You will find information about the Trust's guidelines and application processes on these pages.  

 

In 2009 we received over 500 applications and made 49 new grants.  

  

Demand continues to be high and the success rate of applications is currently running at around one in eight, so please do not apply unless you strongly meet one of our priorities.  If you are unsure whether your project meets our priorities, please contact us for advice.

 

The Trustees are mainly looking to fund formal education projects.  Informal education and projects that are only loosely educational will not be funded. 

 

For work outside the UK, Trustees are looking for strategic projects with potential to bring about lasting change over the medium to long term.  Grassroots projects, such as those that pay the school fees or uniform costs of students are extremely unlikely to be funded.

 

Our guidelines may have changed since you last applied or since the information you read in a funding directory was published, so please check you have read the most up-to-date copy before submitting your application.  

 

Please read our Guidelines for Applicants carefully before submitting an application, including the list of activities we will not fund - over one third of the applications we received last year were ineligible - usually the result of applicants not reading our guidelines before applying.  We do not make grants in response to general appeals or mailshot requests for donations (these account for a large proportion of ineligible applications).

 

You may also find it useful to look at the 2009 List of Grants Paid, though please note that many of these grants were made when different guidelines were in force.

 

If you are successful in applying for a grant, our offer will be subject to our standard terms and conditions of grant.  You will be sent a copy if you are offered a grant, but should you wish to read them before making your application, please download the sample copy at the bottom of this page.  

 

Information for organisations in receipt of a grant is also available through this section of the website.

 

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