The Coachmakers is a City of London Livery Company with an overarching interest in helping young people to realise the very best of their potential. Their scholarships include support towards obtaining a Part66 licence. You can view the awards and apply here.

The Royal Aero Club Trust (RAeC Trust) prime focus includes increasing the availability of bursaries to help young people improve their flying skills. The RAeC Trust bursary scheme embraces all types of air sports and aviation-related activities, including of course gliding.   Flying Bursaries and grants are available for those wishing…

The Honourable Company of Air Pilots (known as the ‘HCAP’) is a philanthropic membership organisation which represents and protects the interests and welfare of pilots and navigators and strives to encourage and assist all those (from any background) who wish to become a pilot. The HCAP gliding scholarships are designed…

UK flag-carrier British Airways has committed £21m to training 200 new pilots in 2025 in a move which marks the largest investment in ab-initio flight training by a UK airline for decades. In a game-changing move, BA will pay the full training costs of 200 aspiring airline pilots, having already…

The Royal Aero Club Trust provides a number of bursaries each year for pilots aged 14-21 (or 24 for advanced bursaries). The scheme and the bursaries comprise all types of air sports and aviation-related activities including: paragliding, gliding, hang-gliding, parachuting, microlight aircraft, helicopter, ballooning,  light aircraft and the designing, building and…

We’re delighted to report that Dorset Gliding Club has been accredited as a BGA Junior Gliding Centre!