About the Trust

The EWS Educational Trust is a registered charity established in 2009 with funds from the sale of English Welsh & Scottish Railway Holdings Limited. These funds were gifted in trust by the former framework shareholders as a permanent legacy in recognition of the contributions of the people who made the business the success it became.

The purpose of the Trust is to award grants on a discretionary basis to enable candidates who have close family links to the UK rail freight industry to pursue academic excellence, sporting or artistic development at a high level, and to support those individuals facing exceptional challenges.

The Trust is managed by voluntary Trustees who have a wide range of experience in business and the charity world. The current Trustees are:

Keith Heller (Chairman of the Trustees)
Chris Tingle
David Allen
George Shaw
Gerry Skelton
Paul Bates
Clair Mowbray
Edward Wilson
Jak Pickerden