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Sofronie Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Foundations aims to support projects that provide young people with skills for jobs and programmes that increase access to higher education. 

Who can apply? Registered charities and not-for-profit organisations focused on working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds can apply. 

Grant amount: There is no minimum or maximum award amount specified. 

Henry Smith Charity Announces New 5-Year Strategy

Aims/priorities: The Henry Smith Charity, now known as the Henry Smith Foundation, has published its new strategy, Elevate Your Impact (2025-2030) which ‘reaffirms its commitment to the people and organisations driving change across the UK’.

Over the next five years, the Foundation will focus on supporting people facing some of life’s toughest transitions.

It will offer flexible, long-term funding through its new funding programmes:

John Ellerman Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to ensure the rights of people, society and the natural world for current and future generations. Applications should address at least one of the following funding criteria:

Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund 2025/26

Aims/priorities: The funding aims to break down barriers and help get young people from all backgrounds into aviation

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from registered charities and organisations registered with Companies House.

To be eligible, applicants must:

IOP Public Engagement Grant Scheme

Aims/priorities: The Institute of Physics provides funding for projects across the UK and Ireland that improve people’s relationship with physics in their family or community groups.

In 2025, the funding will continue to focus on physics engagement projects that align with IOP’s Limit Less campaign, which aims to encourage young people currently underrepresented in the physics community to carry on doing physics post 16. 

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