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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
Peatland Action is a peatland restoration project run by Scottish Natural Heritage and funded mainly by Scottish Government. The funding primarily supports on-the-ground restoration activities.
The Trust focuses primarily on grant funding for environmental projects, and also funds sustainability advice for SME’s together with a long running tree planting program.
Marine conservation is the theme for the January - February funding window.
This funding is for projects that will help people connect more with each other. For the Community Action funding programme, The National Lottery Community Fund define communities as people who share an identity, interest or experience. They also include people living in the same place. They will support projects that are open, inclusive and led by their community.
Greener Spaces, Fairer Places’ - grants up to £500 are available for local faith groups or related organisations working primarily in a small, specific geographic communities to tackle poverty and climate change.
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 Esmee Fairburn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. They also offer social investment.
As well as making direct investments into organisations seeking to create impact towards their aims, the foundation also invests into impact funds, which are managed by other social investors. They offer loans (secured and unsecured), equity, fund investments and everything else.
Expressions of Interest can be submitted at any time.
Members of the Climate Hub can apply for up to £1000 to either kickstart a climate action project in their community or carry out community engagement around climate change.
