The Scott Bolton Trust awards expedition and travel grants each
year to students and ex-students of Bolton School.
The Purpose
Projects which are original or challenging will be favoured by
the management committee who decide the awards. Physical
challenges were originally the norm, but challenges of an
intellectual nature are also acceptable if they show
initiative.
Travel may be within the UK or abroad, but trips planned with
some originality are preferred to the ones organised by Travel or
Gap Year companies. Students should feel stretched in some
way by the experience.
The committee usually supports Duke of Edinburgh expeditions and
will on occasion subsidise demanding expeditionary or travel
ventures organised by the School. Other school trips will not
normally qualify.
Eligibility
Students should be aged between 16 and 22 at the time of the
project. Awards will not normally be made after the second
summer having left School. Applications for trips during a
year out will be considered provided the student is going on to
further education and has not finished a first degree.
The Scott Trust does not fund projects which are an integral
part of a student's education such as medical electives or time
abroad for modern language students, nor trips to visit family
members abroad. Projects linked to an applicant's intended
educational course would normally only be considered if there were
some travel portion either before or afterwards.
Application Procedure
Application forms can be downloaded below or picked up from Mrs
Debra Hardman, Clerk and Treasurer's office (Room A37, Boys'
Division Senior School). The deadline for submission is Friday 20
January 2012. Applications received after this date will not
be submitted to the Committee.
Interviews
For current pupils, interviews will be held on Tuesday 28
February 2012 in the Upper Hall of the Arts Centre. Prior to
the interviews taking place, written notification will be issued by
the respective Division.
Decision by Management Committee
Following the interviews, the Management Committee of the Scott
Bolton Trust will consider all applications with written
notification of their decision being issued within a few days of
the meeting.
Obligations of Successful Applicants
- Apply all grant monies to the approved project.
- Give immediate notice of cancellation of a project, or an
individual withdrawing from a group, to the Clerk of the Committee
(via Mrs Debra Hardman).
- To refund any grant not taken up.
- Submit a report by email to dhardman@boltonschool.org.uk
on the project within 6 months of carrying it out, for circulation
amongst the Management Committee prior to display within the
respective Division. The report should include a description
of the project and itinerary with comments as to what made the trip
stretching or memorable.
Scott Bolton Trust Application Form