Contact Details
To download a Step Up Application form please click here.
Please read the instructions carefully.
Three Information meetings will be held on the following dates:
Thurles Thurles Library/The Source 10-12pm Sat. Sept 3rd
Roscrea Resource Centre Newline 1-3pm Sat. Sept 3rd
Nenagh 84/85 Connolly Street 4-6pm Sat. Sept 3rd
For further information, call 06756676 from 4pm-5pm Tuesdays-Thursdays.
Step Up Grant - formerly Millennium Fund for Education
2011 Step Up Education and Training Grant Announced
Staff of NTLP are pleased to announced the availability of this year's STEP UP Grant for Education and Training. With a difficult employment climate, many people are looking at furthering their education and skills as a way of improving their prospects.
To download an application form please click here.
Please read the instructions carefully.
The STEP UP! Grant for Education and Training is aimed primarily at low-income families and people with lower involvement in education. It is available to jobseekers, people in receipt of social welfare, and low income families, who are in full or part-time further education and training. Applicants must be resident in the North Tipperary area.
This grant supports costs associated with education and training undertaken in the calendar year 2011. These include the following:
• Tuition Fees • Materials Costs • Accommodation Costs
Phone Bills, Computer Equipment will not be funded.
Repeat courses, second degrees, Masters, PhD’s will not be funded,
Selection will be based on the information supplied (see checklist, page 3). Assistance will be given to those demonstrating greatest need, subject to available funding. Completed application forms will be accepted until 14th October 2011. Late applications will not be considered.
STEP UP! GRANT Application Process
1. Fill in form. Answer all questions. Grants will not be processed without all the supporting information eg. receipts, letters (See Checklist at end of form)
2. Drop in, or post to North Tipperary LEADER Partnership, Connolly/Silver Street, Nenagh. (Email applications will NOT be accepted.)
3. NTLP Staff will review applications and contact people if further information is required.
4. Applicants will be informed of NTLP decision to fund or not.
5. Applicants will call to Nenagh office to collect and sign for payments.
Notes
Funding is limited. 100% funding will not be given.
Applicants will be contacted as part of the application process.
Successful Applicants will collect grant cheques in early December 2011.
Due to time constraints, no appeals process can be facilitated.
Conditions as set out in the letter of offer to successful applicants must be adhered to i.e. signed contract/receipts as appropriate. Successful applicants will be expected to provide North Tipperary LEADER Partnership with information and feedback, as requested. Applicants can only apply for assistance for one course.
Background
This Between September and November 2010, NTLP ran a special grant for further education, training and skills, called the "Step Up! Grant."
Through consultation with unemployed people and relevant agencies, North Tipperary LEADER Partnership identified cost as a barrier to participation and progression to education and training. 156 applications were received, of whom 122 people received grants. The average grant amount was 552 euro.
In an evaluation of the grant carried out by Michelle Brady, a student of Tipperary Institute on placement with NTLP, just under one third (32%) of students who applied for funding were aged between 25-34 years old. One quarter (25%) of funded applicants were aged between 25-34 years old.
MILLENNIUM PARTNERSHIP FUND FOR EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGE
This was a programme administered by North Tipperary LEADER Partnership (NTLP) for students attending further/third level courses. This fund is no longer active.
In 2010, NTLP ran a special grant for further education, training and skills, called the "Step Up! Grant".
We also post this video from Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computers, about education and achievement.
