| The Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT) is appealing for donations to support its new Weatherill Bursary Scheme, established to enable small companies to attend its study programmes on the practice and process of government. The Scheme is named in honour of the Rt Hon Lord Weatherill DL (1920-2007), the 154th Speaker of the House of Commons, who was instrumental in the founding of the IPT and served as Chairman, Vice-President and President. As MP for Croydon North East, he specialised in problems facing small businesses and was well known for his enthusiastic support of them. He remained a Director of the Weatherill family firm of tailors for 40 years and was Managing Director for 13 years, following an apprenticeship under his father. He always carried a thimble in his Speaker’s waistcoat as a reminder of his craft. Successful applicants will receive one place on either of the IPT’s 4-day programmes: the PSPI (Parliamentary Study Programme for Industry) held in Westminster or the ESPI (European Study Programme for Industry) held in Brussels. To find out more about donating to the Scheme, please telephone 0207 839 9400. 100% of all donations will be applied towards the bursaries. Are you an SME interested in applying for the IPT bursary scheme? What does the bursary cover? Successful organisations will receive one place on either of the IPT’s 4-day programmes: The PSPI (Parliamentary Study Programme for Industry) held in Westminster The ESPI (European Study Programme for Industry) held in Brussels A maximum of two bursaries will be awarded per year. Who can apply? The Scheme is open to any company that meets one of the following SME definitions: ‘Medium’ = <£23.5m turnover; 50-249 employees ‘Small’ = < £6m turnover; 0-49 employees ‘Micro’ = < £1.2m turnover; 0-10 employees Application If you would like to apply for a bursary place on one of our study programmes, please download the application form. | 
