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Culham St Gabriel's Trust

Religion & Worldviews Home Educators' Fund

Small grants for home-educating families and home ed groups in the West Midlands, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire to help children learn about religious and non-religious worldviews. A quick-response grant of up to £200 for a mini-project has no closing date and is decided within a month; a larger grant of £200 to £1,000 for a shared project bringing together two or more families or a home ed group closes on 15 December 2026. Co-designed with home educators by Culham St Gabriel's, All Saints Educational Trust and St Peter's Saltley Trust, and decided by a panel of home-educating parents.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £1,000
Deadline
58 days left
15 December
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • People currently home educating who live in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Coventry and Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Northamptonshire or Leicestershire, and have a UK bank account
  • Individuals or families can apply, as can home ed groups or networks; children can help with the application but a parent or guardian must be the sole contact and supervise the grant
  • The larger grant needs two or more families or a home ed group
  • More than one application is allowed, though the pot is limited

What it funds

Projects that help children learn about religion and worldviews in a way that works for the family or home ed group, for example:

  • Using art, storytelling or drama to explore different beliefs and values
  • Planning visits to local places of worship or community organisations
  • Creating a mini research project, documentary or map
  • Comparing worldviews through books, walks, or family discussions

small grants (up to £200) are for a mini-project or activity; larger grants (£200-£1,000) are for a bigger or longer-term shared project of up to 12 months. The panel looks for relevance, creativity, impact, collaboration and value for money

What it will not fund

  • Projects that promote one religion or worldview as better or more 'true' than others
  • Projects that focus mainly on deepening personal faith
  • Projects or activities outside the United Kingdom
  • Hate speech or prejudice (zero tolerance)

How to apply

  1. Check you are home educating in one of the listed areas and have a UK bank account
  2. Come up with a project idea (a sample application and last year's funded projects are on the page)
  3. Choose the small grant (up to £200, any time until funds run out) or the larger shared-project grant (£200-£1,000, by 23:59 on Tuesday 15 December 2026)
  4. Apply through the short online form, or by video or phone call with the fund facilitator, who transcribes your answers; email julia@cstg.org.uk in good time to book a call
  5. Small grant decisions aim to come within one month; larger grants are distributed in December
  6. If funded, share a short update on how it went and what your children learned; informal support meetings with other grant holders are offered

personal data is never shared with local authorities or other government bodies

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