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We have also included a full list of each of the charities featured on our site below.

Our member trusts are here to provide the support you need

Royal Medical Foundation

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The Royal Medical Foundation supports doctors, who are or have been registered with the General Medical Council and who are in financial hardship, and their families. In limited circumstances we can assist with children’s school fees to maintain educational stability when families are facing challenging times – this is primarily when children are already part-way through fee-paying education and any changes to their schooling would cause disruption, or where a child’s specific needs can only be met via provision at a fee-paying school.

The Girls’ Day School Trust

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The Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) is the UK’s leading family of independent girls’ schools, with nearly 4,000 staff and 20,000 students between the ages of three and 18.

The Mitchell City of London Educational Foundation

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Grants support secondary-age children and sixth formers to stay at their current fee-paying school, when there has been a change to the financial situation. There must be a connection to the City of London through school, residence, or employment.

Canon Holmes Memorial Trust

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The Canon Holmes Memorial Trust provides financial aid to parents who, due to changed family finances, can no longer meet the cost of their children’s independent school education.

The Lord Wandsworth Foundation

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For over a century, the Foundation has supported children who’ve lost one or both parents or their support, offering stability, structure, and pastoral care within LWC’s award-winning boarding community.

Greenwich Hospital

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Greenwich Hospital supports the Royal Navy community by funding education, welfare, and urgent needs. As the largest funder for Royal Navy and Royal Marines families, it drives positive change and empowerment.

LVS Ascot is an independent co-educational day and boarding school for ages 4–19, set on a 26-acre Berkshire campus. It inspires students to exceed expectations and is conveniently near London.

Naval Children’s Charity

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The Naval Children’s Charity supports the wellbeing and development of children and young people under 25 whose parents serve or have served in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, QARNNS, WRNS, or Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

Thornton-Smith and Plevins Trust

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The Trustees offer grants to help students in years 11–13 remain at their current fee-paying school after sudden family income loss, usually alongside substantial financial support from the school.

Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation

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The Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation is a social mobility charity partnering with local authorities and social care organisations to place vulnerable children in state boarding and independent schools.

Our Impact in Numbers

Number of individual children helped by ETF members in academic year 2024-25

Number of individual schools supported in AY 24/25

Total value of grants given to individuals in AY24/25 by ETF members