Funding
Rather than replicating what already exists, the Communities Channel aims to point you in the direction of some of the most useful funding ideas, sites and resources.
Click on the links to find out more.
The Arnold Clark Community Fund supports thousands of registered UK charities and community groups close to its branches.
The Social Enterprise Support Map allows anyone to navigate Scotland’s social enterprise support eco-system easily and efficiently – giving organisations and individuals the resources to become stronger and more sustainable.
Home Energy Scotland works with community groups in a number of ways from supporting your events to offering funding advice. They are particulalry relevant to groups tackling climate change through local community-led projects where the aim is to reduce energy use and encourage behaviour change within the community.
Inspiring Scotland offers support to the charity sector, aiming to deliver real and lasting change in areas where social organisations and public policy had struggled to have a big enough impact.
The Scottish Rural Network (SRN) supports and encourages rural development by building the capacity and capabilities of rural and island communities and stakeholders and by sharing information, ideas, good practice and funding opportunities.
This online learning resource, divided over 10 modules, is designed to build the skills, confidence and knowledge of refugee-led organisations and refugee supporting organisations, although most of the materials will be useful to any community group.
Democratic Finance Scotland supports communities to raise money locally to take ownership of important community assets and run democratic community-led businesses.
Through the Ideas Fund, community groups can apply for Community Grants to work with researchers to explore issues important to them.
