Scoutscymru primarily funds Scouting groups, districts, and areas across Wales, with a strong emphasis on making youth development opportunities more accessible, inclusive, and locally led. Its grants support everything from start-up sections and volunteer recruitment to capital improvements, equipment, and small youth-designed projects, so the organization is clearly focused on strengthening the Scouting network rather than funding outside nonprofits broadly. A distinctive feature is that some programs are designed to give young people direct grant-making experience, while others provide flexible help for inclusion and resilience when costs would otherwise block participation.
Primarily small, Wales-only grants to Scout groups and related local units, with a mix of scheduled grant rounds and some flexible, needs-based support. Funding includes fixed microgrants (often around £250), small regional awards, and occasional larger capital/equipment support; some programs are competitive and event-based, while resilience funding can be considered outside the normal schedule.
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Apply through the relevant ScoutsCymru grant route for your program area and be prepared to show how the funding will directly benefit young people in Wales. For Small Grants, expect regional rounds and a presentation-style process; for capital, inclusion, and adult-support funds, tie the request to specific costs, local fundraising, and clear outcomes. Resilience funding may be available outside the normal schedule, so groups with urgent barriers to participation should contact ScoutsCymru early.
Current and upcoming funding from Scoutscymru that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Available to groups seeking to make scouting projects more inclusive and accessible.
Deadline: Four rounds each year; 2026 deadlines listed as 11pm 25 January, 11pm 06 April, 11pm 29 June, and 11pm 28 September.
Who can apply: Open to groups, districts, and areas needing support for large capital projects alongside fundraising.
Deadline: Four rounds each year; 2026 deadlines listed as 11pm 25 January, 11pm 06 April, 11pm 29 June, and 11pm 28 September.
Who can apply: Available to any new Scouting section.
Deadline: Four rounds each year; 2026 deadlines listed as 11pm 25 January, 11pm 06 April, 11pm 29 June, and 11pm 28 September.
Who can apply: Available to groups seeking support for adult volunteer recruitment, induction, training, and retention.
Deadline: Four rounds each year; 2026 deadlines listed as 11pm 25 January, 11pm 06 April, 11pm 29 June, and 11pm 28 September.
Who can apply: Regional Commissioners in Wales allocate a share of the fund and run the grants process in their region.
Deadline: Applications need to be received by ScoutsCymru HQ by 11pm 25 January, 11pm 06 April, 11pm 29 June, and 11pm 28 September in 2026.
Who can apply: Available to groups; a group may only be awarded a maximum of one grant from this fund per term.
Deadline: Applications are considered outside the normal grant schedule.
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