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The GoMakeADifference grants are awarded to successful applicants who are students at any UWC school or college from around the world. The projects must be led by a student studying for their IBDP at UWC, but UWC students of any age can support on a project.
Please ensure that you meet the criteria before completing and submitting your application and are aware of how the projects will be assessed. During the current global pandemic, we still very much want to support UWC students to make a difference, but it is vital students do so, in a way that is completely safe to them and everyone affected by their project.
So this year, when applying we request that you tell us –
- Details of the project, how it is to be delivered and how it will make a difference
- How you intend to use the money, including a budget plan
- What you will be delivering when, providing us with a timeline indication within your application
- Details about yourself and team members and your motivation for this project
- How you can be confident the project can be delivered safely
After the lessons learned from the global pandemic we shall only be awarding grants to projects where it is demonstrable that they can be delivered in a safe manner with no risk to anyone. We shall be seeking assurances in this regard from your teachers, parents or other relevant people.
To apply for a GoMakeADifference award, we would like you to submit a project proposal in the specified format and as part of your application please complete the form below. You must upload your project proposal as one document in the specified format. Your application will be reviewed and we will contact you in due course. As mentioned above, we will be looking to recognise and reward innovative projects that can be delivered in a manner that complies with any Covid safe constraints.
Please remember, we do not want you to go ahead running your project if it is not completely safe for you and everyone affected by your project.
Applications are now CLOSED. Thank you for everyone who entered!
Testimonials
As a team and as a village, we would like to pass our sincere gratitude to the Go Make a Difference grant scheme – through which a massive difference and impact has been done on the lives of hundreds of villagers in the Kolonyama community. We stand in eternal gratitude to Colin and Jill for creating this selfless grant scheme.
— Nthati & Morero Mofolo, Hydro-Pure project (2021)