Education & Training1660+ Funders

Education & Training Grants & Funding

There are 1660 UK funders offering grants for education & training charities, with typical awards from £100 to £1,000,000.

Education and training grants represent one of the largest categories in UK charitable funding. Funders in this space support everything from early childhood literacy programmes to adult skills retraining, with particular emphasis on closing attainment gaps for disadvantaged learners. Many trusts fund supplementary education — after-school clubs, tutoring, mentoring, and enrichment activities — that complement statutory provision. STEM education, digital literacy, and vocational training have attracted growing funder interest as the UK skills gap continues to widen. Arts education, outdoor learning, and sport-based engagement programmes also receive significant support. Several major foundations focus specifically on higher education access, providing bursaries and scholarships for students from low-income backgrounds. Grant-makers in this area typically value measurable outcomes such as improved attainment, qualification completion rates, and progression into employment. Collaborative projects between schools, colleges, and community organisations are particularly well-regarded.

Quick Stats

Total Funders
1660
Grant Range
£100 - £1,000,000
Open to Applications
36%

Education & Training Funders

88 of 1660 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 151 of 1660 funders. 1509 not yet verified are listed below; 63 that don't fit were excluded.

Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement

Matching programme: Small and Medium Grants

The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement, established in 1977 by John and Elnora Ferguson to honor Allan and Nesta Ferguson, advances world ...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Ampersand Foundation

Matching programme: Annual Grants

The Ampersand Foundation, established in 2011 by philanthropist Jack Kirkland, is a UK grant-awarding trust dedicated to advancing education and publi...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Antonio Carluccio Foundation

Matching programme: Grant Programme

The Antonio Carluccio Foundation, established by the renowned Italian chef and restaurateur Antonio Carluccio before his death in 2017, carries forwar...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Barratt Developments PLC Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Grants Programme (Impact Grants)

The Barratt Redrow Foundation (formerly Barratt Developments PLC Charitable Foundation), established in March 2020 as a Charitable Incorporated Organi...

Grant Range
£1,500 - £1,500

Berkeley Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Resilience Fund

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

BGF Foundation

Matching programme: Partnership Grants

The BGF Foundation is an independent charitable foundation dedicated to transforming the lives of disadvantaged young people through patient, flexible...

Grant Range
£100,000 - £100,000

Big Change Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Spark Awards

Big Change Charitable Trust, founded in 2012 by Holly and Sam Branson, Princess Beatrice, and four friends in response to the London riots, drives sys...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £100,000

British Fashion Council Foundation

Matching programme: London Fashion Showcasing Fund

The British Fashion Council Foundation, a registered charity (1185152) established in 2019 as the philanthropic arm of the British Fashion Council, dr...

Grant Range
£20,000 - £50,000

British Film Institute

Matching programme: BFI and Film4 Future Takes

The British Film Institute, established by Royal Charter in 1933, leads UK efforts to advance film, television, and moving image culture through prese...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Building and Civil Engineering Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Construction Employability Award

The Building and Civil Engineering Charitable Trust (B&CE’s Charitable Trust), established in 1991 by B&CE, is dedicated to enhancing the lives of UK ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust embodies Dame Catherine Cookson's vision to transform lives in North East England communities through enduring ...

Grant Range
£100 - £100,000

Cayo Foundation

Matching programme: General Grants

The Cayo Foundation is a UK-based discretionary grant-making trust established on 29 November 1999, dedicated to benefiting registered charities under...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Chrysalis Trust

Matching programme: Chrysalis Trust Grants

The Chrysalis Trust, a UK grant-making charity established in 2009 by the Evans family, tackles poverty, disability, and barriers to shelter, educatio...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Clive Richards Foundation

Matching programme: Research

The Clive Richards Foundation, established in 1986 by entrepreneur Clive Richards and his wife Sylvia (renamed in Clive's honour after his 2021 passin...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Clore Duffield Foundation

Matching programme: Clore Learning Spaces – Schools Connect Programme

The Clore Duffield Foundation, born from the merger of visionary philanthropic legacies, drives transformative opportunities through excellence, innov...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Coles-Medlock Foundation

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

The Coles-Medlock Foundation is a family-run grant-making charity established by Bath-based philanthropists David and Jacky Medlock to alleviate pover...

Grant Range
£500 - £15,000

Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Brighter Futures

The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust, an independent grant-making charity founded in 1969 by Sir James Colyer-Fergusson, is dedicated to improving li...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £60,000

Community Foundation for Leeds

Matching programme: The Lightbulb Fund

Community Foundation for Leeds, established in 2002, is the region's leading independent funder, having distributed over £70 million through 8,000+ gr...

Grant Range
£8,400 - £8,400

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire

Matching programme: Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire Grants

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire is an independent grantmaker dedicated to strengthening local communities through targeted phila...

Grant Range
£500 - £20,000

Cumbria Community Foundation

Matching programme: Northern Cancer Alliance Prehabilitation Fund

Cumbria Community Foundation, established in 1999, is an independent UK community foundation dedicated to tackling poverty, enhancing quality of life,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Dartington Cattle Breeding Trust

Matching programme: Capital Grant Scheme

The Dartington Cattle Breeding Trust, established in 1948 as the Dartington Hall Cattle Breeding Centre by Leonard Elmhirst and Sir George Hayter-Hame...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Department for Business and Trade

Matching programme: Magnet Hub Grant Scheme

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT), established in 2023, drives UK economic growth by making the nation the world's best place for business, ...

Grant Range
From £10,000

Department for Education

Matching programme: Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) School Improvement Grant

The Department for Education (DfE) is a UK ministerial department with a mission to elevate educational standards, safeguard children, boost social mo...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Ed De Nunzio Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Ed De Nunzio Charitable Trust Grants

The Ed De Nunzio Charitable Trust, established in memory of Edward De Nunzio—a York teenager who tragically died in 2011 at age 18—honours his passion...

Grant Range
£100 - £10,000

Education Endowment Foundation

Matching programme: EEF Grant Funding Rounds

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), established in 2011 by the Sutton Trust and Impetus Trust with £125 million from the Department for Educatio...

Grant Range
£100,000 - £500,000

Educational Opportunity Foundation

Matching programme: Main Fund - International Projects

The Educational Opportunity Foundation, tracing origins to 1808, exists to enhance life chances worldwide through transformative educational opportuni...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £90,000

Enthuse Charitable Trust

Matching programme: ENTHUSE Partnerships

Enthuse Charitable Trust, established in 2008 and based at the National STEM Learning Centre in York (charity number 1126965), is dedicated to advanci...

Grant Range
£170 - £25,000

Forbes Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Main Support

The Forbes Charitable Foundation is a specialist UK grantmaker dedicated exclusively to enhancing the lives of adults with learning disabilities, by f...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Forever Notts

Matching programme: J N Derbyshire Trust

Forever Notts, formerly Nottinghamshire Community Foundation and established in 1997 as an independent registered charity, serves as a vital broker fo...

Grant Range
£350 - £10,000

Foundation of Saint Matthias

Matching programme: Scholarships

The Foundation of Saint Matthias advances Church of England-aligned education as mission, embodying the five marks of mission: proclaiming Christian f...

Grant Range
£500 - £12,600

G C Gibson Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Annual Grant Round

The GC Gibson Charitable Trust is a family-stewarded philanthropic fund with a mission to deliver sustained, meaningful support to small and medium-si...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Goldsmiths' Company Charity

Matching programme: Open Grants Fund

The Goldsmiths' Company Charity, rooted in the historic Goldsmiths’ Company with charitable origins dating to 1334 and formal registration in the late...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Greater London Authority

Matching programme: Green Roots Fund (Round 4)

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

Greenslade Family Foundation

Matching programme: The Greenslade Family Foundation

The Greenslade Family Foundation, established in 2017 by the Greenslade family with Carolyn Ruth Greenslade as chair and trustees James Charles Wilcox...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Hallmark Care Homes Foundation

Matching programme: Hallmark Foundation (single programme)

Hallmark Care Homes Foundation, an independent UK charity established in 2020 by Avnish Goyal, Executive Chairman of Hallmark Care Homes, is dedicated...

Grant Range
£30,000 - £100,000

Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation

Matching programme: Grants to Registered Charities

The Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation advances Jewish life, learning, and broader charitable purposes through grant-making that fosters cultural enrichme...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Herefordshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

Herefordshire Community Foundation (HCF), established in June 2002, is an independent grant-making charity dedicated to promoting charitable purposes ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Hockerill Educational Foundation

Matching programme: Grants for Organisations

The Hockerill Educational Foundation perpetuates the legacy of a historic Church of England teacher training college through grants advancing educatio...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Impetus - The Private Equity Foundation

Matching programme: Engage Grant Round 2024

Impetus – The Private Equity Foundation champions equality and high ambition for young people from socio-economically deprived backgrounds, believing ...

Grant Range
£30,000 - £100,000

Inner Temple Scholarship Fund

Matching programme: Bar Course Scholarships

The Inner Temple Scholarship Fund, overseen by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple's Benchers, provides financial support to aspiring barrister...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £20,000

Isle of Wight Foundation

Matching programme: Isle of Wight Foundation Grant

The Isle of Wight Foundation, established in 2014 by a consortium of private sector companies including Island Roads, Meridiam, and Vinci Concessions,...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £16,000

J P Marland Charitable Trust

Matching programme: The J P Marland Charitable Trust

The J P Marland Charitable Trust is a family-founded discretionary grantmaker with a mission to support worthy charitable causes delivering public ben...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

James Knott Family Foundation

Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

The James Knott Family Foundation, known as the Sir James Knott Trust, was established in 1924 by Tyneside shipowner Sir James Knott to honor his sons...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Jean Shanks Foundation

Matching programme: JSPS Clinical Lecturer Support Grant

The Jean Shanks Foundation, established in 1986 by pioneering pathologist Dr Jean Shanks after the flotation of JS Pathology PLC, advances medical res...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

John Innes Foundation

Matching programme: General Grants

The John Innes Foundation (JIF), established in 1910 through a bequest from City of London landowner John Innes, is an independent charitable foundati...

Grant Range
£89,000 - £750,000

Legal Education Foundation

Matching programme: Emerging Justice fund

The Legal Education Foundation (LEF), established in 2013 from the sale of the College of Law, is an independent UK grantmaker with roots in 19th-cent...

Grant Range
£20,000 - £500,000

Marketors Trust

Matching programme: Charity Grants Programme

The Marketors Trust, established in 1976 as the charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Marketors, inspires excellence in marketing while supporti...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £10,000

Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Matching programme: AHT Enterprise Fund

The Mayfield Valley Arts Trust (MVAT), founded over 30 years ago by Tony and Scilla Thornton, began supporting music-making in Yorkshire—most notably ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £20,000

Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians

Matching programme: Partnership Projects

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

Matching programme: Mayor's Entrepreneur Competition

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

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions about Education & Training Grants

What grants are available for education & training charities in the UK?

There are 1660+ UK funders offering grants for education & training charities. These range from small community grants under £5,000 to large multi-year funding programmes exceeding £100,000. Use Fundermatcher to find the best match for your organisation.

How much funding can education & training organisations get?

Grant amounts for education & training charities vary widely depending on the funder and project. Typical grants range from £1,000 to over £100,000. Many funders offer multi-year funding for established organisations with a strong track record.

How do I apply for education & training grants?

Start by identifying funders whose priorities align with your education & training work. Fundermatcher matches your charity's profile against 1660+ funders to find the best fit. Our AI assistant can then help you draft compelling grant applications.

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