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Education and training grants in East of England

Grants made 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 by UK trusts and foundations that publish through 360Giving to charities registered for education and training with a registered address in East of England.

135grants
£4.6mtotal awarded
£6,000median grant
20funders

Top funders

Trusts and foundations that gave the most to education and training charities in East of England in the last 12 months. Names link to their free funder profile where we have one.

FunderGrantsTotalMedian
Wolfson Foundation6£2.2m£135k
Youth Music3£350k£100k
Freemasons’ Charity8£322k£49k
Essex Community Foundation56£298k£4,750
John Ellerman Foundation2£297k£149k
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation2£200k£100k
Benefact Trust10£139k£9,550
The Veterans' Foundation2£125k£62k
The Leathersellers' Foundation2£122k£61k
A B Charitable Trust5£113k£25k

Open and recurring programmes

Funder programmes behind these grants that have made grants in at least two years, so are likely to run again. Check each funder's website for current deadlines.

ProgrammeFunderGrants (12 months)Years with grantsLatest grant
Community Impact GrantsBenefact Trust82023 to 202618 May 2026
Access to JusticeA B Charitable Trust42017 to 202614 Jul 2026
Health and DisabilityWolfson Foundation42018 to 202610 Jun 2026
La Doria (LDH)Cambridgeshire Community Foundation42024, 2025, 20265 Jan 2026
Warwick and Dominey FundCambridgeshire Community Foundation42023 to 202618 Dec 2025
Shelter and Security - Strengthened communitiesMaking a Difference Locally32024, 202518 Dec 2025
ACE Charity Main GrantsThe Leathersellers' Foundation22022 to 202622 Jun 2026
Building GrantsBenefact Trust22023 to 202627 Apr 2026
SalaryThe Veterans' Foundation22023 to 202626 Mar 2026
Education and EmploymentMaking a Difference Locally22024, 202517 Nov 2025

Open government schemes charities can apply for

6 open schemes on Find a Grant covering East of England in related sectors (live Grant Radar list). The 5 closing soonest:

SchemeFunderGrant sizeCloses
Focal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council£1 to £5.9m3 Nov 2026
Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council£200k to £1m5 Nov 2026
Doctoral focal award: chip design and verification (Grant)UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council£1 to £6m2 Dec 2026
People and ResearchHistoric England£250 to £300k1 Apr 2027
Youth Jobs GrantDepartment for Work and Pensions£3,000 to £25m1 Nov 2028

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Source: grants data published by each funder through 360Giving (GrantNav), grants awarded 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 to registered charities, companies and other organisations (grants to individuals are left out). Cause and region come from the recipient charity's entry on the Charity Commission register (its registered charitable purposes and the postcode area of its registered address), so cause and region snapshots cover recipients registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Open government schemes are from Find a Grant (UK Government) via Grant Radar. "Recurring" programmes have grants in at least two calendar years. Figures are our own summary.

Licences: each funder publishes its data under its own open licence; we use only data licensed CC BY 4.0, CC0 or the Open Government Licence. Data from A B Charitable Trust, Allen Lane Foundation, Benefact Trust, Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, Community Foundation North East, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Essex Community Foundation, Freemasons’ Charity, Garfield Weston Foundation, Herefordshire Community Foundation, John Ellerman Foundation, John Lyon's Charity, Making a Difference Locally, The Dulverton Trust, The Leathersellers' Foundation, The True Colours Trust, The Veterans' Foundation, Trust For London, Wolfson Foundation, Youth Music: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Find a Grant: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check each funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to these funders.