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Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme
(TASS)
Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) is to help talented athletes who wish
to progress with a formal academic programme but maintain an involvement in
performance sport. With the Government pledging £3 million per year over a 2
year period (2004/5 – 2005/6).
Disability Powerlifting is offering scholarships of up to
£3,000 to student lifters aged 18 – 35, and bursaries of up to £1,000 for
lifters aged 16 – 35 not in higher education and meet the eligibility criteria.
Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)
National Framework – Disability Powerlifting
What is TASS?
The overall aim of the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) is to help
talented athletes who wish to progress with a formal academic programme but
maintain an involvement in performance sport. Strategically, TASS will provide a
coherent support system, driven through partnership working between Higher
Education Institutions (HEIs), Further Education Colleges (FECs), National
Governing Bodies of Sport (NGB’s) and other sports organisations.
The scheme will operate around a national network in England of 9 regional
consortia, based around a hub or core cluster of Higher Education Institutions
working in close partnership with other interested institutions in the area.
The Government has pledged £3 million per year over a 2 year period (2004/5 –
2005/6). TASS will normally be offering scholarships of up to £3,000 to students
aged 19 – 25, and bursaries of up to £1,000 for any talented young person aged
16 – 19 not in higher education.
The Aim for Disability Powerlifting
The aim for British Disability Powerlifting is to provide a transition for
Powerlifter's who are still improving but who fall outside of the criteria for
the World Class Performance Programme. This could be due to age or qualification
criteria but are still seen to have potential to improve significantly over the
next few years and to progress into the World Class Performance Programme. The
secondary aim is to keep talented athletes, not on a World Class Performance
Programme, in powerlifting by encouraging and supporting them to pursue both
academic and sporting excellence. TASS will also provide the opportunity for
athletes who are “newly identified” or have come into the sport late as a result
of acquiring their impairment later in life or turn to Powerlifting as a means
of continuing their performance. With the aim of supported Powerlifter’s to be
meet the World Class Performance Programme criteria within 5 years. TASS will
also be used to promote the development of female powerlifters.
TASS will offer:
Scholarships of up to £3,000 to students aged 18 – 35.
Bursaries of up to £1,000 for athletes aged 16–35 not in higher education.
Will I receive the money?
The TASS Bursary/Scholarship will be allocated on an individual basis via BWLA
and the regional consortia. Funding will help to cover the cost of coaching,
facility hire, gym fees, loaders, equipment, sports science, competition costs
and PALS (Professional and Athlete Life Skills Training and Development
Programme).
Who can receive TASS funding?
Bursary
1. Existing powerlifters who are deemed talented but fall outside of the World
Class Performance criteria at this time, but who have the possibility to achieve
World Class Performance criteria in 4 years.
2. Newly identified Powerlifters who are deemed talented but fall outside of the
World Class Performance criteria at this time, but who have the possibility to
achieve World Class Performance criteria in 5 years.
Scholarship
Newly identified or existing powerlifters who are studying at university/college
of HE who are deemed talented but who fall out of the World Class Performance
programme at this time, but who have the possibility to achieve World Class
Performance criteria in 4 to 5 years.
What Next?
To apply for TASS you will need to complete an application form that is also on
the website. The next round of application will be for starting September 2005
and a date will be issued on the website when applications are being accepted.
Keep checking for this date.