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Funding Opportunities
Search our list of open funds available to groups and organisations in Orkney. We add new ones when we come across them all the time.
VAO Managed Funds
Constituted groups with charitable aims (excluding party political groups) can apply for funding towards a project or activity that benefits their local community.
Examples of what we have funded before include:
- Equipment, such as goal posts, tables for community halls, display boards or replacement outdoor lighting.
- Specialist clothing or safety gear to support volunteers, such as waterproofs, gloves or hi-vis vests
- Venue hire for workshops, exhibitions or community events
Other Funders
Grants of between £500 and £3,000 are available for charities and organisations across the UK to deliver music projects that focus on the performance, commissioning, or recording of contemporary music.
SCVO's HR for Ctreatives Programme which is supported by Creative Scotland offers free HR support and development to 35 arts, screen and creative industry employers for 12 months.
The fund supports the conservation of cultural heritage of recognised national or international importance, such as objects and works of art in museums, libraries, galleries, historic buildings or landscapes accessible to the public.
Scops Arts overarching aim is to give people of all ages opportunities to understand, participate in and enjoy the performing arts. They are keen to find projects which widen access and have a lasting cultural impact on the community.
The fund supports ambitious, audience-facing independent UK and international film and broader screen activity of national scale.
Social connections and community activities are at the heart of creating healthier, happier lives and a flourishing society. That’s why we support amazing community-led projects.
The Craighnish Trust focuses on environmental and human rights issues as well as the particular special interests of the trustees. Previous awards have included grants to organisations working in conservation, refugees, youth, and music. The fund has a Scottish bias but is not exclusive to Scotland.
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, charitable grant-making foundation, which supports a wide range of causes across the UK.
The fund awards grants to projects that value, care for and sustain heritage for everyone across the UK, now and in the future.
Heritage can mean different things to different people. It can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations. This could include nature and habitats, historic buildings and environments, or cultures, traditions and people’s memories.
The fund awards grants to projects that value, care for and sustain heritage for everyone across the UK, now and in the future.
Heritage can mean different things to different people. It can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations. This could include nature and habitats, historic buildings and environments, or cultures, traditions and people’s memories.
