Funding for women
Hilda Martindale Educational Trust
The Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education Educational Awards Fund
Diamond Education Grant
Soroptimist International GB & Ireland offers Diamond Education Grants to women to update their skills after breaks from employment, or to acquire new skills. Grants are made towards course fees or books and equipment, not towards living expenses.
Fund for Women Graduates
The Fund for Women Graduates is an educational charity whose objective is promoting the higher education and wider learning of women graduates. We do this by awarding grants to assist with the living expenses of women postgraduate students, typically in the final year of work towards a PhD or equivalent degree.
Futures for Women
The Society was founded to encourage women towards economic independence through employment. It offers interest-free loans of around £1,000 towards the cost of training for professional, commercial or technical work. Loans are repaid by monthly instalment.
Hilda Martindale Educational Trust
Provides a limited number of awards to British women who are training or studying for a career in a profession where women are under-represented. The maximum award is £3,000.
The Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education (YLCE) Educational Awards Fund
Established in 1889, the Educational Awards Fund offers sums between £200 and £400 for women in British educational institutions to be paid directly towards their fees. To be eligible you must a female British citizen, aged 21 years or older, who cannot qualify for a student loan and who needs help with course fees.