Awards from
The Educators’ Trust
Every year the Trust confers awards — prizes and bursaries — on professional educators who may be in full-time or part-time employment or self-employed. The awards include all levels of education – from early years to research institutes – and all settings in which learning takes place – from educational institutions to art galleries, theatres, outdoors and community spaces. Some are dedicated to particular fields of education, such as art, business and performing arts.
In addition, every year the Trustees choose a theme for a competitive award, ‘The Inspirational Educator Award’ for which there are eight winning places. Themes have included ICT in Teaching and Learning, Special Needs and Disability, prison education, hospital education, teaching Shakespeare, environmental education, music education. alternative learning provision, and mental health in education. We also fund awards in partnership with other organisations, for example for peer mentoring with City and Guilds.
The winners are celebrated at a glittering annual awards dinner around Eastertime in a splendid City livery hall where they are presented with an inscribed crystal plaque, a certificate, a cheque to the value of their prize or bursary, and a souvenir booklet containing citations for every winner. It is a joyful evening!
