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We have a diverse range of funding programmes benefitting communities across Scotland. Some of our funds are available on a Scotland-wide basis, meaning that you can apply regardless of where your project is taking place – select ‘all of Scotland’ below to see these.  Others are aimed at specific geographical areas, which you can search by local authority. You’ll find Fund purpose, objectives, grant size and criteria information on each fund page. 

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Stroupster Wind Farm Education and Training Fund (Dunnet & Canisbay)

  • Area: Highland
  • Grant size: Up to £1,500
This fund provides bursaries to residents of the Dunnet & Canisbay Community Council area of Caithness to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment in key sectors of the local economy.

SWEF Business Grants

  • Area: All of Scotland
  • Grant size: Up to £2,000
SWEF Business Grants are available for young people in Scotland who are struggling to invest in their business venture and/or keen to take the business to the next level.

SWEF Start-up Grants

  • Area: All of Scotland
  • Grant size: Up to £500
SWEF Start-Up grants are for individuals who are in the early stages of setting up their business, or whose business is currently earning less than £500 per month. This grant provides up to £500 to help get things off the ground. The funding can support essential start-up costs such as equipment, materials, stock, website creation, product development, or training.

Tannach and District Wind Farm Education & Training Fund

  • Area: Highland
  • Grant size: Up to £1,500
This fund provides bursaries to residents of the Tannach and District Community Councils area in Caithness to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment in key sectors of the local economy.

Tannach and District Wind Farm Trust

  • Area: Highland
  • Grant size: Up to £25,000
The Tannach and District Charitable Wind Farm Trust, formed in partnership between Tannach and District Community Council and Foundation Scotland, has been set up to allow funds from different companies or donors, pledged for the benefit of the Tannach and District community, to be managed in an efficient and effective way.

The ASFT Fund

  • Area: All of Scotland
  • Grant size: Up to £15,000
This is a programme which will consider supporting projects for up to one year supporting: Educational and learning projects, particularly those that support disabled children or outdoor education; Creative and performance arts; Responding to the effects of poor physical and mental health, and poverty; Older people; Increasing participation in sport.

The Beinneun Community Fund

  • Area: Highland
  • Grant size: No fixed amount
The Beinneun Community Fund supports projects that benefit residents of the two community council areas of Glengarry and Fort Augustus (including Glenmoriston).

The Bill and Lorraine Budge Foundation

  • Area: Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Moray
  • Grant size: Up to £1,000
The fund was established by Bill and Lorraine Budge and supports organisations whose focus relates to the health, education and the well-being of children and young people.

The Cour Community Benefit Fund

  • Area: Argyll and Bute
  • Varied: No fixed amount
The Cour Community Benefit Fund supports community projects benefitting those living in the three community council areas of East Kintyre, West Kintyre and Tarbert and Skipness. The fund is provided by Cour Wind Farm Ltd, the company which owns and operates the Cour wind farm on the Kintyre peninsula.

The Gateway Exchange Fund

  • Area: All of Scotland
  • Grant size: Up to £5,000
This fund will support activity across Scotland that empowers people to move on with their lives and fulfil their potential, where they would otherwise not have the opportunity.

The Rooney Family Foundation

  • Area: City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders
  • Grant size: Up to £5,000
To support children with disabilities.

The Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh Community Grants Fund

  • Area: City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian
  • Grant size: Up to £5,000
The Royal Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh's original purpose was to protect trading rights in the City of Edinburgh. It was established over 300 years ago and continues to support communities in Edinburgh and the Lothians through their charitable giving.