Following the success of the first round of our bursary scheme in 2012, the Trust are delighted to announce a second round of our student funding programme.
Once again, we are offering to help Doncaster students pay their university tuition fees when they study built environment subjects such as architecture, town planning, urban design, building conservation or landscape architecture.
From today we are inviting interested students to apply for up to £1000 for each year of their studies.
This scheme is part of the Trust’s education programme aimed at helping Doncaster’s young people get a better understanding of the value of good quality architecture and urban design and to appreciate the rich built and natural heritage of our borough.
Find out more details of the bursary scheme by clicking on the poster below.
An annual architectural competition for Doncaster primary schools.
Doncaster Civic Trust are proud to launch our very first design competition for local children. We have invited each primary school in the borough to enter. The winning schools will be awarded cash prizes, the most valuable of which will be the Eric Braim Prize, in memory of our former secretary and a driving force behind the Trust for many years.
Once again, we are delighted to be working with the University of Sheffield School of Architecture who will be allocating masters students as mentors to work with the participating schools.
The competition is part of our new education programme which so far comprises of the student bursary initiative and the Doncaster Toolkit.
You can find out more about the competition by clicking on the brochure below.
We are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new ‘Doncaster Toolkit’.
Since 2012, the Trust have been working with the University of Sheffield’s schools of education and architecture to create a learning package for Doncaster schools. The aim of the Toolkit is to help local schoolchildren acquire a better understanding of the principles of architecture in a local context. We hope this will help them to appreciate Doncaster’s rich built heritage and encourage a new generation to become involved in influencing the local decision-makers to demand the best standards of architecture, urban design and town planning in Doncaster.
The Toolkit has been distributed to all primary and secondary schools in the borough and is suitable for pupils in years 5 and above.
It consists of a board game, a teachers’ activity guide containing over forty exercises, a supporting website with research material and a smartphone app introducing two guided walks around the town centre exploring some of its history and architecture.
You can find out more about the Toolkit by visiting the website:- www.doncastertoolkit.co.uk
If you would like a hard copy, these are available from the Trust secretary at a cost of £19.95 plus £3 p&p.
Our special thanks go out to Eirini Christofidou, Lisa Procter and all of the staff and students at the university who made this project possible.
