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THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION
PROVINCE 20 YOUTH SUPPORT PROJECT INC.
(“YOUTH PROJECT”)
GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES
1. Applications for grants
1.1 All Brothers should actively seek expressions of interest from Catholic youth to participate in the Province 20 Youth Support Project within the guidelines described in the Objects overleaf.
1.2 Brothers should seek guidance from their respective Circle Officers on the suitability of a potential application before raising the hopes of the young person concerned.
1.3 Upon receipt of positive feedback Brothers should arrange for the young person(s) to complete an Application Form(s).
1.4 A blank copy of the Youth Support Project Application Form should be available from the Circle Secretary or the Province 20 website.
1.5 Care should be taken to ensure that all the requested information has been completed as poorly presented applications will be returned by the Trustees for proper completion before they can be considered.
1.6 The completed form should be submitted to the respective Circle for consideration and approval prior to lodgement with the Trustees.
2. Approval/Sponsorship by Circle
2.1 The Trustees will not consider any application that has not first been approved by a Circle. Any application forms received direct from an applicant will be returned to that applicant for submission by a sponsoring Circle.
2.2 Approval of an application should be given by the Circle Council and/or all Brothers in attendance at a Circle Meeting according to the formal arrangements established by individual Circles.
2.3 Applicants may be requested to attend such meetings to explain or promote their application.
2.4 The application form should contain details of any co-sponsorship amounts, if any, approved by the Circle.
2.5 The application form should be signed as approved by the Circle President and Circle Secretary prior to submission to the Trustees for consideration.
2.6 Upon Circle approval the Circle Secretary should forward applications to the Secretary of the Youth Support Project for consideration at the next meeting of Trustees.
3. Approval by Trustees
3.1 The Trustees are obliged to consider all applications received and to weigh them on their respective merit.
3.2 The Trustees will be more likely to look favourably at applications that are co-sponsored by the respective Circle in the order of say 20-25% of a proposed grant.
3.3 The lack of co-sponsorship will not disqualify any application, particularly where a Circle has co-sponsored one or more applications during a financial year.
3.4 The Trustees will approve grants according to the level of funds available. This may result in meritorious applications being rejected.
3.5 The Trustees are under no obligation to disclose the reasons behind the rejection of any application unless they choose to do so.
Objects of the Youth Support Project
These have been structured to allow the Circles and Trustees sufficient room to evaluate meritorious applications within the broad parameters of the Catholic Faith.
The objects of the Association are:
To promote, develop and advance the interests of the Catholic faith by providing financial and/or material support on a needs or merit basis to young Catholics between the ages of 15 and 25 (or in exceptionally deserving instances to young Christians of other denominations), to assist them in educational, career or
charitable pursuits including, but not limited to, the provision to suitable applicants of:
(a) bursaries, for special circumstances or for selected activities or courses only, on either a needs or merit basis to further education at secondary or tertiary level (there is no intention to pay normal school fees on a needs basis as support in this
area is generally provided by the schools or other agencies - the main thrust will be to encourage students to use their talents to undertake additional studies which will strengthen their Catholic faith, for example courses in leadership, communications, faith development and liturgy)
(b) award on a merit basis of a scholarship in the name of the Association at tertiary level (this is probably a medium to long term objective - a prestigious scholarship in the name of the Association would bring much recognition to the Catenian
Association).
(c) grants for further studies in the arts, sciences, trades or similar undertakings including travel and associated costs (the idea here is to encourage talented or gifted young Catholics to consider hobbies or pastimes that involve ecumenical themes or groupings for example choir or music groups, dance events, arts and sculpture, speech contests etc - grants could also be provided to fund guest speakers or experts in matters facing the Catholic faith).
(d) grants to assist with travel and associated costs to attend Catholic conferences and events (World Youth Days - attendance at similar events or workshops will be
encouraged) .
(e) educational support material (all items included under this object would be expected to relate directly to improving knowledge of the Catholic faith). (In exercising the above objects preference will be given by the Board to pursuits or
projects which contain some element of benefit to Catholicism. We all notice the absence at Mass throughout the Archdiocese of young people in the target age
group - the Youth Project will encourage young people to continue to follow the
teachings of their faith in the challenging world of today).
PROVINCE 20 YOUTH SUPPORT PROJECT INC.
(“YOUTH PROJECT”)
GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURES
1. Applications for grants
1.1 All Brothers should actively seek expressions of interest from Catholic youth to participate in the Province 20 Youth Support Project within the guidelines described in the Objects overleaf.
1.2 Brothers should seek guidance from their respective Circle Officers on the suitability of a potential application before raising the hopes of the young person concerned.
1.3 Upon receipt of positive feedback Brothers should arrange for the young person(s) to complete an Application Form(s).
1.4 A blank copy of the Youth Support Project Application Form should be available from the Circle Secretary or the Province 20 website.
1.5 Care should be taken to ensure that all the requested information has been completed as poorly presented applications will be returned by the Trustees for proper completion before they can be considered.
1.6 The completed form should be submitted to the respective Circle for consideration and approval prior to lodgement with the Trustees.
2. Approval/Sponsorship by Circle
2.1 The Trustees will not consider any application that has not first been approved by a Circle. Any application forms received direct from an applicant will be returned to that applicant for submission by a sponsoring Circle.
2.2 Approval of an application should be given by the Circle Council and/or all Brothers in attendance at a Circle Meeting according to the formal arrangements established by individual Circles.
2.3 Applicants may be requested to attend such meetings to explain or promote their application.
2.4 The application form should contain details of any co-sponsorship amounts, if any, approved by the Circle.
2.5 The application form should be signed as approved by the Circle President and Circle Secretary prior to submission to the Trustees for consideration.
2.6 Upon Circle approval the Circle Secretary should forward applications to the Secretary of the Youth Support Project for consideration at the next meeting of Trustees.
3. Approval by Trustees
3.1 The Trustees are obliged to consider all applications received and to weigh them on their respective merit.
3.2 The Trustees will be more likely to look favourably at applications that are co-sponsored by the respective Circle in the order of say 20-25% of a proposed grant.
3.3 The lack of co-sponsorship will not disqualify any application, particularly where a Circle has co-sponsored one or more applications during a financial year.
3.4 The Trustees will approve grants according to the level of funds available. This may result in meritorious applications being rejected.
3.5 The Trustees are under no obligation to disclose the reasons behind the rejection of any application unless they choose to do so.
Objects of the Youth Support Project
These have been structured to allow the Circles and Trustees sufficient room to evaluate meritorious applications within the broad parameters of the Catholic Faith.
The objects of the Association are:
To promote, develop and advance the interests of the Catholic faith by providing financial and/or material support on a needs or merit basis to young Catholics between the ages of 15 and 25 (or in exceptionally deserving instances to young Christians of other denominations), to assist them in educational, career or
charitable pursuits including, but not limited to, the provision to suitable applicants of:
(a) bursaries, for special circumstances or for selected activities or courses only, on either a needs or merit basis to further education at secondary or tertiary level (there is no intention to pay normal school fees on a needs basis as support in this
area is generally provided by the schools or other agencies - the main thrust will be to encourage students to use their talents to undertake additional studies which will strengthen their Catholic faith, for example courses in leadership, communications, faith development and liturgy)
(b) award on a merit basis of a scholarship in the name of the Association at tertiary level (this is probably a medium to long term objective - a prestigious scholarship in the name of the Association would bring much recognition to the Catenian
Association).
(c) grants for further studies in the arts, sciences, trades or similar undertakings including travel and associated costs (the idea here is to encourage talented or gifted young Catholics to consider hobbies or pastimes that involve ecumenical themes or groupings for example choir or music groups, dance events, arts and sculpture, speech contests etc - grants could also be provided to fund guest speakers or experts in matters facing the Catholic faith).
(d) grants to assist with travel and associated costs to attend Catholic conferences and events (World Youth Days - attendance at similar events or workshops will be
encouraged) .
(e) educational support material (all items included under this object would be expected to relate directly to improving knowledge of the Catholic faith). (In exercising the above objects preference will be given by the Board to pursuits or
projects which contain some element of benefit to Catholicism. We all notice the absence at Mass throughout the Archdiocese of young people in the target age
group - the Youth Project will encourage young people to continue to follow the
teachings of their faith in the challenging world of today).
Province 20 Catenian Association
Website of Western Australia