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

61 of 1660 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 281 of 1660 funders. 1379 not yet verified are listed below; 220 that don't fit were excluded.

ABF The Soldiers' Charity

Matching programme: Charitable Grants to Organisations

ABF The Soldiers' Charity, also known as the Army Benevolent Fund, is the British Army's national charity established in 1944 during World War II to p...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Access - The Foundation for Social Investment

Matching programme: Local Access

Access – The Foundation for Social Investment drives systemic transformation in the social investment market, empowering charities and social enterpri...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Adnams Community Trust

Matching programme: Adnams Community Trust

The Adnams Community Trust, established in 1990 by Adnams PLC—a historic brewery based in Southwold, Suffolk—channels at least 1% of the company's ann...

Grant Range
£100 - £2,500

Ala Green Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

The Ala Green Charitable Trust, established in 2014 by Anthony John Green and fellow trustees, is a UK grant-making charity dedicated to improving out...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Ampersand Foundation

Matching programme: The Ampersand Foundation Award

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

Arete Foundation

Matching programme: Local Community Grants

The Arete Foundation is a UK-registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (charity number 1184657) dedicated to promoting social inclusion and empo...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Arts Council of Wales | Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru

Matching programme: Arts, Health and Wellbeing

Arts Council of Wales (Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru), established by Royal Charter in 1994, is the principal national agency championing the arts across W...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £200,000

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: General Funds (applied via the general application form, not fund-specific)

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF), established in December 2003, is an independent local charity dedicated to enhancing quality of life across...

Grant Range
£1,500 - £10,000

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

Cooks Charity

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

Cumbria Community Foundation

Matching 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,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Department for Business and Trade

Matching programme: Invest to Grow

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

East End Community Foundation

Matching programme: London Dock Community Fund - Summer Programme

East End Community Foundation is an independent grantmaker dedicated to tackling entrenched poverty, inequality, and social exclusion in East London's...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Ernest Cook Trust

Matching programme: Communities 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

Feisean Nan Gaidheal

Matching programme: Maoin nan Ealan Gàidhlig

Feisean Nan Gaidheal, an independent Scottish charity established in 1991, serves as the umbrella body for the Fèis movement, which originated over 40...

Grant Range
£250 - £20,000

Fishmongers' Company's Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Philanthropy & Grants Programme

The Fishmongers' Company's Charitable Trust embodies centuries-old traditions of civic duty, stewardship, and fellowship, with a founding mission to a...

Grant Range
£15,000 - £30,000

Gibbons Family Trust

Matching 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...

Grant Range
Up to £2,000

Greater London Authority

Matching programme: UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) Supporting Local Business

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

Hackney Parochial Charities

Matching programme: Hackney Parochial Charities Project Grants

Hackney Parochial Charities, a historic charitable trust established in 1603 with the first legacy from Thomas Heron, is dedicated to relieving povert...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,500

Harris Charity

Matching programme: Organisation Grant

Harris Charity, a historic Lancashire philanthropic funder rooted in Preston's legacy of community service, exists to relieve hardship, distress, and ...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Herefordshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: Community Chest 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

Hey Smile Foundation

Matching programme: I AM Fund

HEY Smile Foundation, founded in 2008 by Jim Dick OBE, is a Yorkshire-based infrastructure charity dedicated to strengthening the voluntary sector in ...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Hunter Foundation

Matching programme: Pre-Scaler

The Hunter Foundation champions entrepreneurial philanthropy to deliver sustainable, self-sustaining interventions tackling entrenched poverty, educat...

Grant Range
Contact funder

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

James Kane Foundation

Matching programme: Open Grant Programme

The James Kane Foundation advances education for public benefit through non-statutory work experience, employment training, and pathways into occupati...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £100,000

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

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

MCS Foundation

Matching programme: Main Grant Call 2026

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

Mercers Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Older People & Housing

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

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Charity

Matching programme: Internal Grant Making Programme

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Charity (also known as Mid and South Essex Hospitals Charity, registered 1057266), established in 1996, suppo...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £200,000

Mission44

Matching programme: Diversity in Education Fund

Mission44 is a charitable foundation launched in 2021 by Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton with a £20 million personal commitment, inspired by h...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £500,000

Mohn Westlake Foundation

Matching programme: The Mohn Westlake Arts Engagement Fund

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

National Funding Scheme

Matching programme: DONATE™ Digital Fundraising Platform

The National Funding Scheme is a pioneering UK charity founded to revolutionize charitable fundraising through cutting-edge digital technology, democr...

Grant Range
Contact funder

National Lottery Heritage Fund

Matching programme: National Lottery Grants for Heritage £250,000–£5 million

The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the UK's largest dedicated heritage funder established in 1994 (with roots in the 1980 National Heritage Memorial ...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £100,000

Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation

Matching programme: Grants to Organisations

The Newcomen Collett Educational Foundation, with origins over 300 years old from historic charitable bequests, is an independent UK grant-maker dedic...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Noel Sweeney Foundation

Matching programme: The Noel Sweeney Foundation Grants

The Noel Sweeney Foundation embodies the legacy of generosity and community commitment, channeling resources into grassroots initiatives uplifting you...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Norfolk Community Foundation

Matching programme: Handelsbanken Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

Norfolk Community Foundation is an independent local charity dedicated to strengthening Norfolk communities by investing in small grassroots organizat...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Ogden Trust

Matching programme: Physics Education Grants

The Ogden Trust, founded in 1999 by Sir Peter Ogden with a £22.5 million endowment, is a UK charitable trust dedicated to advancing physics education ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Ovo Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Climate Changers

The OVO Charitable Foundation, established in 2014 by OVO Energy, drives a greener, brighter future for young people by tackling climate change and en...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Partnership Foundation

Matching programme: Community Projects Fund

The Partnership Foundation is an urban regeneration charity founded to combat deprivation and neglect by enhancing social and economic well-being for ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services

Matching programme: Bluestone Foundation Community Fund

Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (PAVS) serves as the County Voluntary Council championing charitable purposes for public benefit throu...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust

Matching programme: Perth City Heritage Fund (PCHF)

Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust (PKHT), an independent Scottish charity established in 1988, is dedicated to protecting, conserving, enhancing, and p...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Peter Sowerby Foundation

Matching programme: Impact in Healthcare Fund (Strand 1)

The Peter Sowerby Foundation, established in 2011 by Dr Peter Sowerby—a rural North Yorkshire GP and co-founder of EMIS—with a substantial endowment, ...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £25,000

R C Snelling Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

The R C Snelling Charitable Trust, established in 1999 by Norfolk businessman Roy Snelling, honors his success with the Snelling Group by reinvesting ...

Grant Range
£500 - £25,000

Savoy Educational Trust

Matching programme: Savoy Educational Trust Grant Programme

The Savoy Educational Trust, founded in 1961 by directors of The Savoy Hotel Ltd, is an independent UK charitable trust dedicated to advancing educati...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Sheffield Town Trust

Matching programme: One-Off Project Grants

Sheffield Town Trust, founded in 1297 by Thomas de Furnival, is one of the UK's oldest charities and a pioneering civic trust originally created to gr...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Sir James Knott Trust

Matching programme: Rolling Grants Programme

The Sir James Knott Trust, established in 1924 by Tyneside shipowner Sir James Knott following the loss of his sons in World War I, is a cornerstone p...

Grant Range
Up to £20,000

Social Business Trust

Matching programme: Digital Impact Fund

Social Business Trust (SBT), established in 2010 by Sir Damon Buffini and Adele Blakebrough MBE, is a UK charity dedicated to accelerating the growth ...

Grant Range
£430,000 - £800,000

St Giles-in-the-Fields and William Shelton Educational Charity

Matching programme: Community Investment Grant

St Giles-in-the-Fields and William Shelton Educational Charity is a historic independent grant-maker with 17th- and 18th-century roots from philanthro...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £15,000

Sussex Community Foundation

Matching programme: Chagossian Fund

Sussex Community Foundation, established in 2006 by the late 10th Duke of Richmond and Gordon, is an independent UK Community Foundation dedicated to ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

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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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