Extra chance of a three-year grant award from SCT

June 24th 2026

Shetland Charitable Trust (SCT) is offering £136,000 in extra grant money to large local charitable organisations.

Expressions of interest can be made now for a share of the funds. Those who meet the basic criteria will progress to a Stage 2 application, which requires more detail.

Organisations can apply for funding to cover up to three years, which is when SCT’s financial strategy for 2025-2030 ends.

The closing date for submitting an expression of interest is noon on Friday 21^st August.

The pot of £136,000 is in addition to the £10 million a year already allocated to support more than 30 community services under the Large Grant Scheme 2027/28. All SCT’s grant awards are geared towards improving life in Shetland.

SCT has four key quality of life goals: community wellbeing, individual wellbeing, everyone matters and generational fairness. Those applying for funds are required to contribute to at least one of these goals.

Full details and forms are available from the Apply for Funding section of the SCT website or by email from grants@shetlandcharitabletrust.co.uk

Testimonials

The funding COPE Ltd receives from the Shetland Charitable Trust supports us in many ways. It allows us to develop and maintain a strong foundation to our core business and assists us to provide on-going employment skill development opportunities to people with disabilities living within Shetland. COPE Ltd highly values the support provided to our organisation by The Shetland Charitable Trust.

“The substantial grant made to us by Shetland Charitable Trust every year allows us to provide first-class facilities and dedicated staff to underpin sporting success among people of all ages and abilities in the islands.”

Having this core funding from the Charitable Trust means that we can use that money where we need it at any given time. It's multi-year funding which really takes the pressure off. To have the funding to keep going is really important as it is improving the lives of disabled folk in Shetland.

The funding that we get from the Charitable Trust pays for part of staff support and matching with other funders. Without local funders we wouldn't have national funders, and without either of those funders, we wouldn't be able to do this, so funding from the Shetland Charitable Trust is incredibly important.

The funding Shetland Arts gets from Shetland Charitable Trust is about making sure the organisation can thrive, access other funds, and deliver on behalf of the community of Shetland. Our funding from the Shetland Charitable Trust really helps us with our conversations with national funders because it shows that we're working on behalf of what the local objectives and priorities are.

The Access to Leisure scheme was introduced to allow folk to be able to get access to classes and activities for a lower cost. I feel that the SRT play a critical role in every community across Shetland and that's all down to the funding of the Shetland Charitable Trust that we're able to maintain that.

Unpaid carers do an amazing job looking after people 24/7 in their own homes, keeping them living at home safely, and they really need help to do that. Thanks to the funding from Shetland Charitable Trust, we've been able to employ a deputy manager, recruit more care attendants, and provide overnights. We're also really grateful for the funding because it means that everybody can get the service for free.