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.
£3,657,000 was awarded to 78 organisations in June and July 2026, with a success rate of 61%.
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 - Grassmarket Community Project
Large Grant | Work Pathways | Edinburgh City
The Grassmarket Community Project (GCP) is a community of over 500 people working together to support positive change in one another’s lives. We support vulnerable adults in Edinburgh through reconnection, experience and social enterprise. While poverty in Edinburgh is often hidden, more than 85,000 people across the city experience financial hardship, social isolation and limited opportunities. Through our strengths-based, trauma-informed approach, GCP supports members to build confidence, develop skills, improve wellbeing, and create positive pathways towards education, volunteering and employment.
At the heart of GCP is a vibrant, inclusive community where people are empowered to shape their own futures. Through activities and workshops, from wellbeing and creative programmes to practical skills training and volunteering opportunities, members gain a sense of belonging, purpose and hope. Working closely with third sector, public sector and community partners, we provide a vital lifeline for people facing social exclusion and poverty, creating lasting opportunities for personal growth and positive change.” Helene van der Ploeg, CEO of Grassmarket Community Project
"We’re delighted to support Grassmarket Community Project and the vital work it does to empower people experiencing poverty, social isolation and complex challenges across Edinburgh. Through its strengths-based, trauma-informed approach, the project supports people to build confidence, improve wellbeing and develop the skills needed to access education, volunteering and employment opportunities. We were particularly impressed by the organisation’s focus on prevention, supporting and creating positive pathways before people reach crisis point, as well as its commitment to shaping services alongside those with lived experience. We look forward to seeing Grassmarket Community Project continue to strengthen communities and create lasting opportunities for positive change.” 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.
June and July 2026:
Primary Priority: Struggling with day-to-day costs
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | New Start Highland | Running costs | £176,000 | Highland; Moray |
| Small Grant | Levenmouth Foodbank Community Support Project | Running Costs | £48,000 | Fife |
| Small Grant | Garioch Community Kitchen | The costs of the Family Cooking Sessions | £17,400 | Aberdeenshire |
| Small Grant | Falkirk Vineyard Church | The costs of the Love Falkirk Project | £30,000 | Falkirk |
| Wee Grant | Dumbarton District Disabled Children's Forum | Running Costs | £3,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Wee Grant | MUZIK SHEPHERDZ | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | The Feel Good Women's Group | Cost of the Lunch Club | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | EmpowerHer | Running Costs | £4,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Small Grant | Aberdeenshire North Foodbank | Running costs | £36,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Community Transport | Kintyre Recycling Ltd | The capital cost of a van | £8,000 | Argyll and Bute |
| Community Space | The Health Agency | Running Costs | £48,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Small Grant | Food for Thought SCIO | Running Costs | £27,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Community Space | Rosyth Community Projects (EATS Rosyth) | Running Costs | £54,000 | Fife |
| Community Space | PICTS - Poverty Intervention Charity Transforming Scotland | Running Costs | £39,000 | Fife |
| Wee Grant | Faifley Upcycling | Equipment and Running Costs | £1,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
Primary Priority: Access to advice, support and advocacy
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Scottish Huntington's Association | Financial Wellbeing Service costs | £84,000 | Scotland Wide |
| Large Grant | Connect Community Trust | Welfare Rights Officer and Associated Costs | £87,000 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | East Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau | Salary costs of the Volunteer Coordinator | £105,000 | East Renfrewshire; Inverclyde |
| Large Grant | Refuweegee | Running Costs of Refuweegee | £84,000 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | Dalkeith & District Citizens Advice Bureau (Dalkeith CAB) | Running costs of Dalkeith CAB | £84,000 | Midlothian |
| Large Grant | The Archie Foundation | Towards the salary costs of the new FT Financial Wellbeing Advisor | £75,000 | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Dundee City; Highland; Moray; Orkney Islands |
| Large Grant | Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau | Running costs | £105,000 | Glasgow City |
| Small Grant | The Women's Integration Network | Running Costs | £39,000 | Glasgow City |
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.
June and July 2026:
Primary Priority: Preventative support for families in poverty (including children and their caregivers), to help build and maintain strong family relationships, and reduce the risk of intergenerational trauma.
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Healthy n happy CTD | The Best Start Programme | £84,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Large Grant | With Kids | Continued running costs of With Kids | £90,000 | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City |
| Community Transport | Home-Start Falkirk LTD | Van lease and associated costs | £16,500 | Falkirk |
| Small Grant | Home-Start Levenmouth | Running Costs | £60,000 | Fife |
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 | Moray Women's Aid | Running costs of Moray Women's Aid | £115,500 | Aberdeenshire; Highland; Moray |
| Community Transport | Ubuntu Women Shelter | Purchase and running costs of electric van | £45,000 | Glasgow City; Renfrewshire |
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 |
| Large Grant | Clued Up Project | Running costs of Clued Up Project | £115,500 | Fife |
| Small Grant | In Cahootz Ltd | The Creative Citizens Project | £45,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Runforever SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Large Grant | The Marie Trust | Running costs of The Marie Trust | £142,500 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | Life Housing (Scotland) | Running costs of Life Housing (Scotland) | £99,000 | Glasgow City |
| Small Grant | Creative Spark Theatre Arts | The Costs of the SISCO Theatre Project | £7,000 | East Dunbartonshire |
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.
June and July 2026:
Primary Priority: Educational Engagement
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Space | The Brunswick Community Development Trust | Running Costs | £51,000 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | Gorbals Youth Run Drop In Cafe SCIO | The running costs of Gorbals Youth Café | £75,000 | Glasgow City |
| Large Grant | Artlink Edinburgh and Lothians | Towards the Generate programme costs | £90,000 | Edinburgh City; Midlothian |
| Small Grant | Shakespeare Street Youth Club | Running Costs | £30,000 | Glasgow City |
| Community Transport | Linlithgow Young Peoples Project | Minibus hire and fuel costs | £6,000 | West Lothian |
| Small Grant | Haldane Youth Services | Running Costs | £57,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Community Transport | Scran Academy SCIO | Towards the costs of a Catering Van | £17,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Community Transport | Kilmarnock YMCA SCIO | Towards the capital costs of a Minibus | £10,000 | East Ayrshire |
| Community Transport | Sauchie Active 8 | New Vehicle | £10,000 | Clackmannanshire; Falkirk; Stirling |
| Wee Grant | Leysmill (31st Angus) Scout Group | Running Costs | £2,000 | Angus |
| Small Grant | Rowlands (Selkirk) SCIO | Running Costs | £45,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Large Grant | Branchton Community Centre Association | Running Costs | £93,000 | Inverclyde |
| Large Grant | YouthBorders | Core operating costs including salaries | £90,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Small Grant | Beyond Earlston | Youth Worker Salary and Management Costs | £30,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Wee Grant | 5th Airdrie Guides | Running Costs | £2,000 | North Lanarkshire |
Primary Priority: Educational Attainment
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Small Grant | Karele Limited | The Costs of the Positive Pathways and Neigh One Left Behind Programmes | £30,000 | East Lothian |
| Large Grant | YMCA Tayside | Running costs of YMCA Tayside | £115,500 | Dundee City; Perth and Kinross |
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.
June and July 2026:
Primary Priority: Skills for employment
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Small Grant | Works+ | Running costs of Works+ | £60,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Large Grant | Grassmarket Community Project | Cost of the Members Programme and Open Door Service | £168,000 | Edinburgh City |
Primary Priority: Transition through education/ training into work
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | East Ayrshire Carers Centre | Towards the costs of the Young Carers and Employability Support Project | £87,000 | East Ayrshire |
| Large Grant | Move On | Towards the Employability Programme costs | £120,000 | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City |
| Community Transport | The Ridge | Cost of a second-hand electric van | £17,000 | East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Scottish Borders |
| Large Grant | Fairway Fife | Running Costs | £61,500 | Fife |
| Large Grant | Pulteneytown People's Project | Towards the running costs of Pulteneytown People's Project | £99,000 | Highland |
Primary Priority: Addressing barriers to employment/ training
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Large Grant | Values Into Action Scotland | Towards the costs of the Triple E service | £105,000 | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; East Renfrewshire; Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | WorkPlusPlay Hub | Towards the cost of subsidised access for low income families. | £3,000 | Edinburgh City |
Preventing or reducing poverty at a community level
June and July 2026:
| Funding Type | Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Community Space | Go Golspie Development Trust | Towards the running costs of Fountain Road Hall and YMCA Building | £30,000 | Highland |
| Community Transport | Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre | Towards vehicle essential upgrades and insurance | £10,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Community Transport | Newcastleton and District Community Trust | Bus hire costs and associated costs. | £5,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Wee Grant | Cornton Out of School Care | Running Costs | £1,100 | Stirling |
| Community Space | Turf | Running Costs | £40,500 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Shettleston Men's Shed | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Create Your Dream SCIO | Running Costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City; Inverclyde; Renfrewshire |
| Wee Grant | The Prevention Collective | Towards the Project Engage costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | SCAP: Seahorse Creative Arts and Publications | Towards the Conflict and Compassion Project | £1,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Lothian United Handball Club | The Girls in Handball Pathway Programme | £2,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Community Space | Toll Community Centre | Running Costs | £30,000 | Fife |
| Community Space | Made 4 U In ML2 | Running Costs | £60,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Wee Grant | Hope For Families | Running costs | £4,000 | Dundee City |
| Wee Grant | North Ayr TheGither | Running Costs | £3,000 | North Ayrshire |
| Wee Grant | 1st Kirkcudbright Rainbows | Running Costs | £2,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Wee Grant | Me Myself and I (SCIO) | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Wee Grant | Spittal Village Hall | Running Costs | £2,000 | Highland |
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.
June and July 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Cornton Out of School Care | Running Costs | £1,100 | Stirling |
| Dumbarton District Disabled Children's Forum | Running Costs | £3,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Leysmill (31st Angus) Scout Group | Running Costs | £2,000 | Angus |
| MUZIK SHEPHERDZ | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Runforever SCIO | Running Costs | £3,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Shettleston Men's Shed | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Create Your Dream SCIO | Running Costs | £4,000 | Glasgow City; Inverclyde; Renfrewshire |
| WorkPlusPlay Hub | Towards the cost of subsidised access for low income families. | £3,000 | Edinburgh City |
| The Prevention Collective | Towards the Project Engage costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| SCAP: Seahorse Creative Arts and Publications | Towards the Conflict and Compassion Project | £1,000 | Glasgow City |
| Lothian United Handball Club | The Girls in Handball Pathway Programme | £2,000 | Edinburgh City |
| The Feel Good Women's Group | Cost of the Lunch Club | £3,000 | Glasgow City |
| EmpowerHer | Running Costs | £4,000 | Renfrewshire |
| Hope For Families | Running costs | £4,000 | Dundee City |
| North Ayr TheGither | Running Costs | £3,000 | North Ayrshire |
| 1st Kirkcudbright Rainbows | Running Costs | £2,000 | Dumfries and Galloway |
| Me Myself and I (SCIO) | Running Costs | £2,000 | Glasgow City |
| Spittal Village Hall | Running Costs | £2,000 | Highland |
| 5th Airdrie Guides | Running Costs | £2,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Faifley Upcycling | Equipment and Running Costs | £1,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
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.
June and July 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| The Brunswick Community Development Trust | Running Costs | £51,000 | Glasgow City |
| Go Golspie Development Trust | Towards the running costs of Fountain Road Hall and YMCA Building | £30,000 | Highland |
| Turf | Running Costs | £40,500 | Glasgow City |
| Toll Community Centre | Running Costs | £30,000 | Fife |
| The Health Agency | Running Costs | £48,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Made 4 U In ML2 | Running Costs | £60,000 | North Lanarkshire |
| Rosyth Community Projects (EATS Rosyth) | Running Costs | £54,000 | Fife |
| PICTS - Poverty Intervention Charity Transforming Scotland | Running Costs | £39,000 | Fife |
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.
June and July 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| The Ridge | Cost of a second-hand electric van | £17,000 | East Lothian; Edinburgh City; Scottish Borders |
| Linlithgow Young Peoples Project | Minibus hire and fuel costs | £6,000 | West Lothian |
| Scran Academy SCIO | Towards the costs of a Catering Van | £17,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Kilmarnock YMCA SCIO | Towards the capital costs of a Minibus | £10,000 | East Ayrshire |
| Goodtrees Neighbourhood Centre | Towards vehicle essential upgrades and insurance | £10,000 | Edinburgh City |
| Home-Start Falkirk LTD | Van lease and associated costs | £16,500 | Falkirk |
| Newcastleton and District Community Trust | Bus hire costs and associated costs. | £5,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Sauchie Active 8 | New Vehicle | £10,000 | Clackmannanshire; Falkirk; Stirling |
| Kintyre Recycling Ltd | The capital cost of a van | £8,000 | Argyll and Bute |
| Ubuntu Women Shelter | Purchase and running costs of electric van | £45,000 | Glasgow City; Renfrewshire |
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.
June and July 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Works+ | Running costs of Works+ | £60,000 | Scottish Borders |
| In Cahootz Ltd | The Creative Citizens Project | £45,000 | Glasgow City |
| Levenmouth Foodbank Community Support Project | Running Costs | £48,000 | Fife |
| Garioch Community Kitchen | The costs of the Family Cooking Sessions | £17,400 | Aberdeenshire |
| Shakespeare Street Youth Club | Running Costs | £30,000 | Glasgow City |
| Haldane Youth Services | Running Costs | £57,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Falkirk Vineyard Church | The costs of the Love Falkirk Project | £30,000 | Falkirk |
| Home-Start Levenmouth | Running Costs | £60,000 | Fife |
| Karele Limited | The Costs of the Positive Pathways and Neigh One Left Behind Programmes | £30,000 | East Lothian |
| Rowlands (Selkirk) SCIO | Running Costs | £45,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Aberdeenshire North Foodbank | Running costs | £36,000 | Aberdeenshire |
| Beyond Earlston | Youth Worker Salary and Management Costs | £30,000 | Scottish Borders |
| The Women's Integration Network | Running Costs | £39,000 | Glasgow City |
| Food for Thought SCIO | Running Costs | £27,000 | West Dunbartonshire |
| Creative Spark Theatre Arts | The Costs of the SISCO Theatre Project | £7,000 | East Dunbartonshire |
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.
June and July 2026:
| Organisation Name | Funding Request | Total Amount Awarded | Project Location |
| Scottish Huntington's Association | Financial Wellbeing Service costs | £84,000 | Scotland Wide |
| East Ayrshire Carers Centre | Towards the costs of the Young Carers and Employability Support Project | £87,000 | East Ayrshire |
| Clued Up Project | Running costs of Clued Up Project | £115,500 | Fife |
| Gorbals Youth Run Drop In Cafe SCIO | The running costs of Gorbals Youth Café | £75,000 | Glasgow City |
| Connect Community Trust | Welfare Rights Officer and Associated Costs | £87,000 | Glasgow City |
| East Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau | Salary costs of the Volunteer Coordinator | £105,000 | East Renfrewshire; Inverclyde |
| Healthy n happy CTD | The Best Start Programme | £84,000 | South Lanarkshire |
| Refuweegee | Running Costs of Refuweegee | £84,000 | Glasgow City |
| New Start Highland | Running costs | £176,000 | Highland; Moray |
| Values Into Action Scotland | Towards the costs of the Triple E service | £105,000 | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; East Renfrewshire; Renfrewshire |
| Dalkeith & District Citizens Advice Bureau (Dalkeith CAB) | Running costs of Dalkeith CAB | £84,000 | Midlothian |
| Move On | Towards the Employability Programme costs | £120,000 | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City |
| With Kids | Continued running costs of With Kids | £90,000 | Edinburgh City; Glasgow City |
| Artlink Edinburgh and Lothians | Towards the Generate programme costs | £90,000 | Edinburgh City; Midlothian |
| Moray Women's Aid | Running costs of Moray Women's Aid | £115,500 | Aberdeenshire; Highland; Moray |
| Fairway Fife | Running Costs | £61,500 | Fife |
| The Archie Foundation | Towards the salary costs of the new FT Financial Wellbeing Advisor | £75,000 | Aberdeen City; Aberdeenshire; Dundee City; Highland; Moray; Orkney Islands |
| The Marie Trust | Running costs of The Marie Trust | £142,500 | Glasgow City |
| Branchton Community Centre Association | Running Costs | £93,000 | Inverclyde |
| Life Housing (Scotland) | Running costs of Life Housing (Scotland) | £99,000 | Glasgow City |
| YouthBorders | Core operating costs including salaries | £90,000 | Scottish Borders |
| Easterhouse Citizens Advice Bureau | Running costs | £105,000 | Glasgow City |
| Grassmarket Community Project | Cost of the Members Programme and Open Door Service | £168,000 | Edinburgh City |
| YMCA Tayside | Running costs of YMCA Tayside | £115,500 | Dundee City; Perth and Kinross |
| Pulteneytown People's Project | Towards the running costs of Pulteneytown People's Project | £99,000 | Highland |
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