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Opportunities: Education and training

The Singer Foundation

The Foundation makes a limited number of grants each year to UK registered charities that are supporting individuals and groups in enterprise, employment and/or through training.

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The Leigh Trust

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities working in the areas of drug and alcohol rehabilitation, criminal justice, asylum seekers, racial equality and education.

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The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust

One-off and recurring grants are available to UK registered charities. A wide range of charitable causes are supported, principally the advancement of health, education, people in need and the relief of poverty, as well as the arts, culture, heritage and science.

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D C R Allen Charitable Trust

Small and medium-sized grants are available to registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales principally working in the areas of education and support for young people. A relatively small amount of grant funding is also occasionally awarded to disability charities and for medical causes, as well as for general charitable purposes.

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The Delamere Dairy Foundation

A limited number of grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available to registered charities and charitable organisations in England, Scotland and Wales working in the areas of agriculture, the environment, education, children and young people, financial hardship and the relief of sickness.

Deadline: 28 February 2025

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The Learning Through Landscapes Trust: Local School Nature Grants

Non-grant awards of up to £500 are available to provide outdoor learning, training and equipment for schools and early years providers in England, Scotland and Wales.

Deadline: 4 April 2025

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The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust

A limited number of grants available to smaller organisations that are enabling young adults with a learning disability to live a more independent life once they leave formal education.

Deadline: 31 March 2025

The Foyle Foundation Main Grants Programme

Grants of up to £75,000 are available to UK based charities which have a core remit of the Arts, Learning and/or Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and an annual turnover of over £150,000.

The deadline for this opportunity was 31 January 2025

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The Fore’s Spring 2025 Funding Round

Grants to help organisations grow, increase staff capacity, serve a new beneficiary group, become more sustainable or make your systems more efficient.

The deadline for this opportunity was 13 January 2025

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Felix Lustman Charitable Trust

Generally, small grants are available to registered UK charities working in the fields of education, medical care, medical research, the relief of poverty and general charitable purposes.

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The Britford Bridge Trust

Grants, generally for between £10,000 and £50,000, are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas to prevent poverty, advance education, health and the arts, culture, heritage and science.

The deadline for this opportunity was 31 December 2024

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The Warburtons Family Matters Community Grants programme

Micro-grants up to £400 are available for not-for-profit organisations in England, Scotland and Wales for projects that benefit children and families.

The deadline for this opportunity was 3 February 2025