MARY CARMICHAEL FUND
Many local authority education authorities
and some individual schools will offer financial assistance for the SScOT
summer course, but SScOT also has its own bursary fund, the Mary
Carmichael Fund.
Mary Carmichael was the
Director of SScOT (formerly SISO) from its inception in 1984 until her untimely
death from cancer in August 1998. She left SScOT a generous bequest which
has been used as the basis for a fund which enables us to offer a number of
bursaries each year for children to attend the summer course, as well as helping
us to commission occasional new works.
Further donations to this
fund would be gratefully received, and can be made by sending a cheque, payable
to the SScOT Mary Carmichael Fund, to Jean Murray at the above address, from whom Gift Aid Declaration Forms are available for tax
payers who would like to increase the value of their donation.
The staff/pupil ratio on the
courses is high, and all staff are residential and fully involved throughout the
week. All staff play a pastoral role, as well as a musical or recreational one,
so there is plenty of supervision of children at all times. Of necessity, this
means that the fees are quite high - currently over £400 for the week.
Applications for a Mary
Carmichael Bursary for a summer course, should include:-
Bursaries will be awarded purely on the basis of financial need, and
each application will be considered on an individual basis.
All applications for a Mary
Carmichael Bursary should be sent to Jean Murray at the above address. The
deadline for receipt of applications for bursaries is normally March 31st each year. Applicants will be
notified of the outcome of their application during April.
Jean Murray is happy to
discuss individual situations and to advise on possible support from local
authorities.
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