Education & training

Grants for education and training, including funds for schools in Devon

  • easyfundraising: Impact Fund

    UK not-for-profit organisations can apply for a £500 grant to help fund their activities. There are just 20 grants available but the funding is unrestricted and so if you are awarded a grant you can use the money where it is most needed. Projects are expected to have a community impact and a lasting benefit. […]

  • Nineveh Charitable Trust

    The Nineveh Charitable Trust supports a broad range of UK-based projects and activities, with an emphasis on promoting better understanding of the environment and countryside. Grants are available to registered charities and Community Interest Companies but other organisations, including schools, can also be funded if there are clear outcomes, in line with the aims of […]

  • Woodroffe Benton Foundation

    In its next round of funding, the Woodroffe Benton Foundation will provide small grants for intergenerational projects. The foundation is aiming to support projects that bring people of different generations together in purposeful, mutually beneficial activities. The aim is to promote greater understanding and respect between generations, provide enhanced opportunities for learning and wellbeing, and […]

  • School-Based Nursery Capital Grant 2027-2030

    The School-Based Nursery (SBN) Capital Grant 2027 to 2030 can be used by local authorities to create or expand a school-based nursery in state-funded primary-phase schools, maintained nursery schools and on Best Start Family Hub sites. This is Phase 3 of the School-Based Nursery Capital Grant: Phases 1 and 2 were open to direct applications from schools but the […]

  • The Royal Society: Partnership Grants

    The Partnership Grants scheme provides grants for schools and colleges to work in partnership with STEM professionals from academia or industry to run an investigative STEM project. The scheme is open to all levels of education supporting students aged 5 to 18. The aim of the scheme is to help students to develop key skills, […]

  • NFU Mutual Charitable Trust

    Grants are available from the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust for projects and initiatives which: The trust has a particular interest in supporting initiatives which educate young people in rural areas and relieve poverty within rural areas. There is a focus on providing funding to larger initiatives which would have a significant impact on the rural […]

  • Speech, Language & Hearing Foundation

    The Speech Language and Hearing Foundation makes donations to promote education, therapy and research for children who have difficulties with hearing, speech and language. Grants can be awarded for projects to support: The foundation awards a small number of grants each year ranging from £3,000 to £20,000. Registered and exempt charities can apply; the priority […]

  • The Happiness Fund

    Applications open on 2nd March for the first 2026 round of the Happiness Fund which will award two £5,000 grants. Small not-for-profit organisations in the UK can apply for funding for grassroots, neighbourhood-based community projects. The focus is on mental health, wellbeing, inclusion and skills development. Applicants must be community based, not-for-profit and non-political and […]

  • SWEF and Young Devon

    Young people in Devon can apply for grants to help them to set up or grow their own business. The grants come from SWEF which provides business grants up to the value of £2,000 to support the business initiatives of young entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30. The SWEF programme is delivered in Devon by Young […]

  • Garfield Weston Foundation

    The Garfield Weston Foundation is one of the largest UK grant-making foundations, supporting charities across the UK with donations totalling around £100m each year. Most grants from the foundation are in the range of £10,000 to £50,000 but smaller and larger grants can be awarded, including major grants of over £100,000. The grants can be […]