Deakin and Combe Memorial Trust Education Grants

The Deakin and Combe Memorial Trust invites applications for assistance with the cost of further/higher education from those who are studying or about to study an agriculture related course in the academic year 2025/2026. Applicants must have parent(s)/guardian(s) and/or grandparent(s) who have made a contribution towards agriculture in England or Wales. Previously successful applicants who have provided their report on how their grant was used are also eligible to apply. These grants are made possible by the continuing support of the Deakin family and the trust of the late Nora Combe. The Deakin and Combe Memorial Trust was first formed in 1944 in memory of George Deakin, Vice President of the NFU and chair of the Pigs Marketing Board, who was tragically killed in 1943. Last year, successful candidates received grants of between £500 and £1,000 towards items such as training courses, laptops and books.