Grant Directories

The Partnership Grants scheme for SEND Students funds schools and colleges up to £3,000 to work in partnership with STEM professionals from academia or industry to run an investigative STEM project that is designed for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The funding can be used to purchase equipment for projects in science, mathematics, engineering, or computing (STEM). 

LoveReading exists because reading matters, and books change lives. Through the Funding for Schools Scheme schools can apply for between £1000 and £5000 to fund books with a specific focus on reading for pleasure. Textbooks and curriculum books will not be funded. Areas for Consideration will include: Schools with income deprivation or cultural deprivation; FSM; IDACI; Literacy levels; Schools looking to improve standards. PTAs are not eligible to apply, the application needs to come directly from the school. 

The Garfield Weston Foundation is a charitable grant-making foundation, which supports a wide range of causes across the UK, donating over £90 million annually. Through the Projects/Specific Activity Grant programme the foundation provides funding for a specific project or area of the applicant organisations work. It will have a defined scope of work and timetable, for example: a theatre’s outreach project with marginalised communities over a nine month period; a health organisation’s advice and information service over two years. Grants vary depending on the total cost and scope of the project however grants tend to be 10–20% of the  total project cost.

The Ernest Cook Trust is an educational charity who aim to help the nation better understand the environment. Through the Outdoor Essentials Grant is a £500 award to UK State funded Primary and Secondary Schools to enable them to get their pupils learning outdoors.

The Wolfson Foundation awards grants to support and promote excellence in education, science & medicine, the arts & humanities and health & disability. Through its Funding for Secondary Schools and Sixth Form Colleges funding stream the Foundation aims to support high-achieving state-funded secondary schools and sixth form colleges to improve the teaching of science, computer science, design and technology, art, languages, music and performing arts at GCSE and A-Level. Grants are generally awarded towards new builds, refurbishment and technical equipment.

Classics for All, which aims to develop the teaching of classics such as Latin, Greek, classical civilisation and ancient history in UK state schools has opened its grants programme.The focus of the grant making is on providing direct support for schools, consortia of schools and other partners interested in engaging with Classics, especially in areas where there is limited or no access to school provision. Some of the activities CfL will support are: Start up sessions eg after school clubs; Introducing classical languages; Developing Classics; Introducing Classics to the curriculum; Classics across the curriculum and Strengthening teaching capacity.

The Toy Trust is the charity of the UK toy industry, providing grants to help disadvantaged and disabled children in the UK and internationally. It raises funds through donations and events organised by industry stakeholders, including manufacturers, retailers, and suppliers. The charity supports projects that offer play opportunities, with a focus on improving children's physical and mental well-being. Eligible applicants include charities and non-profit organisations working with children in need.

The Boshier-Hinton Foundation exists to improve quality of life for people with disabilities or learning difficulties, and their families, in any part of the country, by making donations to charitable institutions providing facilities and advocacy for children and adults with special educational or other needs: or by making donations to other registered Charities: or by making donations to local community charities or other agencies in any part of the country whose objects are no wider than the charity's own, or to any charity for particular purposes which fall within the Foundation's objects.

The object of the Alice McCosh Trust is to advance education by providing or assisting with grants for work or study related to natural history and/or the environment. It is anticipated that the Trustees will award a grant in the region of £600 to £1000. The grant could, for example, cover the cost of a school field trip or project, an expedition as part of a research project or the development of new teaching materials for schools or institutes of higher education.

The Wixamtree Trust is a general grant-making Trust that focuses most of their support on organisations (including schools) and projects based or operating in Bedfordshire. In addition the Trustees support a small number of national charities with whom the Trusts, main benefactor had been associated with during his life. The Trustees meet four times each year, usually in January, April, July and November to consider funding requests.

The MacRobert Trust makes grants to registered charities in the areas of Services and Sea; Education and Training; Children and Youth; Science, Engineering and Technology; Agriculture and Horticulture; and Tarland and the Local Area. Grants can range between £1,000 and £50,000 and occasionally the Trustees make a recurring grant of up to three years. In addition a small grants programme facilitates awards of up to £10,000.

The BBC Children in Need Main Grants programme distributes grants of over £10,000 to not for profit organisations such as Registered charities; Voluntary organisations; Schools ; Churches; and Community groups, etc  that work with disadvantaged children below the age of 18 living in the UK. In particular, grants are available for projects that help children and young people of 18 years and under experiencing illness, distress, abuse or neglect; any kind of disability; behavioural or psychological difficulties; and / or living in poverty or situations of deprivation. Applications should demonstrate how your project will change the lives of children for the better.

The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies was founded to advance the study of Greek language, literature, history, art and archaeology in the Ancient, Byzantine and Modern periods. The Society aims to help those engaged in Hellenic Studies at all levels, and to this end it makes grants of various kinds to schools, universities and other institutions, undergraduates, graduate students and young researchers. The Society also manages the Dover Fund, whose purposes are to further the study of the history of the Greek language in any period from the Bronze Age to the 15th century AD, and to further the edition and exegesis of Greek texts, including papyri and inscriptions, from any period within those same limits. For schools, funding goes towards the development of new courses in Greek books & other teaching materials Classics days or conferences Greek plays by schools summer schools.

The Classical Association offers grants to support educational projects related to classical studies, particularly for teachers and educational institutions. Grants can fund activities like field trips, events, workshops, or other initiatives that promote the study of ancient languages, history, and culture. UK-based teachers, schools, and universities can apply, with priority given to projects that widen access to classical subjects or engage a broader range of students.

The Armourers & Brasiers' Company offers grants to UK schools to support science education. The grants provide £600 for primary schools and £1,000 for secondary schools, enabling them to purchase science equipment, run enrichment projects, or participate in science events and competitions. The programme aims to enhance practical science learning, with a focus on materials science. Schools can apply for these grants annually but cannot reapply in consecutive years.

Through the scheme grants are available to support teachers, scientists and engineers help develop science projects. The aim is to make the teaching of science more interesting within primary and secondary schools. The Partnership grants scheme forms partnerships to allow teachers to increase their scientific knowledge and to give scientists and engineers the chance to develop their communication skills and engage with enquiring young minds. Applications must be made together with the partner, and need to be signed by the teacher, partner and schools' headteacher.

The Japan Society Small Grants (formerly Japan 21 Awards) are made by the Society to enable small scale projects and events related to Japan to take place in the UK. Applications may be made by organisations as well as individuals who are based in the UK for projects and events related to Japan and Japanese culture.  The maximum award is £1,000 and should not, in principle, cover more than 50% of the total budget. The Japan Society particularly encourages applications from those who are involved in organising grassroots projects and from schools and educational establishments.  Applications can be made at any time.

The Jerusalem Trust makes available to schools a number of grants to support the purchase of resources for teaching Christianity in Religious Education. These can include textbooks, teacher resources, artefacts, videos, tapes and CD-roms for use in RE lessons. The scheme is open to state secondary schools in England and Wales, including middle and upper. There are no primary school grants available.  The maximum size of any grant is £600 and applications can be submitted at any time.

The Roman Society is the leading organisation in the United Kingdom for those interested in the study of Rome and the Roman Empire. The Society's Schools Committee makes grants to schools to help promote the teaching of Latin and Roman studies. Most of the grants are awarded for the purchase of textbooks and other books on Roman topics, but the Committee also makes awards to groups and schools organising lectures or study days on Roman themes, and has recently made money available for archaeology fieldwork bursaries. Applications from schools planning to start courses in Latin are particularly welcome.  Grants usually range from £50 to £600.

The Frederick Soddy Trust offers support for study which includes human geography: the social, economic and cultural life of specific regions within the United Kingdom, Ireland or elsewhere in the world. Schools wishing to undertake expeditions including human as well as physical geography may apply for this Award Scheme. Priority will be given to those schools that have not received a grant in recent years, and also to those that have at least a strong element of human geography. Preference will be given to those schools applying for funds for expeditions or field study in the United Kingdom and Ireland as opposed to countries elsewhere in the world.

The Edward Gostling Foundation provides grants to other UK charities with the aim of enhancing quality of life for people in need, more particularly those living on very low incomes who have a physical and/or a mental disability or the elderly. Grants are available under the following 4 themes: Health and Wellbeing; Independent Living at Home; Respite; Transition.

The World Traders supports a range of educational projects in line with its objectives: To promote, encourage and foster World Trade in all its aspects; To further education training and advancement courses in connection with world trading activities and To establish and upkeep scholarships, bursaries, prizes and research. Proposals are invited from a variety of non profit - making organisations involved in educational projects, as well as other educational and training institutions. Financial support for any one project will normally be in the range of £1,000 to £5,000 per annum. Amounts given by the Company should not represent more than 50% of total project funding (in terms of money not resources).

The Ogden Trust is a grant making charitable trust that exists to promote the teaching and learning of physics. The Trustees do this  by enabling innovative physics teaching to take place in schools, often forging links to universities. Trustees also address the shortage of physics teachers in the UK by funding programmes that encourage young graduates and career changers to go into teaching. Details of all available programmes are available on the funder's website.

Grants are available to support projects that increase the understanding and appreciation, particularly among young people, of the environmental, social, and economic potential of trees, woodlands and forests and of the link between the tree and everyday wood products. Eligible project costs include hire of people, for example, supply teachers, advice, training hire or purchase of materials, machinery or services and paying for printing and publicity for projects. There is also a special grant for development work. Only Forest Education Initiative Cluster Groups are eligible to apply.

The Universal Music UK Sound Foundation provides grants of up to £1,000 for schools in the UK and Ireland to purchase musical instruments or equipment. The grants are aimed at schools that teach the national curriculum, enhancing access to music education. However, private music centers, businesses, and community projects are not eligible. Applications are accepted twice a year, with deadlines in March and October. Schools must apply individually, and returning applicants must wait for two rounds before reapplying.