List of climate, environment and community funding available in October 2025.
Funding available from Scottish Climate Action Hubs
NESCAN Hub Seed Fund: Grants of up to £500 are available to support community climate action and biodiversity projects within Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire. Any local non profit community-led organisation with an annual income under £50,000 can apply. Deadline: Monday 1st December.
Highlands And Islands Community Climate Action Fund: Highlands And Islands Climate Hub are offering their members small grants of up to £1,000 to help fund new community organisations or launch a climate action project. Applications are accepted at any time.
Climate Ready Places Grant from Lanarkshire Climate Action Hub: Grants of up to £2,000 to enable Lanarkshire community groups to host a workshop about climate adaptation. Applications are accepted at any time.
Climate Change in Your Community Grant from Lanarkshire Climate Action Hub: Grants of up to £3,000 to help community groups and organisations who haven’t been involved in climate action to host community events about climate change. Applications are accepted at any time.
Climate Change in Your Community Grant from Lanarkshire Climate Action Hub: Grants of up to £3,000 to help community groups and organisations who haven’t been involved in climate action to host community events about climate change. Applications are accepted at any time.
General Funding
People’s Postcode Trust: Offers registered charities, Community Interest Companies and Charitable Community Benefit Societies flexible, three-year grants of up to £50,000 to help fund their organisation. Deadline: Monday 6th October.
Baillie Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund: Funds projects that help to create a vibrant community within the area of Caithness and North Sutherland. They will consider projects that focus on the environment, education and community development. Deadline: Monday 6th October.
Outdoor Community Play Main Grants Fund: Grants of up to £20,000 are available to registered charities in areas of the top 20% of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation to deliver free child-led outdoor play. Deadline: Friday 10th October.
Artroots Small Grants for community led projects: Offers grants of up to £6,000 to enable Scottish communities to produce art projects along their local, traffic-free National Cycle Network Routes. Deadline: Monday 13th October.
CARES Community Buildings Fund: Grants of up to £80,000 are available to help community organisations reduce their building’s energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. They fund the installation of renewable technologies and energy efficiency measures. Deadline: End of October 2025.
FCC Scottish Action Fund: Offers grants of between £2,000 and £40,000 to not-for-profit organisations for community projects eligible under the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund. Some examples of projects they fund cover areas such as community recycling, public amenities and parks and biodiversity. Deadline: Wednesday 19th November.
‘Healthy Planet, Healthy people’ Catalyst Award: Funding is available to support new and existing research projects that promote the health of individuals through fostering healthy environments and communities, and enabling access to healthy food. Community-based individuals or organisations would receive an award amount of £5,000 to conduct a research project for up to 12 months. Deadline: Thursday 4th December.
Sustrans – Love Your Network Grant: This programme supports communities living near the National Cycle Network to maintain and improve spaces along local paths and support wildlife conservation. Funding will take the form of equipment and training bundles of up to £1,000 in value. Deadline: 26th February 2026.
Nature Restoration Fund – North Ayrshire: Funding is available to support nature restoration projects in North Ayrshire. It is open to community groups, voluntary organisations and partners. Deadline: 31st March 2026.
Borders Tree Grant Scheme: Grants of up to £1,000 are available to support the planting of individual or small clumps of trees in the Scottish Borders countryside. Applications are open to organisations and individuals in the Scottish Borders local authority area. Planting projects must be less than 0.25ha in size. Deadline: Spring 2026.
Ongoing funds/rolling deadlines
John Ellerman Foundation: Grants of up to £60,000 a year are available to support charitable organisations that are committed to ensuring the rights of people, society and the natural world. Applications are accepted at any time.
Action Earth Volunteering Matters grants: Grants of £50 to £250 to support urban communities across Scotland in responding to the nature and climate crises. They’re looking to fund volunteer-led projects that promote participation in outdoor nature activities. Volunteers working in an urban or built-up area of Scotland are eligible to apply. Applications are accepted at any time.
Scottish Forestry Community Fund: Grants of up to £1,000 or over £1,000 are available to support community groups and organisations that encourage people to use woods more. Applications are accepted at any time.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise Green Grant Fund: Grants of up to £250,000 are available to support businesses and social enterprises across the Highlands and Islands to transition to net zero. Open to expressions of interest.
Inverclyde Windfarm Fund: Grants of up to £2,000 are available for community groups and voluntary organisations in Inverclyde to progress projects within their communities. Applications are accepted at any time.
Cycling UK: Cycle Access Fund: Offers grants through five funding strands to support those least likely to have access to a bike. The fund aims to remove barriers to cycling, make communities safer and reduce short car journeys. Organisations with a registered address in SPT, Sestran, ZetTrans or Nestrans regions can apply. Applications are accepted at any time.
The National Lottery Community Fund – Community Action: Offers grants from £20,001 to £250,000 for community projects lasting up to 5 years. They’re looking to fund projects that will improve people’s access and connection to nature and/or support people’s health and wellbeing. Applications are accepted at any time.
South Lanarkshire Renewable Energy Fund – Micro Grants: Offers micro grants of up to £500 to support local community projects in the area. Applications are accepted at any time.
Clackmannanshire and Stirling Environment Trust: Offers grants of up to £15,000 to enable community and not-for-profit groups to deliver projects that improve the environment or benefit the local community and general public. Applications are accepted at any time.
East Ayrshire Council – Renewable Energy Fund (REF): Offers funding to support local projects that focus on the community or the environment. Applications are accepted at any time.