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07/08/2014
Belfast Bursary Fund To Open
Belfast City Council has announced that applications will soon open to students for the next round of the Belfast Bursary Fund.
The council has invested £300,000 in the Achieve Award through its Investment Programme, to support young people in the city taking part in further education and training opportunities.
The Achieve Award of up to £500 is targeted at students who live in the council area who have an annual household income of £25,000 or less and in their first year of full-time study at Belfast Met.
They must also be on a course linked to key growth areas such as computing, multimedia, science, renewable energy, tourism or hospitality; 33 courses of which are applicable to the scheme.
Applications will open from Monday 1 September, with completed applications submitted to the Belfast Met Finance team by 14 November. Funding decisions will be made in December with first payments made in January 2015.
Councillor Lee Reynolds, Chair of Belfast City Council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, said: "The Achieve Belfast Bursary Fund is funded through the council’s Investment Programme for 2012-2015 and has the potential to make a real and lasting change to the lives of so many people across the city.
"When creating the Investment Programme, we made it a key priority to help people back into employment or to build their skills levels. The city’s economy will require higher skills levels in the future – with only one in seven jobs likely to require no qualifications.
"We're delighted to be working with two very highly esteemed partners – the Prince`s Trust and Belfast Met to offer two different types of bursaries for people living in the Belfast City Council area."
(IT/MH)
The council has invested £300,000 in the Achieve Award through its Investment Programme, to support young people in the city taking part in further education and training opportunities.
The Achieve Award of up to £500 is targeted at students who live in the council area who have an annual household income of £25,000 or less and in their first year of full-time study at Belfast Met.
They must also be on a course linked to key growth areas such as computing, multimedia, science, renewable energy, tourism or hospitality; 33 courses of which are applicable to the scheme.
Applications will open from Monday 1 September, with completed applications submitted to the Belfast Met Finance team by 14 November. Funding decisions will be made in December with first payments made in January 2015.
Councillor Lee Reynolds, Chair of Belfast City Council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, said: "The Achieve Belfast Bursary Fund is funded through the council’s Investment Programme for 2012-2015 and has the potential to make a real and lasting change to the lives of so many people across the city.
"When creating the Investment Programme, we made it a key priority to help people back into employment or to build their skills levels. The city’s economy will require higher skills levels in the future – with only one in seven jobs likely to require no qualifications.
"We're delighted to be working with two very highly esteemed partners – the Prince`s Trust and Belfast Met to offer two different types of bursaries for people living in the Belfast City Council area."
(IT/MH)
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