National Lottery Awards for All offers funding to support what matters to people and communities. The programme is a partnership between the National Lottery Community Fund Scotland, sportscotland and Creative Scotland. It has three funding priorities: - bringing people together and building strong relationships in and across communities - improving the places and spaces that matter to communities - enabling more people to fulfil their potential by working to address issues at the earliest possible stage. If you are applying for a project involving the arts, they will prioritise projects that: engage people from areas of high deprivation; remove financial barriers to access creative activities; address rural isolation and encourage activity in rural areas; engage older people, people in care homes and carers; engage care leavers; support integration of refugees and asylum seekers. If you are applying for a project focused on sport, they will prioritise projects that: engage young people from our most deprived areas; engage girls and young women; engage disabled young people.

The Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. Their new strategy focuses on three aims: - Improving Our Natural World - Tackling injustice to deliver A Fairer Future - Nurturing Creative, Confident Communities. They have identified specific priorities for each theme which can be found in the guidance.

The aim of People's Postcode Trust is to support smaller charities and good causes in the Scotland to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.

The Trust gives grants to registered charities that work in the UK. They focus on specific priorities every year. Check the website for full details on eligibility. 2021 categories are: - Grant rounds 1 and 2: Homelessness - Grant rounds 3 and 4: Refugees and Asylum Seekers. All grant rounds in 2022 will focus on the arts. Grant Round 3 and Grant Round 4 will focus on projects and initiatives that will help address the under-representation of BAME people in all sections of the arts.

The Trust’s objects are to promote: excellence in education, and in the care of those who are learning disabled or otherwise at risk. It promotes religious tolerance and understanding in an international context; research into the regeneration of the ecosystem of the Scottish Highland with a view to establishing sustainable long term benefits to the environment and rural community; public education and learning by research into social sciences and economic policies and publication of such research. The Trust supports the work of national and local charities whose aims are similar to its own, and donations are made with the intention of building long term relationships.

LUSH supports small, grassroots organisations around the world working in environment, animal protection and human rights. They look for organisations that take on issues that others don't, those that push the boundaries and challenge mainstream opinion. They support non-violent direct action groups that play an important part in bringing about social change.

SEAD provides small grants for individuals or groups for positive action, and campaigning. They fund proposals where the grant will have the most impact, for example, helping a new campaign to get started, or funding a specific concrete action for a local community. They promote social justice, with a current focus on climate justice, inequality, poverty, women's rights, young people and their global rights and health justice.

JRCT wishes to prioritise support for charitable work on the following issues: Challenging militarism, Scrutiny of counter-terrorism measures in the context of human rights and peacebuilding, Building support for alternative approaches to defence and security, and Responding to the dual harms of Covid-19 and systemic racism.

Groups of young people aged 12 – 25 in youth groups across Scotland have can apply for up to £500 to turn their ideas into action and create their own gambling education project. Project examples include: social media campaigns, digital board games, and awareness raising videos or podcasts.

The Trust focuses on funding small community projects that support the advancement of education, community development, human rights, environmental protection, conflict resolution and reconciliation. They retain a strong connection to UK based charities, but also support specific projects around the world.