Shedloads of Opportunities

• General & Misc
• N/A

Just Enterprise is a Scottish Government-funded programme for the Third Sector in Scotland. It provides fully-funded support to social enterprises and enterprising charities in Scotland.

Their expert network of advisers provide the support, training and information you need to start up, develop, grow and lead your social enterprise. What’s more, the majority of their services are entirely free.

The Just Enterprise programme is delivered by a consortium of Third Sector partners.

• Health & Wellbeing

Abbvie supports health, education, science or community-based projects undertaken by healthcare organisations or charitable institutions. Grants of up to £5K available to healthcare organisations or charitable institutions to support projects or core mission and
activities relative to:

• Health
• Education
• Local communities
• Science

• General & Misc
• Trusts/Foundations

The Fore offers development funding and strategic support to early-stage charities and social enterprises. It makes unrestricted grants which have the potential to have a transformational impact on an organisation. For example enabling your organisation to take a step forward in its development or giving you the chance to do something you couldn’t before. It will also match successful applicants with friendly professional support including ongoing mentoring, strategic advice, governance support or other assistance.

• General & Misc
• Trusts/Foundations

Bank of Scotland Foundation recognises the profound impact that the cost of living crisis is having on people across Scotland. To ensure funding can reach those in real need, the Empower grants programme this year will solely focus on helping charities who support vulnerable groups/people. The Empower programme provides unrestricted funding which can be used towards core costs, delivery costs, project costs and/or general running costs enabling charities to use their funding in the way that helps them best. Through the programme, charities will also have the opportunity for strategic support from Lloyds Banking Group colleagues to add value for the charity and the people they help.

• Education & Skills
• General & Misc

The Radcliffe Trust supports the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s traditional cultural heritage and crafts sectors. This includes support for:

craft and conservation training
practical projects, particularly those that include a strong training element
strategic and capacity-building projects which demonstrate clear benefits to the sector
Special Needs projects whose emphasis is on skills development.

However, the Trust remains committed to flexible, open and inclusive grant-giving and will consider other projects, should they fall broadly within its remit.