Arvon Grant Scheme Terms & Conditions
If concessions are available for your chosen course and you are eligible, you may be able to apply for up to 30% of the course fee (for residential courses) or 50% of the course fee (for online courses) without completing an application form. See details here: Arvon | residential creative writing courses and retreats UK
- Arvon’s grant scheme is for writers who cannot afford the full course fee. Grants are awarded on the basis of eligibility and/or financial need, and not writing ability.
- Arvon grants are only available to writers living permanently in the UK. We are unable to offer grants to citizens of the UK living abroad. For the purposes of our policies, a UK resident is defined as a person who has their main home in the United Kingdom, who is registered with a medical practitioner in the UK, and who has been resident in the UK for 6 months out of the last 12.
- An Arvon grant will cover some – or all – of the full cost of one Arvon course, which includes all tuition, food and accommodation.
- In the case of residentials, travel to and from the course must be arranged by the grant recipient, and all travel costs must be paid by the grant recipient. Arvon cannot provide financial assistance with travel other than in cases of special access requirements/costs (see our application form for details).
- To increase the number of applicants who can benefit from an Arvon grant, writers can only apply once every 5 years. However, if that application is unsuccessful, there is the option to reapply at any stage.
- Grants are connected to a specific course and applicants may reserve a place prior to making a grant application. The place will be reserved until the application is assessed. Please note that there are only 2 grant places available on each course, so once those are reserved you will be unable to apply.
- After receiving notification that they have been awarded a grant, the recipient must confirm their booking by paying a minimum deposit of £100 within seven days, unless they have been awarded a full grant or the balance is less than £100, in which case the lower balance will be payable.
- If a grant award is not confirmed by payment of a deposit within seven days of notification, the award will be withdrawn and the provisional booking cancelled. Grant awards may only be used within the calendar year in which they are awarded.
- It is a condition of the award that grant recipients must submit a short written report (which will be emailed out after the course) within two weeks of the end of their chosen course, describing their experience and the impact it has had/will have on their writing.
- Decisions will be made by Arvon staff. Grants will be awarded solely on the basis of the financial information and personal statements supplied in the application forms.
- Applicants will be notified of the decision regarding their application within 2 weeks of the application deadline, whether or not they have been successful.
- Arvon reserves the right to award applicants a lesser amount than they applied for, or to not award a grant, or to withdraw the grants scheme in whole or in part at any time.
- Should a grant recipient need to transfer a course booking in line with Arvon’s Terms and Conditions of Booking (please see website), the grant award will be transferred to the new course if the applicant’s circumstances remain the same.
- Should a grant recipient need to cancel a booking, the grant award will be withdrawn but a fresh application can be made in the future and the applicant will not have to wait 5 years.
- Our decisions on grant awards are final and we will not enter into any correspondence about them.
- Arvon grants cannot be exchanged in whole or in part for any cash equivalent, nor transferred to another person.
- Applications from previous Arvon grant recipients, who have failed to attend a course without notice or good reason, will not be considered.
- Arvon reserves the right to withdraw any offer of a grant if the conditions of the award are not met.