County Durham Community Foundation
You can live anywhere in the UK – BUT you must at some point been in the care of, looked after bt, or under a Supervision Order to the local authority in the following areas for a minimum of 6 months: County Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool, Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Gateshead, South Tyneside or Sunderland.
You must be aged under 25 AND have been in the care of County Durham and Darlington, Hartlepool, Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Gateshead, South Tyneside or Sunderland local authorities for at least 6 months.
You can apply for a grants of up to £1,000 to support your educational and training activities. These could include educational or tuition (including university) fees, study aids or equipment; bursaries to participate at a regional, national or international level in your chosen field; driving or motorbike lessons where you can prove either an extensive interest in car or motorbike mechanics or have been offered employment for which you will need a driving licence.
Holidays, any activity that is the duty of a local authority to provide, anything that is retrospective. You cannot apply if you are currently in prison.
You must ask your support worker (for example social worker or probation officer) to make the application on your behalf. The grant funds will be paid to your support worker's organisation and your support worker will then oversee how the grant monies are spent with you. Applications must be received through the online portal at www.cdcf.org.uk on the grants page for individual grants.
Rolling programme – no deadlines.
Receipt of applications is not acknowledged, though your support worker can email the office info@cdcf.org.uk to make sure we have received the forms.
Please make sure that your support worker has all the necessary information to complete the form.
Online form available at www.cdcf.org.uk