Deadline: 15 April 2024
The Soroptimist International Great Britain and Ireland (SIGBI) is seeking applications to provide grants to assist women to update their skills after employment breaks or to acquire new skills to improve their opportunities for employment and promotion.
Awards are made to help towards the cost of course fees or books/equipment, not for living expenses. The grants that are awarded included courses as diverse as helicopter engineering, teacher training, an MA in play therapy, a BSc in midwifery, a conversion course for an overseas qualified pharmacist and a diploma in sign language interpreting.
Eligible Countries
- Asia
- Bangladesh
- India
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
- Europe
- Guernsey
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
- Malta
- Republic of Ireland
- United Kingdom
- Caribbean
- Anguilla
- Barbados
- Grenada
- Jamaica
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a grant you do not have to be a Soroptimist (most of the applicants are not) but you must be female and permanently resident within one of the countries of the Federation.
For more information, visit SIGBI.
