Funding is available to support the academic, sporting and musical achievements of schools and children in Ross-on-Wye.

More than 40 children and a wide range of schools from across Herefordshire have received funding from the Margaret Allen Foundation since 2009.

Ten primary schools, including Lea, successfully applied to the Margaret Allen Foundation in 2017, and Gorsley Goffs and Whitchurch have benefitted in the past.

Educational grants are also available to individual children living in Herefordshire. Last year, three children received funding towards music lessons.

Grants to individual children, aged between five and 11 years old living in Herefordshire, are available up to £400. Grants to Herefordshire primary schools are available up to £2,000.

The deadline for all applications is March 2nd, 2018 and the grants will be awarded later that month.

Application forms are now available from The Clerk to the Margaret Allen Foundation, c/o Monmouth School for Girls, Hereford Road, Monmouth NP25 5XT, by telephoning 01600 711229, or by emailing [email protected]