Funding

• Scottish Forestry: Small Woodland LoanScheme (SWLS) - The SWLS  is a loan to allow you to carry out the work required to create new, small woodlands before you get financial support from the Forestry Grant Scheme (see below)

• Scottish Forestry: Forestry Grant Scheme - offers financial support for the creation of new woodland and the sustainable management of existing woodland

• Scottish Forestry: Community Fund - supports groups and organisations that encourage people to use woods more

Future Woodlands Scotland: Forestry Skills Programme :

• Women in Forestry Practical Training Fund: This fund specifically supports women and provides practical and technical training to help women build and progress in their careers.

• Future Foresters Fund: Aimed at individuals who have entered the sector within the last five years, this fund provides training and qualifications to help new entrants gain the skills they need for long-term career development

• Woodland Trust: Free trees for schools and communities - 2 deliveries per year, March and November

• Dumfries & Galloway Tree Planting Grant Scheme - up to £1k per applicant per year

• The Borders Tree Grant Scheme - up to £1k per year

Paths for All: community path and active travel grants - supports communities to create, promote and maintain local community paths and active travel routes

• Community Paths Grants - up to £1800 to maintain, upgrade create and promote community path networks

• The Ian Findlay Path Fund (IFPF) - between £10k -£100k available, with 30% match funding required

• Community Learning Exchange (CLE) - funded by the Scottish Government, this fund is one of the ways the Scottish Community Alliance seek to support local community activity and invest in the work of their membership across Scotland. A CLE supports peer learning – virtually or in person – by covering the costs of a visit to another group or organisation to share learning and develop practice you would like to make happen in your community.

• Scottish Forestry: Community Fund - supports groups and organisations that encourage people to use woods more

• Scottish Landfill Communities Fund - a tax credit scheme, linked to Scottish Landfill Tax, that encourages landfill site operators to provide contributions to Approved Bodies, who can then pass the funds onto community and environmental projects

• SSE Community Investment Funds - distributes community benefit funds from SSE renewables projects

• Crown Estate: Sustainable Communities Fund - provides early stage financial support for community enterprise projects that contribute to local regeneration and sustainable development

• Tesco Communities Fund - supports thousands of local community projects across the UK

• Co-op Local Community Fund - supports projects that help people access food, improve mental wellbeing or provide opportunities for young people

• Morrisons Foundation - awards grant funding for charity projects which make a positive difference in local communities

• Asda Foundation - supports small, grassroots groups at the heart of communities

The links below take you to spreadsheets showing funding opportunities which are compiled by the environmental charities WildTeam and the Environmental Funders Network (EFN). These spreadsheets are updated on a regular (monthly) basis and feature worldwide funding opportunities.

• WildTeam Funding spreadsheet

• EFN Funding Spreadsheet

• Scottish Land Fund - Offers grants of up to £1 million to help communities take ownership of the land and buildings that matter to them, as well as practical support to develop their aspirations into viable projects

• Community Ownership Fund - funding to take ownership of assets at risk of loss in your community

• HIE Community Right to Buy Fund - provides support for communities to access professional services, where needed, to help with registering an interest under Community Right to Buy legislation. This could include legal title searches or help with mapping. Communities can apply for up to £5,000. Open to communities in the Highlands and Islands region only.

• The Robertson Trust

• The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

• The Tudor Trust

• The Pebble Trust

• The Henry Smith Charity

• The Dulverton Trust

• The Weir Charitable Trust

• The Mushroom Trust

• The Mickel Fund

The organisations listed below manage a variety of funds for community and other organisations.

• The Corra Foundation

• Foundation Scotland