Renfrewshire Educational Trust

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The Renfrewshire Educational Trust makes grants for educational purposes, including travel, music and the arts, to individuals and schools within the Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde areas. The trust is made up of governors drawn from the three councils of Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde. It also includes religious and educational representatives.

The trust's board of governors generally meets four times a year to make decisions on grant applications. Meetings take place in February, May, August and November each year and are held in Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley.

At the last meeting of the board they agreed to award one student £3000. You can view or download a copy of the Renfrewshire Educational Trust 2009 poster below which gives more details about the award.

Renfrewshire Educational Trust Poster 2009 (pdf - 74kb)

Grants are available for the following:

• one student each year intending to undertake a one-year full time taught masters programme at a university in the United Kingdon (grant of £3,000)
• students intending to study either higher education or a second/subsequent degree course (grant of £200 - £400)
• students who are to travel abroad as part of their studies or who have shown exceptional promise in either vocal or instrumental music or any of the visual arts and are to pursue private study or obtain special tuition
• educational excursions for pupils attending the school, sports facilities, the purchase of special equipment or the promotion of education in music or drama. Grants will not be awarded for costs already incurred.

To be eligible for financial help from the Renfrewshire Educational Trust, applicants must:

• have lived in the Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire or Inverclyde local authority areas for a period of at least three years in the last ten years
• have come from one of these areas but are residing in another location due to their attendance at a particular college or university
• have a combined household income of £31,528, or less, per year.

Students can receive funding for:

• course fees
• tuition
• textbooks
• other educational material
• travel

Schools can receive funding for:

• educational excursions and travel
• special equipment
• sports facilities
• support of clubs

Application procedure:
Applicants should complete an application form and return it by the submission dates shown above. We will not accept late application forms. Applicants should send original versions of documents as support their applications with the application. For example, Inland Revenue Tax Credit Award Notice, P60.

Grants to students are considered at the May, and dependant upon available resources, the August meeting of the trust. This is with the exception of the one year full time taught masters programme, which is considered by a selection panel in June.

Grants to scools are considered at the February meeting of the trust.

Contact information:
For all enquiries contact:

Sarah White/Carol MacDonald
Renfrewshire Council
Committee Section - Corporate Services
Renfrewshire House
Cotton Street
Paisley, PA1 1TR

email: cs@renfrewshire.gov.uk
phone: 0141 840 3630 / 3499

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