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Educational Grants for Schools

Ernest Cook Trust

The Ernest Cook Trust is a leading education funder.

It provides grants to charities, state schools and not for profit organisations who encourage young people to take an interest in the countryside and the environment.

Funding includes:

The Outdoor Essential Grant is a £500 to UK state funded primary and secondary school to enable them to get their pupils learning outdoors. This might include the creation of a nature area within the school grounds or community.
Apprenticeships and Scholarships - for organisations that offer young people work based training and education.

All applications should be made in writing with a description of the project, specifying its educational elements and details of how the money will be spent.

The Ernest Cook has previously provided funding for the Valence School, a residential school for children with physical and complex medical needs in Kent.

www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk

Foyle Foundation

The Foyle Foundation awards grants to schools (including Special schools) to support learning and the aquisition of knowledge.

The Main Grant Scheme provides support to special educational needs to develop the abilities of children/young people to access learning and educational opportunities.

It has previously funded BIBIC (British Institute for Brain Injured Children) and Paternoster School for computer hardware to enhance learning for PMLD children.

Grants are also provided towards the performing arts and to make the arts more accessible.

It also supports libraries, museums and archives.

State schools mainly benefit from The Foyle Schools Library Programme which helps refurbish existing libraries or create new libraries.

www.foylefoundation.org.uk

The Lord Taverners

The Lord Taverners in addition to providing their distinctive minibuses also provide funding for sensory, soft play and outdoor play equipment.

It is open to schools, clubs and other organisations that cater for young people under the age of 19 years who have a physical/ sensory/ learning disability.

Sensory rooms - offers a choice of 3 different sensory room packages and applications for bespoke sensory rooms
Outdoor play spaces - offers a grants of up to 80% to purchase play equipment. Also open to mainstream school with children with behavioural difficulties.

All recipients of funding will need to provide a copy of their Children, Young People and Vulnerable Adults Protection and Safeguarding Policy”

Application forms can be downloaded from the website.

www.lordtaverners.org

The Orchard Windfall Fund

The Orchard Windfalls Fund is open to all schools and community groups

Grants are available for the planting of apple and pear trees. It is a condition that children aged 16 or under are actively involved in the planting or where the trees are too large to be directly handled by them.

Planting must take place on publicly accessible land, usually in public or charity ownership. The school or community group must be able to raise 25% of planting costs.

Further details and an application form can be found on the website.

www.treecouncil.org.uk

Tree Council

The Tree Council offers grants for community groups, schools and small registered charities to establish trees, hedgerows and orchards.

The Branching Out Fund supports applications ranging in value from £250 to £2,500, with specific criteria for those under £500, and those above £500.

Further information and an application form can be downloaded from the website.

www.treecouncil.org.uk