WHAT DOES MAITS OFFER?

MAITS offers small grants to enable training to take place.

For volunteer trainers, we offer grants between £1200 to £1500 to cover trainer’s expenses. The exact amount awarded depends on many factors, including the overall cost of the trip, the expected impact of the training, the trainer’s level of experience, the number of people of the same profession applying at once and the length of the trip.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• To be considered for a small grant as a volunteer trainer you must be a qualified disability specialist, such as a physiotherapist, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, community pediatrician, special educator/teacher or similar.
• You must have at least four years post-qualification experience
• You must have experience either working or volunteering overseas in a developing country
• You must be willing to undergo a DBS or police check to ascertain that you do not have any convictions that would prevent you from working with children and vulnerable adults. Please click here for more details on MAITS safeguarding policy.
• All trainers must be approved and should agree to comply with MAITS’ code of conduct and Standard Terms, which also include providing a written trip report as per MAITS requirements. Please see full requirements in MAITS Grant Handbook and criteria for applicants.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR HOST ORGANISATIONS

• We work with a variety of organisations as long as they are based in low or middle-income countries and support people with developmental disabilities. Examples of the type of organisations we have supported include universities, schools, hospitals, healthcare providers, charities, and NGOs.
• You need to sign up to MAITS’ code of conduct and be able to provide your organisation’s safeguarding policies.
• You need to provide a key contact person for the assigned volunteer trainer, so they have a local contact in case of emergency.

DOCUMENTATION FOR GRANT

Successful applicants will be required to go through MAITS due diligence and documentation which is explained MAITS Grant Handbook. 

HOW TO APPLY

For first-time applicants, you will need to register here to become a MAITS Trainer. If you wish to talk to someone first before applying, you can contact us on info@maits.org.uk or by calling +4420 7 258 8443.

Once your profile has been reviewed and activated by MAITS, you can proceed to fill in the application form and submit to info@maits.org.uk

If you have previously registered with MAITS then please directly proceed with filing the grant application form.

WHAT IF YOU DON’T HAVE INTERNATIONAL TRAINING EXPERIENCE?

Apprentice Trainer grant scheme

MAITS is committed to supporting qualified and experienced professionals to gain international training experience. We therefore invite individuals to join more experienced trainers on training trips. If you have would like to accompany a trainer funded by MAITS to train internationally you can apply for a small grant (up to £500) by completing the relevant application form for apprentice trainer.