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Perkins Educational Foundation
The Perkins Educational Foundation Awards to Schools and other Bodies Serving Salford Priors, Harvington, Cleeve Prior, Bidford-on-Avon and Broom
Published: 5 February 2024
Welcome to the Perkins Educational Foundation
Serving Salford Priors, Harvington, Cleeve Prior, Bidford-on-Avon and Broom
The Foundation was established by William Perkins in 1656. It devotes its funds to helping the young people of Salford Priors and the surrounding villages realise their educational goals. This is achieved through the provision of grants, both directly to school leavers and to schools and other youth organisations.
The Foundation as it exists today is a registered charity, administered by a board of voluntary governors, drawn from the parishes of Salford Priors, Harvington, Cleeve Prior, Bidford-on-Avon and Broom, the parishes in which applicants must live. This was one of the stipulations that Perkins himself approved.
Every year the Foundation helps young people under the age of 25 mainly with their expenses in courses of further and higher education, or in apprenticeships. Grants are also available to local schools and youth organisations to help fund projects which benefit children and young people of the parishes.
Visit : https://www.williamperkinscharity.org/
