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Scottish Building Federation Edinburgh and District Charitable Trust

Background

The Trust was originally set up as the Edinburgh and District Master Builders Association Benevolent Fund in 1947 and was reconstituted on 15 December 1999. The name changed to Scottish Building Federation Edinburgh and District Charitable Trust on 10 October 2007. The Trust supports the building trade in Edinburgh and Lothians. Today annual scholarships and bursaries are awarded.

Purpose

The principal objectives of the Trust are:-

a) providing charitable aid for persons in reduced circumstances who (i) are or have been connected with the Building Trade in the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian or Midlothian and also (ii) are connected with the Building Trade through the Scottish Building Federation Edinburgh and District Association or the widows or widowers, children or other dependent relatives of the qualifying beneficiaries:

b) advancing education by providing grants, scholarships, bursaries and other financial assistance to those involved in the Building Trade in the same geographical area as above and the children of those so involved in the Building Trade.

c) Providing prizes and awards for University, College and other furthar education courses involved in skills relating to the Building Trade.

Our task is to identify applications for grants which are awarded as scholarships and bursaries to second and subsequent year students on courses related to the building trade, who have spent at least three years in the City of Edinburgh or the Lothians.

The students will be selected from the following educational establishments:
• West Lothian College
• Edinburgh’s Telford College
• Jewel and Esk College
• Heriot Watt University
• Napier University

How to apply

Nominations are taken from academic staff only. Individuals may not apply independently.