Netley Abbey and Butlocks Heath Educational Trust

Supporting the Education and Development of young people in the Parish of Hound.

The Trust

The purpose of the Trust is to support the education and development of children and young people up to the age of twenty-five years old who are resident in the parish of Hound. Regular grants are made available to Netley Abbey Junior and Infant Schools as well as other community based groups e.g. Scouts, Guides etc. and certain individuals.

The Trustees have decided to introduce the availability of two new annual awards in the form of £1000 grants to worthy applicants. One will be for academic pursuit and excellence, and the other to assist in the quest for sporting excellence.

 

 

Grants and Funding

Group Funding

Our group funding supports local teams and community groups with neccessary equipment and resources.

Individual Funding

Our individual funding supports local individuals in pursuit of self-development.

Academic Grant

Our Academic Grant supports one individual per year who demonstrates academic excellence.

Sporting Grant

Our Sporting Grant supports one individual per year who demonstrates sporting excellence.

Funding Application Deadline

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11th November 2025

Grant Application Deadline

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9th June 2026

The next funding meeting will take place on December 2nd 2025.

The AGM and grant meeting will take place on June 23rd 2026.

Latest News and Winners

Josie Gough
2025-09-01 17:45   Josie Gough| Individual Funding   We have funded Josie Gough from Netley Abbey to help her with the costs of her dancing studies. From an early age, Josie developed a love of all types of dancing, be that ballet, tap, modern or jazz. She is grateful to her parents who have supported her to receive tuition, gain qualifications and experience, in order to progress. While attending Netley Abbey Junior School and The Hamble School, Josie participated in numerous school productions, Rock Chall...
Lexie Peattie
2025-09-01 17:42   Lexie Peattie  | Individual Funding   We have funded Lexie Peattie of Netley Abbey to help her with the costs of playing women’s Football for Portsmouth FC U15 Girls and JPL Warriors U15 rep team. Lexie has played football in Hampshire since she was 11 years old.  In that time , she has won the Hampshire County Cup at under 12/13 and 15 level, won the Sussex League & County Cup, attended her league’s National finals for 3 consecutive seasons and she currently represents her age group in ...
Dylan Coe
2025-09-01 17:38 Dylan Coe| Sporting award Dylan Coe of Netley Abbey is the winner of our £1,000 Sporting Excellence Award for 2025! Dylan plays American Football/Flag Football for Solent Seahawks, Solent Red Storm, South Coast Spitfires U17 and Great Britain U17. Dylan began playing flag football or non-contact American football, when he was 7. He is now 16 and still playing. He has represented Great Britain in the European Youth Finals in Italy 2023 and Serbia 2024, where his U15 mixed team won silver. He ...
Martha Morrow
2025-09-01 17:34   Martha Morrow| Academic award Martha Morrow of Netley Abbey is the winner of our 2025 Academic Excellence award of £1,000!   Martha attended Netley Abbey Junior School and the Hamble School, achieving eleven Grade 9s at GCSE. She has just completed her A-Levels at Winchester College in Philosophy, Music and Maths and will be starting university in London at Kings College London, to study Philosophy BA. Located in the heart of London, the KCL philosophy department has particular strengths...
Jasmine Pimm
2024-11-17 10:19   Photos First row: The team and Jasmine mixing and using cement to build one of the many jiko stoves. Second row: Coral cleaning.   Jasmine Pimm | Individual Funding   We granted Jasmine an amount of money to go towards her volunteering trip to Kenya to work with the Oceans Alive Trust. During her five-week stay, Jasmine focused on marine conservation and helped out with the local community. She assisted in rebuilding coral reefs, surveying and charting species living within the lagoo...
Samuel Booth
2024-09-22 17:46 Samuel Booth| Sporting award Congratulations to Samuel Booth, recipient of our 2024 Sporting Excellence award! Samuel is currently in his second year at the University of Essex, studying BSC Sport and Exercise Science. He achieved a first in his first year of university, making the Dean’s list for academic achievement. He is a part of the University’s high-performance programme (HPP) for athletes, representing the football first team. The HPP programme has given him access to brilliant facil...
Chloe Smith
2024-09-22 17:41   Chloe Smith| Academic award   Congratulations to Chloe Smith, recipient of our 2024 Academic Excellence award! Chloe is about to start her BA (HONS) degree in Design for Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff. She chose this university due to its exceptional industry connections, use of industry-standard equipment in the metal and wood workshop, and assistance in developing an individual’s professional portfolio. As a design student, one of Chloe’s dreams is...
Jen Smart
2023-08-13 20:02   Jen Smart| Individual Funding   I would like to thank the Trust for helping me fund my educational trip to Amsterdam to see the advertising agency and media industry out there. I went with other courses looking at similar topics such as design and media production. I am an Advertising Design student studying at The University of South Wales. It is a great university which helps me to connect with real industry work and set me up ready for when I leave university. It was an amazing experie...
Charlotte Goodchild
2023-08-13 19:41   Charlotte Goodchild| Individual Funding   Netley Abbey and Butlocks Heath Educational Trust kindly awarded me a grant towards the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea in 2023.   A series of unfortunate occurrences led to the UK Contingent moving us away from the jamboree site early. Although it was disappointing, we still had an amazing time. It is definitely a story to tell!   The trip helped me to develop my leadership, planning and communication skills, and definitely taught me...
Hamble Sea Scouts
2023-08-13 19:32   Hamble Sea Scouts| Group Funding   Hamble Sea Scouts In recent years Hamble Sea Scouts (6 th Itchen South) have been the very grateful recipients of grants from NABHET. Although the Scout group is based in Hamble at least 25% of the membership live in Netley and Butlocks Heath, with our members ranging in age from 6 to 18. We are fortunate to have an air rifle range at our HQ and NABHET have given two grants for equipment used at the range. We have purchased an air pistol and three Hunter...
Charlotte Mould
2023-08-13 19:28            Charlotte Mould| Sporting award   Congratulations to Charlotte Mould, recipient of our 2023 Sporting Excellence award! Charlotte attends the University of Exeter where she is studying Sport and Exercise science. She plays hockey for Exeter University and is an HPP athlete (high-performance programme) She also plays for ISCA Hockey club at National league level. Charlotte started playing hockey at Hamble Hockey Club when she was 10 years old. She progressed as a teenager, becom...
Sam Riggs
2023-08-13 19:22           Sam Riggs| Academic award   Congratulations to Sam Riggs, recipient of our 2023 Academic Excellence award! Sam will be studying BSc Physics at Imperial College London, a world class STEM university, renowned for its work in theoretical Physics and its quality of teaching. Sam has chosen to study Physics because he believes that it is the most interesting and effective way to explore our world and environment, finding both the mathematical and theoretical aspects most interesting...
Life Education Wessex & Thames Valley
2023-01-03 19:19           Life Education Wessex & Thames Valley | Group Funding     "Life Education Wessex & Thames Valley are very grateful to the Netley Abbey & Butlocks Heath Educational Trust Fund for the grant we have received towards the shortfall in funding required to deliver our workshops to Netley Abbey Infants and Junior Schools in 2023.  This vital support this year and in previous years will help local children to make healthy choices and avoid risky behaviours to enable them to lead safe, he...
Ellen Riggs
2022-09-22 15:50               Ellen Riggs | Academic award     Ellen, from Netley Abbey, has won our latest £1,000 academic grant to help her with the costs of university life. Ellen is studying BSc Biological Science at Imperial College London, a world class STEM university at the forefront of many new biotechnological developments. Ellen has chosen this course due to her keen interest in how the living world works and the potential that biology has to help solve many modern day issues. We wish Ellen ever...
Alex Akhurst
2020-04-15 16:30             Alex Akhurst | Individual Funding   Alex has recently received Individual funding from NABHET to support his musical studies and career development. Congratulations and good luck Alex!   Find out more about Alex on his website  https://www.akhurstenor.com
Elyse Marshall
2020-04-07 13:41           Elyse Marshall | Academic award   Pictured is the 2019 recipient of the Academic Excellence Award, Elyse Marshall from Netley Abbey, who has started a masters degree in Design Engineering at Imperial College London.   See her work so far here: https://elysemarshall.myportfolio.com/
Edward Nevard
2020-04-05 13:36           Edward Nevard | Academic award     The first recipient of a NABHET Academic Excellence Grant was Edward Nevard of Netley Abbey who completed his ‘A’ Level course at Itchen College before commencing a BSc (Hons) course in Computer Systems and Networks at Southampton Solent University in September 2018. Edward is pictured with his cheque for £1000.
Talia Marshall
2019-09-19 15:52             Talia Marshall | Individual Funding   In 2018, I received funding from NABHET towards my midwifery elective at the Fernandez hospital in Hyderabad, India. I took part in a new training programme aiming to reduce infant deaths.   My time at Fernandez hospital was very enlightening and interesting. It is a privately run venture but I also went to see a government run maternity unit. The difference was striking, with women being lucky to even get a clean sheet in the latter. Midwi...