The King's Trust — Development Awards

What it is

A personal development grant for individuals aged 16–30, not business funding — small awards of £10 up to £500 (average £200) covering course fees up to level 3, tools, equipment, uniforms, interview clothes, job licence fees (DBS/CSCS/SIA), transport until first pay, childcare or technology needed to start a course, job or volunteering placement. Explicitly excludes business start-up costs (the Trust's Enterprise programme covers that), living expenses and costs already paid; awards are paid directly to the retailer or supplier and applications take 6–8 weeks.

Re-checked 2026-08-31: King's Trust public page remains live and describes grants for 16- to 30-year-olds to fund training, learning or starting work. The site rendered minimal content to automated fetch, so detailed amount/conditions still rely on the 2026-08-21 live fetch: £10-£500, average award £200, rolling, ages 16-30 across the UK, paid direct to supplier and not reimbursed retrospectively. ⚠️ ingest normalisation 2026-08-24: required rules were re-gated to early-stage individuals because founder age 16-30 is defining but no clean founder-age engine field exists; unconfirmed founders score reduced fit, never a false 100%.