15 September 2014
The Royal Aero Club Trust has announced its bursary scheme for young people for the 2015 season.
The bursaries include The President’s Scholarships (two bursaries each worth up to £750); the Peter Cruddas Foundation Scholarship worth up to £1,000; the Breitling Bursary worth up to £750; the MacRobert Trust Bursaries (two bursaries each worth up to £500); and the Bramson Bursary, which is one of a number of additional bursaries worth up to £500 each to anyone between 14 and 21 years of age (24 years for a follow-on bursary) wishing to develop their interest in either air sports or aviation. The closing date for applications in 31 March 2015.
The Royal Aero Club Trust has been offering bursaries for fourteen years and a wide range of grants have been awarded. Activities available in the programme include gliding, ballooning, paragliding, hang gliding, parachuting, flying microlights, motor gliders, light aircraft and helicopters, and building and flying model aircraft. Bursaries are also available for Personal Computer or Flight Simulator pilots wishing to have their first experience of an air sport.
Applicants must be UK citizens, resident in the UK, and training and flying can only be conducted at Clubs, Associations or training establishments in the UK. Applications, which must arrive at the Trust by 31 March 2015, are to be submitted through a Sponsoring Organisation, Club or Association.
Full details and the rules of the recently changed scheme, as well as an application form, are available on the Royal Aero Club Trust web site, <a href=’http://www.royalaeroclubtrust.org’ target=’_blank’>www.royalaeroclubtrust.org</a>
The Trust is very grateful to its sponsors who generously provide the funds for bursaries. If you, or your organisation, would like to assist young people in this way by becoming a Trust sponsor, please make contact with the Trust or click on “Donations” on the Trust website. <a href=’http://www.royalaeroclubtrust.org’ target=’_blank’>www.royalaeroclubtrust.org</a>
