The Country Trust is a charity dedicated to supporting the most persistently disadvantaged children. We raise our funds on this basis and we audit our programme participants. For Welsh schools, click here.
If you dont meet our eligibility below, or are located in the South West, South Wales and Scotland click this link to find out about other organisations that may provide support for your school or group.
We have consulted The Office of the Children’s Commissioner to ask what measure we should use to identify primary schools to take part in our programmes and have been told that above-average Free Schools Meal EVER6 (Pupils eligible for free school meals at any time during the past 6 years) intake is the best measure currently 25.9%.
If your school has FSMEVER6 of 25.9.% or above you are eligible for our support.
Search for English Schools: Free School Meal (EVER6) Percentage
We have limited availability in our programmes for schools which don’t meet the FSMEVER criteria but are one of the following.
If your school doesn’t fit the above criteria but due to circumstances believe the children should have access to our programmes, please contact us. info@countrytrust.org.uk
We have limited availability in our programmes for groups and organisations which support disadvantaged children (including groups which meet in school buildings but outside of school hours).
If your group doesn’t fit the above criteria but due to circumstances believe the children should have access to our programmes, please contact us. info@countrytrust.org.uk
We use Welsh Free School Meal (FSM) data which is a three-year average.
If your school has FSM of 23% or above you are eligible for our support
Search for Welsh Schools: Free School Meal Percentage
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