The Trust is a small grant making Charity, with limited funds available, to assist with the education or improvement in the quality of life of young people, under 25 years old, who are resident or work in, or close to, the City of Oxford.
Grants, usually of between £300 and £500, are made to individuals or voluntary organisations for these purposes. The Trustees prefer to help those from a less well off or deprived background, but they have wide discretion.
Some examples of grants awarded are for the purchase of laptops for study purposes, for buying equipment needed for acquiring a trade, paying for extra tuition and foreign trips for educational purposes.
If you would like to apply for a grant and think you might qualify, please write to – The Clerk to the Trustees, The St Michael’s Oxford Educational Trust, St Michael’s Church Centre, Cornmarket, Oxford OX1 3EY. Tel: 01865 255772, or email info@stmichaelscharities.org.uk. The office is usually open on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Registered Charity number 309553, The St Michael’s Oxford Educational Trust