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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
Independent Age is the national charity focused on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life. Through the Boosting Advice Fund, they provide support for advice organisations working to help older people improve their financial well being. Projects must achieve outcomes against the following themes:
- Income – Older people facing financial hardship will have sufficient income and receive the financial support they are entitled to e.g. Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance (Pension Age Disability Payment), Carer's Allowance (Carer Support Payment).
- Costs – Older people facing financial hardship are protected from unfair or avoidable costs. This might include work around: bill reduction, supporting an older person with housing repairs, dealing with rent increases and supporting an older person who is homeless or at risk of homelessness.
The Robertson Trust offers funding to charitable organisations that support people and communities in Scotland who are living with poverty or trauma.
The Roberton Trust offers offers funding to charitable organisations that support people and communities in Scotland who are living with poverty or trauma.
The Robertson Trust offers funding to charitable organisations that support people and communities in Scotland who are living with poverty or trauma.
The Robertson Trust offers funding to charitable organisations that support people and communities in Scotland who are living with poverty or trauma.
Charles Hayward Foundation fund preventative and early intervention programmes being delivered at the community level which allow older people to stay in their own homes and remain independent. They are interested in programmes which can demonstrate their effectiveness in improving the quality of life of older people. We favour projects that offer a consistent and sustained benefit rather than one-off events or short-lived activities.
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 PF Charitable Trust's funding policy is to support work at community level and the foundation provides a valuable service in targeting appropriate groups.
