Bairdwatson Charitable Trust
Funding
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Deadline
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Location
Scotland
Applications
Rolling applications
Overview
This grant supports employment and skills training for young unemployed people. It also funds retraining and support to help unemployed people get back into work. The grant is available in Scotland. No funding amounts or deadlines are listed.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Must support unemployed people or young people into work
- Must operate in Scotland
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
This grant is for organisations in Scotland running employment or skills training programmes for young or unemployed people. It is not clear whether sole traders or individuals can apply. If you run a charity, community group, or training provider in Scotland, this could be worth exploring.
Sectors
Regions
Foundation Scotland distributes funds on behalf of other funders and donors. These figures cover awards across all funds they administer.
Awards published
8,598
Typical award
£1,500
Most awards
£500 to £5,000
Most funded region
Scotland
3,547 awards in 2025, up from 2,326 the year before.
Recent awards include Time To Heal (£5,000, 2025), Glenrothes & District Foodbank Community Project (£4,700, 2025) and Heathhall Community Council (£4,000, 2025).
Contains data from 360Giving publishers, used under open licence.
Full details from Foundation Scotland
Employment and skills training for young people who are unemployed, and in re-training and support for unemployed people to get them back into work.
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