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Education & Training Grants in London

Browse 47 funders supporting education & training charities in London.

London charities working in education & training can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. With 47 funders currently listed, London has strong coverage for education & training projects. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Education & Training grants directory and the London regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to education & training funders
Education funders expect clear, measurable learning outcomes in your application. Define specific targets such as reading age improvements, qualification attainment rates, or skills acquisition benchmarks, and explain how you will track progress against them. Reference any quality marks, Ofsted ratings, or accreditation your organisation holds — these signal credibility and rigour to grant-makers. Present your cost-per-learner or cost-per-outcome figures to demonstrate value for money, as education funders are particularly focused on efficient use of resources. Show clear progression routes for participants: how does your programme connect to the next stage of their learning or employment journey rather than operating in isolation? If your training leads to recognised qualifications or certifications, highlight this prominently. Demonstrate alignment with national curriculum standards or sector-specific frameworks where relevant, and explain how your approach fills gaps that mainstream provision does not address. Strong applications show evidence of what works — reference pilot data, external evaluations, or published research that supports your methodology. Include partnerships with schools, colleges, employers, or sector bodies that validate your approach and create pathways for learners beyond your programme.

Education & Training Funders in London

47 funders found

A G Manly Charitable Trust

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The A G Manly Charitable Trust, also known as The Manly Trust, was established in 1991 by Graham Manly OBE in memory of his father Alfred Manly, both ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Berkeley Charitable Foundation

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The Berkeley Charitable Foundation, established in 2011 by the Berkeley Group, is a corporate foundation dedicated to empowering young people and comm...

Grant Range
Up to £90,000

Big Issue Invest Trust

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Big Issue Invest Trust (BIIT), the charitable arm of Big Issue Invest within the Big Issue Group, was established in 1994 (originally as the Local Inv...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Cadogan Charity

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The Cadogan Charity, established in 1966 by the Cadogan family with roots in the Earls Cadogan's estate wealth, is a UK grant-making trust chaired by ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Carr-Gregory Trust

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The Carr-Gregory Trust is a long-established, low-profile grant-making charity dedicated to supporting UK-registered charities in arts, education, hea...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Charity of Sir Richard Whittington

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The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington, established in 1424 under Mercers' Company trusteeship, embodies a historic legacy of poverty relief and oppor...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £120,000

Childhood Trust

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The Childhood Trust, a London-based charity founded in 2013 by Grant Gordon, works to alleviate poverty's impact on children and young people across t...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund

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The Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund, established in 1955 as a charitable trust, supports effective youth provision for Jewish children and yo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

City Solicitors Educational Trust

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The City Solicitors Educational Trust, founded in 1989 by leading City of London law firms, initially addressed declining public funding for universit...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Cooks Charity

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The Cooks Charity, the philanthropic arm of the Worshipful Company of Cooks—a City of London Livery Company with roots in the 12th century—champions e...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £20,000

Delapage Limited

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Delapage Limited is a UK charity established in 1978 by Jack and Joseph Ackerman to support the Orthodox Jewish community, advancing Orthodox Jewish f...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £150,000

Dischma Charitable Trust

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The Dischma Charitable Trust is a private, family-founded discretionary grantmaking charity registered in England and Wales since 1999, governed by se...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Drapers Charitable Fund

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The Drapers Charitable Fund, administered by the historic Worshipful Company of Drapers founded in 1364 by woollen cloth merchants, upholds a mission ...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund

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The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund, an independent registered charity established in 1993 with Queen Elizabeth II's consent, channels proceeds fro...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

Federation of London Youth Clubs

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The Federation of London Youth Clubs, publicly known as London Youth, is a historic charity established in 1887 with roots in the 19th-century ragged ...

Grant Range
£1,750 - £50,000

French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust

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The French Huguenot Church of London Charitable Trust, rooted in assets accumulated by London's Huguenot churches since the 16th century and incorpora...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Greater London Authority

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The Greater London Authority (GLA), established by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and operational since July 2000, serves as London's strategic...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £100,000

Hari Prasad Shastri Charitable Trust

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The Hari Prasad Shastri Charitable Trust, established in 1967 from the estate of Dr. Hari Prasad Shastri—a renowned Sanskrit scholar and teacher of Ad...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £36,300

Hymans Robertson Foundation

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The Hymans Robertson Foundation, established in 2016 by Hymans Robertson LLP as its charitable arm, drives sustained social impact through grant-makin...

Grant Range
Up to £1,000

Innholders' Charitable Foundation

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The Innholders' Charitable Foundation, established in 2014 as the charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Innholders—a City of London Livery Compa...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust

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The Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust is a UK charity dedicated to advancing education by providing supplementary resources to state-funded academies...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Lawrence Atwell's Charity (Skinners' Company)

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Lawrence Atwell's Charity, established in 1588 by Exeter Skinner Lawrence Atwell and administered by the Skinners' Company, is dedicated to freeing di...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Lightbulb Trust

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The Lightbulb Trust is an independent family foundation established in West London in 2019 by Salome and Ben Holden, with Salome as CEO and trustee on...

Grant Range
Contact funder

London Freemasons Charity

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The London Freemasons Charity (LFC), established in 2000 as the London Masonic Charitable Trust and run by trustees from the Metropolitan Grand Lodge ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £10,000

Lovington Foundation

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The Lovington Foundation is a family charitable trust established in 2013 by James Lupton CBE (charity number 1151072), governed by Lord and Lady Lupt...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Man Group PLC Charitable Trust

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Man Group PLC Charitable Trust, established in 1978 and funded by Man Group plc, is a UK-based philanthropy arm dedicated to creating opportunities fo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,500

Margaret Killbery Foundation

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The Margaret Killbery Foundation, established by the family of educator Margaret Killbery, advances access to and participation in the arts, with prim...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £50,000

Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians

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The Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians, trading as the London Music Fund, is an independent charity established in 2011 with the Mayor as Patr...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £15,000

Mayor's Fund for London

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The Mayor's Fund for London is an independent, non-partisan charity established in 2008 with the patronage of the Mayor of London, dedicated to tackli...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £30,000

Mercers Charitable Foundation

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The Mercers’ Charitable Foundation, established in 1983 as the principal grant-making trust of The Mercers’ Company—London’s premier livery company fo...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £150,000

Miss W E Lawrence 1973 Charitable Settlement

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The Miss W E Lawrence 1973 Charitable Settlement, known as the Miss Lawrence Trust, was established in 1973 by Miss Winifred Lawrence to support chari...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Progress Foundation

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The Progress Foundation, a London-based grant-giving trust established in 2008, is dedicated to enabling disadvantaged young people in Greater London ...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £15,000

Rachel Charitable Trust

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The Rachel Charitable Trust, established in 1978 by the Noe family and registered as a UK grant-making charity (Charity Commission no. 276441), focuse...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £100,000

Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation

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The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation, established in 2006 by philanthropists Rory and Elizabeth Brooks, is a private grant-making trust dedicated ...

Grant Range
From £50,000

Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund

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The Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund, established in 1970 by the Worshipful Company of Saddlers—a City livery company with roots tracing to 1395—serv...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Salters' Charitable Foundation

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Salters' Charitable Foundation, established as a registered charity in 1989, upholds the 600-year philanthropic tradition of the Salters' Company, one...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa

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Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa, operating as SYP Trust and established in 1843, champions vulnerable children and young people through refuge, educati...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £10,000

Shanly Foundation

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The Shanly Foundation, established in 1994 by property developer Michael Shanly as the charitable arm of the Shanly Group, drives practical, hands-on ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Southlands Methodist Trust

Open

Southlands Methodist Trust is an educational charity established by the Methodist Church in Britain, with roots in Southlands College (founded 1872 as...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust

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The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust is the UK-registered charitable arm of global law firm Squire Patton Boggs, established under previous names ...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Tallow Chandlers Benevolent Fund No 2

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Tallow Chandlers Benevolent Fund No 2 embodies the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers' centuries-old ethos of civic duty, education promotion, and...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Trade Benevolent Fund

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The Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Trade Benevolent Fund embodies a philanthropic heritage rooted in mutual aid, tradition, and stewardship from the ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Tom Ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust

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The Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust embodies compassion, untapped potential, and resolute action against youth violence, channeling personal tragedy ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

William Wates Memorial Trust

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The William Wates Memorial Trust, established in 1998 by the Wates family in memory of William Wates—who died tragically during his 1996 gap year—cham...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £40,000

Worshipful Company of Cutlers General Charitable Fund

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The Worshipful Company of Cutlers General Charitable Fund is the philanthropic arm of one of London’s oldest livery companies, granted a Royal Charter...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Wychdale Limited

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Wychdale Limited is a London-based grantmaking charity established in 1974 as a company limited by guarantee, with its registered office at 94 Stamfor...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £828,650

Zichron Ahron Trust Ltd

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Zichron Ahron Trust Ltd, a registered UK charitable company established on 28 October 2003, focuses on relieving poverty, hardship, and distress among...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £40,000

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