Welcome to the website of Sir John Cass's Foundation.
The Foundation is one of London's oldest and largest education charities. Founded in 1748, it supports education for young people under the age of 25 in inner London through its grant programmes for individuals, schools and organisations, and its support for a number of institutions bearing Sir John Cass's name. These include Sir John Cass's Foundation CE Primary School in the City of London, Sir John Cass's Foundation and Red Coat CE Secondary School in Tower Hamlets, Sir John Cass's Department of Art, Media and Design within London Metropolitan University and the Cass Business School, which is part of City University.
We are extremely pleased to be supporting three Academies; St. Mary Magdalene and the City of London Academies in Islington and St. Michael & All Angels Academy in Camberwell. The Foundation has also awarded grants to thirty four secondary schools across inner London towards their bids to become designated as Specialist Schools, including a grant last year, to Elmgreen School in Lambeth, which is the first parent promoted school in the country.
The website provides information about the Foundation and the different types of grants we offer to individuals, schools and organisations.
Latest News
SIR JOHN CASS SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
The Foundation has recently decided to award a major grant to the University of East London towards what will become the Sir John Cass School of Education. This new state of the art centre for education, teaching and research will be based at Stratford.
More information can be obtained about this exciting development at www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/johncass.htm
SIR JOHN CASS'S FOUNDATION LECTURE
This year's Sir John Cass's Foundation Lecture is due to take place on the evening of 13th November 2008 at the Cass Business School. The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls has kindly agreed to give the Lecture.
More information can be found on the Sir John Cass's Foundation Lecture page of our website.
* Changes to our Individual Grants
The Foundation has recently reviewed and changed the way it awards funding to individuals. Information about the Foundation's current grants programmes for individuals can be found in the Grants to Individuals section of our website.
* Individual Grants for Care Leavers –
Individuals who are, or have been in local authority care are significantly under-represented in post-statutory education. Only around one in every hundred goes on to university, compared to national participation rates of over 40%.
This new scheme, which will be piloted in 2007/08 and 2008/09, aims to support and encourage young people from inner London, who have been in the care of Social Services, to continue with their education beyond school. Grants are available for individuals undertaking courses at Further, Higher or Postgraduate level to help with costs such as fees, books and equipment, travel costs, and maintenance.
Click here for more information about this new fund and how to apply.
* St Giles Trust wins prestigious award
Offender charity St Giles Trust has won the Education and Training category of the prestigious Charity Awards for its groundbreaking Peer Advice Project. Sir John Cass’s Foundation currently supports the project in two YOIs (Chelmsford and Norwich) which house large numbers of young men from inner London.
St Giles Trust was one of three organisations to be shortlisted from hundreds of entries in this category. Its Peer Advice Project creates a positive cycle whereby serving prisoners are trained to become professional advisers to their fellow inmates. Prisoners and Young Offenders are trained to NVQ3 in Advice and Guidance and become Peer Advisers to other inmates on issues such as housing, benefits and access to jobs and training. This means large numbers of inmates can receive high-quality advice and advocacy, helping break the established link between prison discharge and homelessness. The Peer Advisers also gain a recognised qualification, which increases their chances of gaining employment on release. The project was piloted five years ago in HMP Wandsworth. It now runs in 20 prisons and YOIs across London, the South East, East Anglia and the South West.
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