South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau 
Information Sheets
Last updated August 2004

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South Yorkshire Funding 
Advice Bureau 
The Workstation 
15 Paternoster Row 
Sheffield S1 2BX 
Tel: 0114 249 4343 
email: enquiries@syfab.org.uk 
Website: www.syfab.org.uk 
Funding Advice Line 
0114 276 5460 
Registered Charity No: 1061118 
Reg. Company No: 3030641 

Overseas
visits,
trips and
exchanges

It can be very difficult to raise money for
trips and visit, especially those overseas. 
Many funders, especially charitable trusts, 
state that they will not fund them. You 
may need to think about raising the 
money yourselves, or perhaps contacting 
local companies and businesses for 
sponsorship (we have information sheets 
about this). 

There are a few organisations set up 
specifically to support and give grants for 
(mainly educational) trips and exchanges. 

Connect Youth (formerly the Youth 
Exchange Centre) is a department of the 
British Council, funded by the Foreign 
and Commonwealth Office, the 
Department for Education and Skills 
(DFES) and the European Commission. 
Grants are made towards exchanges 
between groups of young (15-25yrs) 
British people and young people in other 
European countries and China, Israel, 
Japan, USA, West Bank and Gaza. They 
run the European Youth Programme 
(formerly Youth For Europe) which has 
study grants for youth workers and up to 
50% funding for European exchanges. 

Miriam Jackson, Regional Co-ordinator 
Youth Work Unit – Y&H 
Belle Isle Centre, Enterprise Way 
Middleton Road 
Leeds, LS10 3DZ 
Tel: 0113 270 3595 

or: Connect Youth 
The British Council, 10 Spring Gardens 
London SW1A 2BN 
Tel: 020 7389 4030 
website: www.britishcouncil.org/ 
education/connectyouth 

The Commonwealth Youth Exchange 
is funded by Connect Youth and the DFES 
to promote two-way exchange visits 
between groups of young people (16-25 
yrs) in the UK and other Commonwealth 
countries, especially those in Africa, Asia 
and the Caribbean. Also provides advice, 
information, training and publications. 

Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council 
7 Lion Yard, Tremadoc Road 
London SW4 7NQ 
Tel: 020 7498 6151 
Fax: 020 7622 4365 
website: www.cyec.org.uk 

Allavida (established through the merger 
of Charity Know How and Alliance 
Magazine) is a not-for-profit organisation 
that provides fundraising resources. 

Allavida 
55 Bondway 
London SW8 1SJ 
Tel: 020 7735 8006 
Fax: 020 7735 7608 
website: www.allavida.org 

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust 
runs an annual fellowship scheme with 
different categories each year. There are 
about 100 grants for a 4 - 8 week stay 
for individuals. Categories are normally 
announced each June deadline.

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
15 Queen’s Gate Terrace 
London SW7 5PR 
Tel: 020 7584 9315 
website: www.wcmt.org.uk 

The Rotary Foundation Scholarships 
are to further international understanding 
and friendly relations among people of 
different countries. 

Rotary International in GB and Ireland 
Kinwarton Road 
Alcester 
Warwickshire B49 6PB 
Tel: 01789 765 411 

The Royal Geographical Society has a 
number of different research grants and 
travel awards, mainly for technical 
research and expeditions. 

Royal Geographical Society 
1 Kensington Gore 
London SW7 2AR 
Tel: 020 7591 3073 

Useful Books and Information 

The Educational Grants Directory, 
DSC, 2002/3 
Has a section on funders for educational 
visits, exchanges, overseas study and 
work. 

NCVO (National Council for Voluntary 
Organisations) 
Has a helpline and will check to see if 
they have any useful information or 
publications about Europe or visits and 
trips abroad. 
Publications: 01536 399 016 
email: helpdesk@ncvo-vol.org.uk 
website: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk 

DSC (Directory of Social Change) 
Books: 020 7209 5151 
website: www.dsc.org.uk/ 
charitybooks.html 

Your local Council for Voluntary Service 
or central library may have copies of 
these books.

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