Community funding alerts

11 April 2024

The funding alerts below are updated regularly to let you know about important information about funding deadlines for community groups and charities, including funds relating to cost of living crisis

If your group is awarded a grant from any of the funds highlighted in these alerts please let us know by emailing ExternalFunding@east-ayrshire.gov.uk.

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Latest funding alerts

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

This round offers grants of £5,000 for projects that are focused on disability, specifically employment and training for people living with disabilities to ensure better access.

Applications will be accepted during the month of April from UK registered charities or organisations that are exempt from registration in the UK.

The fund is now open on the Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust website. The deadline for 'grant round two' applications is 30 April 2024.

Apply at Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

Comic Relief - Youth Homelessness in the UK Fund

This is a new funding opportunity for UK based not-for-profit organisations that specialise in providing holistic support to young people aged 16-25 in the UK, who are at risk of, or experiencing homelessness.

Comic Relief is offering flexible, core funding in the way of grants of up to £200,000 over a three to five year period.

The fund is open on the Comic Relief website. The deadline for applications 7 May 2024.

Apply at Comic Relief: Youth Homelessness in the UK Fund

Inspiring Scotland - Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support Fund

Grants of up to £300,000 over 18 months are available to incorporated third sector organisations operating in Scotland that are currently working to support adult survivors of childhood abuse.

The fund is open on the Inspiring Scotland website. The deadline for applications is 3 May 2024.

Apply at Inspiring Scotland: Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support Fund

National Lottery Community Fund: Climate Action Fund - Our Shared Future

The funding is for formal partnership working across sectors, led by community and voluntary organisations or public sector organisations for projects that reach more people by either:

linking climate action to the everyday lives and interests of local communities and inspiring them to take action
influencing communities at a regional or national level, for example by linking up groups across locations, or a campaign that inspires change across one country, or the whole UK

The funding is intended to reach people who are new to climate action by funding other types of organisations and by using other using people's everyday activities and interests as a starting point for climate action.

The fund is open on the National Lottery Community Fund website. Applications will be accepted until at least 31 December 2024.

Apply at National Lottery Community Fund: Climate Action Fun - Our Shared Future

Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arts Fund

Grants of between £90,000 and £300,000 to support the core costs of not-for-profit cultural organisations working at the intersection of art and social change within the UK so they can continue the work they are already doing and for programmes which are central to their mission.

The fund is open on the Paul Hamlyn Foundation website. The deadline for 'stage one' applications is 31 May 2024.

Apply at Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Arts Fund

Shared Care Scotland - Creative Breaks Programme

Grants of up to £35,000 (up to £10,000 for unincorporated organisations) to develop and deliver short breaks projects and services for carers of adults (aged 21 and over), young carers (caring for children or adults) and the people they care for.

The fund is open on the Shared Care Scotland website. The deadline for applications is 23 May 2024.

Apply at Shared Care Scotland: Creative Breaks Programme

SafeDeposits Scotland - Community Fund

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to groups and organisations across Scotland to deliver a variety of projects and activities that benefit local communities. Groups can apply for funding for projects that positively impact local communities by addressing the following priorities:

sustainability and the environment
employability and career skills
social inclusion
technology and digital inclusion
improving the local community

The fund is open on the SafeDeposits Scotland website. The next deadline for applications is 31 May 2024.

Apply at SafeDeposits Scotland: Community Fund

Scottish Government - Climate Engagement Fund

The Scottish Government is offering grants of between £25,000 and £80,000 for charities, community groups, local government, and community planning partnerships, and other ‘trusted messenger’ organisations, to deliver projects and activities that help to build an understanding of the climate emergency across communities in Scotland, in line with the strategic objectives of the Scottish Government’s Net Zero Nation: Public Engagement Strategy for Climate Change (PES).

The fund is open on the Scottish Government website.The deadline for applications is 7 May 2024.

Apply at Scottish Government: Climate Engagement Fund

Weir Charitable Trust

Grants of up to £25,000 to small charities and community groups across Scotland with an annual income of less than £125,000 to deliver projects and activities that improve the quality of life for local communities.

The fund is open on the Scottish Government website. The next deadline for applications is 30 August 2024.

Apply at Weir Charitable Trust