Funding Opportunities

The Ayre Offshore Wind Farm offers small donations of up to £500 to support community groups based in Orkney and Caithness 

The Corra Racial Equity Fund provides unrestricted funding to organisations led by, and that work with, people from Black and racially minoritised backgrounds. It is part of Corra’s commitment to supporting racial equity by providing targeted support to groups that have historically been under-resourced, in turn limiting their voice and power.

The JJ Charitable Trust grants provides grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 to charities and community groups that directly help children and young people develop literacy skills, with a focus on supporting those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia.

The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, charitable grant-making foundation, which supports a wide range of causes across the UK.

Better Breaks provides 12-month grants to 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)

The Swan Mountain trust is a small grant making trust whose focus for the next three years is refugees and asylum seekers. They are particularly interested in projects that support the mental health of young people.

Constituted groups and organisations can apply for a grant of up to £10,000 for projects in Sanday from SSE. 

Tesco's grant funding programme invites schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations supporting children to apply for up to £1,500 to improve access to fruit and veg.

Grants of between £300 to £20,000 are available for organisations in Scotland with an annual income of under £500,000, looking to support children and young people aged 8 to 24.  

The7stars foundation offers funding to charities, CICs, Schools, Nurseries and Children’s Homes for apprenticeship training to support young people who are challenged by the issues they prioritise.

The grant is available to any child, up to the age of 18 years, resident in Orkney and who is disadvantaged due to any disability, behavioral or psychological problem, experiencing poverty, deprivation, illness, distress, abuse or neglect.

Through their Wee Grants, The Robertson Trust offers funding to charitable organisations that support people and communities in Scotland who are living with poverty or trauma.

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.

Parents, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists of a child or young person under the age of 18 living with a disability or long-term health condition, can now apply for funding to purchase a new wheelchair.

This funding is for projects that support children, young people and families or that help people to be healthier and have better access to support.

Young Start offers grants of £20,001 - £150,000 for up to 3 years to organisations in Scotland that work with children and young people, aged 8 to 24.

The National Lottery Community Fund worked with children and young people to design this funding. It focuses on what matters to them and how they want to be involved.

Aberlour’s Urgent Assistance Fund can provide immediate relief to families with children (aged 21 and under) who are suffering extreme hardship. This support is usually via cash grants to assist with a range of needs, such as food, utilities, clothing, bedding, appliance repairs, replacement of appliances that have failed, or other essentials (excluding carpets, floor coverings or electronic devices).

Buttle UK offer individually tailored grants of up to £2,400 for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement. They fund items and activities to help improve children and young people’s wellbeing and increase their capacity to engage in education and learning.

The Clothworkers’ Foundation award grants for capital projects to UK registered charities, CICs, and other registered UK not-for-profit organisations (including special schools). They fund both large and small projects. The size of grant awarded depends on a number of factors including the size of the organisation and the cost and scale of the capital project.

The broad aim of the Heart of the Community Grant Trust is to provide financial grants for community projects that deliver lasting change within the regions in which the Company operates (Shetland, Orkney, Highland and Argyll).

The Robertson Trust offers unrestricted or restricted revenue funding of between £20,000 and £50,000 per year, up to 5 years (typically for 3 years) to charitable organisations that support people and communities in Scotland who are living with poverty or trauma.

The Robertson Trust offers registered charities working in Scotland with an annual income of between £30,000 and £200,000, that support people who are experiencing (or are at high risk of experiencing) poverty and associated trauma.