Funder results for category: "Education and Training"Awards for All Scotland - Big Lottery Fund
Web: http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland Award Amount: £500 to £10,000 Summary: Awards for All Scotland offers small grants to encourage participation in art, sport and community activities and projects promoting education, the environment and health in the local community. A range of organisations can apply but priority is given to smaller voluntary and community groups in Scotland with an annual income of £100,000 or less. Awards for All grants must be spent within one year of receipt. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
Web: http://www.bailythomas.org.uk Award Amount: Grants from £250 upwards depending on programme Summary: The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund offers grants to registered charities working to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disabilities. They operate general, small and research grant schemes. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Trustees meet twice a year to consider general funding applications and more often for small grants. Bank of Scotland
Web: http://bankofscotlandfoundation.org/small-grants-programme-0 Funding Title: Small Grants Programme Award Amount: £1,000-£20,000 Summary: The Small Grants Programme run by the Bank of Scotland is for charities registered in Scotland. They are particularly interested in developing and improving local communities including the involvement of those that are often excluded, or at risk from poverty or homelessness. They also support financial literacy and inclusion. This includes supporting financial awareness, life skills and debt counselling. There are four rounds of applications each year. Closing Date: 15 July 2013 BIG Lottery Fund Scotland
Web: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/scotland Funding Title: Various programmes Award Amount: Variable Summary: The Big Lottery Fund (BIG), is the largest distributor of National Lottery good cause funding. They run various funding programmes and help with a wide range of projects. Check funders website for more details. Closing Date: See individual programmes on funders website Celebrate
Web: http://www.celebrateit.org.uk/ Award Amount: £500-£10,000 Summary: Celebrate will support new and existing events and activities that mark the 2014 Commonwealth Games through arts, heritage, sports and local community celebrations. It will fund local celebration events and activities which stimulate greater involvement in community activity and develop our understanding as citizens of the Commonwealth. Celebrations can be a single one-off event or activities which end with a celebration event. Closing Date: 12 December 2014 Clothworkers Foundation
Web: http://foundation.clothworkers.co.uk/Open-grant-programmes/Main-and-Small-Grant-Programmes.aspx Award Amount: Small Grants programme- £500- £10,000 Main Grants programme- over £1,000 no maximum. Summary: The Clothworkers Foundation awards capital grants to UK registered charities with an annual income of less than £15m. It aims to improve the lives of people and communities, particularly those that face disadvantage, by funding a range of capital projects. They run two grant programmes concurrently. The Mains Grant Programme has no maximum project cost and a decision on the application within six months. The Small Grants Programme is for registered charities with a turnover of less the £250,000 and a maximum project cost of £100,000 and a decision in eight weeks. See funder’s website for more specific criteria. Closing Date: Applications taken all year Creative Scotland
Web: http://www.creativescotland.com Funding Title: Various programmes Award Amount: Variable Summary: Creative Scotland is the national agency for the arts, screen and creative industries, distributing money from Scottish Government and the National Lottery through a range of Investment Programmes open to individual artists, practitioners and organisations. Their current programmes are divided according to activity rather than art form. See their website for details. Closing Date: See individual programmes Duveen Trust
Web: http://www.theduveentrust.org.uk/index.htm Award Amount: No minimum or maximum specified Summary: The Duveen Trustconsiders applications from registered UK charities aiming to develop individual initiative by young people and community projects specialising in the social education of young people. They will also consider grant assistance to individuals as long as those grants are administered by a registered charity. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time Equitable Charitable Trust
Web: http://www.equitablecharitabletrust.org.uk/ Award Amount: Minimum grant £3,000 Maximum £30,000. Average grants £5,000 and £20,000. Will consider 1-2 year funding. Multi-year grants will usually be for sums between £5,000 and £7,500 a year. Summary: The Trust offers grant assistance to UK community groups and charities supporting projects for children and young people under the age of 25 who are from disadvantaged backgrounds or disabled. Grant priorities are to fund specific education programmes. They will also fund projects from UK charities working on overseas project with disadvantaged or disabled children or young people in developing countries. Closing Date: Applications by letter may be submitted at any time Ernest Cook Trust
Web: http://www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk Award Amount: Small Grants awards in the region of £1,000 to £1,500. Large grants between £4,000-£10,000. Summary: The Ernest Cook Trust offers grants to organisations working to encourage young people’s interest in the countryside, the environment, the arts or that aim to raise levels of literacy and numeracy. They are particularly interested in funding work that encourages or ensures the continuation of rural skills and crafts. All applications are expected to link in with either the National Curriculum or with recognised qualifications. Large grants programme for awards of over £4,000 and a small grants programme for awards of under £4,000 operate throughout the year. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Trustees meet bi-monthly for small grants and twice a year for larger grants Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - Main Fund
Web: http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk/funding/index.html Funding Title: Main Fund Award Amount: No minimum or maximum specified (rarely makes grants under £5,000). Summary: The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK. Their main aim is to improve quality of life by funding the charitable work of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve positive change. The majority of their funding is via their Main Fund supporting projects in the Arts; Education and Learning; Environment and Social Change. They often support work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time Field Studies Council (FSC)
Web: http://www.field-studies-council.org/supporting-you/the-kids-fund.aspx Funding Title: Kids Fund Award Amount: Up to 80% of the cost of the group’s course to a maximum of £3000 Summary: The FSC Kids Fund aims to bring environmental understanding to disadvantaged young people by enabling them to attend a course at one of the seventeen FSC centres situated in rural locations across the UK. Open to groups who work with disadvantaged young people aged 8-18 years (or up to 25 years for those with special needs). Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Funding decisions are made three times a year (March, June and November) Foundation Scotland
Web: http://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/grants-and-funding-for-organisations.aspx Funding Title: Various Programmes Award Amount: Variable Summary: Foundation Scotland (formerly the Scottish Community Foundation)offers a wide range of funding options, made up of money from different funds that they distribute on behalf of companies, individuals, charitable trusts and community benefit funds. Closing Date: Check funders website for details Foyle Foundation
Web: http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk Funding Title: Various programmes Award Amount: Small grant scheme awards of one year commonly between £1,000 and £10,000. Other schemes variable. Summary: The Foyle Foundation operates a Main Grants Scheme supporting charities whose core work covers Arts and Learning, and a Small Grants Scheme covering small charities in all fields. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted any time Garfield Weston Foundation
Web: http://www.garfieldweston.org Award Amount: Variable Summary: The Garfield Weston Foundation supports the work of a wide range of UK registered charities and some charity exempt organisations such as churches, hospitals, educational establishments and housing corporations. Whilst the Foundation has no set priority interests, recent awards have supported projects in the Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment. Will consider both capital and revenue costs. Check funders website for eligiblity exclusions. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted any time. Allow approximately 4 months for the application process. Hedley Foundation
Web: http://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk Award Amount: Grants usually up to a maximum of £5,000 (with the average around £3,000). Summary: The Hedley Foundation assists and encourages development and change by offering grants to registered UK charities for one-off projects or capital costs. They seek to support the education, recreation, training, health and welfare of young people and the provision of specialist equipment and support for carers of disabled or terminally ill people. Closing Date: Trustees meet to consider applications six times a year. Next deadline 17 July 2013 Idlewild Trust
Web: http://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk Award Amount: Up to £5,000. The average grant is around £2,000. Summary: The Idlewild Trust supports applications from UK registered charities, churches that are excepted Charities and some UK Publicly Exempt Charities. Projects must fall into at least one of the Trust's grant themes:- Arts Education (nurturing talent in young people under 16 years old); Museums, Galleries and Fine Arts (exhibitions, projects and capital works); Preservation and Conservation and Performing Arts. Closing Date: Trustees meet twice a year - next deadline 20 September for decision meeting in November 2013. Investing in Communities - Big Lottery Fund
Web: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/Home/Funding/Funding%20finder Award Amount: £10,000 to £1 Million Summary: There are four investment areas which make up the Investing in Communities programme,Growing Community Assets, Life Transitions, becoming a survivor and Supporting 21st Century Life. Visit the Big Lottery Fund website for further details about each area. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Programme ends 30 June 2015 Investing in Ideas - Big Lottery Fund
Web: http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/scotland/investing-in-ideas Award Amount: £500 to £10,000 Summary: Investing in Ideas awards grants of £500 to £10,000 to test and develop ideas that could eventually become fully-fledged projects or lead to improved service delivery. Investing in Ideas could pay for the things that can turn your basic idea into a well-planned project. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time Ironmongers Company
Web: http://www.ironmongers.org/charity_organisations.htm Award Amount: Up to £10,000 although the average grant is around £4,000. Summary: The Ironmongers Company offers funding for charities working with children and young people under the age of 25. They are particularly interested in projects that give opportunities to disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential; and to educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills. Closing Date: Applications considered twice a year - deadlines 31 January and 31 August James Tudor Foundation
Web: http://www.jamestudor.org.uk/index.htm Award Amount: No minimum or maximum specified Summary: The James Tudor Foundation offers grants to assist small UK charities with palliative care, medical research, health education and the direct relief of sickness. Help with running costs will be considered. They also offer assistance to health-based projects overseas.Grants are usually for one year. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Funding Title: Various programmes Award Amount: Variable Summary: Paul Hamlyn Foundation is an independent grant-making organisation. They have four areas of funding - the Arts, Education and Learning, Social Justice and India. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time People and Communities Fund
Web: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Built-Environment/regeneration/community/pcf Award Amount: £10,000 - £100,000 per annum up to a maximum of £250,000 for the life of a project. The PCF will not fund total projects costs but there is no set intervention rate. Summary: The Scottish Government Peoples Communities Fund (PCF)is open until March 2015 offering assistance to registered social landlords and other community anchor organisations such as community development trusts with a proven track record. Primarily a revenue fund, the PCF has two main priorities:- Employability and preventative action. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted any time.Allow at least 10 weeks for the application process. People's Postcode Trust
Web: http://www.postcodetrust.org.uk/ Funding Title: Small Grants Award Amount: £500-£10,000 Summary: People’s Postcode Trust is a grant giving trust, awarding funding to good causes that support a better world for people and the planet. To apply for funding you must be a registered charity or other not-for-profit organisation. People’s Postcode Trust is particularly interested in supporting the prevention of poverty, improvement of health, encouraging sport participation and the promotion of community development, human rights and environmental protection. Closing Date: 24 May 2013 Scotmid Co-operative Community Grants
Web: http://www.scotmid.com/community-charity/community/communities.aspx Award Amount: Variable Summary: Scotmid Co-operative's Community Grant scheme gives support to local communities served by Scotmid and Semichem stores. They will consider applications from community groups and charities supporting projects in any of the following categories: children and education; health; fairtrade; homelessness and poverty; arts and culture; the environment; elderly people and active lifestyles. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time Scottish International Education Trust
Web: http://www.scotinted.org.uk/charitable.htm Funding Title: Grants for Charitable Purposes Award Amount: Average award between £1,000 - £3,000 (maximum £5,000) Summary: The Scottish International Education Trust Grants for Charitable Purposes scheme offers assistance to groups/organisations for specific projects which can make a substantial difference. Check funders website for details. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Trustess meet twice a year in March and September. Scottish International Education Trust- Grants for Individuals
Web: http://www.scotinted.org.uk/individuals.htm Funding Title: Grants for Individuals Award Amount: under £2,000 Summary: The Scottish International Education Trust offers grants to individuals (Scots by birth or Scots by upbringing) who have already shown ability and promise and wish to take their studies or training a stage further in order to launch themselves on a career. They give priority to postgraduate students working for a higher degree or similar qualification. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Trustees meet twice a year in March and August. Scottish Legal Aid Board
Web: http://www.slab.org.uk/providers/advice/grant-funding/MakingAdviceWork/index.html Award Amount: Various up to £1 Million Summary: The programme focuses on improving access to advice for people in Scotland with a view to promoting achievement of particular priority outcomes. There are three streams of funding with each with different priorities. Stream 1 focuses on community-wide advice, stream 2 focuses on helping tenants of social landlords and stream 3 aims to tackle barriers in accessing advice or to test new ways of resolving problems related to debt, financial management and social welfare law for specific groups of people. Please check funders website for different closing dates for the different streams. Closing Date: Various-please see funders website for details. Scottish Natural Heritage
Web: http://www.snh.gov.uk/funding/our-grants/what/our-funding-priorities/ Award Amount: Various Summary: During 2013, Scottish Natural Heritage grants will focus on deivery of priorities specific to the Year of Natural Scotland 2013. These include applications for Natural Projects and Community Action grants. In particular they are keen to fund:- events and festivals contributing to the Year of Natural Scotland; projects which forge links between nature, culture and creativity; projects which help young people to engage with nature and landscapes and projects which celebrate John Muir. Closing Date: Applications accepted at any time. Social Investors - Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Web: http://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/apply-for-funding/guide-to-applying/select-your-fund/financefund/ Funding Title: Finance Fund Award Amount: Variable Summary: Social Investments are business loans available to third sector organisations provided by social investors. Unlike grants and donations, these are loans which organisations repay. The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation Finance Fund makes loans and other investments to charities and social enterprises in; the arts, education and learning, the environment and social change. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time Stafford Trust
Web: http://www.staffordtrust.org.uk/default.asp Award Amount: Grants vary, but most are between £500 and £10,000 Summary: The Stafford Trust is a Scottish charitable trust offering general grant support to registered UK charities (with a preference towards charitable organisations in Scotland). Closing Date: Applications welcome at anytime. Trustees usually meet twice per annum, in Spring and Autumn Strengthening Disabled Peoples User Led Organisations Programme
Web: http://odi.dwp.gov.uk/odi-projects/user-led-organisations/scottish-and-welsh-organisations.php Funding Title: Facilitation Fund Award Amount: A typical award is to be up to £12,500. Bids for more than this amount may be considered and DPULOs can receive up to a maximum of £30,000 over the duration of the whole programme (ie until March 2015). Summary: The Government's Strengthening Disabled People’s User-Led Organisations (DPULOs) Programme Facilitation Fund aims to to improve the sustainability of groups that are led and controlled by disabled people and that have a minimum membership of 51% (working towards 75%) of disabled people on their board. The funding offers one-off or short-term payments to DPULOs that can support disabled people to have more choice and control over their lives. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. The Programme is open until March 2015. The Barrack Charitable Trust
Web: http://www.thebarrackcharitabletrust.co.uk/ Award Amount: £500-£5,000 Summary: The Barrack Charitable Trust was established to assist organisations to cope with the decrease in charitable donations for specific projects by businesses and individuals due to the economic climate faced at the time. They support education, Christian work, citizenship, community development and regeneration, arts, heritage and science as well as recreational facilities and prevention and relief of poverty. The beneficial area is United Kingdom-wide, but preference is given to organisations in Scotland. Grants are normally made only to a recognised charities. Closing Date: Trustees meet quarterly to review appliations The JJ Charitable Trust
Web: http://www.sfct.org.uk/jj.html Award Amount: not specified Summary: One of the Sainsbury Charitable Trusts, the JJ Charitable Trust supports projects under the following priorities:-support for children with learning difficulties (including literacy support for ex-offenders or those at risk of offending); environmental education in the UK and overseas based environment projects. Applicants must be registered charities. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time The MacRobert Trust
Web: http://www.themacroberttrust.org.uk/grant-making/ Award Amount: Usually between £5,000 and £25,000 but larger awards, including capital grants, are sometimes given. Summary: The MacRobert Trust offers small grants to registered charities with a preference to support charities working in Scotland. Their current grant themes are : Services and Sea; Education and Training; Children and Youth; Science,Engineering and Technology; Agriculture and Horticulture. Closing Date: Trustees meet twice a year - usually in March and October/November. Applications need to be submitted five months ahead of these meetings. The Pilgrim Trust
Web: http://www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk Award Amount: Variable. Small grants scheme - under £5,000. Main grants scheme - over £5,000 (usually up to a maximum of £15,000 a year). Summary: The Pilgrim Trust offers assistance to charitable organisations operating in heritage and social welfare in the UK. Their funding priorities are Preservation and Scholarship and Social Welfare. Grant awards can be for up to three years. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Grant meetings held quarterly. The Prince's Countryside Trust
Web: http://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk/about/how-it-works Award Amount: up to £50,000 Summary: The Prince's Countryside Fund was established by HRH The Prince of Wales to tackle rural isolation, decline of rural communities, low farming incomes and lack of access to training. The fund also have emergency funding for times of rural crisis. Closing Date: 18 May 2013 The Robertson Trust
Web: http://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk Award Amount: No maximum or minimum grant amount - usually between £500 - £100,000. Average grant £10,000 per annum. For capital projects awards maximum 10% of total capital costs. Summary: The Robertson Trust offers grant assistance to registered UK charities under four main priority areas:- Care; Health; Education and Training; Community Arts and Sports. They will also consider projects involved with:-Animal Welfare; Civil Society; Communities; Culture; Heritage and Science; Environment; Saving Lives; Young People and Families. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Trustees meet six times a year. The Steel Charitable Trust
Web: http://www.steelcharitabletrust.org.uk/grant_policy.htm Award Amount: Between £1,000 and £25,000 Summary: The Steel Charitable Trust is a grant-making trust supporting general charitable purposes.Grants are made primarily to registered charities in the UK within the following funding areas: Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Disadvantaged and Health. The Trustees generally meet in February, May, August and November. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time The Volunteering Support Cluster -Voluntary Action Fund
Funding Title: The Volunteering Support Cluster Award Amount: up to £30,000 Summary: The Volunteering Support Cluster offers funding to four to five community groups working in partnership to create new or enhanced volunteering projects that will increase the diversity of volunteers, especially those from disadvantaged groups, and improving opportunities, skills and personal development through volunteering. The grant also supports third sector organisations to enhance their services and improve their capacity to deploy, support and train volunteers. Closing Date: 30 August 2013 The Volunteering Support Grant-Voluntary Action Fund
Funding Title: The Volunteering Support Grant Award Amount: up to £10,000 Summary: The Volunteering Support Grant is a small grant that offers funding to third sector organisations to create new or enhanced volunteering projects increasing the diversity of volunteers, especially those from disadvantaged groups, and improving opportunities, skills and personal development through volunteering. The grant also supports third sector organisations to enhance their services and improve their capacity to deploy, support and train volunteers. During the year applicants should recruit at least 15 additional volunteers, of whom at least 10 should be from target groups. Closing Date: 28 Febuary 2014 Thomas Wall Trust
Web: http://www.thomaswalltrust.org.uk Award Amount: Up to £1000 Summary: Trustees will consider grants to small charities active in serving the social and/or educational needs of their communities. The Trustees also welcome applications from individuals who want to break through the barriers in their lives and life chances by pursuing technical or skill-based training which will improve their prospects of finding paid work. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time. Trustees meet twice a year. Check funders website. Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Web: http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/ Funding Title: Various programmes Award Amount: Variable Summary: Trusthouse Charitable Foundation offers a range of grants to support UK charities working to address issues in rural communities and/or areas of urban deprivation. These will include projects in Community Support; Arts, Education and Heritage; Disability and Health Care. They will fund both revenue and capital costs. They also have a small budget for UK charities which are working on projects in developing countries. Closing Date: Deadline 31 May 2013 for consideration at July Trustee meeting. Tudor Trust
Web: http://tudortrust.org.uk/what-we-do/about-our-grants/ Award Amount: No minimum or maximum specified Summary: The Tudor Trust offers funding to small, community-led organisations which work directly with people who are at the margins of society; organisations which support positive changes in people’s lives and in their communities. Grants can take the form of core funding for revenue costs including salaries, development funding, project grants or capital grants for buildings or equipment. Most grants are made over 1-3 years. Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time Back To Find Funders |
