Funding sources for communities

Funding for projects is available from a number of sources including:

• East Ayrshire Council
• Scottish Government
• UK Government
• Charitable Trusts and Foundations

Some of the main grant funders include:

• National Lottery Community Fund
• 9CC Group
• Asda Foundation
• BBC Children In Need
• Creative Scotland
• Corra Foundation
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
• Foundation Scotland
• Garfield Weston Foundation
• Local Energy Scotland
• National Lottery Heritage Fund
• Historic Environment Scotland 
• Morrisons Foundation
• Robertson Trust
• Scotmid Community Grants  
• Scottish Landfill Communities Fund 
• Sportscotland
• Tesco Stronger Starts

In addition to traditional grant funding there are a number of crowdfunding platforms, such as:

• Crowdfunder UK
• JustGiving

Please note other crowdfunding platforms are available.