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Making a difference with the Scottish Children's Lottery

We believe that every child deserves the best start in life, whatever their family’s circumstances.

That’s why we’ve made it our mission to make a real difference to the lives of children in Scotland and when you play our lottery, you’re helping us do just that!

Our players have helped us raise over £8.5 million for children in Scotland so far, with funding reaching projects as near as Glasgow and as far as the Western Isles.

Through The Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust, we support a wide variety of charities and good causes who are providing help to children and communities who need it most.

Visit The Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust website to find out more about how your plays benefit young people in Scotland and how your charity can apply for funding.

See below for some of the good causes that have received funding raised by the Scottish Children's Lottery:

Year

Grants Awarded 2025

Name Amount
3rd Falkirk Boys’ Brigade Company £1000.00
Achieve More Scotland £1000.00
Ayr United Football Academy £1000.00
Back Onside £1000.00
Balls and Boots £1018.00
Barnhill After School Care Club SCIO £1000.00
Big Hearts Community Trust £1000.00
Blantyre Celtic Community Football Club £1000.00
Bluevale CC £1000.00
Bright Sparks SCIO £1000.00
Caring Operations Joint Action Council £1000.00
Carrick Rugby Football Club SCIO £1000.00
Cash for Kids Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife & Falkirk £1000.00
Children’s Holiday Venture £1000.00
Clyde FC Community Foundation £1000.00
Cornton Out Of School Care £1000.00
Create Paisley £1000.00
Cumnock arts makes people smile (CAMPS) £1000.00
Diversity Bridge SCIO £1000.00
Dr Bell’s Family Centre £1000.00
Dundee International Womens Centre £1029.00
Dundee West Community Trust £1000.00
Dunoon Burgh Hall Trust £1000.00
Edinburgh Old Town Development Trust £1000.00
Edinburgh Science Foundation £1000.00
Eildon West Youth Hub (TD1 Youth Hub) £1000.00
Encore Stars Academy £1000.00
Equi-Power Central Scotland RDA £1000.00
Families First St Andrews £1000.00
Families Like Us (Juniors) £1000.00
Fife Gingerbread £1000.00
Forces Children Scotland £1000.00
Fostering Compassion (SCIO) £1000.00
Freedom from Torture £1000.00
Garnock Valley Pipes and Drums SCIO £1000.00
Glasgow Acting Academy SCIO £1000.00
Grampian Society for the Blind operating as North East Sensory Services (NESS) £1000.00
Healing for the Heart £1000.00
Hearts & Minds £1000.00
Hebridean Pursuits Outdoor Learning £1000.00
Home Link Family Support - HLFS £1000.00
Irvine Community Sports Club, £1000.00
Islay & Jura Community Enterprises Limited £1000.00
Justness £1000.00
LASC Childcare Services Ltd £1000.00
lauderdale youth football club £1000.00
Methilhill Community Childrens Initiative £1000.00
Montrose Community Trust £1000.00
Motherwell FC Trust £1095.00
Nil by Mouth Charitable Trust £1000.00
Ochil Tower School £1000.00
Park Villa Community Sports Hub £1000.00
Pennypit Community Trust £1061.00
Play Therapy Base £1000.00
Positive Help £1000.00
Quarriers £1000.00
Radio Clyde Cash For Kids £1000.00
Rainbow Days £1000.00
Re-Act: Refugee Action Scotland £1000.00
Rossvale FC £1000.00
Royston Youth Action £1000.00
Scottish Action for Mental Health £1000.00
Scottish Youth Dance £1000.00
Shaping Life £1000.00
South West of Scotland Piping & Drumming Academy £1000.00
Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland £1000.00
St Columba’s Hospice Care £1000.00
St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation £1016.00
Stirling Young Carers £1000.00
Strathmore Trust £1002.00
Sunshine Wishes Children’s Charity £1000.00
Super Power Agency £1000.00
Support for Families £1000.00
Tailor Ed Foundation £1000.00
Tarbert After School Care £1000.00
Team Jak £1114.00
Teapot Trust £1018.00
The Archie Foundation £1070.00
The BIG Project £1000.00
The Central Park Community Trust (Cowden in the Community) £1000.00
The Conservation Volunteers £1000.00
The Edinburgh Combat Project £1000.00
The Muirhead Outreach Project Ltd £1000.00
The Speech Language Communication Company £1000.00
theGKexperience SCIO £1000.00
This Is Me Highland £1000.00
Tranent Youth and Community Facility £1000.00
Tullochan £1000.00
Urban Uprising £1000.00
Vics in the Community £1000.00
Volunteering Matters £1000.00
West Lothian Youth Foundation Ltd £1000.00
YMCA Edinburgh £1000.00

Apply for funding

Charities supporting children in Scotland can apply for grants via our charity website:

The Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust (Scottish Charity Number SC046177)

Our charity has a group of trustees that will determine which applications will be successful for funding.

To be eligible to apply for a Scottish Children’s Lottery Trust grant, applying organisations should meet the following criteria:

  • The organisation applying should be a registered charity in Scotland with a charity bank account. It should also return annual accounts.
  • The money is for a project delivered in Scotland.
  • The charities accounts are up to date.
  • Work with the most vulnerable children, young people and families at a demonstrably high risk of being negatively impacted by poverty.
  • Demonstrate involvement of individuals and communities that understand and have experience of the issues that poverty presents.
  • Work outside, or supplementary to, statutory responsibilities.
  • Clearly demonstrate positive impacts and can deliver end of grant analysis reports.
  • We ask for charities to have a level of match funding in place to support their project or activity

We will not fund:

  • Statutory agencies or projects or activities which are a statutory responsibility.
  • We do not accept applications for any charitable arm of a Local Authority, Arms Length External Organisations (ALEO’s), Housing Associations or their charitable arms.
  • We do not accept applications from Community Interest Companies (CIC).
  • A project or activity that takes place outside of Scotland.
  • Retrospective or deficit funding or repayment of loans.
  • Administration costs (including marketing and IT).
  • Projects or activities undertaken by any organisation other than by registered charities.
  • Projects that require funding for more than one year.

For further details about prizes, proceeds and grants, please visit our More Information page.