Funding

A fund to help regional food and drink ventures recover from the impact of Covid-19 has awarded £200,000 to a range of projects across Scotland.

The Regional Food Fund (RFF), one of the Scottish Government’s 100 Days commitments, will help producers and event organisers showcase quality regional food and drink products.

The Scottish Government’s Volunteering Support Fund is now open for applications. 

The £3.3 million Fund will be delivered on its behalf by Impact Funding Partners over the next 3 years. 

Museums, libraries and historic environment organisations can apply for grants from the #COP26Conversations Fund to host events and activities before and during the COP26 summit.

The Fund will offer grants of up to £1,000 to host small-scale, community-focused events and activities taking place between early September and 15 November.

The Scottish Government has launched a new Arctic Connections fund to encourage cooperation and mutual learning between Scottish organisations and their Arctic partners.

Places Called Home is a new £1.5 million fund that aims to inspire and help people get more involved in their local community as a positive, homely place to be and meet other people.

Funding for activities that connect and support people within their local community.

The Enabling Neighbourhoods and Communities Fund is a £1 million Scottish Government fund administered by Corra Foundation. Over £600,000 has been distributed in phase one (February – May 2021). The next phase, which opened on 1 July, will support groups to access the remaining funds.

Delivering test of change pilots for Community Led Local Development (CLLD)

Local Action Groups in rural and island Scotland are now able to apply for grants of up to 75k through the Rural Communities Testing Change (RCTC) Fund for projects which will test new approaches to delivering CLLD.

Young people can apply for an award to make their business idea a reality, which includes a grant for £5000, a living allowance, and tailored business support.

The YS22 Open Events Fund has been designed to support new, creative event proposals that will provide high profile content created in response to the 2022 Themed Year of Stories.

Moray Council is issuing a call for a Challenge Fund to take forward projects in the Moray area for a Poverty & Social Inclusion strategy.

Up to £500,000 of European Social Funds are available for this purpose.