Fund to leave 2026

The Scottish Government’s Fund to Leave is open to applications, and we are a delivery partner. The fund offers women based in Scotland up to £1,000 for essentials to support the costs of leaving, planning to leave or staying left from an abusive relationship. This might include costs related to moving home or increasing safety to enable a woman to remain in her own home.
The fund is limited and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis by fund delivery partners

Local

• CHAPS – http://www.chap.org.uk
• Better Off North Ayrshire – email: betteroff@chap.org.uk
• North Ayrshire Council – https://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk

STAR Centre Ayrshire – https://starcentreayrshire.org

National

• Scottish Women’s Aid – https://womensaid.scot
• National Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline – https://sdafmh.org.uk
• Rape Crisis Scotland – https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
• Scotland’s LGBT Domestic Abuse Project – https://lgbtdomesticabuse.org.uk
• Shakti Women’s Aid – https://shaktiedinburgh.co.uk
• Hemat Gryffe Women’s Aid – http://www.hematgryffe.org.uk
• Victim Support Scotland – https://victimsupport.scot
• Amina Muslim Women Resource Centre – https://mwrc.org.uk
• Job Centre Near Me – https://www.jobcentrenearme.com/

Violence Against Women Projects

• Engender – https://www.engender.org.uk
• End Violence Against Women – https://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk
• Zero Tolerance – https://www.zerotolerance.org.uk
• White Ribbon Campaign – https://www.whiteribbon.org.uk

Children & Young People

• Childline – https://www.childline.org.uk
• Love Respect – https://loverespect.co.uk
• LGBT Youth Scotland – https://www.lgbtyouth.org.uk
• Children 1st – https://www.children1st.org.uk
• NSPCC – https://www.nspcc.org.uk
• ThinkUKnow – https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk
• YoungScot – https://young.scot
• Papyrus – https://papyrus-uk.org/news/

LGBT+

• SafeLives – http://www.safelives.org.uk
• Galop – http://www.galop.org.uk
• LGBT Foundation – https://lgbt.foundation
• a:gender – http://www.agender.org.uk
• Stop Domestic Abuse – https://stopdomesticabuse.uk
• The Beaumont Society – https://www.beaumontsociety.org.uk
• Scottish Transgender Alliance – https://www.scottishtrans.org
• Equality Network – https://www.equality-network.org
• Stonewall Scotland – https://www.stonewallscotland.org.uk
• LGBT Helpline Scotland – https://www.lgbthealth.org.uk