Grant Programmes

Through our new five-year strategy – Building a Brighter Future for Scotland – the needs and aspirations of vulnerable people will drive our work as we aim to fund, support and champion the small and local charities that work to improve their quality of life.
 
Three new grant programmes will be launched in 2024, all of which are multi-year, offering stability during these challenging times.

The EMPOWER grant closed at noon on Wednesday, 15 February 2024. 

  • Empower offers real security and certainty for charities with funding over 3 years. Collaborating with Lloyds Banking Group, we aim to identify opportunities to add strategic value for funded charities and help them grow stronger and thrive beyond the lifetime of their grant.
     
  • Enable is an innovative, joint grants programme with Lloyds Banking Group aimed at boosting community volunteering. Funding will be provided to charities to support projects delivered through volunteers, with Lloyds Banking Group’s colleagues across Scotland volunteering their time and skills to help deliver the projects and support the charities.
     
  • Energise is a multi-year grants programme supporting small and local charities who are alive to the real issues on the ground. Available to new (and more established) charities, this programme offers unrestricted funding enabling charities to use their grants in the way that helps them best.