management is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants to supports community projects benefiting those living in the Blackridge community council area. The Blackridge Community Fund aims to support organisations for the benefit of local residents.
Deadline: 25 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - Carrick Futures 16094
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 - Cockburnspath & Cove Community Fund 16074
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
Foundation Scotland - EDF Power Solutions Longpark Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund 16095
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
Foundation Scotland - EDF Renewables Corriemoillie Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund (Strathpeffer) 16067
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
Foundation Scotland - Glenkens & District Community Fund 16082
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
Foundation Scotland - Halkirk & District Halsary Windfarm Community Benefit Fund 16075
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
Foundation Scotland - RWE Bad á Cheò Wind Farm Community Fund (Halkirk District) 16076
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
Foundation Scotland - RWE Bowbeat Wind Farm (Innerleithen) Community Fund 16096
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
Foundation Scotland - Todhill Wind Farm Community Fund (Larbert, Stenhousemuir & Torwood) 16085
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
Foundation Scotland - Vattenfall Clashindarroch Wind Farm Community Fund 16068
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.
Foundation Scotland - Volant Charitable Trust Large Grants Programme 16115
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
Giving Machine - Community Grants 16124
Giving Machine is offering funding of up to £250. Small unrestricted grants are available to charitable organisations across the UK. The fund is intended to give small unrestricted grants to UK not-for-profit organisations to enable them to continue their work.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Letchworth Garden City - Community Investment Fund (Wellbeing Through Nature) 16069
Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants for groups to improve resident's wellbeing in Letchworth Garden City through engagement with nature. The aims of the nature engagement programme are to support fully or part-funded projects that: Ensure communities have access to information on green spaces and nature-based activities, and how they can improve wellbeing.
Next deadline: 14 September 2026
Luton Rising Small Grants 16107
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants for community organisations in Luton for activities that benefit the local community and meet the fund's identified objectives. The fund aims to provide awards for projects run by community groups based in Luton or working for the benefit of the people living there.
Deadline: 29 September 2026
Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust 16103
Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for community organisations in Wales to support projects and activities in the areas of sport, the arts, the community and the environment. Through its funding, the Trust aims to improve the quality of life of people who live and work in Wales.
Deadline: 25 September 2026
Moray Coastal Communities Fund Grant Scheme 16088
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
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
Queensberry House Trust 16077
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
Scottish Mountaineering Trust 16097
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
Sizewell C Community Fund - Small Grants 16105
Suffolk Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000 (small grants) and over £10,000 (large multi-year grants). Grants for capital and revenue costs are available for groups supporting communities impacted by the Sizewell C nuclear plant in East Suffolk. The aim of the Fund is to reduce the impact of, or build on the opportunities created by, the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station.
Next deadline: 27 September 2026 (the fund is open all year round)
South Lanarkshire Council - Renewable Energy Fund Grants 16078
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
Stirling - Community Get Active Fund 16070
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
Sunrise Medical Community Fund 16119
Sunrise Medical is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for community groups, sports clubs, disability organisations, and individuals across the UK to support projects and improvements that make community spaces and experiences more accessible and help to create more wheelchair-friendly and inclusive environments. This fund aims to support a variety of projects and activities that help wheelchair users and disabled people to enjoy greater independence, inclusion, and opportunity.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust Grant 16091
The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for registered charities or CICs working in, or benefiting the people of, Nottinghamshire, for the benefit of people of socially and medically disadvantaged groups, particularly children and young people, older people, and people with disabilities.
Next deadline: 20 September 2026