Charitable Grant-Making Trusts

In cases of genuine need, charitable grant-making trusts can sometimes help parents to meet the cost of school fees at independent schools.

Some trusts will help families where a child already attends an independent school but is at risk of having to leave due to an unforeseen change in financial circumstances caused by, for example, serious ill health or the death of a parent.

Some trusts will provide financial support to enable children to attend independent schools – especially where it can be demonstrated that the child's needs cannot be met sufficiently elsewhere.

Online information about educational trusts

Information about financial assistance is provided on the SCIS website at http://www.scis.org.uk/for-parents/meeting-the-cost

A leaflet, Meeting the Cost of School Fees, can be read or downloaded from a PDF document there and it contains useful sources of information about grant-making trusts and guidance on constructing applications to best effect.

The websites listed below also contain useful information about educational trusts.

http://www.fismagazine.co.uk/fundraising/grants/
http://www.sfs-group.co.uk/charitable-trust.htm
http://www.educational-grants.org/school_fees.htm
http://www.funderfinder.org.uk/
http://www.trustfunding.org.uk/
http://www.grantsforindividuals.org.uk/