Our partner organisation Ovingdean Hall Foundation offers up to five scholarships per year for teachers wishing to train to become Qualified Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People. The scheme, which is administered by the British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children and Young People (BATOD), is named for BATOD’s first president and Ewing Foundation’s first Chief Executive, Con Powell (pictured above). It is designed for those whose Local Authority or school is not obliged to support them financially.

Applicants will have to show evidence of Qualified Teacher Status, details of their chosen course provider, information about their current employment, a personal statement highlighting why they wish to undertake this training, proof that their local authority or school is not obliged to fund their training and evidence that they have tried to obtain funding elsewhere.

The Scholarship period for 2024 is now closed.

Learn more about the Scholarships. 

The Trustees of the Ewing Foundation established a scholarship in memory of the late Con Powell in April 2006. He was a Trustee and Chief Executive of the Ewing Foundation for many years. He was an outstanding teacher and audiologist who helped professionals and families gain a better understanding of the potential and abilities of deaf children. Con was also a founder member of Delta, a Trustee of RNID and the first president of BATOD.