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Guidance notes for Individual Project Award applications

You must acknowledge that you have read these guidance notes before completing the Individual Project Award Application Form.
To apply for an award from the Fund you will need to fulfil the following criteria:

You MUST be a Roman Catholic or a member of a faith that is in full communion with Rome.
You MUST be aged between your 16th and 25th birthday on the day you commence your Project.
The minimum length of Project for which we will make an award is 15 working days – in effect 17 days with a day’s travelling time to and from the project location. Therefore Individual Projects that are shorter that 17 days will not be eligible for an award from us.
You MUST give full details of two Referees. You must contact them BEFORE you submit your application and ensure they give permission for us to contact them by email if we deem it necessary to do so. For every application we will contact your Religious Referee to confirm that you are a Catholic. Without this reference no award will be paid or money released. It is your responsibility to ensure that your Referees reply to our email request. The sooner they supply any required reference the better to avoid any delay in making payment.
You MUST complete all sections of the following application form as fully as possible, or clear reasons must be given where you cannot provide information.

All Projects must clearly involve the implementation of Christian, and particularly Catholic, principles. They must be of benefit to others and assist the personal and spiritual development of the applicant. Projects may be undertaken by an individual, jointly with others or under the aegis of other organisations.
All awards are made irrespective of the country in which the applicant resides, or any connection the applicant may or may not have with the Catenian Association. Awards are based solely on the quality of the application received and are entirely at the discretion of the Trustees of the Bursary Fund.
Although the applicant must be Catholic, or a member of a faith in full communion with Rome, those benefitting by the work of the Project are not limited by country, culture or creed.
When giving details of the Project, applicants should provide as much information as possible to assist the Trustees in making their decision. This should include details of any organisation arranging the Project and an outline of what the applicant anticipates doing during their time on the Project/activity.
Projects that are an intrinsic part of an educational course will not be considered, irrespective of the amount of coincidental collateral good they do for those being assisted, e.g. medical electives. However, an award may be made for a specific Project undertaken during the year between school and university, or during the time between university and employment, or Projects that are not a part of the curriculum of the qualification being studied and organised in the long vacations.
The Catenian Bursary Fund will not provide direct funding for any other charity or cause. We exist to help young Catholics help others.
Awards are not made retrospectively. The Trustees will assess awards received from time to time, and it is your responsibility to ensure that you apply in sufficient time to allow the Trustees to process and assess your application, including collecting references, before you depart for your Project. You should therefore allow an absolute minimum of 8 weeks between the date that the Trustees receive your application, and the date you intend to depart to carry out your Project.
If an award is accepted, the recipient agrees that he or she will have no claim against the Catenian Bursary Fund arising from the provision of this award.
All successful applicants will be expected to report back to the Fund after the Project. This report may take the form of:

A written, illustrated report of about 1,000 words.
A video report showing the applicant's life on the Project. Applicants who decide to complete a video report are reminded to get the permissions of individuals shown in the video and permission to use any accompanying background music track before they submit their report.
Finally applicants may be required to prepare and give an audio/visual presentation of at least 15 minutes to a local Catenian Circle or church group.

All reports, (in whatever form), in whole or in part, and any photographs or video images supplied will become the sole property of the Catenian Bursary Fund Ltd and may be used to further promote the Fund.
At the end of the form you will be told your Project Application Number (PAN). It is MOST IMPORTANT that you make a note of that number for you will need to quote it to us if you have any query about your application. If you cannot quote that number we cannot answer any query.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The very first action we will take on receipt of your application will be to contact your religious referee (Priest/School/University Chaplain) by email to ask them to confirm that you are a Catholic or a member of a faith that is in full communion with Rome.

It is your responsibility to gain your Religious Referee's permission for us to contact them by email BEFORE you submit this application.

We will only consider your application further once we have received their response. No reference – no award.

I have read and understand the guidance notes.

For us to process your application for an award you must accept this condition.

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Data Protection Certificate

In completing the application process for an Individual Project Award, you will be sharing your personal information with us. We need this information so that we can evaluate your proposal, assess your award, and then process and pay it. We may also contact you after your return with further matters. Before you go any further you must read and agree the following Data Protection statement signifying that you agree to share your personal data on these terms. Without this certificate we cannot process your application.

The Bursary Fund database holds your personal information in order for the Catenian Bursary Fund Limited to receive and manage your request for financial support, to evaluate it, to assess the award we will make, and, if you are successful, to pay your award to you. We may then use your data after your return from your Project to contact you to ask for your support for our future operations, or to ask for your permission to use your Project details and report for our publicity purposes. We will retain your data for at least 2 years.

We may also share your information with selected members of the Catenian Association, who will arrange for a presentation to pay any award granted and for management purposes. Both the Catenian Bursary Fund Limited and the Catenian Association Limited are bound by the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) to ensure that any data we hold on individuals is relevant, accurate and not excessive. Additionally, it must be fairly and lawfully processed, held for defined purposes, be accurate and up to date, not kept for longer than necessary, processed in line with your rights and must be secure. We will ensure that all data held on our database is treated in accordance with these principles. Please rest assured that we will never sell or misuse any personal data, or use it in any manner that is inconsistent with our aim of supporting the development of Catholic youth worldwide. We do not intend to contact you too often; we merely need your formal agreement for us to use your data to establish routine correspondence. You may opt out of this agreement at any time, but doing so will mean that we cannot consider your application further. If at any time, you wish to do so please email admin@catenianbursary.com or call 024 7622 4533 with your request.

I agree to share my personal data with the Catenian Bursary Fund Ltd.

For us to process your application for an award you must accept this condition.

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About you

Your Details

Your Christian Name

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Middle Name(s) (optional)

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Your Surname

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Are you male or female?

Male Female

Your Address Details

Address Line 1

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Address Line 2 (optional)

Address Line 3 (optional)

Postal Town

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County (If in the UK) (optional)

Country

Please select a country

Post Code or Zip Code

Enter your postcode in the correct format for your country,
for example "CV6 4QH" if in the UK.

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Please confirm that you have the means to cash a personal cheque or money order

It is a condition of our awards that they must be paid to you by personal cheque or money order. We cannot pay awards in any other way.

Telephone Number

Please enter a valid phone number

Your Email Address

Please enter a valid email address

Confirm Your Email Address

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Date of Birth

Please note you must be over 15 and under 24 years 10 months old to apply because it takes up to 2 months for us to process your application.

Please enter your date of birth

How did you learn about this award scheme?

A Catenian Internet Parish Poster School Poster Friend Other

Catenian Name

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Your nearest Catenian Organisation

If you are successful in your application, we will pass your award cheque to our nearest Catenian group, and ask them to arrange to make a formal presentation to you. Below is a list of the locations of our Catenian groups in your home country. Please select one from this list. If you are unsure, at the end you can select "None of these" and we will make a decision on the nearest Catenian group based upon your address and postcode. If there are no Catenians in your Country, then the box below will display "None available" and we will make other arrangements to pay your award.

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Your Religious Referee

By checking this box you are confirming that you are a member of the Roman Catholic faith, or of a faith that is in full communion with Rome.

We only make awards to Roman Catholics or to those belonging to a faith in Commmunion with Rome.

Name of your Parish Priest/School Chaplain

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Priest/Chaplain Address Line 1

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Priest/Chaplain Address Line 2 (optional)

Priest/Chaplain Address Line 3 (optional)

Priest/Chaplain Postal Town

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Priest/Chaplain Post Code or Zip Code

Enter the postcode in the correct format for your country,
for example "CV6 4QH" if in the UK.

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Priest/Chaplain County (If in the UK) (optional)

Priest/Chaplain Country

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Priest/Chaplain Telephone Number

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Priest/Chaplain Email Address

We will contact your Priest or Chaplain for a reference by email to confirm that you are a Catholic or a member of a faith that is in communion with Rome. It is your responsibility to make sure that your referee knows that we are going to contact them by email, and that they respond promptly. No reference – no award.

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Confirm Priest/Chaplain Email Address

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Your Project Referee

Name of your Project Referee

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Project Referee Address Line 1

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Project Referee Address Line 2 (optional)

Project Referee Address Line 3 (optional)

Project Referee Postal Town

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Project Referee Post Code or Zip Code

Enter the postcode in the correct format for your country,
for example "CV6 4QH" if in the UK.

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Project Referee County (If in the UK) (optional)

Project Referee Country

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Project Referee Telephone Number

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Project Referee Email Address

Please enter a valid email address

Confirm Project Referee Email Address

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Your Project Details

Trustee Tips

This is the most important part of the application form.
This is your chance to impress us that yours is a worthwhile Project.
There are 6 boxes to complete and we have offered you some guidance about the sort of information we would like to see in each box.
You have up to 100 words to use in each box. Plan your content and use it wisely!
There is a word counter on each box, and the text will turn red when you reach 100 words.
Single sentence answers are unlikely to impress.

In what country will your Project Take Place?

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What is the aim of your Project? What will it achieve? How will you judge its success or failure?

In this section we'd like you to tell us all about your Project. We'd ask that you do this in your own words, (don't copy out a brochure), and be as concise as possible. If you can, limit yourself to no more than 100 words in each box. To help you there is a word counter, and the text will turn red when you have reached 100 words. Firstly, please tell us exactly where and what you propose to do. Where will it take place (country and location); purpose of the Project; who will benefit from your work and under whose auspices will the Project be undertaken?

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