Applications for 2025 are now open.
Applications will close on Friday 24 January 2025.
Contact us if you are interested in sponsoring students as part of the John La Rose Award.
About the John La Rose Award scheme
The John La Rose Award scheme (previously known as the Haringey Fairer Education Fund) is a programme of support for young people. As part of our ambition to create a more equal Haringey, the scheme aims to make access to higher education fairer.
The John La Rose Award scheme can provide support for:
- university
- business school
- creative college
- another kind of higher education
Who can get support
You can apply for support if:
- you're 25, or under, on 1 September 2025
- your total household income is less than £30,000 a year
- you're applying for a higher education course
- you're going into higher education for the first time
- you've lived in Haringey for at least 3 years
If you’ve not lived in Haringey for at least 3 years, you can still apply if you’re in the category of:
- looked after children
- asylum seeker
- refugee
- no recourse to public funds
- a young person with SEND
- compulsory housing move by local authority
Support you could get
Living costs
We have a limited number of grants to cover living costs.
If you meet the criteria for who can get support, we encourage you to apply as we may be able to signpost you to other grants.
If you get a grant, you will get a payment each term of your course to help cover your living costs.
Other funds
Other funding sources you can try include:
- The Tottenham Grammar School Foundation Somerset Undergraduate Award for those who went to a state-maintained secondary school
- Scholarship Hub for information on UK scholarships
- BlackBullion for student money management and funding search
Contact us if you have a question or want to know more about alternative support.