The Lytham Schools Foundation is a local education-focused funder serving children and young people in and around Lytham St Annes (FY8), with a strong emphasis on school infrastructure, access to independent schooling, and practical support for students facing financial barriers. It appears to combine capital grantmaking for schools and youth facilities with means-tested bursaries and individual awards for further education, vocational training, and related opportunities. The foundation is especially tied to the local school ecosystem, including AKS and nearby primary/secondary schools, and it favors projects that improve physical learning environments or directly help local young people progress in education.
Local, trustee-reviewed grantmaking with ongoing applications and monthly decision cycles. Gives variable-size awards ranging from smaller individual bursaries and student grants to large capital contributions for school and facility projects; some programs are means-tested and some are invitation/relationship-driven through local institutions.
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Match your request to one of the foundation’s three programs: capital/facilities, AKS bursaries, or individual student support. Applicants should be based in or serving the FY8/Lytham St Annes area, and student awards are means-tested with monthly trustee consideration and decisions typically within about six weeks; for individual grants, submit by the stated annual deadline (June 30 where applicable).
Current and upcoming funding from The Lytham Schools Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Local schools with building or refurbishment projects that improve educational provision may be supported; projects may be fully funded by the foundation or co-funded with other schemes.
Who can apply: Applications are welcomed from organisations or individuals. Priority is to support children and young people residing at or near Lytham St Annes (broadly FY8) who need financial assistance with educational costs, and organisations providing education-related activities.
Who can apply: Organisations or schools serving children in or near Lytham St Annes (FY8). Applicants must complete the Foundation's Grant Application Form and demonstrate how the project advances education for local children.
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis; trustees meet monthly. For consideration for the upcoming academic year applicants are asked to submit by June 30.
Who can apply: Applicant must meet residence criteria (born/resided in area for at least 10 years OR have had a full-time address in the area for 3 of the previous 5 years), be under 25 at time of application, and be applying for courses that charge fees (not state-funded GCSE/A-level). Grants are need-based and supporting financial evidence and references are usually required.
Deadline: Monthly trustee consideration; decision within ~6 weeks. Applicants are asked to submit by June 30 for consideration for the following academic year.
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