GRANT SCHEME FOR STUDENTS AND TRAINEES GUIDELINES
The Trust’s Grant Scheme for Students and Trainees aims to help young people facing severe social, emotional or health problems to gain academic, trade, professional or vocational qualifications.
The Trust therefore provides support, particularly with living costs, to enable young people to undertake courses at universities, colleges of further education or other training institutions.
In most cases, Course or Tuition Fees will be met from statutory sources, and the Trust confines itself to helping with living costs such as rent, food, clothing, transport, books and materials needed for the course.
Applicants in Higher Education are expected to apply for the maximum student loan and students in further or higher education are also expected to apply for any additional help that may be available from the institution, e.g. bursaries and hardship funds.
The Trust therefore provides support, particularly with living costs, to enable young people to undertake courses at universities, colleges of further education or other training institutions.
In most cases, Course or Tuition Fees will be met from statutory sources, and the Trust confines itself to helping with living costs such as rent, food, clothing, transport, books and materials needed for the course.
Applicants in Higher Education are expected to apply for the maximum student loan and students in further or higher education are also expected to apply for any additional help that may be available from the institution, e.g. bursaries and hardship funds.
We can consider applications for young people who are:
• Estranged from their family;
• Orphaned;
• Adopted;
• Cared for by relatives or friends;
• Caring for a severely sick or disabled single parent;
• Refugees with full refugee status or Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.
• Orphaned;
• Adopted;
• Cared for by relatives or friends;
• Caring for a severely sick or disabled single parent;
• Refugees with full refugee status or Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK.
Age Limit
Assistance is normally given only to those who are over 16 and under 21. However, assistance will be given to those over the age of 21 when both the course being followed and the financial support of the Trust began before the applicant was 21. No assistance is available under any circumstances to those who have reached the age of 25.
Residence
While there are no restrictions on the nationality of young people who may benefit under the scheme, students or trainees must be normally resident in the UK.
We do not normally help those who are:
• Studying second degrees, postgraduate courses or studying overseas;
• Looked after by a local authority or Health Board in Northern Ireland;
• Living outside the UK.
• Looked after by a local authority or Health Board in Northern Ireland;
• Living outside the UK.
We cannot provide a grant when:
Financial hardship is the single fundamental problem.
How to apply for a grant under the Students and Trainees Grant Scheme:
Initial enquiries should be made by telephone or email to the Trust’s office relevant to the place of residence of the child or young person.
England:
The Frank Buttle Trust,
Tel: 020 7828 7311
Email: info@buttletrust.org
Tel: 020 7828 7311
Email: info@buttletrust.org
Scotland:
The Frank Buttle Trust,
Tel: 01505 850 437
Email: scotland@buttletrust.org
Tel: 01505 850 437
Email: scotland@buttletrust.org
Wales:
The Frank Buttle Trust,
Tel: 01597 870 060
Email: wales@buttletrust.org
Tel: 01597 870 060
Email: wales@buttletrust.org
Northern Ireland:
The Frank Buttle Trust,
Tel: 02890 64 11 64
Email: nireland@buttletrust.org
Tel: 02890 64 11 64
Email: nireland@buttletrust.org
If the young person or their representative is advised to apply for a grant, they should apply in writing, by letter or email, setting out:
- Age and date of birth;
- Home and student addresses;
- Course and place of study or training;
- Start and end date of course for which help is being sought;
- Grounds of eligibility, together with a full account of the problems and family circumstances that might make it possible for the Trust to offer assistance.
The letter or email (providing a full return postal address) should be sent to:
The Casework Manager,
Grant Scheme for Students and Trainees,
The Frank Buttle Trust,
Audley House,
13 Palace Street,
London SW1E 5HX
Tel: 020 7828 7311
Fax: 020 7828 4724
Email: info@buttletrust.org
The Casework Manager,
Grant Scheme for Students and Trainees,
The Frank Buttle Trust,
Audley House,
13 Palace Street,
London SW1E 5HX
Tel: 020 7828 7311
Fax: 020 7828 4724
Email: info@buttletrust.org
What will happen next?
If it is decided that there is a possibility that the Trust may be able to offer support, an application form will be issued and the applicant may be interviewed by a Casework Manager.