MEDWAY COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION 2015/16 Hello, Thank you for downloading a Medway Community Scholarship application form. Medway Community Scholarships are a great way of making a positive impact on your student or local community and the Scholarship panel is really looking forward to reading about your idea. Running a project like this will also help you develop the independence and transferrable skills that employers are looking for. To help you in the writing process, please take some time to think about the following criteria. These criteria are what the scholarship panel will be assessing your idea against and therefore you should do your best to detail about how your idea will demonstrate each of the points below. How does my proposal: Demonstrate a contribution to the development of local and sub-regional economies Facilitate access to higher education for the people of Medway Develop skills of the workforce in Medway Engage with the Medway Community in order to provide educational, cultural, physical or environmental benefit Provide an inclusive extra-curricular experience open to all Kent students at Medway in order to provide educational, cultural, physical or environmental benefit Keep within University objectives Some other useful questions to ask yourself: How many Community members or students are likely to be affected? To what extent will they benefit? Is the project proposal feasible? What kind of support will I require? Don’t forget that if you have any questions or would like help writing your application you can contact the Student Activities and Scholarships Officer on medwayscholarships@kent.ac.uk Good luck! The Medway Community Scholarships team To be completed by the applicant: *INSERT PROJECT NAME* MEDWAY COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION Full name Student ID # Programme of Study Date of Birth Email address Contact Telephone To be completed by Scholarship Officer: DOCUMENT HISTORY Version Created/changed by Date created/changed Approved by Date approved DISTRIBUTION This document has been distributed to: Name Title Date of Issue Version CONTENTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PROJECT OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................... 3 MEASURING PROJECT SUCCESS .............................................................................................. 3 TIMESCALES ...................................................................................................................................... 3 PROJECT GROUP ............................................................................................................................. 4 BUDGET ............................................................................................................................................... 4 TRAINING/SUPPORT ........................................................................................................................ 4 SUPPORTING INFORMATION ........................................................................................................ 4 REFEREES .......................................................................................................................................... 4 To be completed by the applicant: 1 PROJECT OVERVIEW Background (give a brief summary of your proposed project, explaining how the it meets the Medway Community Scholarship Criteria) Aims (Identify specific aims for the project and for whom) eg “The project aims to increase the number of Medway School pupils playing tennis each week Opportunities (Identify specific opportunities for the project and for whom) eg “opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the University and Medway’s schools” 2 MEASURING PROJECT SUCCESS (What aspects of the project will be the measurable indicators of project success?) Measurement Current Target Eg “Increase in number of tennis players in Medway schools” 500 750 Eg “Working with more schools in the Medway area” 10 15 3 TIMESCALES (when you propose to start and finish specific activities in your project – some examples below) Activity Start End Eg establishing project action plan Eg Email schools to see who would be interested in tennis workshops Eg Run the tennis workshops in chosen schools Eg Promote activity in retrospect Eg Project evaluation meeting Eg Submit end project report Nov 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2015 Jan 2015 Apr 2015 May 2015 Nov 2015 Dec 2015 Mar 2015 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 May 2015 4 PROJECT GROUP (Who will be involved in the running of the project? What will they do?) Project Lead Name Role in project Frequency of meetings Your name What you will do in the project Marketing/Communications – promoting the project to our target market Project Members Logistics – arranging catering, transport Schools liaison – working with the schools to arrange dates/times etc Project Support 5 Jack McDonnell Advise, train, assist with access to resources Fortnightly BUDGET (Breakdown of project costs and their timescales) ITEM DATE NEEDED £ REQUESTED Eg design of posters/flyers December 2015 £80 Eg printing of posters/flyers December 2015 £200 Staffing costs – 3 persons, 6x1hr sessions at £7.50/h January 2015 £135 Transport to schools - £20 per return journey x6 January-March 2015 £120 Purchasing of tennis rackets, balls and other materials January-March 2015 £300 Total: 6 TRAINING/SUPPORT (what training or support might you need in order for your project to be successful?) 7 SUPPORTING INFORMATION (Is there anything else you would like us to know in support of your application?) 8 REFEREES (Please provide details of two referees who can support your scholarship application) Name Relationship Email address Contact telephone £835