Funding Opportunities

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

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.

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.

The Aviva Foundation's Communities Fund supports organisations and projects that focus on either:

• Financial wellbeing - helping people feel more secure and in control of their money. This could include budgeting support, debt advice, financial education or money management.
• Climate action - helping communities prevent, prepare for and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. This might involve restoring nature, improving access to green spaces, or providing education and skills for a sustainable future.

Members of the Highlands and Islands Climate Hub can apply for up to £1000 to help with unexpected financial challenges that mean a project relating to climate action can no longer continue.

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

The Sackler Trust has supported research and education charities across the UK since 2010. 

The National Lottery Community Fund, Small Eco Awards programme offers grants of £300 to £20,000 to help communities in Scotland take practical action for the environment.