The Melplash Agricultural Society Bursary Scheme

Each year The Society offers a grant to a Student aged 18 years and over who is planning to pursue courses in subjects connected to Agriculture. Students of agriculture, forestry, horticulture or any closely allied topic could be eligible for the £1000 per annum bursary.

This financial support will be extended throughout the successful student’s course, provided that he/she receives a satisfactory annual report from his/her college or university.  Those eligible to apply must live within a 12 mile radius of Melplash. Application forms are available from the Society Offices at 23 South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NT.

Those candidates shortlisted will then be required to provide scholastic and personal references and will be interviewed in late Spring/early Summer so that finance can be in place for the next academic year.  The closing date for applications is 1st April of each year.

The successful candidate is presented with the Bursary at the annual Melplash Agricultural Society Show.

2010 Results

This year the Society's Bursary has been awarded to:

Lucinda Bearpark who is starting her 2nd year at Kingston Maurward where she is studying for the National Diploma in Agriculture.  She is currently doing her work experience on a local farm in Wootton Fitzpaine milking cows.

The Society will be continuing to support:

Miss P Sibley who will be starting her 2nd year at Liverpool University in September on the undergraduate veterinary course (BVSc)

Miss S Dyke who has completed her 2nd year at Kingston Maurward studying for National Diploma in Agriculture and has been accepted at the Royal Agricultural College to study a degree in Agriculture with land management.