Travel Grants

Various grants are offered to assist with travel costs for groups or individuals.

Aims

General Grants

To help towards the costs of local groups and individuals travelling:

• From the outlying islands to the Orkney mainland or
• From Orkney to the Scottish mainland.

Talented Young Persons and Talented Performers Grant

• To help talented individuals travel to events, national squad training and competitions at a national level.

Criteria and Amounts Available

Type	Criteria	Amount
Individuals and organisations Young Persons 18 years old or under Supervising Adults Ratio 1:10 Form G1	Outlying islands to Mainland Orkney or vice versa	6.50 each
	Orkney Mainland to Caithness	6.50 each
	Orkney mainland to Scottish Mainland south of Caithness	13.00 each
Talented Young Person  18 years old or under Form G2	Invitation to participate at national or international level	75% of cost of participation or max £110.00 per trip
Talented Performer  19 years and over Form G3	Invitation to participate at national or international level	75% of cost of participation or max £110.00 per trip
Claim Form G4	Must have all receipts

The Application Process

1. Application Form

Forms G1-3 must be completed and returned to the Council at least 2 weeks prior to the event for which the application is being made. These can be accessed from the links within the Related Downloads section.

• G1 Application for Travel Grant - General
• G2 Application for Travel Grant - Talented Young Performers for under 19
• G3 Application for Travel Grant - Talented Young Performers for 19 and over

A hard copy of the above forms can also be obtained from:

Customer Services

Orkney Islands Council

School Place

Kirkwall

KW15 1NY

Tel: 01856 873535

2. Claim Form

Form G4 must be completed and returned to the Council within 1 month from the date of the event. This will be sent out to applicants once their initial application has been approved.

General Notes

A budget is set for the support of travel grants and this will continue to be allocated on a first come, first serve basis until fully allocated, at which point further applications will not be accepted.

The budget will be divided into 4 separate quartiles of equal amounts: April-June, July-September, October-December, January-March, the claim being made for the month in which the event takes place.

Travel grants will be subject to a maximum of two claims per quarter from any group or individual and allocated on a first come, first serve basis.

Enhanced grants will be subject to a maximum of 3 claims per person per year.