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Form Fa1 - Request For Financial Assistance For Educational Trips - Glasgow City Council - 2011

Glasgow City Council

May 2011

Education Services

Management Circular No. 36

Wheatley House

25 Cochrane Street

Merchant City

GLASGOW

G1 1HL

Heads of all educational establishments

Request for Financial Assistance for Educational Trips

Education Services annually receives grant funding from S.F.I.A. Educational Trust Limited, a national

charity established for the furtherance of education. This funding is supplemented by the Council to provide

a Fund to provide financial assistance for educational trips. The sum available annually for distribution

is dependent on the grant award from S.F.I.A. Educational Trust Limited.

With effect from financial year 2011/12, financial assistance will be awarded following a formal application

process. This replaces the informal approach adopted in previous years.

Requests for assistance must be submitted on the attached pro-forma. Requests can be submitted at

any time during the year, but should be at least three months in advance of the planned trip to ensure

any decision on funding will be received in time.

Assistance to a maximum value of 10% of the trip cost or £850 (whichever is lower) may be awarded, and

assessment will be based on factors including the numbers of children/young people benefitting, social

deprivation and the total overall cost per child/young person. The requests likely to receive support will

be those where the children/young people attending are affected by social deprivation or have particular

individual additional support needs.

Overall, to qualify for funding, each trip must promote the advancement of learning.

The assessment will be undertaken by the Finance and Business Support Manager and Assistant Finance

Officer and approved by the Head of Service Development/Executive Director. All awards will be based

on the information provided in the pro-forma and the decision will be advised within four weeks of receipt.

If the funding is exhausted during a financial year, no further awards will be made and applicants will be

notified.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Maureen McKenna

Executive Director of Education

ManageMent CirCular no. 36

05/11

Form Fa1 - Request For Financial Assistance For Educational Trips - Glasgow City Council - 2011