Useful Information for Applicants

• ARMF is open to anybody between the ages of 16 and 30, no matter who they are or where they’re from.

• Applicants to ARMF do not have to be Catholic nor is there religious bias in selection. However, candidates must be committed to involving themselves physically and spiritually in a Catholic pilgrimage to Lourdes.

• Applicants to ARMF do not have to be connected to Ampleforth.  ARMF funding can be made available to applicants who wish to volunteer with other pilgrimages to Lourdes.  Whichever pilgrimage applicants wish to engage with, applicants must be prepared to act as volunteers with the chosen pilgrimage if required.  See testimonials for example pilgrimages.

• ARMF exists to help those who genuinely lack the financial means personally and/or the recourse to those financial means e.g. through a family member.

• The main object of the Fund is to give the experience of Lourdes to those young people who have never been before and who cannot fund the pilgrimage.  The Trustees would like to remind applicants that those applying for the second time will only be considered after decisions about first-time applicants have been confirmed. 

• ARMF only provides repeat bursaries to candidates in exceptional circumstances, and even then only if that year’s budget allows it once first-time applications that year have been considered.

• The amount ARMF awards contribute towards the volunteer’s transportation and lodging with the chosen pilgrimage. This is expected to be between £100-500. 

• Applicants should make every effort to raise funds themselves in any way possible (sponsored walk, car wash etc).

• It is a condition of funding that candidates be available to help with the transportation of the pilgrims they are helping, from the UK to Lourdes and back again.

• The strict application deadline for both Easter and Summer pilgrimages is 1st March.

If you would like to apply for funding, please click on the Application Form Button Below