Education & Charity

We recognise and encourage excellence through a programme of awards and provide support in kind through giving time, passing on skills and utilising the wealth of experience within the Company.

The Tallow Chandlers’ Company's principal purpose is to support, through financial and other means, disadvantaged young people and to promote educational and vocational excellence, including youth organisations. Specifically, support is focused in Greater London (but not exclusively so) towards:

Disadvantaged young people, principally students at the three flagship schools and the regions around them (more below) to enable them to have the opportunity to succeed in life
Smaller charities, where modest donations can have a high impact
Educational excellence
Vocational and youth initiatives to inspire alternative routes into life-long learning and sustainable employment

Our Flagship Schools

The Company’s support to three flagship schools are long-term commitments. Financial and non-financial giving has included:

Annual donations
Capital projects
Free use of Tallow Chandlers’ Hall for school activities, such as mock interviews and ‘Dragons' Dens’
Mentoring by Company members
Support to the governance of the schools
Student award winners who become part of the Company’s alumni and who potentially can become members of the Company in the future
Support to charities and youth organisations in the ‘footprint’ of the schools so that support is extended to outside the school gates

To find out more about our Flagships, take a look at our Education & Awards page below.

Education & Awards

Through donations, bursaries and awards, the Tallow Chandlers’ Company supports schools, including three flagship London schools, further and higher educational establishments and organisations linked by trade. We enjoy a continued relationship with our Past Award Winners, who are invited to a special annual supper at Tallow Chandlers' Hall.

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Charity & Grants

The Benevolent Fund receives many appeals for charitable donations, which are carefully considered. We try to reply to each request, even when we cannot help because the charity’s activities are outside our current priorities.

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