Educational trusts and charities

There are all sorts of trusts and charities that give money to students.

The Student Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) holds a Register of Educational Endowments. You can ask them to search the register for you by filling in form REE1. You can download it from their website at www.saas.gov.uk/student_support/other_funding.htm or write to them for a copy.

Information is also available from: 

The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland
Tel: 01383 724990
E-mail: jgray@carnegie-trust.org

Web: http://www.carnegie-trust.org/

Educational Grants Advisory Service (EGAS)

Tel: 020 7254 6251

Web: http://www.family-action.org.uk/  

Reference Books listing Trusts:

• Charities Digest (published by Waterlow Professional Publishing)
• Directory of Grant Making Trusts (published by Directory of Social Change)
• Educational Grants Directory (published by Directory of Social Change)
• Grants Register: The Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding (published by Palgrave MacMillan).

These books are available in larger public libraries.

Useful Web sites:

http://www.funderfinder.org.uk/

http://www.scholarship-search.org.uk/   

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/banking/student-money-saving