Youth Libraries Group South West are offering a bursary to attend this year's conference.  Details can be found below.

This year the Youth Libraries Group National Conference will be held at The Quays Hotel in Sheffield, from Friday 16^th September to Sunday 18^th September. This year's theme is Reading The Planet: Libraries in a Changing Climate.  The conference will also include the gala dinner for the Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals making this an unmissable opportunity for all interested in libraries and children's literature.

The Youth Libraries Group South West regional group would like to offer a full paid bursary to attend the YLG conference to a delegate who is a CILIP member, and works in a library role that is associated with working with young people between ages of 0 to 25 in the South West of England area. The bursary will cover your admission fee for the full conference programme, refreshments and all meals including dinner on Friday 16th and lunch on Sunday 18th and access to the virtual programme. The bursary will also cover up to £100 for train travel costs (receipts must be provided; standard class only.)  Accommodation will not be covered under the bursary.

If you like to apply for this bursary, we will need the following information in an email:

●       Full Name

●       Email Address

●       Contact Number

●       CILIP Membership Number

●       Job Role

●       Organisation Name

●       The county you work in (must be in the South West)

●       A short statement, of no more than 300 words, stating how a paid YLG conference place would be of professional benefit to you.

Please send your applications by email to Laura McIsaac-Bailey (Youth Libraries Group South West Secretary) at: ylgsouthwest@gmail.com and in the email subject header please include the following title: YLG Conference Bursary Application.

All entries must be submitted by Monday 15^th August at 5pm. Applications after this deadline will not be considered. Please note, if you have been awarded a Bursary from YLG South West in the last two years, you will not be eligible to apply this year.  The Youth Libraries Group South West committee will review all applications and decide on a winner for the bursary. The winner of the bursary will be notified by email by Saturday 20th August. We will also ask the winner to write a blog of their experience of the conference for the CILIP South West regional website.

All applicant details will be destroyed after the competition has ended under GDPR regulations.