Mental HealthScotland27 Funders

Mental Health Grants in Scotland

Browse 27 funders supporting mental health charities in Scotland.

Scotland charities working in mental health can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. With 27 funders currently listed, Scotland has strong coverage for mental health projects. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Mental Health grants directory and the Scotland regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to mental health funders

Strengthen your mental health funding application by grounding your approach in recognised evidence-based methodologies such as CBT, trauma-informed care, or psychoeducation frameworks. Funders increasingly expect validated outcome measurement tools — specify whether you use PHQ-9, GAD-7, WEMWBS, or other standardised instruments to track participant progress, and explain how you collect and analyse this data. Demonstrate clear relationships with NHS and clinical pathways, showing how your service complements rather than duplicates statutory provision, and describe referral routes both into and out of your programme. Highlight meaningful involvement of people with lived experience in service design, governance, and delivery — this is now a baseline expectation rather than a bonus. Address clinical governance explicitly: explain your supervision arrangements, risk management protocols, and how you handle safeguarding disclosures and crisis situations. If your service has a waitlist, describe how you manage it ethically and what interim support you offer. Funders want to see that you understand the broader mental health landscape in your area, including gaps in provision that your project specifically addresses and how you avoid creating dependency on time-limited grant funding.

Mental Health Funders in Scotland

27 funders found

Bank of Scotland Foundation

Bank of Scotland Foundation is an independent charitable foundation with a mission to combat persistent social exclusion, disadvantage, and deprivatio...

Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities (Scotland)

Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities (Scotland) is the official children’s charity of Bauer Media, dedicated to transforming the lives of disadvantag...

£1,000 - £5,000

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, UK Branch

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK Branch, established in 1956 from the bequest of Armenian oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian, is a London-based arm ...

£10,000 - £600,000

Celtic FC Foundation

Celtic FC Foundation, the charitable arm of Celtic Football Club, embodies the club's founding mission to alleviate poverty and advance social justice...

£5,000 - £50,000

Comic Relief

Comic Relief, founded in 1985 by Richard Curtis, Sir Lenny Henry, and Jane Tewson in response to the Ethiopian famine, is a pioneering UK charity that...

£50,000 - £600,000

Cora Foundation

Corra Foundation, established in 1985 as Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland and now independent, is a Scottish grant-making charity dedicated to stren...

£10,000 - £50,000

Corra Foundation

Corra Foundation, an independent Scottish grant-maker established in 1985 (originally Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland), drives positive change, opp...

Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity

Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity, founded in the late 1960s as a supporters' group for Edinburgh's Sick Kids hospital and formally registered in ...

£2,000 - £20,000

Fife Health Charity

Fife Health Charity, registered as Fife Health Board Endowment Fund (Scottish Charity Number SC011988) and established in 1949, is an independent endo...

First Port for Social Entrepreneurs Limited

Firstport for Social Entrepreneurs Limited is Scotland's dedicated development agency empowering individuals to launch start-up social enterprises tac...

£5,000 - £40,000

Focus Foundation

Focus Foundation, established in 2021 as the philanthropic arm of Focus Group, drives sustainable community development and social equity by bridging ...

£2,000 - £8,000

Foundation Scotland

Foundation Scotland, Scotland's sole community foundation, drives a mission to empower communities by bridging innovative ideas with resources, foster...

£1,000 - £35,000

GambleAware

GambleAware is the leading independent charity in Great Britain, registered with the Charity Commission (England & Wales 1093910, Scotland SC049433), ...

£100,000 - £350,000

Gannochy Trust

The Gannochy Trust, established in 1937 by Scottish philanthropist A.K. Bell, is a major charitable funder anchored in Perth and Kinross with a missio...

Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity

Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity, founded in 2001 as Yorkhill Children's Foundation, is dedicated to delivering the best care and experience for ev...

Greater Glasgow Health Board Endowment Funds

Greater Glasgow and Clyde Healthcare Charity advances health and wellbeing by enhancing NHS services through charitable funding for innovation, resear...

£10,000 - £50,000

Impact Funding Partners Limited

Impact Funding Partners Limited, a Scottish-based charity and fund management specialist established in 1982 (originally as Voluntary Action Fund, reb...

£7,500 - £30,000

James Tudor Foundation

The James Tudor Foundation is an independent grantmaker dedicated to relieving sickness and advancing health and wellbeing through targeted support fo...

£10,000 - £15,000

NHS Lothian Charity

NHS Lothian Charity, the official charity of NHS Lothian, traces its roots to 1902 via the former Lothian Health Board Endowment Fund, adopting its cu...

Northwood Charitable Trust

The Northwood Charitable Trust, based at northwoodhouse.org, is a Scottish philanthropic organization dedicated to enhancing lives through community, ...

£5,000 - £30,000

Rangers Charity Foundation SCIO

Rangers Charity Foundation SCIO, established in 2002 by Rangers Football Club, embodies the club's longstanding charitable ethos as a force for good, ...

Royal Caledonian Education Trust

The Royal Caledonian Education Trust (RCET), established in 1815 as Scotland's only charity dedicated exclusively to the education and wellbeing of ch...

RSABI

RSABI is a longstanding Scottish charity dedicated to relieving hardship and enhancing wellbeing for individuals and dependents connected to agricultu...

Swan Mountain Trust

The Swan Mountain Trust, an independent UK grant-making charity established in 1978, is dedicated to addressing the needs of vulnerable populations, w...

£1,000 - £4,000

Tayside NHS Board Endowment Funds

Tayside NHS Board Endowment Funds, operating as NHS Tayside Charitable Foundation, is the official charity of NHS Tayside, established in 1975 under t...

£5,000 - £25,000

Volant Charitable Trust

The Volant Charitable Trust, founded in 2000 by author J.K. Rowling in memory of her mother, is dedicated to alleviating social deprivation and empowe...

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) Charitable Incorporated Organisation

The Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) Charitable Incorporated Organisation, known as the Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation (charity 1172569), was established ...

£1,000 - £5,000

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