The Original Orphanage Building

The Reedham Trust
The Lodge, 23 Old Lodge Lane, Purley, Surrey CR8 4DJ

(A Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No. 81410)

Charity No : 312433

PATRON : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN

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The 2011 Annual Report and Accounts and

The Reedham Trust Summer 2011 Newsletter

are both available on request from the Trust
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Are you an Old Scholar of Reedham Orphanage/ Reedham School?
Follow this link to the website of the Reedham Old Scholars' Association
Reedham Old Scholars Association

How to Apply

	The purpose of The Reedham Trust is to help support children in the United Kingdom at boarding schools in circumstances where the child cannot be adequately cared for on a daily basis within the home. This follows on from our origins as an Orphanage. The whole emphasis of the Trust is on boarding need and not educational need.
	Please note that the Reedham Trust is unable to consider assistance with day fees, nor do we assist with fees at Performing Arts Schools. We also do not consider assistance with boarding fees for young people who will begin boarding in the 6th Form. Click the “Criteria” button for full details of the circumstances where we would give consideration to a grant.

As the Trust tries to help as many children as possible we are unable to make a grant that is sufficient to cover the total fees required for a child to attend a boarding school. Applicants are expected to approach the school at which their child has been offered a place to ascertain whether the school will award a bursary or scholarship towards the fees.

Despite any award made by the school or school foundation, it is usually necessary to apply for grants from more than one charitable trust in order to cover the balance of fees.

Many other Trusts give grants towards school fees in certain circumstances but this will depend on the criteria of the individual trust. Below are the two Trusts that we work most closely with. The Educational Grants Advice Line (details below) is a good source of information about other Trusts which might be able to assist you.

Buttle UK
Audley House
13 Palace Street
London
SW1E 5HS

020 7828 7311

http://www.buttleuk.org/

The Educational Grants Advice Line of the Independent Schools Council

01932 865 619

Can be contacted between the hours of
9 am & 11 am weekdays only.

The Royal National Children's Foundation
Sandy Lane
Cobham, Surrey
KT11 2ES

Telephone: 01932 868622

http://www.rncf.org.uk

(The RNCF was formed on 1 December 2010 by a merger between The Royal Wanstead Children's Foundation and The Joint Educational Trust (J.E.T.)

It may also be useful to consult the Website of
The Educational Trust Forum on

http://www.educational-grants.org

If you meet our criteria then we will ask you to fill in an application form. The form is in two parts and the second part is common to a number of charitable trusts that assist with school fees. It is therefore a good idea to keep a photocopy of Part 2 if possible, to save you having to complete it again.

After the form is received it will be acknowledged and receive preliminary consideration by the Trustees. If it is approved thus far the next stage will usually be for a visit to take place at your home, by our Caseworker or other representative, to discuss the child’s situation further. Following this the application will then be presented to the Trust’s Selection Panel at their next scheduled meeting and a decision will be taken at that time as to whether or not The Reedham Trust will be able to award a grant.

The Reedham Trust is a small charitable Trust with limited resources and we receive many applications from needy families. Unfortunately we are not able to help them all.