FUNDING

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Funding across Scotland

Funding Scotland is a service provided by SCVO which provides access to up to date, high-quality information on funding opportunities.

Funding in Angus

EMR - Building Brighter Futures Fund

Up to £15,000, with most grants between £8,000-10,000

Aims to ignite dreams and open doors, showing young people that they do have the power to design their own future.

Deadline 11th January 2026

Inspiring Scotland - Improving Access Fund

Incorporated groups can apply for up to £80,000, while unincorporated volunteer-led groups can seek up to £5,000

The Fund aims to advance equality for disabled people by funding peer-led initiatives that follow the social model of disability.

Deadline: 19th January (noon)

Museums Galleries Scotland - Small Grants Fund

Any organisation that runs an Accredited museum in Scotland can apply to Museums Galleries Scotland for up to £15,000.Non- Accredited museums can apply for up to £10,000

Deadline: 21st January 2026

Future Woodlands Scotland - Urban Forestry Challenge Fund

Provides grants of up to £100,000

Provides grants for projects that support urban greening and tree planting initiatives across Scotland.

Deadline: 23rd January

See Hear Angus

Bid for up to £3,000

To support ideas for small projects that will support people in Angus who live with hearing or sight loss.

Deadline: 31st January

Bairdwatson Charitable Trust

Provides grants of up to £20,000

The fund supports organisations that provide training for employment, employment support, and vocational skills.

Deadline: 6th February

Volunteering Matters

Apply for up to £250 for environmental activities in green spaces

Projects must complete and submit feedback by 28th February 2026

Scottish Government Small Producers Pilot Fund – Capital Grants

Providing £50,000 in capital funding

To support small producers sectors in Scotland, empowering them to play a key role in delivering the governments ‘Vision for Agriculture’.

Funding must be spent by March 2026

Learning Disability Support Fund

Total of £325,000 available for first 6 months and £650,000 per year for following two years
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Aims to sustain and support organisations working directly with people in Scotland with learning disabilities.

Active October 2025 to March 2028

Tesco Stronger Starts Grants

Provides grants of up to £1500

support to children, young people or families from across the whole of Scotland

No Deadline

Community Fund- Community Action

Apply for funding from £20,001 to £250,000 for up to 5 years

For projects that will help people connect more with each other.

No Deadline

Firstport - Community Enterprise Fund

Apply for up to £5,000 towards start-up costs

Helps community organisations to start trading or set up social enterprises in Scotland.

No deadline

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Power and Accountability

Funding to support people to create a world in which power is more equally shared

Various deadlines

Creative Scotland Crowdmatch

Match funding of up to £10,000 per project

Supporting artists and creatives to access the financial backing they need to deliver work that enriches the nation's creative and cultural life.

Various Deadlines

Screen Education Fund

Apply for a maximum of £25,000 per project

Aims to give young people the opportunity to make or collaborate in the making of a film, TV programme, or content.

No deadline

The JHP Film Grant

Offering up to 50% subsidised marketing project to three eligible charities or social enterprise organisations in Scotland each year.

No deadline

The National Lottery Community Fund - Community Action and Fairer Life Chances

Apply for £20,001 to £500,000 for or up to 5 years

Funding for projects that support children, young people and families, and helping people to connect more.

No deadline

Community Fund – Strengthening Organisations

Funding from £300 to £50,000, for up to 2 years

Funding is for organisations in Scotland, that we currently fund. We want to support organisations to try out new ideas and ways of working.

No deadline

Firstport - Social Entrepreneurs - Step Up

Offers a 0% interest loan of between £5k to £30k, repayable within two to five years

For social enterprises that want to repeat or scale activities that are helping their businesses grow.

No deadline

Boost - Small Grants

Grants of £500-£3,000 to constituted groups and charities

For small community-led organisations across Scotland supporting local people affected by poverty or disadvantage.

No deadline

The Robertson Trust

Apply for between £5K-20K per year for 1-3 years (focus on sustainable transport options)

Wee Grants also offer funding of up to £5,000 for constituted community groups and charities.

No deadline

Thomas Wall Trust

Apply for an individual grant of up to £1,500 or charity grant up to £5,000

For encouragement and assistance of educational work and social service.

No deadline

Angus Council Charitable Trust

Apply for up to £1000 and above £1000

Provides support to vulnerable people in Angus and assists local groups or organisations with ongoing projects.

No deadline

Green Hall Foundation

Typical size of grant is in the region of £1,000 to £10,000

To sustainably improve lives: among the sick, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.

No Deadline

NHS Tayside Community Innovation Fund

Various funding amounts available

Projects must link to the charities priorities in order to support the delivery of the vision ‘People live better and longer lives in Tayside'.

No deadline

Annie Ramsay Mclean Trust for the Elderly

Various funding available

To assist elderly persons suffering from handicap, disablement or infirmity, whether physical or mental in Tayside and Fife.

No deadline

Angus Council - Common Good Funds

The amount of funds available varies from one burgh to another

Common Good funds are available in Arbroath, Brechin, Forfar, Kirriemuir and Montrose.

No deadline

IBB Trust

Various funding amounts available

This trust supports a range of charitable organisations, generally with the emphasis on work being done in Dundee and Tayside.

No deadline

Cairngorms National Park Authority - Outdoor Learning Travel Grant

Funding 75% of transport costs, up to £300

This fund is aimed at supporting schools and voluntary and community groups making educational visits to the Cairngorms National Park.

No deadline

Mrs Williamina Mclaren's Trust Fund

Various grants are awarded twice yearly in March and September

The trust funds charitable organisations in the district of Angus that assist in the provision of housing and other necessities for the inform, elderly, needy or disabled.

No deadline

Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities

Various grants available

Grants are given to children’s charities and organisations to help them undertake projects and new initiatives so that much needed services can continue to provide care and support.

No deadline

Scotmid - Community Connect

Funding for applications costing in the region of £15,000

Community Connect enables Scotmid members to give back to their Communities.

No deadline

George Mclean Trust

Various small grants available

The fund gives small grants to organisations including those supporting people with disabilities or health problems.

No deadline

City of Brechin Civic Trust

The Trust seeks to stimulate interest in the beauty, built heritage and distinctive history of the Brechin area.

No deadline

Tenovus Scotland - Small Pilot Grants

Apply for grants of up to £25,000

Makes a key difference to Scottish medical research development through medical research grants and scholarships.

No deadline

The Aberbrothock Skea Trust

The Trust distributes around £100,000 per annum

Grants are only given to organisations with charitable status carrying out their objectives within Angus, Dundee, Perth and Kinross, Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire, and in particular Arbroath.

No deadline

St Katharine's Fund

Various small grants available

The trust makes a large number of mostly small grants to charities, with a preference for those in Dundee and Tayside. It tends to give to the same charities each year.

No deadline

Colin Grant Fund

Small grants awarded twice yearly in March and September

This small grant making trust which funds general charitable purposes in Angus.

No deadline

Lethendy Charitable Trust

Various funding amounts available

The Trust’s objectives are the advancement of education, the advancement of religion and the advancement of health.

No deadline

Tayside Contracts Community Fund

Tayside Contracts can provide services (not money) to charities and community groups across Tayside, funded for by the Community Fund.

No deadline