Catbrook Educational Trust
Supporting local children and young people with learning and development grants
Application Round 2025
Opens Monday 28th April
Closes Monday 16th June
Background
The Catbrook Educational Trust (Charity Number: 1199479) was launched in 2004 after a group of dedicated local residents, led by Martin Routh and Duncan Myatt, fought to secure the proceeds from the sale of Catbrook School, in the 1990s, to put into trust to support the education of the children in Catbrook and the surrounding area. The Trust was active for a number of years, but has not been able to make contributions to the development of local young adults and children who might have been eligible to apply for financial assistance for the last few years.The capital has been carefully protected and a new board of Trustees was put in place in 2020 to re-launch the Trust in 2021.
Objective
The aim of the Trust is to support the education (including social and physical training) of young people under the age of 25 who are, or have been, resident in the catchment area of the former Catbrook School. This area includes the villages of Catbrook, Broadstone, Whitelye, Parkhouse, Trellech Grange, Cicelyford and Botany Bay. To see a map of the catchment area please click on the link below.
Latest News
The latest application round for The Catbrook Educational Trust (CET) was completed in August 2024. The Trustees are delighted by the response from the Community; 24 applications were received from local children and young people and 1 from a children’s community group; all were successful. Trustees distributed funds to the value of £5,940. Seven of the applications were from applicants who have not applied before and seven from families who would describe themselves as less affluent. Nine of the applicants are attending university or working. Seven at secondary school or sixth form and eight at primary school or preschool.
The types of activities applied for this year including swimming, music, riding, sailing and driving lessons, rowing, Brownies and support for transport to school or university, as well as many experiences including school trips, sports and studying/working abroad. We have also had applications for equipment, computing, sports, music, the arts and books, as well as equipment to support the kids n craft club run from the village hall, which benefits many children in the local area.
Since we relaunched the Educational Trust 4 years ago we have provided 97 grants to 43 children and young people and 2 community projects focused on children. We have distributed £21,900 in grant funding to support the education and personal development of children and young people in the local area. We have also been privileged to see and contribute to the great breadth of interests, activities and experiences that local young people are involved in.
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If you have any further questions or any feedback regarding on the process or the contribution that a CET grant has given to the education/development of your child please contact the Trustees by email at
catbrookeducationaltrust@gmail.com
Trustees
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Leanne Wakerley
Chair
Nigel Williams
Dawn Cater
Treasurer
Nicky Harvey
Laura Thorpe
Dave Phipps
Andy Pullan
Craig Bridgeman