Toolkit Grants & Elective Bursaries

Supporting medical students - the NHS doctors of the future

TVF supports widening participation in medicine

TVF supports widening participation in medicine by awarding Toolkit Grants and Elective Bursaries of c£500 to medical students from lower socio-economic backgrounds to help cover the cost of textbooks, study materials, medical equipment and travel to hospital or elective placements.

TVF does not award grants towards tuition fees or grants to overseas students.

The grants we award each year are only possible through the income we receive from our investments, donations and grants, the proceeds from events, and being beneficiary charity of the year.

We would like to say a very special thank you to *The C A W Blackwell Discretionary Will Trust, and Consilient Health for their annual support for medical students.

*Scroll down to the bottom of the page for further details of the extremely generous support TVF has received from The C A W Blackwell Discretionary Will Trust.

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...This grant will make a huge difference for me as I finish my 4th year of medicine and enter my 5th and final year. I would like to use the grant for essential revision resources that will help with my upcoming examinations. I will also be able to purchase additional pairs of scrubs and a new pair of shoes for my placements...

Applying for a grant

The Victoria Foundation Toolkit Grants and Elective Bursaries are restricted to supporting UK students studying medicine at UK universities.

Our next grant review meeting is on Wednesday 15th October 2025 therefore all completed application forms must be forwarded to [email protected] by 6th October to be included at this meeting.

Application form - Individual Student

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Application form – Institution

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How TVF Toolkit Grants and Elective Bursaries make a difference

  • I’d like to say a huge, huge thank you to TVF Mr CAW Blackwell Medical Toolkit Grant and would like to accept this incredible offer of £500. This grant means a huge amount to me, my mum and my brother. Since losing my dad, there's been a huge financial burden on my family, and medical school has been difficult to fund so far. I've been extremely grateful to The Victoria Foundation for helping me through this and relieving some of this stress on us.”

    4th year student at Brighton and Sussex Medical School awarded £500 TVF Toolkit Grant

  • This grant has helped to fund the necessary equipment I will need for my clinical training within medical school, including a stethoscope and essential textbooks. I am extremely grateful for the work of the foundation and the generosity of all the donors. ”

    Year 1, 2nd degree - University of Leicester

  • I would like to thank the Victoria Foundation Mr CAW Blackwell Medical Toolkit Grant Fund for the financial support that they provided me this year. I'll be eternally grateful and I endeavour to return the favour in the future.  With teaching being delivered online I became more reliant upon my laptop that was over 10 years old and didn't have the capacity for this. Thus, I had to invest in a new laptop and without the aid of the TVF I wouldn't have been able to purchase this learning essential. .

    Year 2, 2nd degree - University of Aberdeen

  • I'd like to say a massive thank you for awarding me this grant at such a stressful period of time. I've been able to invest in books and online resources to complete my 5th year of study, and am now no longer struggling to afford my living costs.

    Year 5 -  Imperial College London

  • On behalf of the University of Nottingham, thank you to The Victoria Foundation for supporting our international medical elective programme. The financial assistance provided by these bursaries is vital in allowing students from all backgrounds to participate. We hope you can take great pride in knowing your funding is supporting the personal and professional development of the next generation of doctors, whilst enabling them to make a vital contribution to healthcare around the world

    Craig Davidson, Senior Development Manager - University of Nottingham

  • I was delighted to return home to a letter from The Victoria Foundation awarding me with the Medical Toolkit Grant. I am extremely grateful for this generous grant which will be a great help for purchasing study materials for my degree. ….This grant will make a huge difference for me as I finish my 4th year of medicine and enter my 5th and final year. I would like to use the grant for essential revision resources that will help with my upcoming examinations. I will also be able to purchase additional pairs of scrubs and a new pair of shoes for my placements. Thank you again for the Medical Toolkit Grant.

    4th Year Medical Student, University of Leeds

Thank you to The C A W Blackwell Discretionary Will Trust for its tremendous support for medical students and future generations of doctors

A further extremely generous donation from The C A W Blackwell Discretionary Will Trust has enabled The Victoria Foundation to increase the grant amount and the number of medical students it supports annually.

The Victoria Foundation is so grateful to have received an additional six figure donation from The C A W Blackwell Discretionary Will Trust. This very considerable donation will enable the Foundation to increase both the grant amount it awards to medical students facing great financial hardship during their studies and the number of students it supports annually.

Grants from 'The Charles Anthony Walter Blackwell Training Fund' will be awarded by the Foundation to medical students in real need to help provide study materials, equipment, and travel to hospital or elective placements.

“This tremendous donation will have such a huge impact not only on the increased level of support we will award to medical students but will also enable us to expand the reach of our grant giving programme which supports widening participation in medicine. ‘The Charles Anthony Walter Blackwell Training Fund’ will provide vital funding for medical students – the future generations of doctors. We are so truly grateful to the trustees of The C A W Blackwell Discretionary Will Trust in making this award to the Foundation”

Graham Ball, TVF Founder and CEO

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