Fundraising Success | Grants
Focus on local grants
‘We raised £21,845 from local grants to help improve our playground’
Autumn grants landscape
How funders are reshaping their priorities and opportunities
Creating a case for support
How one school secured grants from The Wolfson Foundation
Funding a community amphitheatre
How Downlands Community School worked hard to secure funding for its community amphitheatre
Make friends with wildlife
While not strictly a grant, the Nature Friendly Schools project offers free expert support for outdoor learning
One grant leads to another
When applying for grants, it pays to have a demonstrable plan of action – and it’s even better if you’ve already acted on that plan
Access for all
Social mobility is stalling, but one charity is helping pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds get into top universities
Gender equality project
The Leys Primary and Nursery School received £35,000 to set up a gender equality project with schools in Nepal
We used experts to secure £3.7million of CIF grants
A Nottinghamshire MAT achieve its goals thanks to ICS Funding Services
Reading Oasis programme
Nightingale Primary School now has a full library thanks to a £10,000 donation
Supermarket grants
Success with two supermarket grants transformed Stallingborough Primary School's memorial garden
Students visit concentration camp
An £18,880 grant took students from Birmingham to Bergen-Belsen
LGBT+ workshops
Embracing diversity through LGBT+ workshops
Siobhan Dowd Trust
The Siobhan Dowd Trust helped Moorlands Primary Academy restock its library
Biodome project
Severn View Academy received a £10,000 grant to install a biodome and enhance outdoor learning
The #iwill Fund
£3,600 from the #iwill Fund enabled All Saints' CofE Primary School to run an intergenerational project
Spaces that work
The Wolfson Foundation has updated its grants programme, making it easier to access funding for cutting-edge facilities
Meet the funder: Youth Music
Youth Music is a national charity that invests in music-making projects for children and young people
Meet the funder: National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has changed its name and streamlined its grants programme
Meet the funder: Foyle Foundation
Can your library improvements be funded by the Foyle Schools Library Programme?
Meet the funder: Groundwork
Groundwork's grant schemes are helping communities improve their outdoor space
Meet the funder: Siobhan Dowd Trust
The Siobhan Dowd Trust aims to support children and young people whose access to books and stories has been deprived
Meet the funder: Awards for All
Find out more about one of the most prominent funders of school projects