The Principles of the Pastoral Services Scheme

Pastoral Services are those which;

• Provide Educational Opportunities
• Provide help in case of emergency.

What Pastoral Services can be included?

The following provides some guidance on what can be included, based on the principles of the Scheme.

Providing educational opportunities to students.

• Providing English language lessons
• Providing study trips.
• Providing internet access.

Providing services to students in an emergency.

• Providing interpreting services.
• Providing emergency telephone help.
• Providing counselling services.
• Providing emergency, out of hours services.

Providing financial assistance to students in an emergency.

• Covering transport costs for students travelling between farms due to a transfer that was not their fault (e.g. because work has stopped).
• Providing help with un-insured costs following a serious incident or accident.
• Ex-gratia payments to students in financial difficult through no fault of their own.

To apply for reimbursement of qualifying expenditure please contact the office.