# 12th edition of The Guide to Educational Grants published

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/04/30/12th-edition-guide-educational-grants-published/
- Published: 2013-04-30T08:01:12+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Directory of Social Change has published The Guide to Educational Grants 2013/
14, a detailed list of sources of non-statutory help and other support available
for people in education or training. All levels of education are covered, up to 
and including first degree level.**

The tenth edition of [The Guide to Educational Grants 2013/14](http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1906294682/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=1906294682&linkCode=as2&tag=219)
covers **nearly 1,500 trusts** and foundations which give a total of **over £54 
million a year in grants** to individuals.

In researching the latest edition, [Directory of Social Change](https://fundraising.co.uk/tag/directory-of-social-change/)
researchers found that applications to educational charitable trusts for financial
support had risen, yet many trusts had experienced a drop in income as a result 
of the recession. Further and Higher education students and schoolchildren are particularly
affected due to the escalating costs of higher education, the scrapping of Education
Maintenance Allowance and the decline in statutory school uniform grants.

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Lucy Lernelius-Tonks, DSC researcher and author of the guide said: “This forces 
us to consider if it is right that trusts should step in and do their best to fill
the gaps, as state support for education rolls back? Is the government taking enough
responsibility for making sure that a lack of money does not act as a barrier to
education and training?”

On the other hand, 23% of trusts surveyed had managed to increase their grant giving
over the past year.

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