Publisher's Synopsis
A guide to local and national charities that support children and students in need. It details help for a wide range-needs, from grants towards the cost of fees and equipment, to providing assistance towards the expenses of studying abroad. This popular and comprehensive guide is a useful aid for educational social workers, student welfare officers, teachers, and advice agencies.;The text covers 1600 sources, giving a total of more than #43 million of funding for schoolchildren and students up to and including first degree level. Over 170 sources are new to this guide, which includes #3 million more in funds than the previous edition. It contains a basic guide to welfare benefits, statutory funding, loans and sponsorship.
