Grant Directories

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Academic Jewish Studies Sustainability and Enhancement Grant programme the foundation provides grants of up to £150,000 per year for up to four years to reinforce the current strengths of European Jewish Studies by directing funding toward departments that concentrate their research and teaching on subject areas and approaches that distinguish Jewish Studies in Europe from Jewish Studies elsewhere.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Academic Jewish Studies Jewish Language Teaching Fellowship programme the foundation provides funding to cover the salary cost for employing a Teaching Fellow as well as additional costs for teaching resources. Support is available for institutions seeking to enhance their Jewish Studies programme by offering additional Jewish language classes.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Academic Jewish Studies Post Doctoral Fellowship programme the foundation provides grants to cover the full salary cost for employing a post-doctoral fellow as well as additional travel and research costs.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Academic Jewish Studies Doctoral Fellowships programme the foundation provides grants of up to £19,000 per year for up to three years to enable individual students entering their first year of doctoral study to prepare and complete their doctoral dissertation in Jewish Studies at an academic institution in Europe.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Barr Education and Training Fund the foundation provides grants of up to £3,000 to residents of the Barr Community Council area to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment. 

The Turing Scheme is a new UK Government programme which will enable UK students to study and work abroad. UK Further education (FE) and vocational education and training (VET) providers, including colleges, schools, public authorities and organisations hosting, training or working with learners and apprentices in FE and VET can now apply for funding towards delivering placements and exchanges for the 2021-22 academic year. This will include providing funding to help cover travel expenses and costs of living, and administrative funding for delivering the projects. Placements can last from two weeks to 12 months. Funding will vary depending on the type of placement and the country visited.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Ventient Energy A'Chruach Wind Farm Community Fund the foundation provides grants of up to £25,000 to support positive change by investing in a wide range of inspirational, community-led activity that is strategic, positive and creative and helps create a legacy of lasting impact. Applications are expected to address one or more of the following outcomes (or changes for the community): Advance rural regeneration though increasing opportunities for enterprise and vocational training; Enhance infrastructure including affordable housing, transport, broadband, community-owned property and access routes; Establish new community services and seek to improve or expand existing services, particularly with regard to young people and the elderly; Develop and improve community facilities; E...

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Tannach and District Wind Farm Education & Training Fund the foundation provides grants of up to £1,500 to residents of the Tannach and District Community Councils area in Caithness to help them access training and education opportunities that better equip them with the range of skills needed to enter or retain employment in key sectors of the local economy.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the RWE Bad á Cheò Wind Farm Education & Training Fund the foundation provides grants of up to £1,500 to to improve opportunities and livelihoods of people living in the Halkirk District, Lybster, Latheron and Clyth and Watten Community Councils areas. Awards are made to those seeking to undertake training or education in key sectors relevant to the area, as follows: Health and Social Care; Teaching and Education; Food and Drink; Tourism and Customer Services; Culture, Heritage and the Natural Environment; Communications and Information Technology; Renewables, Energy and Climate Change; Engineering, Science, Maths and Technology; Construction and the Trades; Sea based industries.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Middle Balbeggie Wind Farm Education & Training Fund (Fife) the foundation provides grants of up to £800 to help local people with vocational education and training opportunities that will increase their skills and enable access to a wider range of employment opportunities.  It can be used to cover part or all of the course fee, travel costs, essential equipment such as books or IT equipment, childcare and subsistence.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the EDF Renewables Corriemoillie Wind Farm Education & Training Fund (Highlands) the foundation provides grants of up to £3,000 to support a range of education and training activity that leads to the following outcomes: More individuals resident within the Fund Area are equipped with the skills and confidence required to enter into and retain employment in the key sectors the Fund supports; Micro and small businesses are able to create new job opportunities or retain existing jobs that may benefit individuals resident in the Fund Area; Micro and small businesses that employ individuals from the Fund Area have the necessary skills and confidence to grow and sustain their operations in order to secure their long-term future.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the EDF Renewables Burnhead Moss Education & Training Fund the foundation provides grants of up to £3,865 to help local people with vocational education and training opportunities, using local training facilities and contribute to creating job opportunities in the local area.

Foundation Scotland exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the David Doig Foundation funding is available to support a broad range of activities that will enable people to take part in education. This could be around building confidence and self-esteem to enable a return to education, providing opportunities and access to activities that might not otherwise be available to young people due to their circumstances, or working with children who are at risk of or have been excluded from mainstream education.

The Thomas Wall trust is a grant making trust. Through the Grants for Individuals programme the trust provides grants of up to £1,500 to support motivated adults living in the UK to undertake education and training that will increase their chances of employment. Grantees may apply for up to £1,500 towards course fees (the course must be an accredited vocational course up to level 3) and/or costs associated with studying including: child care, travel and mobility costs, and accessible study materials. The Trust will contribute towards funding specialist equipment, but rarely at the maximum grant amount. Individuals may re-apply if their course lasts for more than a year.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Skills, Knowledge and Tools for Jewish Education programme the foundation provides grants of between £15,000 and £40,000 per year to support Jewish community organisations to devise and implement high quality professional development training for their staff and volunteers. As a result, participants will develop stronger Jewish fluency expressed in more educational programming with quality Jewish content reflected in an increased usage of Jewish materials and vocabulary in their activities.

The Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe aims to ensure that Jewish culture and heritage are actively supported, valued and looked after for generations to come. Through the Archives and Libraries Professional Training Programme the foundation provides grants for the training of staff at all levels, including archivists, librarians, conservators, photographers, etc. This may include consultation visits by archival or library experts to European Jewish institutions, as well as learning trips by archival or library staff members seeking to visit experts based at other European institutions. This may also cover visits by professionals to help seek strategic advice for the future of their archive or library.

The Schroder Charity Trust is an independent grant-making Family Trust that has been supporting the charitable and voluntary sector for over 70 years.   The Trust makes grants in the areas of Arts, Culture and heritage; Environment and Conservation; Strengthening Communities; Education, Training and Employment; Health and Wellbeing.

The Theodore Salvesen Memorial Trust is a grant-giving charity with the aim of promoting of the welfare, dignity and efficiency of members and intending members of the British Merchant Navy.  In the last financial year the Trust gave just under £30,000, which supported sixteen individuals who studied for a career in the merchant navy and three charities that offer assistance to retired members of the British Merchant Navy.

The Gatsby Foundation is committed to strengthening the country’s science and engineering skills. The Foundations focus is technical education. The Foundation takes a proactive approach to the work they wish to support and so the vast majority of unsolicited proposals received are unsuccessful. The Foundation are however willing to consider exceptional proposals which fit closely with their specific aims and focus areas of the Secondary and Further Education sectors.

Hospice UK is the National charity for hospice and palliative care. The purpose of the Wolfson bursaries for care home staff is to improve the quality of care given to patients, their carers and families. Funding of up to £1,500 in any one year is available to nurses, healthcare assistants or Allied Health Professionals who are employed by care homes for courses that are detailed in the guidance notes.

Hospice UK is the National charity for hospice and palliative care. The purpose of the Wolfson bursaries for hospice staff is to improve the quality of care given to patients in need of hospice and palliative care, and to their families and carers. The programme aims to improve the professional development of independent staff, increasing their expertise in the work that they do. Bursaries can be used to cover fees for university accredited palliative care courses including degree, masters and PhD level programmes and modules from the same. 

The Education and Training Foundation was established in 2013 to support the continuing transformation of the technical and vocational education system by ensuring that the sector has world class leaders, teachers and trainers. The taking teaching further fund is a national initiative to attract experienced industry professionals with expert technical knowledge and skills to work in Further Education. The focus is on priority sectors, including the first T Level routes, and a fund of up to £5m will be available.

The Ufi Charitable Trust (Ufi) believes that digital technology can play a greater role in enabling adults to get the skills needed for work in the 21st century. Ufi want to see digital technology being used to significantly improve how vocational learning is developed and delivered; and to ‘scale up’ this impact to make vocational learning better, more accessible and more affordable. The VocTech seed funding programme will provide grants of up to £50,000 for the design and development of novel approaches to digital vocational learning; helping to take those ideas through basic prototyping to deliver a first proof of concept prototype. It will also support projects that are looking to extend an existing approach to a new market.

The Cruach Trust is a small Scottish charity that aims to make a difference with its donations. Although the Trust has a preference for supporting gardeners, retired gardeners and for preserving gardens throughout the United Kingdom, donations can be made to a wide range of organisations with charitable objectives in the UK and abroad. Previous grants have been awarded to support horticultural apprenticeships; gardens, wildlife and the natural environment; music, the arts and cultural charities; medical research and support and to organisations working with children, the elderly and vulnerable.

The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution's Gateway Project helps struggling farming people to learn new skills or develop their existing skills so that they can earn extra money off-farm to increase their income to support themselves. Grants can help to train people in areas such as tree surgery, hedge-laying and butchery, livestock foot-trimming, pregnancy scanning, LGV licence training, forklift truck operator courses, medical receptionist training, IT and website design. The scheme is intended for established farmers, on low incomes with limited savings. Farmworkers who are made redundant, or can no longer farm through illness or disability, or for various reasons have to leave the industry, may also be eligible.

UFI Charitable Trust aims to help improve vocational skills in the UK's workforce by funding digital solutions to widening access to vocational learning especially projects involving post school age learners that have failed to be engaged by the education system. The Vocational Learning Technology Fund offers grants of between £15,000 and £50,000 as early-stage funding to organisations looking to develop new services or improve access to and delivery of adult learning through the imaginative use of digital technology. Successful applicants will have demonstrated an understanding of the learning issue they are seeking to address, developed a basic digital prototype, undertaken some feasibility testing with users / beneficiaries to illustrate demand and be able to demonstrate how their venture can be scaled up.

The Edge foundation is an independent education charity who believes that "learning by doing" should be valued equally with academic learning and that all learners should experience a mix of both. The Edge Foundation Innovation and Development Fund is a new £1million grant programme with the objective of supporting innovation and development within technical, practical and vocational learning. All applications for funding must address at least two of the following: support the creation of new institutions; support the development of profound employer engagement; address areas of skills shortages for the UK economy. Grant amounts vary by project but previous awards have been up to £100,000.

The Heathrow Community Fund is part of an independently run grant-making charity LHR Airport Communities Trust which makes donations to community projects and schools local to the airport. The aim of the Fund is to help them create significant and positive social change.

The Steel Charitable Trust is a grant-making trust supporting general charitable purposes. The trustees make grants where they believe that their contribution will make a real difference, grants are made to registered charities in the UK within the areas of; arts and culture; environment; health; education; disadvantaged. Grants are made at regular intervals during the year and the total level of grants is approximately £1,000,000, 30% of these grants will be made to organisations in the Luton and Bedfordshire area. Grants are generally made as single payments between £10,000 and £25,000.

The Thomas Wall Trust offers grants up to £5,000 towards specific projects or core activities that support literacy, numeracy, digital and additional skills for learning that are likely to assist employment prospects. The Trust recognises that the future of the labour market will become increasingly competitive, with employers placing greater emphasis on transferable skills.

The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust is an independent charity operating throughout the world. It was established in 2004 by the Lloyd's Register Group. The Trust funds activities in four categories: supporting excellent scientific research; accelerating the application of research; advancing skills and education; and promoting safety and public understanding of risk. The funding amount is discretionary and applications can be submitted at any time.

The objectives of The Edgar E Lawley Foundation are for general charitable purposes with particular reference to medicine, the needs of elderly persons, and to educational purposes with reference to the arts, commerce and industry. Traditionally the Foundation has given particular assistance to charities in the West Midlands area. The current annual grants programme amounts to approximately £200,000 per annum with a typical grant being in the region of £2,000 per successful applicant. 

The Goldsmiths' Company is one of the Twelve Great Livery Companies of the City of London. Funding is available for charitable works in the areas of  General Welfare, Medical / Disabled and Culture.  Where charities are members, branches or affiliates of an association, appeals are normally accepted from the governing body or head office only.  In the case of church restoration, block grants are made to the National Churches Trust and therefore appeals from individual churches will not normally be considered. Similarly a block grant is made to Children’s Hospices UK, and therefore appeals from individual hospices will not normally be considered.