The Baillie Gifford grants programme supports grass roots community organisations across the whole of Scotland. It replaces Foundation Scotland’s Express Grants programme. Priorities for the programme are: children and families, elderly people, education, environment, health, people who are physically disabled, homelessness, women and grass roots sports.

The Robertson Trust wants to support smaller charities and community groups who are doing good work in their communities which fits their funding strands: Care and Wellbeing - Improving the quality of life for those affected by physical and/or mental health issues and their carers; Strengthening Communities - Increasing the ability and capacity of people and communities to create solutions which address local need; Realising Potential – Developing confidence and resilience in young people, particularly those who face barriers to success.

The Foundation supports a broad range of organisations and activities that share a commitment to making a positive impact to the lives of the communities in which they work, and that are driven by a desire to achieve excellence. They make grants across the UK to organisations in the following categories: Arts; Education; Youth; Health; Community; Museums and Heritage; Environment; Religion and Welfare.

Will fund projects at a local and community level delivering an aspect, or strands, of the following sub-categories: targeted early intervention programmes aimed at reaching the most troubled and vulnerable families in a community; preventative and diversionary projects for young people at risk of offending including tailored interventions identifying and addressing the particular needs of girls and young women; programmes, particularly those with a focus on young offenders, combining prison based and community interventions dealing with rehabilitation of offenders, accommodation and support on release, helping with maintaining family relationships, mentoring, and mapping and creating pathways to employment; programmes of support directed towards rehabilitating the victims of domestic abuse and criminal exploitation.

FiMT was established to improve the transition of Service personnel, and their families, from military into civilian life, focusing on those most vulnerable to failure. They are particularly interested in the following areas but this is not exclusive: finding a job, training, education and transition services; early Service Leavers; finding a home; impact on families; support for spouses, dependants and partners; improving the well-being of the Armed Forces Community; ex-Service personnel in the Criminal Justice sector; access to information, help and guidance

The Building Scotland Fund is a £150 million fund which helps: the development of new affordable and private sector housing; the development of modern industrial and commercial property; support industry-led research and development. Funding is only available up to March 2021 so is best used to help projects that are at a later stage of development. This means funding is unlikely to be available if your project is at a concept stage.

The Gannochy Trust is an independent grant maker, informed by its Funding Strategy and Guidance for 2019 to 2022. During this funding strategy, the greater percentage of the Trust’s funding will be aimed at groups and organisations within Perth and Kinross. Organisations within Perth and Kinross can apply for funding: improve the quality of life for people; develop and inspire young people and improve the availability or quality of the built and natural environment for wide community use. In the rest of Scotland the “develop and inspire young people” strand is available to organisations which support direct work with young people who are disadvantaged and vulnerable in communities that have limited access to resources and opportunities. The Trust aims to fund the most compelling projects or organisations that deliver the outcomes that they hope to achieve with our funding, particularly for young people. The Trust will accept applications from organisations working in areas such as community, sport, culture including art, music and dance, youth work, environment, health and wellbeing and heritage.

The overall aims of the funding in the social and criminal justice area are to prevent people entering the criminal justice system and to support those already in the system to move on and rebuild their lives. They fund early intervention programmes with young children and their families, tailored preventative work with young people at risk, and holistic support services aimed at reducing re-offending and aiding re-settlement. The Foundation also looks to alleviate the consequences of domestic abuse and criminal exploitation of vulnerable persons.

The Trust is committed to supporting: the provision of adequate shelter for those in need; encouraging Jewish family innovation; developing community and civil society in Glasgow and Scotland; seed funding creative ideas to solve challenges facing the Jewish community and society in general.

Grants are primarily given to cultural, social and humanitarian organisations based in Scotland particularly the Edinburgh area.. Grant awards are categorised by the Trust as educational, health related and others. The Trust ring fences some of their funding for the local area and will commit funds to organisations over a number of years.