Devon Educational Trust

How to apply for a grant:

Please first check our application criteria to make sure you are eligible to apply, and then click on the button below, or scan the QR code, to complete your application.

The initial sections of the application will give you essential information about who can complete the application and who can be a referee – please read it carefully.

To find out our application submission deadlines, and what happens after you have completed your application form, please see below.

Application Closing Dates:

Our Trustees meet three times a year to consider grant applications.
The application submission deadlines are:

• 1st February (for applications to be considered at our March meeting)
• 1st June (for our July meeting)
• 1st October (for our November meeting)

After you have applied:

• We will email you to confirm that we have received your grant application, and to tell you what happens next.
• We will email your referees. We ask that you kindly contact your referees to check that they have received our email.
• At our meeting, the Trustees will consider each application received by the relevant closing date (see above).
• We will notify you by email of the Trustees’ decision. You should receive our email by the end of either March, July or November.
• The Trustees’ decision is final.

If you are awarded a grant:

• You will be asked to complete a Declaration Form (confirming that the grant we offer will be used for the purpose stated on your application form) and a Bank Form (confirming the payees’ details). We aim to pay all grants within four weeks of receiving this paperwork from you.
• Wherever possible, grants are paid directly to the relevant school, college, university or supplier.
• Payment will be made by bank transfer.
• Please tell us how the grant has helped you. Future grant applications may be considered more favourably if you have previously provided feedback.

Some of the above procedures are to satisfy The Charity Commission regulations.