Bursaries form
Making CPAS Holidays Accessible to All
The Holidays bursary fund exists so that no child or young person is prevented from going on a Holiday because they cannot afford the full fees. However, as the fund is limited, we set certain criteria to ensure we are awarding bursaries to those who are most in need.
The bursary fund is one of several options for funding; others include beneficiary's home churches and Trust Funds, so please consider carefully which support is most suitable.
When making an application, you are confirming that the beneficiary meets one or more of the criteria below. Only one bursary per year can be awarded for each child or young person, except in exceptional circumstances approved by the CPAS Holidays Office.
A. The beneficiary is from a low-income family (which usually means that their parents or guardians receive welfare benefits) and, without this bursary, the beneficiary would be unable to attend the Holiday.
B. The beneficiary is from a household which is sending three or more children or young people on CPAS Holidays in the same year and, without this bursary, the household would be unable to afford the fees for all of them.
C. The beneficiary is unable to attend the CPAS Holiday without a bursary due to an exceptional circumstance, which has been discussed and approved in advance by the CPAS Holidays Office (contact details below).
The bursary application must be completed by either a church group leader or a Holiday leader, and never by the beneficiary, their parent or their guardian.
Please note that you will need to complete a separate application for each child or young person and we are only able to apply the bursary once the reservation has been accepted by the Bookings Contact.
You can request a grant from the bursary fund for a maximum of one-third (33%) of the full Holiday price, rounded down to the nearest pound. For overseas Ventures, we give a maximum equivalent to the largest bursary which could be made to a UK-based Venture in that year.
Successful bursaries will be applied once the beneficiary has (a) been booked and accepted onto the Holiday, and (b) paid the deposit or, if this is no longer available online, called the office to pay the balance minus the bursary.
If there are no issues, then we will apply the bursary within the next seven working days and the online outstanding amount will represent this reduction. Please do let the financial contact of the beneficiary know that this will be seen when they log in to complete the payment.
For further information or enquiries please contact the CPAS Holidays Office at holidays@cpas.org.uk.
Application Form
The applicant must be a church group leader or CPAS Holiday leader, and never the beneficiary, or the beneficiary's parent or guardian.
Please note that you will need to complete a separate application for each child or young person.