Funding opportunities with Scottish Rural Network

Rural funding is at the heart of SRN’s goal.

We not only are able to provide funding ourselves, but champion all those who provided funding to boost rural communities.

The Scottish Rural Network (SRN) has teamed up with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisation’s Funding Scotland to provide an advanced online funding search to help you find funding for your charity, community group or social enterprise.

The service is free to use and to start searching for funding you must register or login. Please note, this will be different to your SRN login information.

Scottish Government Schemes 

Direct Payments (Pillar 1) and Scottish Rural Development Programme (Pillar 2) – Agri-Environment, Forestry and other schemes which support economic, environmental and social measures to benefit rural Scotland.

Your Search results

  • Agritourism Futures: Learning Journey To Shropshire

    Euan Armstrong, Scottish Agritourism In March 2025 we supported a cohort of new entrants to agritourism sector to take part in a learning journey to Shropshire. The trip, developed and hosted by Scottish Agritourism, provided a valuable opportunity to gain inspiration, exchange ideas, and connect with business owners. In this blog article Euan Armstrong of Scottish Agritourism shares his experience of the trip and reflects on the learning gained.

  • Community Enterprise in Rural and Island Scotland

    Community Enterprise supports the development and sustainability of rural and island communities across Scotland. This case study highlights three examples of innovative approaches and business, supporting and sustaining rural and island communities. This case study is the second in a series of case studies focusing on community led local development. 

    Funding received: Various

    Awarded from: Community Led Local Deveopment

  • How CLLD supports Village Halls and Community Spaces

    "Organisations at the heart of the community are best placed to deliver services for the community." Anne Macleod, Operations Manager, Comunn Eachdraidh Nis This case study is the first in a series of case studies focusing on community led local development and community led enterprise. 

    Funding received: Various

    Awarded from: Community Led Local Development

  • Community Ownership Fund

    Community organisations still have time to apply for the Community Ownership Fund to help take ownership of assets which are at risk.

  • Find more funding

    There are many other organisations who may be offering funding that will help you, and our handy funding search tool brings them all together.

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