50% INCREASE IN FUNDINGThe Slater Trust Committee met on 12th March, and agreed to raise the amount of money available to fund ratings wanting to get their OOW qualification from £10,000 to £15,000.
This is augmented by a further payment of £1000 on achieving the certificate, and applications can now be made at any time during the year.
Set up in 1977 and named in memory of former MNAOA General Secretary John William Slater, over the past 10 years the value of the fund has increased from £2500 to its present level. It can be used for funding the necessary courses and for help with accommodation, travel, textbooks and living expenses whilst undertaking the qualification. The money is available for four years from the date of the award (although you must start using it within two years) and is available to ratings over 20 years old permanently resident in the UK. For more details, click on the link to the
Nautilus website.
To apply, email aharris@ms-sc.org for an application form, or call 0207 654 7008.
Please note that the award cannot be made retrospectively: if you have already started your course, you are no longer eligible to apply.