Funding Community Climate Action
Our funding resources here focus on climate and environment themes. Do remember there are lots of funders who will support climate related projects, even if they aren’t a dedicated environmental funder, so cast your net wide!
Funding Scotland – Free to any organisation in Scotland and lets you search over 1,200 funding opportunities including trust funding, lottery, statutory funds and more.
Growing Climate Confidence – This funding support page from Growing Climate Confidence compiles sources of climate focused funding available in Scotland.
The Action Earth Fund – an easy to access environmental grant scheme for Scotland, supporting communities to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.
Nature Scot – This funding and support page from Nature Scot collates various nature-focused funding schemes.
National Centre for Resilience – Funding opportunities that help to support academics, practitioners and community organisations to build Scotland’s resilience to natural hazards.
The National Lottery Scottish Land Fund – welcomes applications that are community-led, community-controlled, defined by a geographic area, and achieve more sustainable economic, environmental and/or social development through ownership of land and buildings.
Community Woods – Funding for Tree Planting – This Community Woodlands Association page lists a range of funding and support opportunities for planting trees.
Greenspace Scotland – Greenspaces Scotland had a list of funders who fund projects for greenspaces.
Foundation Scotland Funding – Foundation Scotland have a diverse range of funding programmes waiting to benefit communities across Scotland. With donors representing a broad spectrum of aims and wishes, the funds available range in size, intent and purpose.
Other community networks that have regularly updated funding lists include Midlothian Climate Hub and SCCAN.
Finally, consider signing up to your local TSI (Third Sector Interface) newsletter to keep up to date with funds specific to your local authority area.
If you’re looking to develop your fundraising skills, these organisations and resources offer support:
SCVO Guide to Funding – SCVO’s Guide to Finding Funding covers identifying, applying for, and managing funds effectively with guidance on funding sources, from grants, donations, partnerships and sponsorships.
The Environmental Funders Network – The Environmental Funders Network supports fundraisers and environmental groups to be as effective as possible. Use this resource to connect to their Green Fundraisers Forum, learning programmes and research for fundraisers.
Inspiring Fundraising Toolkit – A toolkit designed to help everyone in the heritage sector in Scotland raise funds for their organisation, cause or project, effectively and with greater confidence – taking you from understanding basic principles to writing your application.