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Education and training grants in West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

86grants
£1.9mtotal awarded
£7,445median grant
21funders

Top funders

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

FunderGrantsTotalMedian
The Veterans' Foundation6£286k£51k
The Leathersellers' Foundation4£230k£63k
Garfield Weston Foundation8£160k£18k
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust1£155k£155k
John Ellerman Foundation1£130k£130k
Wolfson Foundation2£125k£63k
The Greggs Foundation3£120k£40k
Benefact Trust4£114k£11k
The Foyle Foundation1£100k£100k
Rank Foundation3£93k£31k

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
Harry Payne FundHeart of England Community Foundation62021 to 20258 Dec 2025
South Bham Friends Institute FundHeart of England Community Foundation52023, 202524 Nov 2025
CommunityGarfield Weston Foundation42017 to 20267 May 2026
Birmingham & Black Country Communities FundHeart of England Community Foundation42022 to 202519 Dec 2025
StandardThe Veterans' Foundation32023 to 202625 Jun 2026
The Green Oak FundHerefordshire Community Foundation32023 to 20268 Jun 2026
WelfareGarfield Weston Foundation32017 to 202627 May 2026
SalaryThe Veterans' Foundation32023 to 20267 May 2026
ACE Charity Main GrantsThe Leathersellers' Foundation32022 to 202611 Feb 2026
Shelter and Security - Strengthened communitiesMaking a Difference Locally32024, 20255 Dec 2025

Open government schemes charities can apply for

6 open schemes on Find a Grant covering West Midlands 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, CHK Foundation, Charles Hayward Foundation, Freemasons’ Charity, Garfield Weston Foundation, Heart of England Community Foundation, Herefordshire Community Foundation, John Ellerman Foundation, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Making a Difference Locally, Rank Foundation, The Foyle Foundation, The Greggs Foundation, The Leathersellers' Foundation, The Veterans' Foundation, Westminster Foundation, Wolfson Foundation, Youth Music: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Data from Barnwood Trust: Creative Commons Zero (CC0 1.0). 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.