Pebble Trust

The Trust funds climate action initiatives that reduce dependence on fossil fuels and resources, enhance resilience, and promote resource efficiency, local empowerment, and equity. Supported activities include sustainable renovations, renewable energy, biodiversity, food systems, transport, and social justice. The primary geographic focus is Scotland's Highlands and Islands, including areas such as Argyll, Orkney, and Shetland. Smaller programmes also support projects in the global south and youth talent grants in Brighton & Hove.

Eligible applicants include registered charities, community groups, and social enterprises. The Trust has a strong focus on grassroots efforts in Scotland's Highlands and Islands, and also considers projects from the global south and Brighton & Hove. It favours smaller, local, innovative entities that demonstrate community benefit and alignment with planetary boundaries. There is no strict income limit, but the Trust prefers organisations where a grant would form a major share of the funding.

The Trust does not typically provide unrestricted core funding for large organisations. It favours discrete project funding over general operating support for larger entities. The focus is on smaller, innovative projects rather than large-scale or established programmes.

The Trust takes a flexible, catalytic funding approach, prioritising small-to-medium projects where grants form a major share of the funding. It favours discrete project funding over unrestricted core support for large organisations. The Trust welcomes unsolicited applications and is known for empowering status-quo challengers in high-need regions.