The Hockerill Foundation

The Hockerill Foundation makes individual grants mainly to those training in the United Kingdom to be teachers, with a priority to teaching Religious Education. The foundation makes grants in the following categories for study in the United Kingdom: students and teaching assistants taking teaching qualifications or first degrees leading to teaching; teachers, teaching assistants and others in an educational capacity seeking professional development through full-time or part-time courses; those undertaking research related to the practice of Religious Education in schools or further education; students taking other first degree courses or courses in further education; others involved in teaching and leading in voluntary, non-statutory education, including those concerned with adult and Christian education. Grants are not usually awarded for the first year of a three or four year course, but exceptions may be made for mature students. The foundation also makes small grants for gap year projects with an educational focus, but only to those whose home or place of study is in the Dioceses of Chelmsford and St Albans. All grants to individuals are made on an annual basis to enable the Trustees to help the maximum numbers of students. Those who have received a first grant and wish to be considered for help in subsequent years must submit a new application.