Funding
Funds for CSP qualified and associate members
See this page for more information on member funding, including details of the Charitable Trust, the Education Awards Panel and sources of external funding.The CSP Charitable Trust
The CSP Charitable Trust supports members undertaking formal programmes such as professional doctorates, research and masters degrees, nationally accredited courses, N/SVQs, BTEC awards, Open University courses and Access courses. For additional information, please see:
- Charitable Trust application form for members
- Charitable Trust application form for associate members
Additional funds for CSP qualified members
The CSP Charitable Trust also provides other funding opportunities for qualified members for the following:
- UK Presentation Fund - presenting at conferences held in the UK
- International Lecture Fund - presenting at overseas conferences
- Baroness Robson Travel Scholarship - travelling overseas for educational or research purposes to develop their practice
- International Development Award - supporting overseas education and development projects
- Physiotherapy Research Foundation - undertaking research projects
Educational Awards Panel
Decisions about which applications are to be funded are made by the Educational Awards Panel: see table below for details of Panel members.
Please also see the download at the bottom of this page for Educational Awards Panel applications funded in 2006.
| Member | Status |
|---|---|
| Richard Horwood Chair of Panel |
representative from CPD panel Joined April 2004 |
| Ruth Allerton Vice chair of Panel |
representative from Learning & Development Committee Joined June 2005 |
| Mandy Young | representative from Council Joined November 2003 |
| Gisela Creed | representative from Research & Clinical Effectiveness Committee Joined April 2004 |
| Patricia Drummond | representative from Professional Practice Committee Joined April 2004 |
| Wendy Murphy | representative from CPD panel Joined April 2005 |
| * | representative from Physiotherapy Assistants Board |
| Katy Baines | representative from Network for CPD and Postgraduate Education Joined June 2006 |
External funding
For additional sources of external funding, please see:
- CPD information paper 12 (qualified members)
- CPD information paper 27 (assistant members)


