The Snowdon Award Scheme

Unit 18, Oakhurst Business Park
Wilberforce Way
Southwater
West Sussex
RH13 9RT

Tel: 01403 732899
Web: www.snowdonawardscheme.org.uk

The Snowdon Award Scheme is a charity that provides grants to students with physical or sensory disability, to help them complete further or higher education or training.

The grants help cover the additional costs that these students incur as a result of their disability, where available statutory awards do not cover them. Costs include vital support such as personal carers, sign language interpreters, people to take notes, computers, specialist software, wheelchairs or special accommodation and equipment.

About 100 grants are awarded each year, ranging from £250 to £2,000 and the decision of who gets them is down to an independent selection panel. The panel is made up of both disabled and non-disabled people who have knowledge and understanding of a wide range of disabilities – from sight and hearing impairments to paralysis, cerebral palsy, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, joint and bone diseases and lupus.

Besides giving financial grants, the charity also takes an active interest in individuals, offering encouragement to students during their studies and beyond.