BFSS Grants

The Society gives grants for educational projects totalling about £400,000 in any one year. Although a few grants are made for individuals, the majority are given to other charities, educational organisations and schools for the purpose of advancing educational opportunity. Applications which meet the criteria are considered by the Grants Committee, which meets quarterly.

To see the criteria for grant giving approved by the Council please click here.

Grants to organisations

Applications from organisations should normally be submitted by or through a UK registered charity or, in the case of overseas organisations, by a charitable organisation with an established UK connection. For an application form for the purpose please click here. For a supplementary form for construction projects please click here. The Trustees will want to be satisfied that the work or service proposed will give value for money, that it will achieve positive and longlasting change and that it will be sustainable once the Society's grant comes to an end.

Grants for individuals

The Society now makes very few grants for individuals. Applications will be considered only if the individual meets the following criteria:

• He or she is attending an institution in the UK and is in the final stages of an initial teacher training course.
• He or she is intending to pursue a career in teaching and, in the case of a student from a developing country, is intending to return to his/her home country to teach after completing the course or gaining Qualified Teacher Status.
• He or she embarked on the course with appropriate financial support arrangements in place and has run into financial difficulties for reasons outside his/her control.

Any grant that may be agreed by the Society will be paid to the student's university/college, through whom any application should be submitted, and not to the individual concerned. Students who meet the criteria should click here for a form and submit it through their university or college.