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

77 of 1660 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 214 of 1660 funders. 1446 not yet verified are listed below; 137 that don't fit were excluded.

29th May 1961 Charity

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £15,000

Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement

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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

Antonio Carluccio Foundation

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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

Armourers and Brasiers Gauntlet Trust

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£600 - £50,000

Ashla Charitable Trust

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Bernard Sunley Foundation

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Matching 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-...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£300 - £2,500

Black Heart Foundation (UK) Limited

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Britford Bridge Trust

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Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Britford Bridge Trust is an endowed family foundation established to perpetuate intergenerational philanthropy through structured, enduring giving...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

British Film Institute

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Cayo Foundation

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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

Choir Schools Association Bursary Trust Limited

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Matching programme: CSA Bursary Trust

The Choir Schools Association Bursary Trust advances the Christian choral tradition by providing means-tested bursaries enabling talented children fro...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £12,000

Chrysalis Trust

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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

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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

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Matching programme: Clore Learning Spaces (Capital Projects)

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

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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

Combined Cadet Force Association

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Cooks Charity

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £20,000

Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Cwmbran Trust

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Matching programme: Cwmbran Trust Main Grant Programme

The Cwmbran Trust, evolved from the Girling (Cwmbran) Trust and formally established in 1998, is a place-based charitable organisation dedicated to be...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Dartington Cattle Breeding Trust

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Matching programme: Educational Bursaries (Levels 1-3)

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

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Matching 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, ...

Grant Range
From £10,000

Drinks Trust

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£250 - £2,500

Ernest Cook Trust

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£500 - £20,000

Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Forbes Charitable Foundation

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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

Freelands Foundation Limited

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£500 - £300,000

Greenslade Family Foundation

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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

Hargreaves Foundation

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £150,000

Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation

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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

Hatch Enterprise

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Matching programme: New Founder Grant (Launchpad)

Hatch Enterprise is a UK-registered charity founded in 2013 by Dirk Bischof to empower underrepresented entrepreneurs—particularly women (over 80% of ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £10,000

Horners Charity Fund

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Matching programme: Horners Education Fund (Education Charitable Committee)

Horners Charity Fund, the principal charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Horners—one of London’s ancient livery companies—was formally register...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £4,000

Idlewild Trust

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Matching programme: Arts - Nurturing Early-Stage Professionals

Idlewild Trust is an independent grant-making charity with a foundational mission to advance education and learning by nurturing creative talent throu...

Grant Range
£4,500 - £7,000

Inner Temple Scholarship Fund

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Matching programme: Disability Awards

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

Innholders' Charitable Foundation

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Matching programme: Charity Committee Grant Programme

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

J P Marland Charitable Trust

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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 Pantyfedwen Foundation (Ymddiriedolaeth James Pantyfedwen)

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Matching programme: Church Buildings

The James Pantyfedwen Foundation (Ymddiriedolaeth James Pantyfedwen), established in 1998 as the successor to trusts founded by Sir D J James, is a Wa...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £15,000

John Innes Foundation

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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

John James Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: John James Charitable Trust - Organisation Application

The John James Charitable Trust is an established UK grant-maker founded over 30 years ago by a Christian businessman from Leeds, inspired by biblical...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Joseph Rank Trust

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Matching programme: General Fund

The Joseph Rank Trust is an independent Christian grant-maker established in 2002 from charities founded by Joseph Rank (1854–1943) and family between...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Legal Education Foundation

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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

Leslie Sell Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: Peter Sell Award

The Leslie Sell Charitable Trust, established in 1969 by the late Leslie Sell, is an independent UK funder dedicated to supporting the Scouting and Gu...

Grant Range
£250 - £2,500

Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust

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Matching programme: Postgraduate Bursary

The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust, established in 1925 by the 1st Viscount Leverhulme, is a UK-wide grant-maker rooted in the philanthropist's visi...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Lord Mayor's 800th Anniversary Awards Trust

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Matching programme: Awards

The Lord Mayor's 800th Anniversary Awards Trust, established in 1989 by Sir Christopher Collett during the City of London's 800th Mayoralty celebratio...

Grant Range
£50 - £1,000

Margaret Davies Charity

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Matching programme: Main Grants Fund

The Margaret Davies Charity, officially The Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity, was established by trust deed in 1934 to perpetuate the philanthro...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Matthew Good Foundation

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Matching programme: Grants for Good

The Matthew Good Foundation, established in 2011 by Tim and Matthew Good of the John Good Group, honours Matthew’s legacy by amplifying small charitie...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £5,000

Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

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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

MCS Foundation

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Matching programme: Low Carbon Heating Technician Apprenticeship Grant Scheme

The MCS Foundation, legally the MCS Charitable Foundation (charity number 1165752), was established in 2016 to accelerate a carbon-free future for all...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Millennium Awards Trust

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Matching programme: Millennium Awards Trust Scaling Up Award

The Millennium Awards Trust, established in 2002 with an endowment from the UK government's Millennium Commission and National Lottery, catalyses posi...

Grant Range
£500 - £18,000

Mohn Westlake Foundation

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Matching programme: The Mohn Westlake Foundation

The Mohn Westlake Foundation is a family charitable trust driven by dual missions: enhancing lives of children and young people through expanded acces...

Grant Range
£100,000 - £1,000,000

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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.

How to Find the Right Education & Training Funders

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