Grants to organisations

Sir Walter St John’s Educational Charity makes grants to promote the education and training of children and young people under the age of 25 who live in the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Lambeth and who are in need of financial assistance. Preference is given to supporting those who live in the Battersea area.

During 2009/10, the Charity undertook a complete review of its grant-making.   As a result, two new funding programmes were launched – Small Education Grants and Strategic Grants.

Small Education Grants of up to £1,000 are available for local community and voluntary organisations for educational activities and projects.   Priority will be given to projects or activities working with children from the following groups:

  • Those living in areas of particular social disadvantage
  • Refugee and asylum seeking children and young people
  • Disabled children and young people
  • Young carers
  • Looked after children, and care leavers

The next deadlines for the receipt of applications are:

  • Tuesday 4th June 2013
  • Tuesday 10th September 2013

For further details about what grants may be used to support and the application process, please see our funding guidelines.  To discuss a proposal and to obtain an application form, please contact the Charity’s Manager, Melanie Griffiths, on 020 7498 8878 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) or via email (manager@swsjcharity.org.uk) .

Strategic Grants – Through its Strategic Grants programme, the Charity is supporting organisations to carry out work with children from two priority groups:

  • young carers
  • secondary school aged refugees and asylum seekers – in particular, unaccompanied minors and those with little or no previous experience of formal education

The Charity will make grants of up to £30,000 per year for up to three years to support educational projects working with children and young people from these groups in Wandsworth and/or Lambeth.

For further information about the Strategic Grants programme, or to discuss a proposal, please contact the Charity’s Manager, Melanie Griffiths, on 020 7498 8878 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).

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