Colchester Borough Council Trust Funds for Education and Unmarried Mothers

Colchester Borough Council administers two charitable trust funds. The Old British School fund assists the education or professional entry of residents under 25, while the Colchester Lying-in-Charity provides one-off grants of up to £250 for items like prams and cots for unmarried mothers. The data is provided by the Government Digital Service under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyzing grant allocation patterns for youth education based on the described fund purpose.
• Studying support mechanisms for unmarried mothers based on the described one-off grant program.
• Mapping local government trust fund administration based on the described trustee role.
• Benchmarking small grant amounts based on the stated £250 maximum.

Strengths

• Specific grant purpose and beneficiary criteria are described for both funds.
• A concrete maximum grant amount of £250 is stated for the Colchester Lying-in-Charity.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely administrative records from Colchester Borough Council acting as trustee.

Time Range

null

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Likely focuses on the Borough of Colchester, UK.