The VCF Bursary Fund helps apprentices and full-time students aged 16-25 who are continuing their education in Shetland by reducing the financial barriers that can prevent them from accessing learning and training opportunities.

When applying, applicants must provide evidence of how the bursary will be spent, as funding cannot be awarded for general day-to-day expenses.

2024 recipients have been awarded bursaries to purchase tools, laptops, docking stations, stationery, art supplies, textbooks, driving lessons, travel costs (where buses are not available) as well as to help with subsistence costs while attending block-release college courses on the mainland.

71 awards between £300 and £1,000 were made.

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