Badged Bursaries Scheme

The HKF Badged Bursaries Scheme

The Helena Kennedy Foundation has developed the concept of the 'badged bursary' as a means of attracting more students from disadvantaged backgrounds into specific universities, degree courses and areas of employment. Badged bursaries are funded by organisations that support the Foundation's purpose and mission and want to target this support directly to students without incurring significant administrative burden and cost themselves, as all these processes are handled by the Foundation on behalf of the supporting organisation.  The key benefits to organisations that badge HKF bursaries are:

• Access to a market of over 4 million students who study in the adult, further and higher education sector

• Opportunities to raise the profile of your organisation and to demonstrate your commitment to tackling social exclusion and injustice

• Possibilities for marketing, promotional and PR and advertising activities in a sector which has over £9bn of public funding to spend annually

Organisations currently badging bursaries are listed below. Our heartfelt thanks go out to these organisations without whom we would not be able to offer the financial support so vital to disadvantaged students.

Examination and Awarding Bodies

• City and Guilds NPTC
• Edexcel

Membership and other organisations working in Adult, Further and Higher Education

• National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE)
• The Christian Churches and fbfe
• Learning and Skills Council
• Lifelong Learning UK
• 157 group
• Soroptimist International Croydon & District
• Westminster Abbey

Charitable Trusts

• John Lyon's Charity
• Hewett / Driver Trust
• KMPG Foundation
• Thomas Wall Trust

Companies

• Barclaycard
• Border Engineering
• Construction Learning World
• DRS
• Kaplan
• learndirect
• JPMorgan
• RLCM - Royal London Cash Management
• Smart Teachers
• Tribal

Legacies

• Anne Russell Award
• Rob Valentine Award

Universities and Higher Education Institutions

• University of Abertay Dundee
• University of Bedfordshire
• University of Brighton
• De Montfort University
• Edge Hill University
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Essex
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• University of Greenwich
• University of Huddersfield
• University of Kent
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Liverpool Hope University
• University of Liverpool   
• University College London
• University of East London
• London South Bank University
• Newman University College
• Newcastle University
• University of Nottingham
• University of Northampton
• Open University
• University of Plymouth
• Roehampton University
• University of Salford
• Southampton Solent University
• Staffordshire University
• Thames Valley University
• University of Westminster
• University of Winchester

If you would like to receive further information about the Helena Kennedy Foundation Badged Bursary Scheme please click the link to register your details with us, or Contact Us at the Foundation's head office in Milton Keynes.