We are delighted that you are interested in becoming a member of the Fair Education Alliance (FEA).

We are a coalition of over 300 organisations working together so that no child’s success is limited by their socioeconomic background. Your eligibility form helps us understand whether your organisation meets our membership criteria and has the commitment and capacity to contribute to collective change.

The information you share will be used to:

Confirm your eligibility for membership - after which you will be invited to complete a full application
Understand how your work aligns with our mission and Impact Goals
Help us direct you toward suitable collaboration opportunities

Your data will be stored securely and will not be shared outside the FEA team.If you have any questions about the form, please feel free to email membership@faireducation.org.uk.

You can find our Privacy Policy here.

Eligibility criteria:

We welcome organisations that share our deep commitment to tackling educational inequity and who have the capacity, appetite and structures to play an active role in our Alliance.

Our strength lies in diversity, collaboration, and shared commitment to lasting change. The membership criteria ensure that the organisations joining us are aligned with our mission and able to engage meaningfully in collective work.

Before applying, we encourage you to review our New Member Application Guide. This document outlines the process and timelines from eligibility phase through to the full application. Please also note the criteria you will need to meet below:

Core criteria for all members

You work to improve outcomes for children and young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds to make education fair. This means that your work should target children, young people, schools, parents and/or communities from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.
Your work focuses on at least one of our Fair Education Impact Goals.
You are an incorporated organisation.
You have at least three full-time members of staff (or equivalent FTE). If you have fewer staff but believe you can meet the member commitments, then please contact us to discuss this.
You deliver work in England.

Additional criteria for charities and social enterprises

You monitor and evaluate the impact of your work on your target groups and have sufficient evidence of that impact.

1. Are you still interested in becoming a member of the Fair Education Alliance?

YesNo

Organisation Information

2. Name of organisation (full name - no acronyms)

3. Your company's website

4a) Head office address

4b) Postcode

Lead contact for application

This contact should be the person in your organisation who will continue the application process if you meet the eligibility criteria.

5. First Name

6. Last Name

7. Job Title

8. Email

9. Phone Number

Summary of organisation intervention(s)

10. In a few lines, please provide a short summary of what your organisation does.

11. How does your organisation tackle education inequity?

Why the FEA?

12. What are your organisation’s reasons for wanting to join the Fair Education Alliance?

Impact & Safeguarding

22. Please upload your latest Impact Report here

23. Does your organisation have appropriate safeguarding policies and procedures in place for working with children and young people?

YesNo

23 a) Please tell us the rationale for not having safeguarding policies and reporting procedures in place.

24. Please upload your Safeguarding policy here

Thank you

We'll be in touch by 5th May to let you know whether you've passed the eligibility stage. If successful, you'll be invited to submit a full application at that point.

In the meantime, please keep an eye on your emails - we may reach out with a few questions to help us assess your application.

If you have any questions, please email membership@faireducation.org.uk.

Unfortunately, we can only accept applications from organisations delivering work in England.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at membership@faireducation.org.uk.

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Impact & Safeguarding

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