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.
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- Total Funders
- 1660
- Grant Range
- £100 - £1,000,000
- Open to Applications
- 36%
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Education & Training Funders
122 of 1660 match your filtersChecked against verified programme data for 229 of 1660 funders. 1431 not yet verified are listed below; 107 that don't fit were excluded.
29th May 1961 Charity
Verified openMatching programme: General Grant Programme
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust, founded on 29 May 1961 by Miss Helen M. Martin from Kenilworth, Warwickshire, is an independent generalist grantma...
Access - The Foundation for Social Investment
Verified openMatching programme: Local Access
Access – The Foundation for Social Investment drives systemic transformation in the social investment market, empowering charities and social enterpri...
Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Antonio Carluccio Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Grant Programme
The Antonio Carluccio Foundation, established by the renowned Italian chef and restaurateur Antonio Carluccio before his death in 2017, carries forwar...
Arete Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Long-Term Local Partnerships
The Arete Foundation is a UK-registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (charity number 1184657) dedicated to promoting social inclusion and empo...
Armourers and Brasiers Gauntlet Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Materials Science Support Programmes
The Armourers and Brasiers Gauntlet Trust, an independent grant-making charity established in 1980 and rooted in the 1322-founded Armourers & Brasiers...
Ashla Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Ashla Charitable Trust (via Ludlow Funding Enquiry Gateway – general or specific application)
The Ashla Charitable Trust is a family-based grant-making charity dedicated to advancing arts, humanitarian aid, education, and women's rights through...
Bernard Sunley Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Bernard Sunley Foundation Grants
The Bernard Sunley Foundation, established in 1960 by property developer Bernard Sunley and endowed with £300,000 in shares, is an independent family-...
Betty Riseley Trust for Children
Verified openMatching programme: The Betty Riseley Trust for Children Grant
The Betty Riseley Trust for Children embodies compassion, community spirit, and inclusivity to enrich lives of children and young people under 18 in S...
Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd
Verified openMatching programme: Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd Grant Programme
Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd is a UK-registered charity established in 2003, dedicated to advancing the education and welfare of children a...
Black Heart Foundation (UK) Limited
Verified openMatching programme: Art Scholarship Programme
Black Heart Foundation (UK) Limited, founded in 2010 by Ric Lewis, is a UK-registered charity dedicated to breaking barriers to achievement for talent...
Britford Bridge Trust
Verified openMatching programme: General Grant Programme
The Britford Bridge Trust is an endowed family foundation established to perpetuate intergenerational philanthropy through structured, enduring giving...
British Film Institute
Verified openMatching programme: BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund
The British Film Institute, established by Royal Charter in 1933, leads UK efforts to advance film, television, and moving image culture through prese...
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Arm Community Fund
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF), established in December 2003, is an independent local charity dedicated to enhancing quality of life across...
Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Cayo Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Charles Littlewood Hill Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Charles Littlewood Hill Trust Grant Programme
The Charles Littlewood Hill Trust, established in 1978 by Charles Littlewood Hill, pursues a mission of advancing diverse charitable purposes through ...
Chess Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Grant Applications
The Chess Trust, a UK-registered charity established in 2015 with initial funding from a major bequest by Richard Haddrell and input from the English ...
Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund
Verified openMatching programme: CAC Grant Programme
The Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund, established in 1955 as a charitable trust, supports effective youth provision for Jewish children and yo...
Choir Schools Association Bursary Trust Limited
Verified openMatching programme: CSA Bursary Trust
The Choir Schools Association Bursary Trust advances the Christian choral tradition by providing means-tested bursaries enabling talented children fro...
Chrysalis Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Clan Trust Limited
Verified openMatching programme: Clan Trust Grant
Clan Trust Limited is an independent charitable trust based in Norfolk, established in the 1960s by a local farmer who endowed it with his farm, land,...
Clive Richards Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Clore Duffield Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Clore Learning Spaces (Capital Projects)
The Clore Duffield Foundation, born from the merger of visionary philanthropic legacies, drives transformative opportunities through excellence, innov...
Coles-Medlock Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Combined Cadet Force Association
Verified openMatching programme: CCFA Group Activity Grant Programme
The Combined Cadet Force Association (CCFA), established by trust deed in 1963 and reformed as a company limited by guarantee in 2016, serves as the r...
Combined Harpole Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: CHCT Education Grant
The Combined Harpole Charitable Trust is a community-rooted funder with a historic mission to relieve poverty and advance education among Harpole pari...
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire
Verified openMatching 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...
Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited
Verified openMatching programme: Old people
The Connolly Foundation (UK) Limited, established in 2004 as the Kathleen and Michael Connolly Foundation and renamed in 2020, is a Bedfordshire-based...
Cooks Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grant Programme
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...
Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grants
The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, founded in 1514 by Royal Charter, is a historic UK charity and the General Lighthouse Authority f...
Cumbria Community Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Cumbria Community Foundation Grants
Cumbria Community Foundation, established in 1999, is an independent UK community foundation dedicated to tackling poverty, enhancing quality of life,...
Dartington Cattle Breeding Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Department for Business and Trade
Verified openMatching programme: Export Academy
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, ...
Department for Education
Verified openMatching programme: Inclusive mainstream fund for schools
The Department for Education (DfE) is a UK ministerial department with a mission to elevate educational standards, safeguard children, boost social mo...
Devon Community Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Small Grants
Devon Community Foundation, established in 1996 as Devon’s largest independent grantmaker and a registered charity, harnesses local philanthropy to st...
Drinks Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Assist (Financial Support)
The Drinks Trust, founded in 1886 as The Benevolent by wine merchant Robert Gray, is the UK's leading charity dedicated to empowering current and form...
Ed De Nunzio Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Elmgrant Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Individual Grants
The Elmgrant Trust, family-founded in 1936 by Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst and Beatrice, carries forward the Dartington Hall ethos of rural regenerati...
Ernest Cook Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Outdoor Essentials Grant
The Ernest Cook Trust, founded in 1952 by Ernest Cook—grandson of travel pioneer Thomas Cook—is a leading UK educational charity with over 9,000 hecta...
Exeter Chiefs Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Project Grant
The Exeter Chiefs Foundation, established in 2011 by Exeter Rugby Club executives and local business leaders including Chairman Tony Rowe CBE, is an i...
Fashion & Textile Children's Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Grants for families in the fashion and textile industry
The Fashion & Textile Children's Trust (FTCT), founded in 1853 as The Clothing Trades Benevolent Institution, is a UK charity dedicated exclusively to...
Forbes Charitable Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Francis C Scott Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grants
The Francis C Scott Charitable Trust, established in 1963 by Peter Scott CBE and Dr Joan Trevelyan in honour of their father—a local philanthropist pa...
Freelands Foundation Limited
Verified openMatching programme: Learning Through Making Fund
Freelands Foundation is a UK charity dedicated to ensuring universal access to visual arts education and participation, empowering individuals regardl...
Gibbons Family Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Youth Support Grants
The Gibbons Family Trust advances the education, training, recreation, welfare, and wellbeing of children and young people up to age 25 facing disadva...
Greater London Authority
Verified openMatching 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...
Greenslade Family Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Hargreaves Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grant Programme
The Hargreaves Foundation, established in 2020 by Peter Hargreaves—co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown—and his family with a £100 million endowment, dis...
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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.
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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?
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