Free grant snapshot · last 12 months
Education and training grants in North West
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 North West.
Top funders
Trusts and foundations that gave the most to education and training charities in North West in the last 12 months. Names link to their free funder profile where we have one.
| Funder | Grants | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Morgan Foundation | 6 | £2m | £317k |
| Westminster Foundation | 7 | £689k | £15k |
| Forever Manchester | 61 | £373k | £2,500 |
| Youth Music | 4 | £333k | £100k |
| Freemasons’ Charity | 5 | £300k | £60k |
| A B Charitable Trust | 10 | £270k | £28k |
| Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside | 29 | £254k | £5,422 |
| Esmée Fairbairn Foundation | 2 | £243k | £122k |
| The Veterans' Foundation | 11 | £238k | £10k |
| Garfield Weston Foundation | 5 | £210k | £30k |
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.
| Programme | Funder | Grants (12 months) | Years with grants | Latest grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Together Energy Fund | Forever Manchester | 20 | 2023, 2024, 2025 | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Community Impact Grants | Benefact Trust | 10 | 2023 to 2026 | 18 May 2026 |
| Building Grants | Benefact Trust | 9 | 2023 to 2026 | 18 May 2026 |
| Migrants and Refugees | A B Charitable Trust | 7 | 2013 to 2026 | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Forever Manchester Awards | Forever Manchester | 5 | 2020 to 2026 | 4 Feb 2026 |
| Main Grant, Social & Criminal Justice | Charles Hayward Foundation | 5 | 2022 to 2025 | 23 Dec 2025 |
| Regional Grants 25-26 | Steve Morgan Foundation | 4 | 2025, 2026 | 21 Jul 2026 |
| DF Capital Foundation | Forever Manchester | 4 | 2025, 2026 | 27 May 2026 |
| Welfare | Garfield Weston Foundation | 4 | 2017 to 2026 | 15 May 2026 |
| Other Grants | Westminster Foundation | 4 | 2018 to 2026 | 31 Jan 2026 |
Open government schemes charities can apply for
6 open schemes on Find a Grant covering North West in related sectors (live Grant Radar list). The 5 closing soonest:
| Scheme | Funder | Grant size | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focal award: EPSRC and MHCLG Fire Engineering Skills Hub (Grant) | UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | £1 to £5.9m | 3 Nov 2026 |
| Purchase mid-range equipment for biomedical research: MRC Equip (Grant) | UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council | £200k to £1m | 5 Nov 2026 |
| Doctoral focal award: chip design and verification (Grant) | UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council | £1 to £6m | 2 Dec 2026 |
| People and Research | Historic England | £250 to £300k | 1 Apr 2027 |
| Youth Jobs Grant | Department for Work and Pensions | £3,000 to £25m | 1 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, Cheshire Community Foundation, Community Foundation North East, Community Foundations for Lancashire & Merseyside, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Forever Manchester, Freemasons’ Charity, Garfield Weston Foundation, Heart of England Community Foundation, London Marathon Foundation, Making a Difference Locally, Point North, Rank Foundation, Steve Morgan Foundation, The Clothworkers Foundation, The Dulverton Trust, The Greggs Foundation, The Leathersellers' Foundation, The True Colours Trust, The Veterans' Foundation, Virgin Money Foundation, Westminster Foundation, Wolfson Foundation, Youth Music: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Data from Community Foundation for Calderdale: 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.