Those who struggle with filling out bursary and scholarship paperwork have an opportunity to get some help on November 17.
In partnership with the Drayton Valley Community Foundation, the Clean Energy Technology Centre is putting on an information session for filling out the paperwork. Tanya Harding, the education consortium coordinator for the CETC, says they receive lots of applications each year, but sometimes there is information missing.
This year, they are hoping to arm applicants with better knowledge of the application process.
“We want to go over the difference between the two and then some tips on how to fill them out properly,” says Harding.
Harding says they are asking people to register for the information session. During the registration process, they encourage the attendee to tell them about any specific forms they are struggling with. The goal, she says, is to try to cover as much as they can during the session.
The session itself will only be about an hour, she says. “We didn’t want to have it too long, but we will stay longer for those who want to work on stuff,” she says.
Harding says each year when they start receiving the scholarship and bursary applications they don’t get a lot of questions. Instead they get applications that aren’t filled out correctly or are incomplete.
This means the staff at the CETC and DVCF have to follow up with the applicant and tell them what is missing. Harding says sometimes people will make the necessary changes and resubmit, but many just give up.
“We don’t want people to miss out on getting those because they’re not filling things out properly,” she says.
She says each scholarship and bursary has different guidelines for applying and it can be confusing for some. The CETC and DVCF want to offer as much support as they can for students so they can get the financial help they need for their schooling.
Those wanting to register for the information course can contact Harding at tharding@draytonvalley.ca or Tara Middlemiss at ed@dvcf.org.
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