Individual Project Award

Do something wonderful ...

About this award

This is a financial grant made to assist a young Catholic, who wishes to undertake some individual project by volunteering to do something wonderful for someone else. This could be on your own, or with others, organised by you or through another organisation, but the essential thing that the Trustees are looking for is that you will be doing something of benefit to others – not yourself.

What you will need


Check your eligibility

You'll need to meet some criteria to be able to apply for an award:

  • Be Catholic or a member of a faith in communion with Rome.
  • Be between your 16th and 25th birthday on the date of travel.
  • Your proposed project is voluntary and will be of benefit to other people, who need your help.
  • You can cash a personal cheque
  • You will be spending at least 15 full working days actually engaged in the delivery of your project. This excludes all pre-project training, travel time and any period of acclimatisation.

Religious Referee

Your Religious Referee will probably be your school chaplain or parish priest. They will need to be able to confirm to us that you are a practicing catholic.

Project Referee

You'll need to tell us about your Project Referee. This might be a teacher, a lecturer, another student, a friend a scout or youth group leader or similar.

Project Organiser

You'll need to tell us about the organisation that is organising your project.

Ready to apply?

Make your application by completing our application form. The process should only take about ten minutes, and you should receive a decision within a week, depending on the time of year and volume of applications.

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How much will I get?

The amount we award varies from £500 to £1500 depending on a few factors including the length of your project, and how many hours a day you will be working, your project location and what you will be doing.

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Success stories

A photo of Emily during her Individual Project Award

Emily

Emily went to a Lasallian school in Nyeri in Kenya to help build teachers’ houses.

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A photo of Amy during her Individual Project Award

Amy

Amy travelled to Malawi to help at the Umunthu Foundation, a clinic offering HIV/AIDS testing.

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A photo of Ruth during her Individual Project Award

Ruth

Ruth spent a year teaching in a large girls’ boarding school in Zambia.

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