Useful Links
Funding Bodies
- Awards
for All
http://www.awardsforall.org.uk/scotland - Scotland.
- Big Lottery Fund
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk - Big Lottery Fund is responsible for giving out half the money for good causes raised by the National Lottery, giving us a budget of about £630 million a year.
- The Charities Aid Foundation
http://www.cafonline.org - CAF is a non-governmental organisation with
a unique purpose, to increase the substance of philanthropy around the world.
- The Charity Awards
http://www.charityawards.co.uk - Recognise and celebrate excellence in
the leadership and management of charities.
- Charity Choice
http://www.charitychoice.co.uk - The Encyclopaedia of Charities on the web.
- Direct Grants
http://www.scvo.org.uk/direct_grants -
Small grants for voluntary and community organisations in Scotland's ESF Objective 3 Programme area.
- The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk - One of the largest independent grantmaking
foundations in the UK.
- European Commission - Grants of the European Union
http://ec.europa.eu/grants/index_en.htm -
The Commission awards money in the form of grants in order to implement projects or activities in relation to European Union policies. These grants may be awarded within fields as diverse as research, education, health, consumer protection, protection of the environment, humanitarian aid, etc.
- FunderFinder
http://www.funderfinder.org.uk - Develops and distributes software to
help individuals and not-for-profit organisations in the UK to identify charitable
trusts that might give them money.
- Funders Online
http://www.fundersonline.org - An initiative of the European Foundation
Centre Orpheus Programme.
- Grantfinder Online
http://www.grantfinder.co.uk - The computerised grants database.
- Heritage Lottery
Fund
http://www.hlf.org.uk - The Heritage Lottery Fund uses money from the
National Lottery. We give grants to support a wide range of projects involving
the local, regional and national heritage of the United Kingdom.
- LEADER in Midlothian
and East Lothian
http://www.tyneesk.co.uk - The Tyne Esk LEADER Programme provides grants
for projects that will benefit the rural areas and communities of Midlothian
and East Lothian.
- Lloyds
TSB Foundation for Scotland
http://www.ltsbfoundationforscotland.org.uk - an independent charitable
Trust, funding registered charities focusing on the needs of people in Scottish
communities.
- Rural Gateway - this website has a funding section which contains lots of info on funding available for rural areas - http://www.ruralgateway.org.uk/topics/funding.html
- Voluntary Action Fund
http://www.voluntaryactionfund.org.uk - Formerly UVAF (Unemployed Voluntary Action Fund).
- Voluntary Arts Scotland - http://www.voluntaryarts.org - this website contains links to information on funding and funders for community arts
- WREN - Waste Recycling Environmental Ltd
http://www.wren.org.uk - A non-profit making, registered Environmental
Body that distributes grants to community, heritage and conservation projects
under the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme.