Search below for funding and grants available to support your learning beyond the classroom.
Grants to benefit young people in Tower Hamlets and the City of London.
Aldgate and Allhallows Foundation
Individual and organisation grants to make education more accessible for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, funding various educational costs not covered by government.
Alpkit Foundation
Small awards to people, groups and schools that work to remove the barriers in getting outdoors and experience wild places.
Explore Fund
Arts Council of Wales
The Explore fund offers grants of up to £3,000 for learners aged 3-16 years to engage in hands-on activity in the expressive arts, in and out of school settings with external creative practitioners.
Go and See
Arts Council of Wales
Go and See is grants up to £1,000 that can be used to fund visits to high-quality arts events in galleries, theatres, arts centres and other venues. Events could include visits to performances and exhibitions or visits to experience arts professionals developing and creating their work.
Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust
Grants to disadvantaged young people to develop an existing interest and experience in adventurous outdoor activities.
Aviva Community Fund
Aviva
Grants to disadvantaged young people to develop an existing interest and experience in adventurous outdoor activities.
Outreach and Engagement Grants
British Ecological Society
Providing funding of up to £2,000 for individuals, teams and organisations to engage public audiences with the excitement of ecological science.
Grants to support charities who help vulnerable groups
Bank of Scotland Foundation
The aim of the grant funding is to promote positive change across Scotland, and focus the work and impact on charities that address disadvantage or social exclusion. Open to charities registered in Scotland.
Community re-use
B&Q Foundation
From paint to pallets and tables to tiles, B&Q’s surplus and display items go to those who need them the most, to help build a stronger community for all of us.
Grants for charities working to raise the quality of life
Bernard Sunley Foundation
A family grant making foundation which supports charities in England and Wales working to raise the quality of life and provide greater opportunities for the young, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
Grants to community projects near landfill sites.
Biffa Award
Biffa Award gives grants to community projects near landfill sites to help build communities and transform lives.
Grants for educational, cultural, sporting and other projects.
Blue Spark Foundation
BlueSpark Foundation is a registered charity which supports the education and development of children and young people.
Travel Grant Scheme
Cairngorms National Park
One of the key barriers that teachers and groups face to learning outside the classroom is the high cost of travel. This travel grant scheme, funded by the Park Authority, helps to overcome this barrier, offering schools and voluntary groups from across Scotland up to 75% of transport costs, up to £300 to visit the Cairngorms National Park.
Science Grant Scheme
Edina Trust
The Edina Trust offers £800 primary school science grants and £550 nursery science grants. Schools can use their grants for science resources, gardening equipment, science weeks, science subscriptions, science visits (into or out of school) and improving school grounds for science.
Funding for Leisure Activities for Children with Additional Needs
Happy Days Children's Charity
The Happy Days Children’s Charity is inviting applications for funding towards trips, respite breaks and group activity holidays for disadvantaged children and young people with additional needs.
Free Garden Packs - Local Places for Nature
Keep Wales Tidy
Hundreds of free garden packages to give away to community groups, schools and other community-based organisations. Each pack includes lots of native plants, tools, resources and other materials.
Connecting business and communities for social good
Neighbourly
Neighbourly is a platform that bridges businesses and local communities through tools for volunteering, donations, and surplus redistribution.
Funding for Marine Conservation Projects
Sea Changers
Marine conservation charities and not for profit organisations (including schools) based and working in the UK can apply for grants of up to £2,500 towards projects and research that address the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK, and increase the number of people taking action for marine conservation.
Finding for inclusive and accessible international learning education exchange opportunities
Taith
The Welsh Government has announced that its Taith scheme, an international learning exchange programme, has reopened for applications. Projects should focus on either developments in education, diversity and inclusion, or sustainability and climate change.
Holiday Grants
The Henry Smith Foundation
The Holiday Grants Programme offers one-off grants for schools, youth groups and non-profit organisations to take children aged 13 and under on recreational day trips or short residential trips
Funding toward environmental and countryside projects
The Nineveh Charitable Trust
Grants of £3-5,000 available for UK schools, PTAs and not-for-profit organisations, for projects that promote a better understanding of the environment.
Funding towards an Outward Bound course
The Outward Bound Trust
As a charity, The Outward Bound Trust’s mission to make their courses available to as many young people as possible and don’t let money stand in the way.
Grants for music, heritage and health
Vinehill Trust
Free Trees for Schools & Community Groups
Woodland Trust
Schools, clubs and community groups across the UK can now apply for free tree packs from the Woodland Trust to encourage nature recovery and community wellbeing.
Bursary Scheme for Towards Residential Stays (England & Wales)
YHA
Schools and colleges in areas of high deprivation in England and Wales can apply for support through the Youth Hostel Association’s Bursary Scheme to help cover the cost of a residential stay at a YHA-owned hostel.
Alpkit Foundation
- Funding Support
Small awards to people, groups and schools that work to remove the barriers in getting outdoors and experience wild places.
Aviva Community Fund
- Financial Support, Funding Support, Professional Support
Crowdfunding-based initiative for projects that boost the resilience of communities in the face of uncertainty – tackling inequality and improving environments to build more connected, more resilient communities. Eligible causes submit their projects to the Aviva Community Fund through Crowdfunder. Funding applications are open to projects looking to raise up to £50,000.
British Ecological Society
- Financial Support, Funding Support, Grants
The British Ecological Society offer grants of up to £2,000 to support projects that: increase public understanding of, and engagement with, ecology; stimulate discussion about ecology and its implications for society; inspire and enthuse people of all ages about the science of ecology, especially those not previously interested; and develop skills in communicating the science of ecology.
Bank of Scotland
- Funding Support, Grants
The aim of the grant funding is to promote positive change across Scotland, and focus the work and impact on charities that address disadvantage or social exclusion. Open to charities registered in Scotland.
B&Q Community Re-Use
- Equipment, Funding Support, Materials
B&Q stores have been donating unsellable materials and products to local community groups for many years. It's a great way to reduce waste whilst helping the community.
Bernard Sunley Foundation
- Funding Support, Grants
A family grant making foundation which supports charities in England and Wales working to raise the quality of life and provide greater opportunities for the young, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
Biffa Awards
- Financial Support, Funding Support, Grants
Biffa Award gives grants to community projects near landfill sites to help build communities and transform lives.
BlueSpark Foundation
- Financial Support, Funding Support, Grants
BlueSpark Foundation is a registered charity which supports the education and development of children and young people by providing grants for educational, cultural, sporting and other projects.
