Eligibility Criteria:

Please note that we can only support students from armed forces and veteran families.
We can support young people who meet the following criteria:

• Between the ages of 16-25 who have enrolled in college or university.
• Enrolled in an entry to undergraduate degree level of study.
• From Scottish serving or veteran families residing within the UK.
• From non-Scottish serving or veteran families residing in Scotland.

For further information please visit the Forces Children Scotland website.

Armed Forces Children’s Education Trust exists to assist in funding the education of dependants of Servicemen and women, both currently serving and retired. Grants are available to those up to the age of 25.

There must be a link between Service disadvantage and the need for support for university costs for us to consider a grant for this purpose. We would only consider an application for fees for tertiary education where a loan is not available. In such cases, we may consider a grant for years 2 and 3. This allows us to ensure that you are committed to your studies by passing successfully through your first year at university.

In some circumstances, the Trust may support accommodation-related charges where a maintenance grant is not available or insufficient, but this will be on a means-tested basis and, again, must be related to disadvantage due to the parent’s military service.

Further information can be found on the Armed Forces Children's Education Trust website.

If you are the son or daughter of a parent who has at any time served or is serving on a full time engagement in HM Armed Forces and starting university study for 2024 entry for a first degree and aged between 17 and under 21 (by 1 January 2023) then you can apply for the The Council of the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund £2,000 scholarship. You can find out more Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund.

The President's Award Scheme (PAS) was set up by the Royal British Legion Women’s Section to assist those in financial need with costs linked to educational needs. The Scheme can provide two different types of financial support:

• Education Grants
• Accommodation Scholarships

To be eligible for an Education Grant, applicants must be:

• current/former service personnel or
• partners of current/former service personnel or
• dependents of current/former service personnel (children under 18, in full-time education, or medically dependent)

And:
• undertaking an educational course lower than post-graduate level and not related to a work placement.
• applying for a grant for the first time (unless circumstances are exceptional)

Find out more information on the website at britishlegion.org.uk 

The Alexander Duckham Memorial Trust makes grants to people in financial need who have/had a child-parent relationship with a member/former member of the RAF.

Applicants can be biological or adoptive children (including those adopted in fact but not in law) or someone for whose upbringing a member/former member of the RAF took responsibility.

There is no age restriction. The Alexander Duckham Memorial Trust can help adults as well as children, provided the applicant has/had a child-parent relationship with a member/former member the RAF.

Find out more information on their website at https://www.rafbf.org/the-alexander-duckham-memorial-schools-trust/ways-we-help 

Available for people up to the age of 25.

If you are a young person looking towards an apprenticeship, college or higher education we can offer financial support with an annual grant to assist with the costs of books/equipment and a monthly grant towards your everyday living costs. Contact us to find out more.