The Leathersellers' Company Educational Awards

The Leathersellers’ Undergraduate Student Grants Programme aims to support undergraduate students who are care experienced, and/or are students of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools or Colfe’s School, whose circumstances may otherwise prevent them from achieving their goals.

These grants aim to improve social mobility, relieve financial need where other support is not available and enable students to have a positive impact on society in the future.

The maximum grant that may be awarded to a single student is £5,000 per annum, for no more than four years. Whilst they do award grants to the maximum level of £5,000, the average grant they currently give is around £4,100. All grants awarded are reassessed annually.

Who can apply?

To be eligible to apply for a Student Grant for the academic year 2025-26 you must:

• be enrolled on a full-time undergraduate degree course at a UK University, or with an offer to do so later this year.
• be in financial need of support to study the course (and have exhausted other options for funding including loans or family support); and
• hold the ambition to have a positive impact on society in the future.

In addition, you must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• be care experienced (as defined below)
• be a current or former student of the Leathersellers’ Federation of Schools
• be a current or former student of Colfe’s School

Care Experienced
For the purposes of this programme, we define someone as being care experienced as someone who has been the subject of a care order/interim care order or voluntary agreement (commonly known as a Section 20 agreement) at some point between the ages of 0-18 years old. This includes all ‘looked after children’ irrespective of immigration status (see below for more information). Care orders granted by the Court and voluntary agreements allow the local authority to assume responsibility of a child’s care, either temporarily or until the age of 18 years old. There is no age limit on applications for these grants.

Studying in the UK
To be eligible to apply for a Leathersellers’ student grant, one of the following must apply to you:

• I am a UK citizen or have indefinite leave to remain
• I have the right to remain for at least five years
• I have been granted refugee status
• I have pre-settled status (EU)

Other Funding
Receipt of other bursary or grant funding does not exclude you from applying for a Leathersellers’ Undergraduate Student Grant. This will form part of the financial picture that is considered during our assessment process.

Eligible countries and nationalities

This scholarship is open to all nationalities and domiciles.

How to Apply

For more information on the application process, please visit The Leathersellers' Company Educational Awards webpage.