The Roughley Trust

Roughley Trust Gap Year Grants

Up to five grants a year of up to £500 for young people from Birmingham doing a gap-year project between school and university. Past grants helped with volunteering and teaching placements overseas. Applications open on 1 October for projects starting the following summer or autumn. From 1 April, any unallocated places are offered to applicants from the area around Birmingham. Shortlisted applicants are interviewed in Birmingham.

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You could get: Up to £500; no fixed round
Deadline: Rolling; apply any time
Effort: Light; short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

Individuals from Birmingham taking a gap-year project between school and university
If the year's places (up to five) are not all allocated by 1 April, applications are then accepted from the area around Birmingham; those applicants should email first to ask whether places remain
Applicants are expected to raise the rest of their travel costs and to explain how

What it funds

Gap Year projects between school and university, starting in the summer or autumn after applications open

How to apply

Check your eligibility (Birmingham applicants from 1 October; surrounding-area applicants from 1 April, if places remain, after emailing to ask)
Write a personal signed letter to the Correspondent with details of your project and date of departure: why it interests you, what you hope to get out of it, how you will raise the balance of the travel costs and what fundraising you have done so far
Prepare a recent, informative CV that gives a good sense of who you are and what you have achieved
Email the letter (as a PDF) and the CV to Correspondent@roughleytrust.org.uk
If you are being considered, attend an interview in Birmingham

do not fill in an Interview Form. Correspondence is by email only.

Have ready

Personal signed letter (PDF) with project details and departure date
Recent CV

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