Funding

Youth Work Grants & Funding

Looking for funding to support your youth work project? We can help.

This funding directory lists over a hundred charity grants and youth work funds for practitioners, youth clubs, voluntary organisations, community projects and more.

You’ll find information on everything from small local grants for individual practitioners to national funding schemes for large-scale projects. You’ll also find information and guidance on our national funding partnerships here, including the National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund.

We also run a number of National Grants Programmes, designed with and for the youth work sector in Scotland, distributing over £1m each year to youth work organisations across the country. You can contact us if you have any questions about our funding programmes.

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Weavers Benevolent Fund
Funds are given to help disadvantaged young people, especially those at risk of offending, and to address problems faced by offenders, ex-offenders and their families. There is a preference for supporting smaller charities which provide direct services. The next deadline is 13th March.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  13 March, 2025
Grants for Good Fund
Direct funding  to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment. Every three months, five shortlisted projects will be voted for by John Good Group employees. These five charities will all receive a share of £15,000. Next deadline: 15th March.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  15 March, 2025
Movement for Good Awards
Movement for Good awards are available to charities that are changing people’s lives for the better. The public can nominate a charity they would like to see receive the money and competition winners will then be drawn at random. The next deadline is 24th March.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  24 March, 2025
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Music for All is dedicated to changing lives across the UK by improving access to music making. They are a passionate, focused and ambitious UK charity helping disadvantaged music makers experience the joys and far-reaching benefits of making music. The next deadline is 27th March.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  27 March, 2025
The William Syson Foundation
Promotes, develops and ensures the practice and enjoyment of the arts, including the visual and performing arts, literature and heritage and works to support the arts sector. Next Deadline is 28 March 2025
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  28 March, 2025
Leathersellers' Company Small Grants Programme
UK charities that support vulnerable people in high deprivation areas and have an annual income under £200,000 can apply for one-off grants up to a maximum of £5,000. The next deadline is 31st March.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2025
Youth Music Initiative CPD Fund
Funding is available for organisations and individuals resident in Scotland who are dedicated to strengthening youth music in Scotland.The next deadline is 31st March.
  • Status:  Open, Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2025
People’s Postcode Trust
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. Round 1 of applications for 2025 will open from 24th March 9am to 31st March.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2025
Sea Changers
Sea Changers  enable grassroots, community-led marine conservation to happen all around the UK's shores and coasts, They welcome applications from a variety of groups and entities. Deadline for the main grants are 31 March and 30 September
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2025
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation
The Charitable Foundation accepts nominations from Yorkshire Building Society members and colleagues. Donations range from £250 to £2,500. It particularly welcomes nominations from charities that are working in areas of deprivation, and charities that have an income turnover of less than £100,000. The next deadline is 31st March.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  31 March, 2025
Sport Facilities Fund
Sport Facilities Fund
This Fund supports capital projects that create or improve places where people can become involved in and participate in sport and physical activity. Deadline: 1 April 2025.
  • Status:  Open
  • Closing date:  1 April, 2025
Peter Harrison Foundation - Active Lives
An independent grant-making foundation dedicated to empowering individuals with disabilities or significant disadvantages to reach their full potential. Next deadline: 1st April.
  • Status:  Recurring
  • Closing date:  1 April, 2025