Bank of Scotland Foundation | YouthLink Scotland

Through a new five-year strategy Building a Brighter Future for Scotland – the needs and aspirations of vulnerable people will drive the Bank of Scotland Foundation’s work as they aim to fund, support and champion the small and local charities that work to improve their quality of life.

Four strategic aims will determine the programmes of work over the next five years:

Flexibility and mutual understanding will underpin thework as the foundation make more of multi-year and unrestricted funding, enabling charities to use their grants in the way that helps them best.
Through collaboration with Lloyds Banking Group, they will be a source of added value for charities offering strategic development support and colleague volunteers.
Working with charities and other funders the foundation aim to become more influential by championing the work of charities and raising awareness of the challenges vulnerable people face.
They will keep listening and learning, and monitoring and evaluating to continually improve and ensure they work effectively and efficiently to maximise their contribution and the impact of the charities they support.

Grants programmes 2024

Empower

Now closed for applications

To be eligible to apply, charities must: –

Have an income of between £150k – £500k.
Have a minimum of three years accounts lodged at OSCR.

Charities can apply for a 3 year unrestricted grant of £150k (£50k per annum).

Energise

Now closed for applications

To be eligible to apply, charities must: –

Have an income of £150k or less.
Have a minimum of one year accounts lodged at OSCR.

Charities can apply for a 2 year unrestricted grant of £20k (£10k per annum).

Enable

Now closed for applications

To be eligible to apply, charities must: –

Have an income of £500k or less.
Have a minimum of three years accounts lodged at OSCR.

Charities can apply for a 3 year grant of between £30k – £90k (£10k – £30k per annum) for restricted funding for volunteering projects/costs/initiatives.

Opportunity to engage colleagues from Lloyds Banking Group in volunteering.