Funding Scotland is run by the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), the national membership organisation for the voluntary sector. This is one of our local funding websites.
This website has a free funding search. You can also access Funding Scotland premium features at funding.scot - saved searches, personalised email alerts, lists and notes - if you are an SCVO member or supporter.
The National Lottery Community Fund is making a special £7.5 million pot of funding available to mark The National Lottery’s 25 th birthday.
The fund, #CelebrateNationalLottery25, will help communities celebrate the extraordinary impact the National Lottery
has had since…
Cash for Culture from Voluntary Arts Scotland was created to help voluntary-led cultural groups navigate the funding
landscape.
The publication has been updated for 2019. Download a free copy at voluntaryarts.org/cash-for-culture or email info@vascotland.org.uk to request…
Funding Scotland has a new look and is stuffed full with new features. Since we launched back in 2014 we’ve
listened to our users and been constantly evolving and improving. We hope you enjoy exploring the new
features.
New features
Our new version uses the latest…
The Aviva Community Fund has relaunched and is calling on small charities and community interest groups with an
annual turnover under £1 million to submit their community projects on Crowdfunder for the chance to gain up to
£50,000 in funding. . Projects must fall…
The Growth & Replication Challenge 2020 is aimed at charities and social enterprises in Scotland that are looking
to scale up or replicate their operations and impact. Organisations will require social investment to finance
their plans and the winner of the Challe…
Well, it’s my final week with SCVO and Funding Scotland as I’m ‘retiring’ to follow my own
interests and have new adventures.
I’ve been involved with Funding Scotland since it was first launched back in 2014 and am delighted that
it’s now the go-to place to look f…
A new pilot platform on which fundraisers can anonymously share their experience of applying to trusts and
foundations has already published over 60 reviews.
Until now, there was little that charities could do if funders provided a poor service to applicants and grantees.…
A consultation has been launched on a potential replacement to a £780 million European funding programme, if Brexit
goes ahead.
The current funding programme has invested in key areas such as modern apprenticeship schemes and the Low Carbon
Infrastructure Transiti…
Three months into the Wee
Grants for Wee Groups pilot the Robertson Trust are and thrilled with the response so far.
Over £114,000 has been awarded to 71 organisations across Scotland, with awards ranging from £500 to £2,000 for
anything from data literacy worksho…
Crowdfunder are in Scotland helping to make great ideas happen through a combination of expert crowdfunding coaching,
events and grants.
Crowdfund Scotland is for everyone in
Scotland with an idea that can transform their community.
Expert coaches are on the groun…