APPLICATIONS are open for the Wheatley’s bursary programme.
The 2025 bursary programme is run by Wheatley Foundation, the Group’s charitable trust.
The scheme offers bursaries of up to £1500 a year for full-time students and up to £750 for part-time students.
The programme is open to customers living in homes owned by Wheatley Homes in Dumfries and Galloway.
With the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, the Wheatley Foundation bursaries will ease the financial burden to help customers with the expense of studying for an HNC, HND, undergraduate degree or postgraduate course.
Tenant Jodie Thomson, 37, lives in Wigtownshire with her husband and three children. She is about to complete an HNC in Childhood Practice through Dumfries and Galloway College.
Jodie said: “After being a stay-at-home mum, I helped out at my son’s nursery and then decided to go to college to complete this course.
“I wasn’t sure how we would manage, but the bursary was a great help. It helped me provide for my family while I was studying.”
Chairman of Wheatley Foundation, Professor Paddy Gray OBE, said: “Since 2016, the scheme has helped 482 people to go on to further education and get the qualifications they need.
“Our bursary programme is another way Wheatley Foundation can help people in our communities achieve their dreams.”
