The WCC UK Needs Your Help! Donate to support the Small Grants Scheme
by laurencet
Since 2022, the WCC UK has run its Small Grants Scheme for members. The Scheme grew out of our Emergency Grants scheme, established by our founding Treasurer Carol Atack to support colleagues in need during the COVID-19 crisis. After we came out of lockdown, many members of the Classics community were still in financial need, and funding for postgraduate and early career students in particular became increasingly difficult to find in the current financial landscape of Higher Education. So we founded the Small Grants Scheme, to continue putting our modest funds to good use.
The Scheme pays out grants of up to £150 to support members’ academic activities, including the costs of attending academic events (transport, accommodation, caring costs etc), putting on events (room hire, fees etc), or conducting research (travel to sites, book purchases, copying costs etc). The Scheme runs a simple application process, turns applications around quickly and does not require submission of receipts or reports, to keep the funding as accessible as possible. For the past two years we’ve paid out over £1000 a year to our members, often to postgraduate and early career colleagues, which has allowed them to continue to participate in research and the Classics community with less financial pressure.
We receive no regular funding apart from membership fees, which also cover our in-person events and other expenses. We want to continue to be able to offer small grants to our members for years to come. For that reason, we’re asking for donations from our community to build up a fund for the Scheme. You can use the link below to make a one-off donation or set up a regular gift, using PayPal or a credit or debit card. All donations will go directly towards supporting the Small Grants Scheme – that is, they will go right back into the Classics community.
Click here to make a donation. We’re so grateful for your support!
If you have any questions about your donation or the Small Grants Scheme, please email the WCC UK Treasurer, Christine Plastow, at christine.plastow [at] open.ac.uk.