Time to Live funding: you can now apply online
Unpaid carers in Fife can now apply for Time to Live funding online. Time to Live funding, allocated in Fife by Fife Voluntary Action, helps you take a break from caring...
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Children, Families and Justice Social Work Services - Third Sector Commissioning 2027 - 2030
Update - 23 October 2026 The new FAQ section is now available here . Update - 13th October 2026 Following constructive discussions between FVA and Fife Council about...
Fife Council recurring grants: changes to reporting and funding arrangements
Fife Council is introducing changes to the way it manages recurring grants to voluntary organisations, following a review involving elected members, Council officers and...
Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund: Year 6 Now Open
The Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund for Adults 2026 is now open for applications. As with previous years, applications for funding in Fife should be made...
The National Lottery Community Fund - Fairer Life Chances
This funding is for projects that support children, young people and families. Or help people be healthier and have better access to support. They’re looking for...
Mr Motivator's Bed Bank Small Grants Programme
Their Small Grants Programme supports organisations tackling bed poverty for children and families across the UK. Funding can be used for: Beds Mattresses Bedding packs...
Book Week Scotland 2027 Event Funding
Book Week Scotland, brought to you by Scottish Book Trust, is Scotland's annual, national celebration of books and reading. From its inception in 2011, Book Week...
Fife Funders’ Fayre 2026 Inspires Another Year of Collaboration
Hundreds of representatives from Fife's third sector packed into Fife College's St Brycedale Campus in Kirkcaldy on Wednesday 14 October 2026 for a bustling and...
Allander Youth Activities Trust
The Trust promotes the education and training of young people across voluntary youth organisations at a local level. Activities funded include: climbing, mountain...
University of St Andrews - University Community Fund
The University Community Fund enables the University to listen to ideas, adapt to local needs, and provide financial support to deliver tangible benefits for the wider...
Museums Galleries Scotland - Creative Minds Fund
The Creative Minds Fund will support museums and organisations working with people experiencing mental health issues to create engagement opportunities. Projects will...
SP Energy Networks Fund Seeks Feedback from Kincardine Community
SP Energy Networks operate the electricity transmission network in the Fife area. They are building a new overhead line and substation near Kincardine and will soon be...
Rosa - Voices from the Frontline
Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund offers one-year grants to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve...
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
The Trust favours applications from smaller animal welfare charities registered in the UK and working in the UK or abroad which demonstrate an active re-homing and...
Cash4Clubs
Grants are available this autumn for community organisations working with adults from under-represented communities, delivering sport or physical activity for social...
Toy Trust
Toy Trust make grants to UK registered charities for projects working with disadvantaged children aged 13 and under. Toy Trust funds help disadvantaged children and...
Good Financial Records: What Charities Can Learn From OSCR
Good financial record keeping is essential for well-run charities. It helps trustees understand their organisation’s financial position, make informed decisions and...
Music for All - Community Project Funding
At the Music For All Charity they believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn to play music. They make grants available to address the musical needs of...
Hostelling Scotland - Happy Hosteller Breaks
Happy Hosteller is a funded residentials programme, supported by memberships and donations, helping more people experience a stay in Hostelling Scotland's Youth Hostels....
UnLtd Awards
The programme provides specialist support for social entrepreneurs to help them grow as social leaders. They combine cash and coaching to help nurture ideas and grow...
Women's Fund for Scotland
The Women’s Fund for Scotland (WFS) makes unrestricted grants to projects across Scotland that support women’s development, self-sufficiency and social and economic...
The Magdalen Hospital Trust
Funding for projects working with vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation. They prefer to fund project...
The Charlotte Aitken Trust
The Charlotte Aitken Trust is dedicated to the support of literature, writing and reading. It funds organisations whose core purpose is in the support of literature and...
Barchester's Charitable Foundation
Barchester's Charitable Foundation helps older people and other adults with a disability across England, Scotland & Wales. Grants are to help people lead more fulfilled...
The Alice McCosh Trust
The object of the Alice McCosh Trust is to advance education by providing or assisting with grants for work or study related to natural history and/or the environment....
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Together for Service Families
The Together for Service Families open programme will award grants to reduce the impact of service-related separation and relocation for families of serving personnel...
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Family Focus Programme
The Family Focus programme offers grants to fund projects that help armed forces families with care needs to access support, improve wellbeing and resilience, and...
Fife Housing Group Donates Thousands to Local Charities
12 community organisations across Fife have received a share of £20,000 in grant funding from Fife Housing Group, helping local projects make a difference in their...
Taylor Wimpey - Charity and Local Support
Taylor Wimpey is committed to supporting charities and local community groups in the areas in which it operates. Their priorities include: Projects which promote...
Global’s Make Some Noise
Global’s Make Some Noise funds life changing projects delivered by small charities, making a real difference in communities across the UK. They're here to make sure...
Cycling UK - Cycle Access Fund
The Cycle Access Fund supports those least likely to have access to a bike by providing capital grants to organisations through five different funding strands. It makes...
Edinburgh Airport Community Fund
The Community Fund was established to ensure local communities benefit from Edinburgh Airport activities. It provides financial support to community groups and charities...
Barclays Community Sport Fund - Female Coaches for Girls Grant
The Barclays Community Sport Fund offers grants, bespoke support, and exclusive ticketing opportunities to make football, tennis, and cricket more accessible to women...
easyfundraising Impact Fund 2026
The easyfundraising Impact Fund is back for a second round, but this time there are unrestricted grants of £1,000 available for community organisations to apply for –...
Nuffield Foundation Essential Employment Skills Fund
The Nuffield Foundation has launched a new fund to support young people aged 16-24 who face significant barriers to work to develop essential employment skills and...
Walk Wheel Cycle Trust - Love Your Network Grant Fund
'Love Your Network - Scotland’ provides equipment for small community led projects that support litter picking and maintenance activities on traffic-free sections of the...
Royal Society of Edinburgh - 'Healthy Planet, Healthy People': Catalyst Awards
‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’: Catalyst Awards are designed to support community-led research. Funding will be provided to support new and existing research...
Kingdom Community Bank Officially Open New Cupar Branch
Kingdom Community Bank (KCB) has opened its brand-new branch in Cupar. Officially opened by Provost Jim Leishman on Tuesday 8 September, the new branch is testament to...
British Heart Foundation Defibrillator Programme
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is giving out a limited number of free defibrillators to community groups in the UK. To be eligible for a free, BHF-funded...
Martin Wills Wildlife Maintenance Trust
The Martin Wills Wildlife Maintenance Trust provides grants to small wildlife charities working in the UK and Ireland for projects that protect species and restore...
Morrisons Foundation - Connecting Communities Grant Funding
Morrisons Foundation's Connecting Communities grants offer up to £20,000 to charities who provide placed-based services to our entire community or specific groups....
Royal Bank of Scotland Social & Community Capital’s 2025 Impact Report
Royal Bank of Scotland Social & Community Capital's 2025 Impact Report reflects on the role patient, flexible finance plays in enabling purpose-led organisations to grow...
Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund
The Neighbourhood Ecosystem Fund seeks to inspire, encourage, and enable communities to explore and develop ambitious ecosystem restoration projects locally. It also...
What Is Fair Funding and Why Does It Matter?
Fair Funding is about making sure voluntary sector organisations have the right kind of funding to do their work well and support the communities they serve. Across...
The Robertson Trust Awarded £23.7 Million to Scotland's Third Sector in 2025/26
The Robertson Trust has announced that it awarded £23,714,225 to 520 organisations across Scotland during 2025/26, providing vital support to charities and community...
B&Q Foundation
Funding is available for registered charities that are creating or improving home environments. The Foundation focuses on charities that support people who are most in...
The National Lottery Community Fund - Small Eco Awards
The National Lottery's Small Eco Awards provide accessible grants for communities in Scotland to take local, practical action to protect the environment. The programme...
Corra Foundation Alcohol and Drugs Fund - Local Support Micro Grants
Corra Foundation's Alcohol and Drugs Fund is intended to help organisations to stabilise or increase capacity, continue services, and provide further reach in the...
Carnegie Trust Funding Drop-in Session
Join Carnegie Dunfermline Trust for their next information drop-in session. Got questions about their grants? Need a bit of guidance with your application form? Come...
Parkinson's UK: Physical Activity Grants
The grant supports activity providers, communities, networks, organisations and others to develop opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active....
Scottish Book Trust: Live Literature Funding
Grants are available to help bring literature alive with an author, poet, playwright, graphic novelist or storyteller visit. They like to support interesting,...
The Alice McCosh Trust
The object of the Alice McCosh Trust is to advance education by providing or assisting with grants for work or study related to natural history and/or the environment....
Archive
Older items that may still be of interest
- Department for Work & Pensions - Pathways to Work Innovation Fund (14 days ago)
- Funding Awareness and Support Session for Community Groups (17 days ago)
- Funding Awareness and Support Session for Community Groups (17 days ago)
- The Wildlife Trusts - Green Community Grants (23 days ago)
- The Elephant Trust (28 days ago)
- The University of Edinburgh Community Grants (29 days ago)
- McCarthy Stone Foundation - Festive Connections (30 days ago)
- Bank of Scotland Energise Programme (35 days ago)
- Miller Homes Community Fund (35 days ago)
- Henry Smith Foundation - Domestic Abuse Counselling (35 days ago)
- Gift Aid Essentials: Understanding and Registering (35 days ago)
- Youth Action Fife Funding (35 days ago)
- Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society - Made in Scotland Showcase (35 days ago)
- Pub is The Hub - Community Services Fund (35 days ago)
- The Robertson Trust - Large Grants (35 days ago)
- Rewilding Britain - Rewilding Challenge Fund (35 days ago)
- Corra Foundation - Racial Equity Fund (43 days ago)
- Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund Year 6 (45 days ago)
- Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund (for Adults) Year 6 (45 days ago)
- Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund (for Adults) Year 6 (45 days ago)
- Museums Galleries Scotland - Small Grants Fund (49 days ago)
- Laughology Happiness Fund (49 days ago)
- The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund (49 days ago)
- Henry Smith Foundation - Maternity Equity Fund (50 days ago)
- The Linnean Society - Our Local Nature Grant Scheme (50 days ago)
- Fife Health Charity Community Grants (50 days ago)
- Vodafone - charities.connected (56 days ago)
- Aldi Scottish Sport Fund - Fife, Perth and Kinross (57 days ago)
- Henry Smith Foundation - Maternity Equity Fund (57 days ago)
- Energy Saving Trust - Plugged-in Communities Grant Fund (57 days ago)
- Community Benefits opportunities in Fife (62 days ago)
- Funders and Support Agencies Confirmed for Fife Funders' Fayre 2026 (64 days ago)
- The Armed Forces Covenant Trust: Reveal & Respond Access to Support for Underrepresented Groups (65 days ago)
- One Stop Community Partnership (65 days ago)
- Electrical Safety First - Electrical Safety Fund (65 days ago)
- Rewilding Britain Innovation Fund (65 days ago)
- The Legal Education Foundation Strengthening Justice Fund (65 days ago)
- The Legal Education Foundation Emerging Justice Fund (65 days ago)
- Sportscotland Sport Facilities Fund (69 days ago)
- Shared Care Scotland's Better Breaks for Third Sector Organisations (70 days ago)
- Community Energy Growth Fund from Local Energy Scotland (70 days ago)
- Mackie’s Charity Grant (70 days ago)
- The Gardens Trust Community Grant (70 days ago)
- The Fuze Foundation Making a Difference Grant 2026 (73 days ago)
- Changing Places Toilets Scotland Fund (77 days ago)
- The Woodroffe Benton Foundation Small Grant Programme (77 days ago)
- Thomas Wall Trust (77 days ago)
- Free From Fear Programme (77 days ago)
- Scottish EDGE (80 days ago)
- Agnes Hunter Trust SCIO (80 days ago)
- The Leche Trust (80 days ago)
- The Henry Moore Foundation (80 days ago)
- GC Gibson Charitable Trust (80 days ago)
- Traditional Arts and Culture Fund (80 days ago)
- Scottish Community Alliance - Community Learning Exchange Fund (80 days ago)
- Aldi Scottish Sport Fund - Tayside (80 days ago)
- 2026 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration (80 days ago)
- Kirkcaldy's People Planet Pint – Pitch, Vote and Receive Local Climate Action Funding (85 days ago)
- King Charles III Charitable Fund Small Grants (85 days ago)
- Scottish Marine Environmental Enhancement Fund - Taking Flight (Seabirds) (87 days ago)
- British Film Institute National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund (91 days ago)
- The Robertson Trust - Advancing Racial Justice Fund (91 days ago)
- Office for Product Safety and Standards Community Contract Funding (91 days ago)
- Schroder Charity Trust (91 days ago)
- Creative Scotland Touring Fund for Theatre and Dance (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fundraising Everywhere Digital Learning Grant (3 to 6 months ago)
- Corra Foundation Alcohol and Drugs Fund - Partnership and Delivery Grants (3 to 6 months ago)
- Bairns' Hoose Therapeutic Recovery Service Brief (3 to 6 months ago)
- DWP Pathways to Work Innovation Fund Webinar (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Funders' Fayre 2026 - Book Your Place Now! (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Climate Hub Community Climate Grants Programme 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Council: Crown Estate Fund (3 to 6 months ago)
- easyfundraising: 250 Free Online Fundraising Packs Available (3 to 6 months ago)
- Henry Smith Foundation: Welcome for Newcomers (3 to 6 months ago)
- Creative Scotland - Youth Music Initiative: Access to Music Making (3 to 6 months ago)
- Creative Scotland: Youth Music Initiative: Strengthening Youth Music (3 to 6 months ago)
- Bairdwatson Charitable Trust (3 to 6 months ago)
- Scottish Government Investing in the Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund (3 to 6 months ago)
- To Absent Friends 2026 Small Grants Scheme (3 to 6 months ago)
- Scottish Government Childcare Support Fund (3 to 6 months ago)
- Heart Research UK: Healthy Heart Grants (3 to 6 months ago)
- The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust: Together for Service Families Place-Based Grants Programme (3 to 6 months ago)
- Fife Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP) - Lived Experience Panel - Service Brief (3 to 6 months ago)
- Global Solidarity Fund Opens for Applications (3 to 6 months ago)
- Firstport - Social Innovation Challenge (3 to 6 months ago)
- The Swan Mountain Trust (3 to 6 months ago)
- Becoming a Lead Delivery Partner for the Scottish Government's Jobs Guarantee Programme (3 to 6 months ago)
- Round 4 of the Youth Arts Open Fund is Now Open for Applications (3 to 6 months ago)
- Energy Saving Trust: Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme (3 to 6 months ago)
- The JJ Charitable Trust - Literacy Small Grants Scheme (3 to 6 months ago)
- Museum Galleries Scotland - Museum Marketing Photography Bursary (3 to 6 months ago)
- The Magdalen Hospital Trust (3 to 6 months ago)
- SURF Awards 2026 (3 to 6 months ago)
- The Sackler Trust (3 to 6 months ago)
- Foundation Scotland: Mossmorran Wind Farm Ltd Community Fund (3 to 6 months ago)
- The National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Change: Carers (3 to 6 months ago)
- The Prudence Trust: Young Women in Mind 2026-2028 (3 to 6 months ago)
- Theatres Trust Small Grants Programme (3 to 6 months ago)
- Rosa’s Stand With Us Fund (3 to 6 months ago)
- Take a Break Fund for Carers (3 to 6 months ago)
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