Bristol Charities Educational Fund
Bristol Charities established this Fund in 2003 with the object of making grants to maintained schools engaged in secondary education, within the city of Bristol.

Bristol Charities invites applications from schools, not individual pupils and the following criteria apply:

• It is an annual competition in respect of grants of between £5,000 and £15,000.

• Schools may submit more than one application.

• Schools are encouraged to be imaginative in their applications. Grants are not intended to provide incremental additions to school premises or equipment.

• Bristol Charities anticipate that the grants will bring "added value" and make an identifiable difference

• Fully documented applications should be submitted by
4 October 2010.

• Bristol Charities will consider the applications, and schools will be informed of their decision by 8 November 2010.

Educational Grants awarded in 2009
At a meeting held in November 2009, Bristol Charities made the following awards:

Merchants Academy £5,768.49
Funding towards:

• Building up resources in special needs department
• Other educational programmes to further extend SEN pupils’ literacy and numeracy skills
• Funding towards study for an MA in Educational research

St Mary Redcliffe & Temple School £3,745.96
Funding towards:

• Support for learning mentors
• A portable PC and software for research use in Educational Field trips
• Purchase of historical maps and artefacts

St Bede’s Catholic College £2,500
Funding towards:

• Specialist equipment for use by visually impaired students
• Pupils participating in a week long course towards achieving ASDAN Wider Key Skills

New Fosseway School £1,500
Funding towards:

• Developing sensory paths both inside and outside the school and an internal tactile trail around the school

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School £4,168
Funding towards:

• Enabling students from lower income families to take peripatetic music lessons

The Florence Brown Community School £3,000
Funding towards:

• Developing off site activities for students with a broad range of complex needs

Brislington Enterprise College £500
Funding towards:

• Year 7 and 8 pupils to visit and film different places of worship as part of their Social Awareness Experience

Barry T. Jones Fund
The late Mr Barry T Jones (1922 –1991) was headmaster of the former Avonhurst School, Clifton Down, Bristol. Under the terms of his will a Fund was established within the trusteeship of Bristol Charities. The object of the Fund is to provide grants to charitable independent schools, engaged in secondary education, within the city and county of Bristol.

Bristol Charities invite applications from schools, not individual pupils.

The following criteria apply:

• It is an annual competition in respect of grants of between £5,000 and £15,000.

• Schools may submit more than one application.

• Schools are encouraged to be imaginative in their applications. Grants are not intended as school bursaries or to provide incremental additions to school premises or equipment.

• Bristol Charities anticipates that the grants will bring "added value" and make an identifiable difference.

• Fully documented applications should be submitted by
4 October 2010.

• Bristol Charities will consider the applications, and the schools will be informed of their decisions by 8 November 2010.

Barry T Jones Fund 2009
At their meeting of November 2009, Bristol Charities agreed the following awards:

Colston’s School £6,283.05
Funding towards:

• Equipment to extend the availability of outdoor education across a wider spectrum of pupils

Clifton High School £5,957
Funding towards:

• Equipment and specialist study skills support software
• Hosting a visit from a theatre company aimed at 15 & 16 year olds to address the serious implications of binge drinking and bullying
  

St Christopher’s School £5,600
Funding towards:

• A short summer activity holiday for three pupils with complex needs who are unable to go home in the holidays