Please note that if you have an application in progress with us, we will notify you of the outcome of this via email. As we continue to experience high demand for our funding, we have taken the decision to continue operating with our extended timescale for decisions of 10-12 weeks. This will help us manage demand and streamline our decision-making processes across all of our Funds.
£2,154,000 was awarded to 47 organisations in August 2026, with a success rate of 57%.
Each of the organisations below demonstrated in their application how their work is contributing to the alleviation of poverty and trauma in Scotland.
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Award in Focus - WorkingRite
Large Grant | Work Pathways
"Working Rite are a charity working with young people aged 15-25 to create positive choices for what comes next after school. We build connections with employers and create chances for young people to grow their skills and confidence in working environments. We are committed to coaching young people, engaging their families, carers and communities over a sustained period to create long-term change through working.
At Working Rite, our unique Change That Works model brings together schools, communities, employers and volunteer mentors to provide a joined-up pathway into education, employment and training. At the centre of this is our young person’s journey which is made up of 3 phases – the Choices schools programme, the Chances placement programme and our Connections mentoring programme. We believe, and the results show, that our unique combination of choices, chances and connections for young people, supported by commitment and coaching creates real lasting change for young people, families, communities and society." Scott Christie, Head of Development
Our Funding Team said... "We are delighted to continue our support for WorkingRite and their vital work with young people. We were particularly impressed by their joined-up approach to supporting young people, providing practical, tailored support from the transition out of education through to sustained employment. Their strong employer partnerships, focus on mentoring and commitment to learning and development provide a strong foundation for improving outcomes for young people, helping to prevent and reduce poverty and trauma." Shelby Brown, Funding Officer
Financial Security
Through our Financial Security theme, we want to fund, support, and influence to improve income adequacy, income security, reduce cost-related pressures on finances, and improve financial safety nets for people in financial trouble.
August 2026:
Primary Priority: Struggling with day-to-day costs
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Transport | North Glasgow Community Food Initiative | Food Truck Running Costs and Driver Salary | £13,000 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | Glasgow City Mission | Towards the delivery costs of the drop-in service, excluding salaries | £75,000 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | Furniture Plus Ltd | Towards the Plus Partnership | £84,000 | Fife |
| Large Grant | Southwest Arts and Music Project | Running costs of SWAMP | £52,000 | Glasgow City |
| Small Grant | The Hive Lennoxtown | Running Costs | £24,000 | East Dunbartonshire |
| Small Grant | Baby Bank Scotland (LBB) SCIO | Running Costs | £10,000 | Glasgow City; South Lanarkshire |
| Small Grant | South Ayrshire Foodbank | Towards the running costs of South Ayrshire Foodbank (exc. salary of FIA) | £36,000 | South Ayrshire |
Primary Priority: Access to advice, support and advocacy
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Govan Law Centre | Towards The Running Cost of Govan Law Centre | £144,000 | Glasgow City; Scotland Wide |
| Large Grant | Third Sector Hebrides | The Cost of the Penny-wise Project | £105,000 | Western Isles |
| Large Grant | Selkirk Regeneration | Sustainable Borders project | £75,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Large Grant | North West Aberdeenshire Citizens Advice Bureau | The Running Costs of North West Aberdeenshire CAB | £96,000 | Aberdeenshire; Angus |
| Large Grant | Airdrie Citizens Advice Bureau | The Crisis and Early Intervention Service | £114,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Large Grant | Disabled & Carers Information Centre Association (Dundee Carers Centre) | Towards the Rights Way project | £75,000 | Dundee City |
| Small Grant | Save by the Bell (SCIO) | Towards the running costs of Save By the Bell (SCIO) | £36,000 | Dundee City |
| Small Grant | Forth Valley Welcome | Running Costs | £54,000 | Clackmannanshire; Stirling |
| Wee Grant | Self-Directed Support Network South Lanarkshire | Running Costs | £3,000 | South Lanarkshire |
Nurturing Relationships
We want to see a Scotland where people, families and communities can thrive and not be trapped in cycles of poverty and trauma. We want to support nurturing relationships within families and communities, to help break the cycle between persistent poverty and intergenerational trauma, and support recovery.
August 2026:
Primary Priority: Crisis support at the point of family breakdown, including support for women and children experiencing domestic abuse.
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Shetland Women's Aid (SCIO) | Running costs of Shetland Women's Aid | £160,000 | Shetland Islands |
Primary Priority: Recovery and restorative approaches to address the impacts of childhood trauma, homelessness, substance misuse and/or contact with the criminal justice system.
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Small Grant | New Way | Core Running Costs | £42,000 | Argyll and Bute; East Dunbartonshire; West Dunbartonshire |
| Small Grant | South West Recovery Cafe SCIO | The salary cost of the Recovery Café Worker | £39,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Small Grant | New Heights SCIO | Towards running costs | £27,000 | East Ayrshire |
Education Pathways
The ultimate aim of the Education Pathways theme is to help shape an education system that maximises its contribution to wellbeing, is trauma informed with the aim of preventing and reducing poverty in Scotland.
August 2026:
Primary Priority: Educational Engagement
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Young Peoples Futures | Running costs of YPF | £72,000 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | Kinross-shire Youth Enterprise SCIO | The delivery costs of universal youth work, excluding salaries | £42,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| Large Grant | LAMH Recycle Ltd | The salary costs of the Operations Manager, Project Worker and Support Worker | £66,000 | North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire |
| Large Grant | The Starfish Way | Towards The Starfish Way's core costs | £55,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| Large Grant | Ochil Youths Community Improvement | Towards the running costs of Ochil Youths Community Improvement | £75,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Large Grant | Scottish Music Centre | Towards the Musicares programme | £42,000 | Scotland Wide |
| Large Grant | Falkirk Football Community Foundation | Towards the education and employability project costs | £50,000 | Falkirk |
| Small Grant | Logos Centre Ltd | Towards youth work, excluding faith-based activities and salaries. | £33,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| Small Grant | Eat, Sleep, Ride | Towards the salary costs of a Volunteer and Administration Coordinator | £30,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Small Grant | Renfrew YMCA SCIO | Running Costs | £36,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | Western Isles District Scout Council | Running Costs | £3,000 | Western Isles |
| Small Grant | Youth Initiatives Scotland | Towards the Project Leader salary and YI Thrive programme costs | £36,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Creative Regeneration | The Running Costs of The Old Library | £4,000 | Inverclyde |
| Wee Grant | Mearns Youth Club | Running Costs | £2,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Wee Grant | Hotspot Intervention Team | Running Costs | £3,000 | Western Isles |
Primary Priority: Engagement of parents & family members
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | Sacred Heart Parent Council | Family Workshops & Community Events | £2,000 | Falkirk |
Work Pathways
Through our Work Pathways theme, we aim to ensure work can be a better route out of poverty by tackling the drivers of in-work poverty, and supporting key population groups who are underrepresented in the labour market, and overrepresented in low paid, insecure work.
August 2026:
Primary Priority: Skills for employment
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | HorseBack UK | Towards the Youth Development Programme | £44,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Small Grant | Limelight Music Limited | The Costs of the 'Undiscovered' Trainee Programme | £40,500 | Clackmannanshire; Glasgow City; South Lanarkshire; West Lothian |
| Small Grant | Jambo! Radio SCIO | Towards the core youth skills programmes | £33,000 | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City; Renfrewshire; Stirling; West Lothian |
Primary Priority: Transition through education/ training into work
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Working Rite | Core Running Costs | £148,500 | Aberdeen City; East Ayrshire; East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Glasgow City |
Preventing or reducing poverty at a community level
August 2026:
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Wee Grant | COG (Community Outreach Group) Aberdeen | Running Costs | £5,000 | Aberdeen City |
| Community Space | Riverview Community SCIO | Running Costs (excluding salaries) | £18,000 | Falkirk |
| Community Space | Tayside Institute Community Centre (SCIO) | Running Costs | £24,000 | Fife |
| Wee Grant | Branching Out Community Initiative (BOCI) | Running Costs | £2,000 | East Ayrshire |
| Community Space | Clyde Community Hall | Running Costs | £21,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Film Forres | Running Costs | £2,000 | Moray |
| Wee Grant | Stirling Lions | Running Costs | £1,000 | Stirling |
Wee Grants
- For constituted community groups and charities with an annual income of less than £30,000
- Funding of up to £5,000 for one year only
- Could cover revenue* or capital costs to support your work.
August 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| COG (Community Outreach Group) Aberdeen | Running Costs | £5,000 | Aberdeen City |
| Western Isles District Scout Council | Running Costs | £3,000 | Western Isles |
| Branching Out Community Initiative (BOCI) | Running Costs | £2,000 | East Ayrshire |
| Creative Regeneration | The Running Costs of The Old Library | £4,000 | Inverclyde |
| Mearns Youth Club | Running Costs | £2,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Hotspot Intervention Team | Running Costs | £3,000 | Western Isles |
| Self-Directed Support Network South Lanarkshire | Running Costs | £3,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Sacred Heart Parent Council | Family Workshops & Community Events | £2,000 | Falkirk |
| Film Forres | Running Costs | £2,000 | Moray |
| Stirling Lions | Running Costs | £1,000 | Stirling |
Community Spaces
- Funding to support local communities experiencing poverty and trauma in Scotland.
- Registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £500,000 are eligible to apply.
- Can provide revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to 3 years, to support the costs of community centres, hubs or anchor organisations who are delivering and/or hosting a range of services and activities to meet the needs of their community. Applicants should show how the various services they deliver and/or host relate to preventing or reducing poverty and trauma for local people.
August 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Riverview Community SCIO | Running Costs (excluding salaries) | £18,000 | Falkirk |
| Tayside Institute Community Centre (SCIO) | Running Costs | £24,000 | Fife |
| Clyde Community Hall | Running Costs | £21,000 | Glasgow City |
Transport Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £2 million
- Funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for 1-3 years, to contribute towards the costs of transport to support your work.
August 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| North Glasgow Community Food Initiative | Food Truck Running Costs and Driver Salary | £13,000 | Glasgow City |
Small Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £200,000.
- Revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to five years.
- Unrestricted or restricted funding.
- Can include the costs of equipment to support your work.
August 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| New Way | Core Running Costs | £42,000 | Argyll and Bute; East Dunbartonshire; West Dunbartonshire |
| South West Recovery Cafe SCIO | The salary cost of the Recovery Café Worker | £39,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| The Hive Lennoxtown | Running Costs | £24,000 | East Dunbartonshire |
| Limelight Music Limited | The Costs of the 'Undiscovered' Trainee Programme | £40,500 | Clackmannanshire; Glasgow City; South Lanarkshire; West Lothian |
| Baby Bank Scotland (LBB) SCIO | Running Costs | £10,000 | Glasgow City; South Lanarkshire |
| Logos Centre Ltd | Towards youth work, excluding faith-based activities and salaries. | £33,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| Eat, Sleep, Ride | Towards the salary costs of a Volunteer and Administration Coordinator | £30,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Renfrew YMCA SCIO | Running Costs | £36,000 | Renfrewshire |
| South Ayrshire Foodbank | Towards the running costs of South Ayrshire Foodbank (exc. salary of FIA) | £36,000 | South Ayrshire |
| Jambo! Radio SCIO | Towards the core youth skills programmes | £33,000 | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City; Renfrewshire; Stirling; West Lothian |
| Save by the Bell (SCIO) | Towards the running costs of Save By the Bell (SCIO) | £36,000 | Dundee City |
| Youth Initiatives Scotland | Towards the Project Leader salary and YI Thrive programme costs | £36,000 | Glasgow City |
| New Heights SCIO | Towards running costs | £27,000 | East Ayrshire |
| Forth Valley Welcome | Running Costs | £54,000 | Clackmannanshire; Stirling |
Large Grants
- For registered charities with an annual income of over £200,000 and up to £2 million.
- Revenue funding of between £20,000 and £50,000 per year, for up to five years.
- Unrestricted or restricted funding.
- Can include the costs of equipment to support your work.
August 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Young Peoples Futures | Running costs of YPF | £72,000 | Glasgow City |
| Kinross-shire Youth Enterprise SCIO | The delivery costs of universal youth work, excluding salaries | £42,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| LAMH Recycle Ltd | The salary costs of the Operations Manager, Project Worker and Support Worker | £66,000 | North Lanarkshire; South Lanarkshire |
| Govan Law Centre | Towards The Running Cost of Govan Law Centre | £144,000 | Glasgow City; Scotland Wide |
| Third Sector Hebrides | The Cost of the Penny-wise Project | £105,000 | Western Isles |
| Working Rite | Core Running Costs | £148,500 | Aberdeen City; East Ayrshire; East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Glasgow City |
| Selkirk Regeneration | Sustainable Borders project | £75,000 | Scottish Borders |
| North West Aberdeenshire Citizens Advice Bureau | The Running Costs of North West Aberdeenshire CAB | £96,000 | Aberdeenshire; Angus |
| Airdrie Citizens Advice Bureau | The Crisis and Early Intervention Service | £114,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Disabled & Carers Information Centre Association (Dundee Carers Centre) | Towards the Rights Way project | £75,000 | Dundee City |
| The Starfish Way | Towards The Starfish Way's core costs | £55,000 | Perth and Kinross |
| Ochil Youths Community Improvement | Towards the running costs of Ochil Youths Community Improvement | £75,000 | Clackmannanshire |
| Scottish Music Centre | Towards the Musicares programme | £42,000 | Scotland Wide |
| Falkirk Football Community Foundation | Towards the education and employability project costs | £50,000 | Falkirk |
| Glasgow City Mission | Towards the delivery costs of the drop-in service, excluding salaries | £75,000 | Glasgow City |
| Furniture Plus Ltd | Towards the Plus Partnership | £84,000 | Fife |
| Southwest Arts and Music Project | Running costs of SWAMP | £52,000 | Glasgow City |
| Shetland Women's Aid (SCIO) | Running costs of Shetland Women's Aid | £160,000 | Shetland Islands |
| HorseBack UK | Towards the Youth Development Programme | £44,000 | Aberdeenshire |
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