Shedloads of Opportunities

• 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.

• Environmental/Green Infrastructure

The Nature Restoration Fund is a capital fund designed to help support projects that will deliver nature restoration, safeguard wildlife, and tackle the causes of biodiversity loss due to climate change.

• General & Misc
• Renovations/Repairs

A financial incentive to property owners/tenants/potential occupiers to bring an empty business property back into productive use.

An empty business property grant is a fund offered by local councils to help owners and tenants bring vacant commercial properties back into productive use. These grants can be used for a variety of purposes, such as physical works to reconfigure a space for a new use, business planning, or professional reports. Eligibility criteria, grant amounts, and application processes vary depending on the specific council and scheme, such as the Union Street Empty Shops Grant in Aberdeen or the Empty Business Property Grant in Argyll and Bute.