Education & learning
Michael Sacher Charitable Trust
The trust aims to apply its funds towards a diverse range of general charitable purposes. The causes supported by the trust fall within the following funding categories: arts culture & heritage; education, science & technology; community & welfare; children & youth; medical & disability; overseas aid; and religion. Further details are available from 020 7289 5873.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 101)
Marsh Christian Trust
The trust aims to support general charitable institutions. The causes usually supported by the trust fall broadly with the following categories: social welfare; literature, arts and heritage; environmental causes; conservation and animal welfare; healthcare and medical research; education and training; miscellaneous; and overseas appeals. Grants are only made to registered charities that are experienced in their chosen field of work with particular consideration given towards charities displaying a Christian emphasis. Further details are available from www.marshchristiantrust.org.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 100)
The Foyle Foundation
The foundation supports registered charities whose dominant purpose is either of these two different areas of benefit: learning – where the main priorities of support are libraries, museums & archives and special educational needs and learning difficulties. State funded and special schools also supported; arts – the foundation seeks applications that make a strong artistic case for support in either the performing or visual arts. The main priorities are to help make the arts more accessible by developing new audiences, supporting tours, festivals & arts educational projects, and to encourage new work and support young and emerging artists. Building and infrastructure projects to construct new arts facilities, improve or re-equip existing venues will also be considered. The small grants scheme is also available for the support of smaller UK charities that work at grass roots and local community level. Further details are available from www.foylefoundation.org.uk.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 100)
The Dulverton Trust
The trust awards grants to registered national, regional and local charities in the UK. Priority is given to charities that work in areas where there is severe deprivation and/or isolation. Grants are awarded to organisations under the following categories: youth and education; general welfare; conservation; preservation; peace and humanitarian support; and Africa. Further details are available from www.dulverton.org.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 100)
The Beatrice Laing Trust
The trust makes grants in the following categories: children & youth – child welfare, education, youth development; health & medicine – addiction/ rehabilitation, disability/physical handicap, emergency services, medical welfare & research, mental health/mental handicap; overseas aid – development projects, relief projects; religion – community outreach, religion: home, religion: individuals, religion: overseas; and social welfare – armed Services, community projects, crime reduction/prison welfare, elderly, housing, welfare projects. Further details are available from Elizabeth A Harley, Administrator, tel 020 8238 8890.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 100)
Raskob Foundation
The Raskob Foundation, which is based in the US, is a Catholic Family Foundation that makes grants to projects associated with the Catholic Church internationally as well as in the US. It is currently accepting applications for self-help and local projects with links to Catholic dioceses, Catholic hospitals, or Catholic religious congregations outside the US. Grants tend to be between $5,000 and $15,000. Applications can be made online. There are two application windows a year. The current one is open until 8 August 2010. The next window is open between 8 December 2010 and 8 February 2011.
(Source: fundinginformation.org, 17/6/10)
CLA charitable trust
The CLA (County and Land Association) Trust awards grant funding in support of disabled people in England and Wales. The Trust's aims are to: encourage education about the countryside for those who are disabled or disadvantaged, particularly youngsters from urban areas; provide facilities for those with disabilities to have access to recreation in the countryside; and promote education in agriculture, horticulture and conservation for those who are disabled or disadvantaged. The Trust focuses on smaller projects where the grant makes a real contribution to the success of that project. Applications should be for a specific project or item of capital equipment rather than on-going running costs. Grants rarely exceed £2,000 and the Trustees do not give grants to individuals. Applications can be made at any time.
(Source: Grantfinder Update, April 10)
Peter Cruddas Foundation
The Peter Cruddas Foundation awards grants to UK registered charities for programmes designed to help disadvantaged and disengaged young people to pursue their education, and more generally develop their potential whether through sport or recreation, voluntary programmes or otherwise. There is no minimum or maximum level of grant, and projects can be funded for more than one year.
Idlewild Trust
The Idlewild Trust awards around £120,000 each year in support of the following activities in the United Kingdom: the advancement of education; the encouragement of the performing and fine arts; the preservation for the benefit of the public of lands, buildings and other objects of beauty or historic interest. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities in the UK. The trustees meet to consider applications in May and November each year.
Hedley Foundation
The Hedley Foundation awards grants to registered charities in the UK. Its main objective is to support projects concerned with the education, training and health and welfare of young people in the UK. It also funds projects providing support for carers of disabled people and the terminally ill, and provides funding for the purchase of specialist medical equipment. The average grant awarded is £3,000. Grants are awarded on a one-off basis and may only be used to cover project costs rather than core, revenue, salary or transport costs. The Trustees meet six times a year to consider grant applications. The 2010 meeting dates are as follows: 29 September, 24 November. Applications must be received at least three weeks prior to a meeting to be eligible for consideration.
(Source: Grantfinder Update Jan 10)
Dulverton Trust
The Dulverton Trust awards grant funding to charitable organisations in the UK working in the following areas: youth and education; general welfare; conservation; preservation; peace and humanitarian support; Africa. The Trust offers two types of grant:
- Major Grants with no fixed limit are available to charities with an annual income below £50 million and that operate nationally or across the geographical regions of the UK.
- Minor Grants up to a maximum of £3,500 are available to smaller charities with an annual income below £400,000 that are usually working at a local or county level.
Applications can be made at any time.
(Source: Grantfinder Update Jan 10)
The Taylor Family Foundation
The objects of the foundation are to help and support children and young people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, in the areas of education, health, recreation and the performing arts. Further details are available from www.thetaylorfamilyfoundation.co.uk.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, issue 91)
BT Community Connections
The BT Community Connections IT award scheme is once again open for applications from community and charitable organisations which want to get online. Groups from anywhere in the UK or Republic of Ireland, able to demonstrate how an award will benefit their work and the local community, can apply for a laptop and a year's worth of broadband connection.
(Source: VolResource News No 401)
Porticus UK/The Waterside Trust
The Waterside Trust/Porticus UK is inviting applications from organisations within England, Scotland or Wales seeking to strengthen family relationships, enrich education and promote the ethics and social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church in practice. Though the Catholic faith is central to the work of the Trust, and the role of the laity a particular priority, applications are accepted from organisations of any faith, or none. Grants tend to range from £10,000 to £25,000. There is four programme areas: strengthening family values; enriching education; transformation through faith; and ethics in practice. Applications are accepted as received. Applications are available here.
(Source: fundinginformation.org, 26/8/09)
Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
The Foundation awards grants to a variety of categories including: education; youth; community; environment/conservation; health and welfare. Generally grants awarded will range from between £200 and £5,000. Grants will only be made to registered charities including schools in the UK. There is no application form – all submissions should be made in the form of a covering letter to the Director. Further details are available from Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation, 20 Berkley Square, London W1J 6LH. Tel: 020 7408 2198, fax: 020 7499 5859, email office@sunleyfoundation.com.
British Council - English Language Teaching Research (Eltra) Awards
This new scheme aims to fund a number of awards to facilitate the production of innovative research designed to benefit the learning and teaching of English around the world. Any person resident in the UK with an affiliation to a UK educational institution is eligible to apply. Further details are available from the British Council’s website.
The Joshua Trust Group
The Trust supports religious organisations, institutions of higher and further education, and institutions caring for the poor and sick. The Trust supports organisations in both the United Kingdom and abroad. Further details are available from R Grussgott, tel 020 8238 2888, email info@shearsandpartners.co.uk.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 87)
The Equitable Charitable Trust
The aim of the Trust is the advancement of the education of young persons under 25 years, in particular for those who are mentally or physically disabled or disadvantaged in some way. Grants fall into three broad categories: projects or services of an educational nature that supports the learning and development of disabled children and young people in the UK; projects of an educational nature for disadvantaged children and young people in the UK, particularly those that support the delivery of the national curriculum or vocational learning opportunities; and overseas projects that will help increase participation in, or improve the quality of, education for disadvantaged or disabled children and young people in developing countries. Grants made by the trust can be allocated towards project costs, capital expenditure, equipment and/or the salary costs of a post. Further details are available from here.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 87)
Nominet Trust
Applications are being invited to support UK-based and international Internet-related initiatives in the sectors of education, research and development, safety and social inclusion. Projects should meet the needs of the Trust’s target groups, which are young people, older people, people with disabilities, people with illnesses, and generally those that are disadvantaged or vulnerable. As you might expect, applications are taken online. There is an initial eligibility questionnaire available. The Trust’s website is at www.nominettrust.org.uk.
(Source: fundinginformation.org, 1 May 09)
Additional events £500 grant!
Additional Youth Work Week Events 20 projects will be selected by an independent judging panel, with a grant of up to £500 to help pay for the costs associated with setting up and promoting special events that are being organised in addition to those that would normally take place.
The Sobell Foundation
The Foundation will support applications from registered charities in the following areas: medical care and treatment, including respite care and hospices; care for physically and mentally disabled adults and children; education and training for adults and children with physical and learning disabilities; care and support of the elderly; care and support for children; homelessness. Further details are available from www.sobellfoundation.org.uk or email enquiries@sobellfoundation.org.uk.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 85)
Margaret Davies Charity
Registered charitable organisations, which benefit the people of Wales, are supported in the following areas: the visual arts; the performing arts; education; health and social; and provision for youth. Further details are available from Margaret Davies Charity, The Offices, Plas Dinam, Llandinam, Powys SY17 5DQ. Tel 01686 689172.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 86)
Legacy Trust UK
The aims of the trust are to make awards to individuals or organisations for charitable purposes including the following areas: cultural; educational; health sporting; and other charitable activities for the benefit of the community. The Trust aims to fund a range of cultural and sporting activities with the hope to leave a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games in communities throughout the UK. Further details are available from here.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 86)
The Djanogly Foundation
The Foundation will support developments in: medicine, education, social welfare and the arts. Grants are also made to fund projects that relieve distress and promote the welfare of the aged and the young. Further details are available from The Djanogly Foundation, tel 020 7930 9845.
(Source: Charity Funding Report, Issue 85)
Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards (UK)
The Tesco Charity Trust has announced that it is now accepting applications for projects that support children and their education and welfare. The funding is available to schools, community and voluntary groups who can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £4,000. The Tesco Charity Trust has been in existence since 1987 and aims to provide approximately £600,000 in grants each year. Previous projects supported have included a sensory garden; outdoor classrooms; breakfast and after school clubs; holiday play-schemes; and part funding to purchase minibuses.
(Source: Grants Online, June 10)
