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,
go to http://www.joerg-weise-association.org/en/about_us.htm.
At its meeting in Germany in 2008,
the JWA asked me to put forward to them the names of those
students the Course Managers and I considered had made a significant
contribution to the international aims of the Course. 17 names
were submitted in 2009.
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 2010 or 2011 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 father, who was Company Secretary from
the founding of Vacational Studies until his death in 2003,
was a great support to me. 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 2010 or 2011 should be sent to the Trustees via
Stephen Green
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