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East Lothian Educational Trust

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The East Lothian Educational Trust offers grants to eligible individuals and organisations for educational activities, including study, travel and community projects. Funding is available to support those in financial need, with application details provided via email while a new online system is being developed.

The East Lothian Educational Trust provides grants to individuals, groups and clubs for studies or projects of an educational nature.

Education

School trips: to support the costs of school camps and trips, often a key milestone in a young person’s school life.
Further education: to help cover some of the costs of academic studies at college and university such as course fees, travel and books for undergraduate and postgraduate study or research work.
Vocational training: to help cover costs incurred for training courses and apprenticeships, such as course fees, travel and materials.
Projects: to help fund specific educational projects or equipment for schools, either directly with the school or with parents’ groups and local organisations working with the school

Arts

Visual: for visual arts projects that establish or maintain a collection of works of art to circulate among educational establishments, or to support art exhibitions and lectures. Individual grants can be requested by any person showing exceptional promise in visual arts and requires tuition.
Music: to establish and equip choirs and orchestras, or for musical performances, lectures, concerts or workshops. Individual grants can be requested by any person showing exceptional promise in vocal or instrumental music and requires tuition.
Drama: to establish and equip dramatic groups, or to maintain a library of plays suitable for performance, or for dramatic arts performances, lectures, concerts or workshops. Individual grants can be requested by any person showing exceptional promise in dramatic art and requires tuition.

Sport

Facilities: to help maintain playing fields, swimming pools or sporting facilities to the benefit of the public or to help with the provision of recreational facilities and activities to clubs, societies and organisations with the aim to improve conditions of life for those participating.
Travel and equipment: to assist with travelling costs of school teams and inter-school sports meets and to provide sports apparatus, clothing, coaching and classes.
Individual grants: to support those showing exceptional sporting talent or skills with training, clothing, equipment or travel costs.

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Geographical areas funded: East Lothian

Fund type

Type of funding:: Grant
Type of cost:: Revenue

Fund award sizes

Maximum:: Premium information

Notes on award amounts:: Premium information

Who can apply

Individuals, groups and clubs for studies or projects of an educational nature. Must be residents of the “old” county of East Lothian; this means that of the area currently covered by East Lothian Council; residents of Musselburgh, Wallyford and Whitecraig are excluded.

Local organisations are also able to apply for funding for projects addressing education, sports and the arts primarily to benefit those in financial hardship or other disadvantage.

When to apply

You can submit an application at any time and it will be considered at the next quarterly meeting (in February, May, August and November). The submission deadline for applications to be considered at the next meeting is 15 November 2026.

Next deadline: 15 Nov 2026