Overview

• Funding to support local communities experiencing poverty and associated trauma in Scotland.

• Registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £500,000 are eligible to apply.

• Can provide revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to 3 years, to support the costs of community centres, hubs or anchor organisations who are delivering and/or hosting a range of services and activities to meet the needs of their community. Applicants should show how the various services they deliver and/or host relate to preventing or reducing poverty and trauma for local people.

• Apply at any time. There is no set closing date for applications.

• We’ll aim to give you a decision within 8 to 10 weeks of receiving your application.

• You cannot be in receipt of, or apply for, a Community Spaces Grant at the same time as a Large or Small Grant.

• We cannot support capital costs such as building works or refurbishments through this fund.

To apply, you’ll need:

• At least three unconnected Trustees on your charity’s Board.
• Recent independently examined or audited annual accounts (unless you are a newly registered charity).
• A bank account in the name of your charity, with two unconnected people required to make every withdrawal or payment.
• A safeguarding policy if working with young or vulnerable people.
• A full job description if your request is for funding towards a specific salary cost.

What’s next?

Please read our full guidance on applying for a Community Spaces Grant before completing your application form. You will find the link to our online application form within the full guidance.

You can have also have a look inside our application form in our sample form.

For more details of the kind of work we fund, take a look at Who and what we fund, and for information about the other grants we offer, see Our Funds.