Celtic FC Foundation
Could Celtic FC Foundation fund your project? Check fit free. Draft if yes — or shortlist better matches.
- Typical grants
- £5,000 – £50,000
- Where they fund
- North and East of Glasgow, Greater Glasgow, Inverclyde
- Applications
- Accepted
- How to apply
- Invitation only
Works for Registered charities, CIOs, CICs and community groups.
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charity.celticfc.comAbout Celtic FC Foundation
Celtic FC Foundation is the charitable arm of Celtic Football Club, rooted in the club's founding mission to alleviate poverty and advance social justice. It operates through an inclusive, anti-discriminatory approach that prioritises dignity, respect, compassion, and community empowerment. Guided by values of equity across gender, age, religion, race, and ability, the Foundation funds high-impact grassroots interventions that blend immediate relief with long-term empowerment, favouring direct service delivery and strategic partnerships.
What Celtic FC Foundation funds
The Foundation supports initiatives improving health through mental health counselling, crisis recovery cafés, and fuel poverty relief via fuel banks and winter warmer packs. It promotes equality with social inclusion programmes such as sensory rooms for autism spectrum disorder, lunch breaks for dementia patients, and ability counts activities for people with physical disabilities and Down syndrome. Learning is encouraged through education programmes, employability training, skills development, and youth mentoring. Poverty is tackled with food insecurity solutions including daily children's meals, alongside direct outreach like paradise pit stops for mental health, peer support groups, therapeutic activities, family crisis interventions, and community-led nutrition projects for children and young people facing exclusion. Funded activities span North and East of Glasgow, Greater Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, Ireland, Asia, and Africa.
Who can apply
The Foundation funds registered charities and community groups, prioritising organisations that serve children and young people in urban poverty, families experiencing cost-of-living crises, disabled individuals with autism or learning disabilities, dementia sufferers, and socially excluded communities. Applicants should demonstrate local roots in the Foundation's geographic priority areas, particularly North and East of Glasgow. There is no religious restriction on who can apply.
What Celtic FC Foundation doesn't fund
The Foundation does not fund core costs or unrestricted funding. Projects that are misaligned with poverty alleviation, health equity, or inclusion priorities are also excluded.
How much does Celtic FC Foundation give?
Typical published range. What your charity could realistically get — and whether you would clear their rules on income, location and legal structure — is the free fit check.
When to apply, and how long their decisions take.
Income, location, legal structure and exactly who they fund — matched to your charity.
Good to know
How to apply to Celtic FC Foundation
Celtic FC Foundation takes applications via invitation only.
- Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.
How it works
- 1Describe your project. Once — used for this funder and others.
- 2See if this could be a fit. Honest check on cause, place, size, and rules.
- 3Draft if yes. From your real data — or move on if not.
See if Celtic FC Foundation could be a fit. Draft if yes.
Frequently asked questions
How much funding does Celtic FC Foundation provide?
Celtic FC Foundation typically provides grants of £5,000 - £50,000.
Where does Celtic FC Foundation fund charities?
Celtic FC Foundation funds charities operating in North and East of Glasgow, Greater Glasgow, Inverclyde.
Does Celtic FC Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Celtic FC Foundation accepts unsolicited applications from eligible organisations. Current programme status is on this page — do not assume a round is open.
How do I apply for funding from Celtic FC Foundation?
Celtic FC Foundation takes applications via invitation only. Check whether your charity is in scope before you spend time on a full bid.
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