The Scott Bolton Trust awards travel grants each year to students and ex-students of Bolton School that wish to embark on adventurous expeditions. Applicants must be a minimum age of 16 years old and not more than 22 years old at the time of the project. Awards will not normally be made after the second summer after leaving Bolton School.
Application during a year out is permissible provided it does not take place after the conclusion of a first degree.
The Scott Trust does not fund projects which are an integral part of a student's education eg medical electives or time abroad for modern language students.
Examples of recent trips that have received funding include:
- A 3 months' snowboarding instructors' course with Ski le Gap in Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
- Travelling through New Zealand for 6 weeks including cycle and ski expeditions
- Veterinary work in India
- White water kayaking in Europe
- Cultural trip and expedition to South America (Brazil, Ecuador and Peru)
- Pole to pole of Europe by rail
- Interactive work experience with former street children in India
Application forms can be downloaded (below) or picked up from Miss S Lingwood in the Finance Office (A35, Boys' Division). The deadline for submission is 8 January 2008. Applications received after this date will not be submitted to the Committee.
For current pupils, interviews will be held on Monday 4 February 2008 (to be confirmed) in the Upper Hall of the Arts Centre. Prior to the interviews taking place, written notification will be issued via the respective Division.
Applicants will be notified of the decision on their application within a few days of the Management Committee's meeting at the beginning of February.
Successful applicants must undertake to:
- apply all monies to the approved project
- give immediate notice of the cancellation of a project or an individual withdrawing from a group to Mr S P Marsden, Clerk to the Committee, and to refund any grant not taken up
- submit both a Summary Report, plus a full report on the project within 6 months of carrying it out for circulation amongst the Management Committee, prior to display within the respective Divisions (the report is returnable upon request after one year).