Short answer
✓Can pay for a workshop
Open all yearOpen all year, no fixed deadline
The school applies directly with the Trust's form and no charitable vehicle is needed. The Trust's own page lists science visits (into or out of school) as a permitted use, which covers an external provider delivering a science workshop in school.
✓Checked on the funder's website on 7 October 2026. View the funder's page (edinatrust.org.uk)
How to use it for a workshop
Check your school is in one of the current areas, complete the Trust's grant form, and use the grant towards a science workshop delivered in school as a science visit.
Put a price in your application
From £597 per day, excluding VATSee your exact price
- What it is
- A non-competitive science grant of £1,000 per year for primary and special schools (£500 for junior and infant schools) and £700 for eligible local-authority nurseries, guaranteed for schools in the 11 current local-authority areas. It can be spent on science visits into or out of school, which covers a bought-in science workshop.
- Next round
- The Trust lists all 11 current areas under 'Schemes ending: 2026/27'.
- Amount
- £1,000 primary school science grants (£500 for Junior & Infant schools) and £700 nursery science grants
- Who can apply
- SchoolThe school (or nursery) in a currently eligible local authority area applies directly using the Trust's grant form; no PTA or charity vehicle is needed.
- Phases
- Primary, Special, Early years
- Where
- England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland: Belfast City, Halton, North Lanarkshire, Nottingham City, Stoke-on-Trent, North Ayrshire, Inverclyde, Dundee City, Leicester City, Burnley, Swansea
- Funder
- Edina Trust
