Supporting vulnerable children with educational grants
The Educational Trusts' Forum is a community of trusts which provide financial grants to help vulnerable children. Find out more...


Use the drop down menus to search for educational grants that meet your needs. If you are a parent, guardian or grandparent, please use the 'Categories' menu to select any relevant professions with which you are associated.
We have also included a full list of each of the charities featured on our site below.
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Our member trusts are here to provide the support you need
The Mitchell City of London Charity and Educational Foundation
Educational awards for single parent families when the child is over the age of 11, and for sixth form students with one or both parents. There must be a connection with the City of London either by the pupil attending a 'City' school or either parent having lived or worked in the 'City'.

Christ's Hospital
Visit WebsiteChrist's Hospital is a remarkable school; it is the UK's leading charitable school and largest bursary charity. The School was established in 1552 and provides free or substantially reduced cost places to over 630 of its 900 pupils each year. Our pupils come from every possible ethnic and socio-economic background, bringing a social and cultural diversity that enriches our school community, and makes us unlike any other independent school in the UK. Through first-class education and exceptional pastoral support, Christ's Hospital provides each pupil with stability and the opportunity to thrive and fulfil their potential. 98% of pupils go on to university and leavers take with them the confidence and resilience they will need to achieve success at university and beyond and to make a meaningful contribution to society.
Thornton-Smith and Plevins Trust
We assist Sixth Form students to continue at their existing fee-paying school after a loss of family income due to an unexpected crisis. In most cases the school will already have agreed to provide significant financial assistance.

The Lloyd Foundation
Visit WebsiteAwards means-tested bursaries towards the costs of an English-medium education, in the UK or overseas, for the children of British citizens who are living and working abroad.
Please visit our website https://thelloydfoundation.org.uk/

Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution
Visit WebsiteWe are one of the largest independent grant-giving organisations helping those families who have lost a seafaring parent. The Institution supports families by providing grants for the children throughout their education.
"Please pass on my very grateful thanks to the Trustees for the support given to my daughter. I am delighted to be able to tell you she gained A* A A for her A levels. She will be taking up her place at Cambridge to read Theology in 2015."
The parent of a child who was supported by Reedham Children's Trust