Fully Funded Placement Bursary

Volunteer Fundraising

Apply for our fully-funded placement by June 30th 2026! 

Read on for details around who can apply, how to apply, and when you’ll find out if you’ve been successful. 

We have secured the funding to cover the fundraising costs for one Volunteer in our 2026/27 cohort. 

This means that the fundraising target (£7,450 for Immersive or £6,850 for Focused) has already been pledged by the generous contributions of our sponsors. 

For the successful applicant, your fundraising is guaranteed for you, but please note this placement does not include a stipend or grant to cover personal costs (outlined here). 

In order to apply, you need to meet the following criteria: 

  1. Have been offered a place on our 2026/27 cohorts (Immersive for departure in August/September 2026, or Focused for departure in January 2027). 
  1. Be eligible for one or more of our Access Fund Bursary criteria which can be found here. 

You can apply if you have already started fundraising, and you can apply if you have already received Access Fund support from us. 

To apply, complete the application form below, which will ask you for: 

  • Basic personal information. 
  • Which of our Access Fund criteria you meet, and outline how you meet these criteria. 
  • An uploaded reference in support of you applying for the fully-funded placement from a referee (not a family member or friend). 

A letter to the panel outlining why, in your words, you think you should receive this placement. 

You need to have attended Selection and been offered a place with us by 14th June 2026. We cannot offer the funded placement to someone who has not been through our rigorous Selection process. 

You must obtain the reference and your own personal cover letter, and upload them to the application form by June 30th, 2026. 

We will give all applicants a response no later than the end of July 2026. 

Anyone who applies for our fully funded placement is eligible for our Access Fund Bursary, through which we can typically offer up to 50% of your fundraising target depending on your circumstances. 

For the remaining amount we will offer you 1-1 fundraising support to help you plan and execute fundraising ideas, and apply for grant funding from other charitable bodies. You will need to be ready to take control of your fundraising efforts, but we will be there to help you every step of the way. 

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This form is for Volunteers to whom we have already offered a placement.

Please note: if you have not already attended a Selection course or Interview, you must apply to Volunteer with Project Trust separately. You are encouraged to say in your application that you also wish to apply for the fully-funded placement. 

Fully Funded Place Application Form

Personal Details

Name(Required)
Email(Required)

Application Criteria

Why are you requesting consideration for our fully funded place?(Required)
Tick all that apply.

Care experienced is an umbrella term which can mean children or young people who are: Looked after at home through a Compulsory Supervision Order (CSO); Looked after away from home in a residential children’s house, in a foster placement or in a kinship placement (Looked After or Non Looked After) Previously looked after, where at some point in their lives they have had any of the above experiences. The child or young person may never have been formally looked after.
Do not include anything you are not comfortable sharing with the Panel of Project Trust staff members. All applications will be treated with absolute confidence. Some of the criteria above cover a wide range of personal situations, and we simply wish to understand how you personally meet them. You may wish to copy this answer out of the form and save it elsewhere. The next page will ask you to upload two documents; you may need to come back to this application form at a later date to submit these.
Max. file size: 1 GB.
Please ask someone you trust to provide a personal reference outlining why they think you should receive this fully-funded placement. They should be someone known to you in a professional or academic capacity, such as a teacher, manager, or case worker. They should not be a friend or family member. See guidelines for the reference at the bottom of this form.
Max. file size: 1 GB.
Upload your cover letter to complete the application. See guidelines at the bottom of this page.

If you are uncertain about who can be a referee, or how to write your cover letter, please contact your Support Coordinator or our Fundraising Coordinator Tom for help.
I confirm that everything is correct and true to the best of my knowledge.(Required)
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Personal Reference guidelines 

  • Your referee must not be a friend or family member. They cannot be a Project Trust staff member. They should be a teacher, manager, case worker, or other professional or academic contact who knows you well enough to outline your circumstances and why you should receive the fully funded place. 
  • The reference should be a Word document or PDF no more than two sides of A4, and can be addressed to Project Trust or specifically to Ingrid Emerson, our CEO. 
  • It should include a postal and email address at which we can contact your referee. 

Covering letter 

  • You should write a formal letter addressed to Project Trust (see our address in the webpage footer) or Ingrid Emerson (same address), outlining why you should receive the fully funded placement. It should be more than one paragraph but less than two sides of A4. 
  • Good things to include: 
  • Why you will find, or have found, fundraising to be a challenge (think about the Access Fund criteria that you meet). 
  • How the fully funded placement will enable you to Volunteer with us where regular Bursary support might not. 
  • What it is that you hope to gain or achieve by Volunteering with Project Trust. 

If you are stuck on your cover letter, download the template below for a prompt. If this doesn’t help, contact your Support Coordinator or book a chat with Tom. 

If you are stuck on your cover letter, download the template below for a prompt. If this doesn’t help, contact your Support Coordinator or book a chat with Tom. 

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