Charitable
Trusts
The Jörg Weise
Association (JWA)
Briefly, the history of the JWA is that
in 1979 one of our first students, Jörg Weise, who was
with us in 1971, died at the age of 21 in a motorcycle accident.
 It
was particularly tragic as he had shown promise as an actor
and was already involved in international work. His father was
on the Board of Directors of Bayer AG in Leverkusen, Germany.
In the name of his son, I invited Prof. Dr. Weise to nominate
a young person for a place on one of our Courses. He agreed,
but went further. He asked that he be permitted to nominate
and pay for a place in his son’s name in perpetuity. He
also agreed to the sculpting of a trophy that would be awarded
annually in his son’s name to a student or students making
an outstanding contribution to the international aims of our
Courses.
The recipients of the Trophy were invited to a gathering each
year and, in time, the group grew to a sizeable number. Such
a collection of talented young people from many different countries
needed more of a reason for being than just an annual get-together,
I felt, and in 1985 I put to them the idea that they could form
themselves into an Association that would work towards giving
other, less privileged, young people the opportunity to cross
frontiers. The Jörg Weise Association (JWA) was born. It
is a now a charitable Foundation, registered in Germany, for
the advancement of international understanding. It meets annually
and has a well-organised social programme. To know more,
e-mail Henning
Hueckstaedt.
The Jörg Weise Scholarship
We continue to be associated with the
Jörg Weise Memorial Scholarship. The Scholarship is a place
on any of our Courses, return air ticket from anywhere in the
world, pocket money, theatre tickets and tennis lessons. The
recipient of the Scholarship will be the sort of student outlined
above who will benefit from attending the Course, but who is
unable to apply for a place in the normal way for financial
reasons. The Scholarship Committee will take steps to verify
the financial situation of candidates. We welcome nominations
for the Scholarship in 2008 or 2009 which should be sent in confidence,
and without informing the projected recipient, to Vacational
Studies. I shall forward nominations to the Scholarship Committee
of the JWA. H.T.W. Mucklejohn
My beloved father, who was Company Secretary
from the founding of Vacational Studies until his death in 2003,
was a great support to me. I miss him very much. In his memory,
the Jörg Weise Association has donated in perpetuity a
full Scholarship which I am able to award when I come across
a young person who would benefit from our Courses, but cannot
apply for financial reasons. If you know one, tell me.
The Vacational
Studies Foundation
The Vacational Studies Foundation was
registered as a Charity under English Law in January 2000 to
assist talented children from less-privileged backgrounds and
offer them opportunities to develop their potential in environments
they might otherwise never have experienced. The Foundation
would ensure that the children proposed were placed in environments
where they would feel comfortable and able to realise their
potential fully. There are no specific criteria to receive support
as young people proposed could have a variety of talents ranging
from academic to music and the arts. There are already close
links with The Jörg Weise Association as Professor Dr Weise
is one of the Trustees of The Vacational Studies Foundation.
Requests for Scholarships in 2008 or 2009 should be sent to the
Trustees via
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