Wilkes Education Scholarship Trust - WEST

07/04/2025

Applications are now open for grants for the upcoming 2025/26 academic year! Closing date for submissions: 11.59pm, Friday 30th May. For more information and to download an application form, please go to:

WEST Scholarships British African Caribbean (BAC) heritage students will be the principal beneficiaries of the charity's work. Successful applicants to WEST will receive a scholarship grant of up to £1,000 per academic year depending on university costs and available funding. Each year we aim to su...

18/02/2025

We are so proud to announce the grant award winners for 2024/25! We were fortunate to be able to award 7 grants this academic year to extremely well-deserving and high potential students. Please see our website for more details:

This year we are fortunate to be able to award a total of seven grants to the most deserving of students. They are as follows: Emmanuel Achina, BSc Accounting and Finance, University of East London Monet Daley, BA Interior Design, Middlesex University Ruweyda Hassan, BSc Midwifery, Middlesex Univer

14/11/2024

Congratulations to Denée Warner! One of the 4 extremely deserving recipients of our WEST scholarship grants for 2023/2024! Denée graduated with a BSc Midwifery at Middlesex University.

14/11/2024

Elizabeth Harrison-Wright: Well done!!! Another extremely deserving recipient of our WEST scholarship grants for 2023/2024! Elizabeth graduated with a BA Sociology from Middlesex University.

14/11/2024

Congratulations to Rianna Patterson! Another extremely deserving recipient of a WEST scholarship grant 2023/2024! Nia is studying MSc Dementia: Causes, Treatments and Research (Mental Health)
University College London.

14/11/2024

Akira Adenike Ama Adowa: Huge congrats on being an extremely deserving recipient of a WEST scholarship grant for 2023/2024! Atlanta studied LLB Law at Middlesex University.