St Marylebone Educational Foundation

St Marylebone Educational Foundation is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 312378).

The St Marylebone Educational Foundation exists to promote the education of young people with a connection to the City of Westminster, with a preference for those connected to the historical Parish of St Marylebone. It was originally set up as the St Marylebone Charity School, and was formed from that school when schooling was taken over by the Government. In its latest annual report it paid £249,966 in grants, and 64 individual applicants received grants totalling £72,219 during that year. It also sets aside a budget of £50,000 a year for other schools to tender for funding, and gives grant funding to the St Marylebone C E School for projects outside the scope of Department for Education funding.

Priority Areas

The Foundation promotes the education of young people connected to the City of Westminster, with preference for those connected to the historical Parish of St Marylebone. It makes grants to Westminster-based schools and organisations for educational capital improvements, enrichment through music or other arts, and work addressing special educational needs. It also supports young people’s education through bursaries and assistance with clothing, tools, instruments and books, and through extracurricular activities including music lessons, tutoring and sports lessons. School applications are assessed individually, considering the number of children who benefit and the overall impact on the institution’s educational resources.

Themes

• Capital improvements
• Arts enrichment
• Special educational needs
• School fee bursaries

Geographic Focus

City of Westminster. Priority: The historical Parish of St Marylebone.

Organisations can apply through the online application form or send a traditional bid by email to the Clerk.

Deadlines: Organisational grant submissions are due on 2 March, 30 April and 31 August; trustees meet in March, June and October.

Application windows:

• Organisational grants: Deadlines for application submissions are March 2nd, April 30th and August 31st.
• Individual applications: The March meeting deadline is March 2nd; the June meeting deadline is April 30th; the October meeting deadline is August 31st.

Who can apply:

• Individual grants: Individuals must be under the age of 25 and have a proven 2 year connection to the City of Westminster either by living or being schooled there.
• Organisational grants: Applicants must be City of Westminster based schools or organisations.

What to send:

• Organisational grants: A bid no longer than 2 sides of A4 detailing where and how the funds would be spent, what effect the funded changes would have on the children they are destined for, and why; information on other funding sources if any; and the organisation’s last audited or examined annual accounts.
• School fee bursaries: For professionally identified SEN cases, evidence of the SEN, for example written confirmation from the school that the young person is on the SEN register.

What the charity says:

• Organisations should explain how the funds would be spent and the effect of the funded changes on the children intended to benefit.
• The trustees assess each school’s application individually, considering how many children will benefit and the overall impact on the institution’s educational resources.