Useful links and resources

There are many online resources that can assist you in budgeting and managing your money.

University Support

• Funding Enquiry form
• Financial Assistance Funds

Spending and budgeting resources

• Apple spending tracker
• Save the student
• Yolt
• Money dashboard

Energy saving resources

• Cleanipedia
• Smart Energy
• Simple Energy
• SOS UK
• Save the student
• Money Saving Expert

Food and budget recipe resources

• BBC Good Food
• Student Eats
• Love Food Hate Waste
• Tiny budget cooking
• Cooking on a bootstrap
• Meat free Mondays
• Eat the seasons

Charities supporting EU and International students

Please note, the University of Essex has no involvement in applications to these funds, students are advised to contact the charities directly with any queries.

We advise you to read the full Terms and Conditions of any funds you are applying to, and those of any funds you are already in receipt of, to ensure you meet the eligibility criteria, as in some cases, only one award may be held at a time.

• Advance-Africa – directory of scholarships, fellowships, grants and awards available to African students
• Canon Collins Trust – open to students from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, and Mozambique
• Scholarships for Africans – directory of scholarships, fellowships, grants and awards available to African students
• Bestway Foundation – open to students from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka
• Gilchrist Educational Trust – grants available to full-time students facing unexpected financial difficulties, and those who are required to spend a short period studying in another country for their fieldwork, thesis, or dissertation.
• The Sidney Perry Foundation – grants of up to £1,000 for students aged under 35 years
• Great Britain China Educational Trust – open to postgraduate students
• British Council – directory of scholarships for postgraduate study in the UK
• The Hammond Trust – open to Asian students, during the last 6 months of study
• Commonwealth and Scholarship Fellowship Plan – open to citizens of Commonwealth countries
• Anglo-Czech Educational Fund – open to Czech students
• The Schilizzi Foundation – open to Greek undergraduate students
• The Charles Wallace India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma Trusts

Other useful sources of support

• Money advice service
• Citizen's Advice Bureau
• Tax guide for students
• Stand alone
• The money charity
• National debt line
• Step change
• Blackbullion
• ReThink
• The scholarships hub
• Turn 2 us
• Trussel trust